The Sprint The Bay Podcast

Known as "the voice of Orienteering" around the world, we sit down with the iconic voice and man behind it Per Forsberg, to discuss his career in arena speaking and commentary, his love for the sport of Orienteering, as well as his speaking outside of Orienteering. We also delve into some topical issues around the sport and its past, present and future, discuss orienteering greats, and talk about some lessons Per has learnt over his time involved in the sport and throughout his career. It was amazing to sit down with him and discuss so many topics, with an insight into the elite orienteering world like no other, Per has a great connection with all the athletes and a true passion for the sport and for commentary and arena speaking.  Don't forget to share and subscribe to this podcast, we've got more great interviews on the way so be sure not to miss any of them!  

Devon and Duncan sit down with Technical Director of STB 2020 Ross Morrison to announce Stage 5 of STB 2020, as well as a few other cheeky hints and teasers, all in the morning before Duncan's wedding! We apologise for the poor audio quality, we recorded with only 1 mic outside, but luckily its not too long! We have some awesome poddys coming up so Subscribe to the podcast, as well as make sure to follow all the socials for upcoming announcements! 

We sat down with JWOC 2019 Sprint Gold Medalist Aston Key to have a chat about this years JWOC, how he got to where he is today, life as a full time orienteer in Europe, his development process, winning JWOC from outside of Europe, Str8 and Nvii, and a whole lot more! There are some super inspirational quotes from Aston in here, as well as some great advice for anyone who is aiming at high level orienteering in Europe from an outsiders point of view!  As ever like, share and subscribe to the Poddy, we have some more great interviews coming very soon so don't miss them!  And if you haven't already, head over to SprinttheBay.com/enter to enter Sprint the Bay 2020!

We sit down with New Zealand's first JWOC Gold Medalist, Matt Ogden, to discuss his life and career to date, from his first foray into orienteering, to climbing the Junior ranks, to that special day in July 2012, as well as living and racing in Sweden, and Matt's goals and dreams for the future! An interesting insight into the day that so many of us know about, but few of us were there to witness. Make sure to have a listen, like, share and subscribe for more interviews, STB 2020 news and more coming soon.

After some great feedback on Episode 1, we thought we better continue with Episode 2! Duncan and Devon talk make a very exciting announcement, talk about some of the big names that have run STB in the past, do a wrap up of the Oceania results and a preview of the final World Cup Round in China! Like, share and subscribe!

Episode 01 of the Sprint The Bay Podcast is finally here! Duncan and Devon chat a little bit about STB 2020, yarn about the conception of Sprint The Bay back in 2010, as well as cover some orienteering news from Oceania 2019 and the World Cup in Switzerland! Listen here and head over to sprintthebay.com to learn more about STB 2020.