How A Montana Family Raises Multi Sport BMX Racers

A BMX gate drops and everything you’ve trained for shows up in 40 seconds or less. That’s why I brought the Priest Family Racing crew onto the Plan B Podcast: Lisa and David plus sisters Savannah and Alexa, a Montana family living the real day to day of youth BMX racing while also chasing big goals in ski racing.

We talk about what a normal race weekend actually feels like, from warmups and motos to the moment your legs go dead near the finish. Savannah shares the fun and the calculation behind big jumps, plus how coaching and confidence shape the choices you make at speed. Alexa gets honest about the mental side of performance, how fear can linger after injury, and why mindset work can matter as much as physical training. We also dig into how they train for explosive power with gates, track reps, plyometrics, and CrossFit style strength work, all while staying healthy with stretching and smart recovery.

Then we pull back the curtain on what parents carry: logistics, travel, expenses, and the constant risk management that comes with high speed sports. We cover sibling rivalry, the BMX crash rules and why most incidents are accidents, and how homeschooling can make training, sleep, and travel more realistic for driven young athletes. If you care about BMX racing, youth athlete development, sports parenting, mental toughness, and multi sport training, this one is packed with practical insight and real stories.

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Transcript

Coach B 0:00

Everyone, welcome back to the Plan B podcast. I'm Coach B and today the studio, well, I actually don't have a studio, that's a lie. Okay, I'm gonna have my one day when we go viral, and it could be this episode because I have the entire family with me today, the priest family, P-R-I-E-S-T. You can find them on the Priest Family Racing from Montana. I've got mum, dad, and their two girls, although there is a third one who's running around in the background, and they're gonna talk to us today about BMX and also they're multi-sport athletes. So we'll also hear a little bit about their talents in skiing. So it's super exciting family that's obviously very active.

Welcome And Meet Priest Family

Coach B 0:42

And I'm gonna make sure I link their page at the end of this, but let's just get straight into the hey, welcome to the Plan B podcast, guys. It's so great.

Alexa 0:51

Yeah.

Coach B 0:52

It's so great to have you here. So hey, our audience obviously can't see you. So I would love you guys just to, you know, starting at mom, just to like say your name and the one thing that you're known for in this family in regards to the sport of BMX. Hi, I'm Lisa.

Lisa 1:11

I am probably more of the logistics person trying to get snacks and get everybody to races and practice. So yeah, that's awesome.

Savannah 1:21

I'm Savannah, and I just race. Yes.

Coach B 1:27

You're a rock star, Savannah. Savannah, by the way, doesn't just race, she actually raced recently and won all four rounds. So we're actually privileged to have on the mic today a world champion with us. Yeah. So she doesn't just race, she absolutely kills it. So please go on to their page and check out Savannah. And then right next to you, you have your big sister who I'm sure you really look up to, Savannah. And who's that?

Alexa 1:51

Alexa. I'm Alexa, and I think we're just kind of known as like the priest-sister duo. Everybody kind of knows both of us.

David 1:59

My name is David, the father. Also help drive everywhere across the country to their races. Um, I'm also involved with our local BMX track. I'm the track operator, so I'm in charge of the whole track. It's a volunteer position, but keeps the girls on their bikes and making the track look good.

Coach B 2:14

It's a it's an enormous team effort and it's so impressive. And before I dive into these questions, I just have to ask mom and dad, were you both BMX racers or skiers as well?

David 2:26

I was a ski racer myself. I'm actually got a scholarship to ski racer at Montana State University in Bozeman. That's why I'm out here still. And I used to like mountain biking, but I never had a BMX track in my at my hometown and lived near it in Bozeman and thought it'd be a cool sport for the girls.

Coach B 2:42

Oh, it's 100% a cool sport. And and Lisa, how would you like I are you from a BMX background as well?

Lisa 2:49

No, not at all. I I grew up doing track and cross country. So sports, but not anywhere like this.

Coach B 2:57

Well, I think the track and cross country, like endurance events to keep for you to be able to keep up this family, and Lisa, if you could just describe the priest family in

First Races And What Makes BMX Unique

Coach B 3:06

one sentence, what would that be like, the priest family racing team? How would you describe that in what uh kind of always on the go?

Lisa 3:13

We always got something to get to or recover from.

Coach B 3:18

Super busy, but I actually discovered the priest family and was so interested because I saw these three siblings really into the sport. I saw that mum and dad had created this fantastic page, and I thought, wow, these are some athletes that I would love to meet, and I know that they're on their way. So let's start with us Alexa to start with. And Savannah, do you remember your first time on a BMX bike?

Savannah 3:45

Yeah, it was a long time ago, but it was like it was probably on our first race, and yeah, it was so fun. I just remember like seeing all the people, and it was just like so fun. You got like your first race trophy, and it was like it's the BMX bike's like kind of different than like any other bike, like a mountain bike or anything. It's like but yeah.

Coach B 4:11

How is it different? Because I I'm curious about this. I had a carbon fiber, tri-bike, racing bike. I also did mountain bike riding. I trained with roadies because being a tri-athlete cycling's one of them, and I did do BMX, I rode a BMX to school when I was in elementary. Tell me the difference between what makes a BMX bike so special.

Savannah 4:31

It's like smaller tires than like a mountain bike, and it's more like aerodynamic kind of. And like a mountain bike has like flat bars, but ours are a little shaped differently, and it's like so you can put a plate on it, and like that.

Coach B 4:50

What age were you guys when you first uh Savannah that you first got on it? Five years old, yeah. Whoa, okay, that's I was eight, so I was a little bit older, but five and eight, okay, and that that's so impressive because Savannah, who just became a world champion recently, she won all four rounds, she's in the 12 U category. So you can tell that to be as good as they are, it didn't just happen overnight. You have been working obviously really hard at it. So, hey David, where did you realize that this wasn't going to be a hobby for the girls? That they were this was like you've just lighted a fire underneath.

David 5:29

This is the excitement of after racing. They just had a lot of fun. After racing, they would play with their friends that they just met at the track. The community was great. And any, I guess any sport that we get involved with, uh, we kind of go all in. So they need to do extra training, work, you know, workouts, and uh as long as they're passionate about it, then we go all in.

Coach B 5:47

So athletes can't do anything by half, and that's what makes great athletes and elite athletes so super impressive. So Montana, Mom, I'm gonna send this to Lisa. Montana's got the great terrain for skiing, and it's not exactly the BMX capital of America. So, how do you make it work from from up there?

Lisa 6:10

Yeah, it can be difficult. Um, luckily, you know, with with skiing, you know, it kind of helps split our our BMX season. BMX season ends really end of November with our grands, our USA BMX grands, and then seriously the next week we're they're out on the mountain. And so it's it's it's not really much downtime, but yeah, and then we do have some BMX races that sometimes

Balancing BMX With Ski Racing

Lisa 6:37

we do throughout the winter, so they gotta kind of switch it up, do some indoor training as much as possible, but it keeps us busy.

Coach B 6:45

Well, it certainly does, and the cross-training is no better way to avoid injuries. And you know, speaking of injuries, so Savannah, you broke your collarbone only.

Alexa 6:54

Yeah, so that was actually last summer, like probably early June. Early June of last year. Oh, okay.

Coach B 7:00

So it was a little bit ago. Yeah, that's okay. Okay, a little bit ago, but it does actually take a long time to nip for those bones.

Alexa 7:05

So yes, yeah, yeah, it really does. And it definitely a mental battle, like coming back from that and stuff. Even like, you know, like after that, we kind of like switched to skiing, so I didn't really, you know, have a lot of time to think about that. So coming back to this year, you know, like you know, I don't want to do that again, stuff like that. But yeah, it's you know, it happens and you just gotta be ready for it when it happens and then figure out, you know, what you can do to get back from that as fast as possible.

Coach B 7:30

Um sorry,

Injuries Fear And Coming Back Strong

Coach B 7:32

Alexa, still staying with you. When you went back to racing, and I think it's fantastic that you were able to distract yourself with skiing and because you know, having like an injury like that, I had plenty. What when you first came back to racing, back after the ski season's over and you're back on your bike again, how did you work through that? How did you tell yourself that hey, it's it's okay? Um how did I cut how do you kind of get rid of that fear?

Alexa 7:56

So I think just watching other people come back from stuff like that helps a lot, you know, like watching a pro do that or like someone that I really look up to. And then also just, you know, like you crash all the time. So not every crash you're gonna actually get hurt.

Coach B 8:11

Do you have memories of crashing, David? Was that kind of like you just you that just toughened you up and and you just kind of bounced back?

David 8:18

Or or how that's kind of the thing with I guess both of these sports. There's they're high risk. Yeah, high risks, high risk sports, you know, dangerous sports, and it's just part of the fun. The adrenaline rush of just going fast and and having you know a fun sport. You know, as a kid, obviously when you cr a younger kid, you crash, it doesn't really hurt, but then the older you get, it hurts more and more, the more injuries. But yeah, I mean in skiing, when I was a kid, I broke my arm, I guess. That's the probably the worst I did in skiing. And also, because of ski racing, I had to have back surgery when I was in college.

Coach B 8:50

So think you recovered from back surgery and 100% okay now, or do you still like having had this is embarrassing, but you know what this is what happens when you're 15 years as a pro. I've had uh knee surgeries, I've had two on each knee, and I had my most recent kind of cleanup scope. And I've I've been retired for way over 10 years, but I had my last knee surgery last September just to clean up my meniscus. Have you had anything left over from that?

David 9:17

Uh not specifically from that surgery, no. Like just with doing all these dangerous sports and you know, getting in my older ages, everything still hurts, but I'm still able to ride a bike and and ski as well.

Coach B 9:29

Yeah, and I hey, guess what, guys? Uh uh girls, I don't know if you do stretching as part of your program. Do you do the case? They're not guys, for those who can't see the see the girls, I'm looking at them now, they're nodding, and stretching is so important. Touch wood. Uh, I do yoga now today in a lot of Pilates, and I have found that I totally punished my body. Like I was such an adrenaline junkie, I loved it. I I could wanted to race every weekend. I didn't want to train. And luckily, I had a coach who was who was smarter than I was at the time, and she was like, No, Belinda, you just you've got to do the training. But if I had my had my way, I would have raced every weekend because I loved competing. Um, but that often comes with hate things like crashes. So, Savannah, tell us what a typical weekend looks like you from for you or for the whole family, from waking up to the finish line. What does it look like? Like, what's a normal day? Is it early start? Is it huge breakfast? What do you have to do to get onto that start line?

Savannah 10:28

Kind of both like have a good breakfast, and then you're like straight at the track, and then you have to like get ready and warm up, and then you get in your motos, and it's just all day.

Coach B 10:40

Like is is it a couple of races? Is it two races? Like how many do you do in in a whole day? Three rounds. Three rounds, okay. And I guess you you have to place a certain position or you get eliminated. Is that how it works?

Savannah 10:52

Um, yes. So

What Race Weekends Really Look Like

Savannah 10:54

if you get first or second, you can make it straight to mains, but if you don't, you have to go the second round.

Coach B 11:02

Okay. And then I like that. So if you if you do your first race and it kind of it doesn't always go to plan, sometimes it takes a while to get going. You get a second chance. Yeah. Yeah. I love that. Alexa, what do you love most about racing? Is it the gate drop, um, the first straight, the final corner? What is it? What which part do you love the most?

Alexa 11:23

Um, probably like the first, first straight, the first sprint. And that's probably my favorite. You know, like once you get towards the finish line, you're like, legs are dead, you know, you're like giving your little last bit effort, but I love like the first sprint. That's probably my favorite.

Coach B 11:36

So when you're training for this, do you have to do a lot of reps of like doing leg burn, like you know, the getting that lactic acid feel where you just go flat out? What would a training day look like to prepare yourself for a race that only lasts how many minutes does it last?

Alexa 11:53

So I mean it's anywhere from like like 30 to 40 seconds about. So it's really long sprint, pretty much.

Coach B 12:01

That's crazy. So it's almost like it's so anaerobic. It's just like burn your legs. So talk to me about what a session would look like for you, just you know, on an afternoon.

Alexa 12:11

Yeah, so probably like a track session would be like doing some gates and then like a couple half laps, a couple full laps, a couple like just doing certain traits or sections to like work on those certain obstacles. But yeah, that can last. I mean, like we could do that for like half hour or like an hour and a half.

Training For Power Speed And Jumps

Alexa 12:29

Depends on the day or like what we're specifically working on.

Coach B 12:32

And David, as part of this training, do these athletes, these BMX athletes, do at this age, at the age of Alexa and Savannah, are they doing weights or are they doing bodywork stuff? What else are they doing to strengthen? Because you know, when they're doing those huge jumps and they're landing, obviously you've got to be ready and strong for that.

David 12:50

Yeah, just I mean, generic physical fitness is obviously huge, but doing apply metrics and then also some people do weights. The girls do like a crossfit with a little bit of weights as well. Yeah, just getting a good workout in, cross cross training, good stretching.

Coach B 13:05

And and Alexa, or actually, this one's just for Savannah, uh, because you obviously were way ahead of everybody when you won all four rounds a few weekends ago. Talk me through going over those big jumps and getting some air. How does that feel? Is that just like, are you fully just like hold holding on to the handlebars and are you out of your seat because you've got to like cushion it as you go down, which you know I I've stacked a few times. So I went with my older brothers when we did BMX. Uh could you talk me through that? Like, is that just something you love, like getting as much air as possible? Or do you have to be like, do you talk to to dad or your coaches or mum before the race and go, hey, how do I do these certain ones?

Savannah 13:46

Yeah, it's a little bit of both. It's like really fun doing it, and then some jumps are a little big, so you're like, I don't know if I should do it or not, like in a race. But I feel like it's more fun than like hard to do.

Coach B 14:01

But do you go do you go to Alexa for advice or to dad? Who do you go to to talk to about you've just said you've gone to the track, you've turned up at a new competition, and you've seen like the recourse. Who do you turn to to get that at racing advice?

Savannah 14:15

Probably my dad or my coaches. And who are your coaches? So we can give them a shout-out. Um, like Berlin Harris and Tori Nyhawk.

Coach B 14:27

I saw a picture of Tori. Now, Tori, Coach Tori is a two-time Olympian. Yes, yeah. Wow, is that something that hey, not there's no pressure here. This is all about you guys are already awesome. If you retire tomorrow, that would be 100% cool. But is the Olympics something that you would like to perhaps go to one day? Or or do you have other goals?

Savannah 14:50

I think I do want to go to the Olympics someday. Yeah, it'll be fun. Yeah, I don't know which sport, but I want to go to Olympics.

Coach B 14:59

Well, you know, BMX is summer and you could go for both. Yeah. Wouldn't that be awesome? Hey, Alexa, what about you? What do you think about it?

Alexa 15:08

Um, you know, I I always like occasionally think about it, but it's never something I've like, you know, had my heart set on. Yeah, obviously occasionally think about it sometimes, but I really want to go to college for ski racing. That's one of my goals.

Coach B 15:22

I I think the way you guys are going, it's definitely on your trajectory of you know, just keep working hard and keep dreaming. Because the most important thing that I found for myself as getting, you know, meddling at world championships and things like that. I unfortunately didn't make the cut to make an Olympic team, but I enjoyed the same feeling at world championships. And I think I did how many did I do? I did eight world championships, and that was unreal, you know, and meddled in some of those. So yeah, whatever. For mom and dad, hey, being in the parent seat, which one is harder? Watching them race BMX or watching them ski?

David 16:01

I would say BMX, I think just because there's a lot more crashes, you know, either there's normally about up to eight people in the gate at the same time. So it's not always just your fault if you crash, it could be somebody else's you know, bump into you or crash into you. In ski racing, you're just you're you're by yourself in the course. So it's up to you. You know, if you crash, it's your fault.

Coach B 16:19

Do you feel the same, Lisa?

Lisa 16:22

Yeah, I guess because I was not a ski racer, maybe it's it's it's about the same for belly. My heart rate goes way up every time during every race. But yeah, I mean it's it's scary, but I

Goals Rivalry And BMX Crash Rules

Lisa 16:34

know that you know they have the training and it's it's not if it's when with injuries with extreme sports. So it's part of the territory, unfortunately, but that's what you have to deal with with sports. So we go with the flow.

Coach B 16:47

You just girls who just go with the flow. And you know, mum is 100% spot on. Okay, so smart because I just actually made a reel and posted it on my page trying to let athletes know that I've always seen it was actually told to me by a sports scientist who used to look after me. I used to have so many people looking after me, it was like impossible for me to fail. Okay, so we had this sports scientist called Gerard. And when I was getting injured, I remember suffering a huge injury after doing my second junior world championship. And he said to me, you know what, Belinda, you need to look at yourself as like a Formula One car. You're a racing machine, but all of those, it doesn't matter how fast they are, doesn't matter how good your engine is, you've got to come into a pit stop and have a break. And sometimes those pit stops involve injuries. So it's just, hey, you just go with the flow. All right, now we are going to be honest because you guys are siblings, you're sisters, okay? And I know I've got four kids and uh and twin boys who are golfers, okay. And and I know that the competition is like there, it's rivalry. So who would be the most competitive out of, and we're going to include Weston in this, out of the three of you?

Alexa 17:59

Probably like me. I don't know. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely like I don't want her to beat me, but obviously if something happens, you know, if I crash and she beats me, I don't really care. But like if Savannah, if I was it was if I was being savannah and she crashed, she'd still be like pissed about it a day later, you know.

Coach B 18:17

I love that. And thankfully you're not always in the same age group. Mom and dad, who what's your opinion? Who is like, are they both equally, or are the bigger competitors you guys from from the sideline?

David 18:30

I mean, we hope you know, like I said earlier, that we uh once they do a sport, they have to train and and be 100% at it. They both have a really strong drive and want to be successful. So they both do training a little differently, some you know, more mental, sometimes, sometimes more physical. They're each just different. Pros and cons to both sides of them, but they're they're different, they're different.

Coach B 18:52

So and I think that's like it's such a blessing having having a family and having children. And I know with all four of my kids are very, very different. So the and this is open to anyone who wants to answer this. Who is who's the loudest cheerleader in the family when one of you is racing?

Alexa 19:10

Probably my mom. Yeah, probably mom. Yeah, dad's a little bit more silent, you know. He'll he's still same emotions, but like a little more silent about it.

Coach B 19:19

So so mom's a vocalizer and and dad is like the thinker strategic, looking after everything, and and mom's there making sure you guys have got the fuel. Dad is looking at, you know, things that was just crossing my mind when dad was talking was when someone else causes a crash dated, is there a process for that? Because if like to me, that I know I've been in pile-ups before and in triathlon, particularly when we moved in from long racing to short racing. And I mean, girl, I mean, I know you'll you'll feel with me when I say this, but some girls when I was competing just didn't know how to race in a pack. And it and it was awful. And I would I I would be freaked out, and there'd be a lot of yelling, and I don't know what it's like on the BMX, but we used to scream at each other and you know almost want to kill each other. Yeah, uh David, what is that process? If someone has taken one of your girls out, and can you like submit a protest? What happens?

David 20:16

There's not very many rules about like causing crashes in BMX. There's a few, like on the first straight, you're not not the first straight, the first 30 feet, you're not supposed to move move over on one of your competitors. And then in the final straight, you're supposed to stay your lane and not cut over in front of somebody. And the other rule is like not any intentional like crashing. If you can't just purposely crash into somebody, so most of these crashes aren't someone intentionally doing it, they just have it's an accident. So you could if if it was something obvious and intentional, you could file a protest, but for the most part, they're just accidents.

Coach B 20:54

I I'm a really good read on people because you know that's my job, my and my background was behavioral science. And and Savannah, I get a feeling that Alexa is super tough, and I would love to have a really tough big sister like who watches over me. Is that the vibe that Alexa gives you?

Savannah 21:10

Yeah, yeah.

Coach B 21:11

How awesome. How awesome that you all guys get to do it together. Okay, so we've talked about like we've got the Olympics, we've got the X games, we've got world championships. What if for you guys would be like something that you'd like to tick off?

Alexa 21:26

Maybe Yeah, so the Olympics next year or not Olympics, oh, world championships will be in France next year. And we really want to go to that. It's one of our like top countries we want to go to, and we all like want to race there. So that's definitely one of our goals soon. Like to start saving up for that and then training for that and getting all the logistics for that.

Coach B 21:46

And hopefully, from I well, I'm gonna plug you as much as possible. And I follow a priest family racing, which hey, our listeners, you can follow too, and sponsors out there. I think these girls are on track uh for big things. So hopefully. Lots of people hear this and get behind you because that's what

Worlds Travel Costs And Homeschool Life

Coach B 22:03

we want. Before we go to what Savannah and Alexa are like away from the track, because that's always like fun to talk about. Parents, do you have any like aspirations for the for your kids other than just hey, enjoying it?

David 22:17

I think just I mean, they still have to have fun too, but they do train hard. I mean, they're on their since it's you know springtime in Montana, as long as it's not raining or snowing still, they're on their bikes nearly every day, going to CrossFit or the gym, you know, every other day. So they put a lot of work into it. So they deserve, you know, the best that they can, you know, the best that they can do and the places that they can go. We did go to the BMX World Championships last year in Copenhagen. Oh wow. So they've already been to the World Championships, and then the year before that it was in South North Carolina. Um yeah, it's it's they've already been doing that, but it's just it's a pretty big expense, so it's hard to keep doing that every year and still try to race locally and nationally. So just trying to figure out financing, and that means I just gotta work, go to work earlier and stay later and and try to make it all happen.

Coach B 23:08

Well, I'm gonna do my best to get as much sp sponsors for you as I can. So I will plug you, you know, until until I'm blue in the face. So you you've got me as a new fan, and I'm sure I know that you're gonna get a lot more followers who are gonna get behind you. So, hey, away from the track, let's just spend a couple of minutes. I always love hearing about what my athletes are like away from their sports. So, do you guys ride to school?

Alexa 23:31

So we're actually homeschooled. We've been homeschooled for a couple of years now, so you know, we'll do bikes around the neighborhood and fun rides around the neighborhood, but training and stuff. Yeah.

Coach B 23:40

I I think that's fantastic. I I homeschooled my own kids for for a long period of time, and it's actually very common, listeners, for elite athletes to homeschool because it just makes it easier to handle the training, the sleep, the recovery, the travel when you are on that kind of trajectory. And I guess one of the big sports that is famous for homeschooling is actually tennis, you know, because they often are just in academies and the homeschool community, I'm sure in Montana would be pretty huge. Is it would that be accurate, Lisa?

Lisa 24:12

Yeah, it definitely does. We I mean, we know a few other BMXs and the ski race community also, because of being gone a week at a time here and there for races. It's just not convenient with traditional schooling. And I also love how much with our travel, how much we they learn from, you know, we go through things to you know, Mount Rushmore, we get to, you know, so they learn so much real life stuff too.

Coach B 24:41

So I love that aspect of it that we can integrate into the day. And talking to one of the biggest fans of homeschooling, so I honestly think I kept trying to convince my kids not to go to mainstream school, but I think they've had enough of mom being a teacher. So, guys, homeschool for as long as you can, and you will you will thrive. So, hey, we're gonna go into some fun questions now, and we're gonna take turns and we're gonna start with Alexa, and we're gonna switch between Alexa and Savannah. Because Mum's a rock star, obviously got logistics nailed. Thanks, Mum. What is a pre-race snack for you?

Alexa 25:17

So I definitely pre-race. I like to eat like a decent amount of like protein and stuff. I'm in the liquids, but I'm not a big eater before. I think it's on my nerves. I don't like I don't like to eat that much before racing, but it during racing, actually, one of my coaches taught me to eat something in between every round, no matter what. Just either a bite of a granola bar, half an apple or banana, you know, just whatever I can like eat, just eat one little bite of it. And just so I have that like

Snacks Stories Rapid Fire And Takeaways

Alexa 25:42

in my system.

Coach B 25:43

Just have a little sip, have some drink, because when your blood sugar level drops, so does part of your cognitive function. Like you can, it makes it a little bit harder to focus and things like that. So your coach is right on it. So, Savannah, what's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you? On the track or on the mountain? Like, what's a memory where you just look back and go, oh, cringe, or oh, that was hilarious?

Savannah 26:06

Or so it was in Wisconsin a couple years ago, and I was like, it was the first straight, and then I crashed, and then I got it up and I thought everything was fine, and then I looked at my handlebars and they completely snapped and broke.

Coach B 26:20

Oh man, what do you do at that point? Did you like with did someone come and help you? Did you just step off the tractors? Is dad there? What's going on?

Savannah 26:27

So someone helped me, and they were like, you just have to walk off the track because like you can't ride with that.

Coach B 26:33

Right, right. If this family was to pick a new sport to try together, because I love that you uh together, you're racing together, both BMX, skiing on the mountain. What do you reckon it would be, David?

David 26:46

They also did even, I mean, just cycling, I think, is great. So any we'd still probably stick with the same similar sports, maybe just not completely racing. If we were to do like big mountain competitions for skiing or mountain bike racing. Right now, they kind of actually in the fall they do cycle cross as well. Um, just another cross sport for them. But to completely change out of the realm, I I don't know. There's a lot of cool different sports out there. I mean team sports are good, but I also really like individual sports. Just more about how much how much determination and grit you have and how far you can take it.

Coach B 27:25

Girls, do you think I could like somehow like encourage like inspire you or encourage you to maybe throw in swimming and and running at the end so you could do triflone, maybe?

Alexa 27:35

Yeah, I've actually thought about that. It'd be really cool to do that. Like when I'm older, I've seen like a bunch of people do that, and just it looks really cool. We've done, I mean, we swim a lot, but never like true like competitive swimming.

Coach B 27:50

Well, I don't think there's much that you guys couldn't do. I think you're incredible, and I'm gonna now give you some rapid fire. And this is the the BMX edition, but I am hoping down the track that we get you guys back when the season changes and we can talk about skiing. So we are gonna start with Savannah and we're gonna go from question to question. Savannah, here we go. Now, are you clipless or flat pedals? I'm flat pedals. Alexa, first straight or last corner?

Alexa 28:21

Uh first straight.

Coach B 28:23

Sorry, back to Savannah. Inside lane or outside lane?

Savannah 28:26

Inside lane.

Coach B 28:27

Manual or jump? Jump. Okay, Alexa, practice gate or race gate?

Alexa 28:35

Race.

Coach B 28:36

Best track you've ever written. Rock L. Favorite number plate. A world plate. What about what about you, Alexa?

Alexa 28:48

Yeah, that'd be the dream of a world plate.

Coach B 28:51

One word. And you can both answer this one. One word to describe the gate drop nerves.

Savannah 29:00

Quick. Fast.

Coach B 29:03

Really fast. Okay, and if you had to choose, would it be BMX or skiing?

Savannah 29:10

I feel like both, because they're just so different, and they're just so fun and they're each ways, and it's just I like them both. I feel like the same.

Alexa 29:20

Yeah, I think it depends on obviously the time of year and the you know how I'm doing in that sport at certain times. Sometimes I'll be doing really good at BMX and like, oh my gosh, I want to go to the Olympics for this. And then sometimes I'll be doing really good at skiing and like, oh, now I need to focus on this. You know, it just kind of depends on the time of the year, like which one I'm really into.

Coach B 29:38

Well, as long as you guys keep having fun, I just want you guys to keep going. And we're gonna finish today with just one final message. And we'll go, we'll start with Alexa first and and Savannah, then we'll finish with you. What is one message that you would love other athletes to hear, just from your experience so far, about you know, it could be BMX, it could be skiing. What is one thing that it's really taught you and that you, you know, want to want to share with other athletes?

Alexa 30:03

Um I think that a lot of a lot of it is mental. You know, I thought like, you know, mental doesn't like really like doesn't affect things that much. And then I started working with some of my coaches on that, and I realized how much of that actually affects you can do all the like work with your body, all the work on your bike. But I think the mental definitely is like it's like 50 50, half like how strong you are or whatever, and mental.

Coach B 30:28

What do you think, Svenna? What's your message?

Savannah 30:30

I think whatever sport you do, you just should have fun with it. Because it's like not fun, then it's like why are you doing the sport? But if it's really fun, you should just do it and like yeah.