David Sinclair Interview, Cocodona Viewership Stats, & the State of Trail Race Live Streaming

Dylan Bowman· Host0:00

[upbeat music] All right, folks. Welcome to rest day s- a special Wednesday edition here broadcasting from Taos, New Mexico. I'm your host, Dylan Bowman, joined by the king of Transvulcania, the 2026 champion, new course record holder, broadcasting from his home in Vermont. David Sinclair, welcome to the program, bro.

David Sinclair· Guest0:31

Thanks for having me on, Dylan. [laughs] Pleasure to be here.

Dylan Bowman· Host0:34

Yeah, I can't wait to hear all about the race. Just sort of setting things up for the audience here before we dive in. As you guys have all been able to tell probably, and as I've mentioned now many times, we're having a lot of fun with this live streaming rest day format, and we figure we may as well extend it in different places where we can and where it feels right. And we're grateful to have David Sinclair on to talk all about his big victory at Transvulcania. In the back half of today's show, Zach Marion is gonna join. He is-- I believe his title is something like the director of live streaming operations or something like that at Mountain Outpost. He has really been a leader in that domain, so the back half of the episode will be occupied by a great conversation just about the state of live streaming in the sport, especially looking at the success of Cocodona, the lack of a live stream at Canyons, the fact that Zegama was behind a paywall. There's a lot to talk about there, so that's the way the