What was the brand working on 20 years ago?
Mondraker was stablished in 2001! Mondraker was just a dream maybe 20 years ago…

What is the direction of the company setting up for the next 20 years?
To consolidate our core business, referring to DH, Enduro and All Mountain disciplines, but also in XC, where we are putting a lot of effort with high-end engineered products such as the new Podium Carbon and the full suspension XC bike to be launched soon.

We are also working hard on taking the brand to the USA and Canada soon, where we plan to create a stable business structure.

What influence has Dirt had on your company?
Being downhill racing bikes one of our core business and the success we’ve had in the last few years… being DH racing our number one investment for our company… We guess Dirt mag must have had some influence somehow!

What has been the biggest lesson the company has learnt in the industry?
We’ve learnt many things in terms of business and all those that have been acquired through different experiences. However, there is one fundamental factor that has shown to be a key one, which is passion. We create our products with passion, almost as if the bikes we make were for ourselves, and this is something that is clearly seen in the final results, and even more, our customers really appreciate it.

What do you dislike about working in the bike industry?
We would not point out any special fact or things we dislike. We just try to do our best every season, manufacture the best bikes possible every year… A healthy baby that’s growing. You have to love what you do; it’s in our veins. Mondraker is our passion, it’s our company and it’s something beyond words.

Give us a story from your wildest moment in mountain biking?
For us it’s easy, 1-2-3 for Mondraker at Val di Sole 2016 Worlds. Incredible achievement for a single DH race bike making a clean sweep at Worlds this year.

What has been your favourite moment of Dirt’s history?
Any 1.04 tests-bikes-racers comparisons.

Your favourite or most memorable Dirt Cover?
There was one with Shaun Palmer which was rad. Another cool one with Myles Rockwell at Sierra Nevada 2000 Worlds where he won, or more recently a scrubbing cover of Brendan Fairclough.

Dirt is well known to be controversial, what experience do you have of this?
Well, in the past we’ve suffered from not so good reviews or critical thoughts, more than we’d expected.