Evomo Rider Profile: Shea Jordan

by Bryan on August 27th, 2007

We recently hung out with Shea Jordan, Downhill rider for Evomo, and he gave us the scoop on Argentina, dirt jumping and hanging with the Evomo bros. Shea first got into mountain biking only 4 years ago when he was living in Vermont. Then he just used a bike to get back and fourth to town and little by little he started to get into it more and thats when he fell in love with the sport. Besides mountain biking, it seems when Shea is in South America, he enjoys driving cars really fast and out of control. Sounds like a another crazy white boy, but really this kid has some skills!

EVOMO: What is your favorite trail to ride?

SHEA: Well my favorite trail… thats a hard one because each trail that I ride has something different that i like. For example G-Spot is super fun with big jumps and drops and all kinds of other obstacles, then there’s Tunnel in SB (Santa Barbara) thats very fun and technical with loads of rocks. Knapps Castle is also a great trail with lots of speed and corners that help make you a better biker and there’s a trail in Argentina that I absolutely love it’s called Piltri and that trail is literally the fastest trail i have ever ridden it has everything from great corners to off camber.

EVOMO: What has been your best race?

SHEA: Well my best finish at a race is first place and i have had two of them in the past 3 months. I believe I was able to accomplish this because I was determined to advance up the categories, for I put alot of time into riding and training each week. I probably ride about 25 hours a week and thats not including additional exercise.

EVOMO: What bike are you running now?

SHEA: Im running a KHS DH 2000 2007 frame with a Fox DHX 5.0 rear shock and Fox 40 RC2 fork as a race bike my play bike is a Specialized TRAIL SX II 2006 with a Fox 36 up front and a Fox DHX 5.0 in the rear my Dirt Jump bike is a Azonic Steelhead 2006 frame with a Marzocchi 4X World Cup 2007.

EVOMO: What is your focus on when you are training?

SHEA: My every day training consists of 8 hours of sleep if not more then a run, breakfast, then some push ups, crunches and then ride ride and have fun.

EVOMO: So you are going to be heading back to Argentina in a few months. What are your plans while down there, I hear you are in the process of putting together a mountain bike park?

SHEA: Well yes, you have heard correctly we are in the process of opening a bike park called Bike Park Parralelo 42 we are in the process of signing papers with a local ski resort. I also have plans for racing while im there i will be attending all of the regional races plus the national ones then i will be going to Chile to race the Urban DH in Valparaiso.

EVOMO: Whats the riding like in Argentina compared to California?

SHEA: The riding in Argentin a is like no other! Huge mountains, rivers, trees, etc. The thing i love most about riding there is the sense of freedom. Riding here in LA is too close to the city and that makes me feel very uncomfortable i love open spaces thats why Argentina is the place to ride.

EVOMO: Is it weird for guys to sit around watching girl on girl porn in a smaller than normal motel room in Monterey after a day of downhill mountain bike racing?

SHEA: Well no, not really - unless you are in the same bed then yea maybe.

EVOMO: What was your favorite part of the video?

SHEA: Well to tell you the truth I only saw it once then a friend in Argentina stole it from me and i never saw it again.

EVOMO: Will I ever get it back?

SHEA: Well you’ll get it back if you want to come to down to Argentina soon.

EVOMO: If you weren’t an amature mountain biker, what would you be?
SHEA: I would probably be a Kayaker like my bro or a Cook.

EVOMO: What were your thoughts when you first checked out the Evomo brand?

SHEA: I thought it was something that i wanted to be a part of and i thought the threads were so cool. My favorite EVOMO shirt is the Flight Tee. I love this shirt cause of the fit and the writing design on the front.

EVOMO: Do you think you will make a career out of mountain bike racing?

SHEA: To make a career out of mountain biking would be a dream come true but i think i have other things to focus on at the time but i will get there some day.