Rudy Hauser

Rudy Hauser has made a name for himself in Switzerland as the owner of Trailworks and thus as a long-standing importer of Santa Cruz. However, he moved Switzerland as the brains behind the trail building company of the same name. In the interview, he explains with a familiar sarcastic undertone that the bike boom in Switzerland is due to the fact that people here eat too much and drink too much and then something has to be done about it.

Darco Cazin

Darco Cazin is an authority in alpine mountain bike tourism. With his company Allegra Tourismus, he has developed many destinations in the Alps into mountain bike regions. In this interview, he explains his hope that the development of destinations will be able to keep pace with rising demand.

Claudio Caluori

Claudio Caluori was once a downhill pro, but his international breakthrough came as a pump track builder. He has not only changed Switzerland in this discipline, but is also a leader on the international stage. In the interview, he explains that Loic Bruni's sexiness is overrated, but his own is underestimated.

• Full interview with Claudio Caluori: redbull.com/en/claudio-caluori-bike-land-switzerland-im-portraet

Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the brains behind Ride for almost 20 years. The positioning of the magazine in the tourism sector initially caused head-scratching, but today the title is surfing a wave of success. In an interview, he explains Switzerland's pioneering position as a mountain bike destination by saying that a few years ago, German guests suddenly stayed away and the country had to reinvent itself.

Nathalie Schneitter

Nathalie Schneitter is a double world champion. Once as a junior in the cross-country division, and recently in the new discipline of e-mountain biking. She is also a female MTB form of the jack of all trades. In the interview, she explains that she would love to break down all the stupid prejudices in and around the sport of mountain biking.

• Full interview with Nathalie Schneitter: redbull.com/en/nathalie-schneitter-world-champion-and-initiator

Patricia Roth

Patricia Roth has tended to keep a low profile so far. She learned the ropes of mountain bike tourism in Massa Marittima and at Allegra Tourism, and today she advises destinations and hotels on her own with her company "Bike Agentur". Her posts about bike trips with her two children and husband Roger Essig have made her very popular on social media. In the interview, she explains that she juggles work, family and children and that mountain biking cements it all together.

• Full interview with Patricia Roth: redbull.com/en/patricia-roth-portrait-interview

Bruno Hirschi

Everyone in Switzerland knows Bruno Hirschi. Not as a person, but the results of his work. He is one of the fathers of Switzerland Mobile, i.e. Switzerland as a mountain biking country. He is the man consulted by authorities and administrations on mountain bike issues. In the interview, he explains that the conflict between hikers and mountain bikers is overestimated.