Part two of Born From Junk traces the rise of mountain biking as it came into its own as a full-blown sport. In less than a decade, Colorado's scene went from cruising around on klunkers, to scratching in clandestine singletrack, to riding dedicated mountain bikes on expanding networks of sanctioned trails. The sport quickly grew to attract large crowds at races in hotspots such as Gunnison and Crested Butte, eventually debuting as an Olympic sport at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Buttery Film
Written and Directed by
Mike Horn and Galin Foley
Produced by
Mike Horn
Narrative Cinematography by
Joel Wolter
Rex Lint
Documentary Cinematography by
Galin Foley
Jesse Levine
Aerial Cinematography by
Mike Hagadorn
Joel Wolter
Edited by
Galin Foley
Colorist
Andrew Ceen
Audio mix by
Scotty Beam & Cleod9 Music
Voiceover Artist
Zac Jones
Graphic Design by
Joe Polevy
Associate Producer
Tiff Simpson
Cast (in order of appearance)
Megan Paden as Horseback Rider
Alyosha Paden as Horseback Rider
Austin Weaver as Main Character
Tiff Simpson as Trail Builder and Rider
Dave Moe as Self
Jill Barr as Self
Donnie Cook as Self
Doug Bradbury as Self
Kay Peterson-Cook as Self
Adam Broderick as Rider 2
Susan DeMattei as Self
Chris Haas as Self
Kim Schappert as Self
Dave Wiens as Self
Archival Photography provided by
Steve Coleman
Wende Cragg
Malcom Fearon
Tom Moran
Archival Rage in the Sage Video courtesy of
Mike Cole
Fat Tire Journal Footage Video courtesy of
Jerry Martin
Special Thanks to
Megan & Alyosha Paden
Laurel Runcie
Dave Moe Meyer
Chuck Reynolds
Dave Ochs
Greg Morin
Erik Radock
Mark Peterson
Crested Butte Museum
Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association
Colvita Creative
Freehub Magazine
Music licensed through Artlist.io
Shot on location at
Gunnison Ranger District - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forest
Made Possible by Gunnison Crested Butte