![Joey Schusler portrait from The Kora](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/79d43361-8027-4fb7-bb51-c3e69fd01c9a_YKckk0zH.jpeg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,420,2832,3402&w=1024&h=1230)
Joey
Schusler
Adventurer / Photographer
A native of Colorado, award-winning adventure filmmaker Joey Schusler is more comfortable in huge mountains than anywhere-especially when he's on a mountain bike. A veteran of the Yeti Cycles racing program, joining the team 13 years ago at age 17, Schusler is a former World Cup downhill racer with top 10 experience in the Enduro World Series. Schusler continues to ride at a professional level, even appearing in freeride segments alongside the likes of Matt Hunter in the 2019 movie, Return to Earth. Through self-produced films such as Huayhuash, 55 Hours in Mexico, The Trail to Kazbegi, and The Kora, and RJ Ripper, he has helped to bring a hardcore backcountry adventure ethos to the forefront of the mountain bike community. Joey can either be found behind a camera making MTB films, or out on big bike packing adventures in the far-flung corners of the world.
Yeti bike of choice - why?
What is your first memory on a bike?
Best feeling on a bike?
What is your biggest source of inspiration outside of mountain biking?Why?
A word of advice to the groms
Speed or Style?
Top 3 riding destinations?
Accolades:
- Long time retired racer turned award winning filmmaker.
- On the bike my true passion is large adventures, which have taken me to dozens of countries.
- The only accolade I'm going for these days is most hours on the bike and most fun had!
![Joey Schusler wielding an eagle in one and and the SB5 in another.](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/dbd9f422-7eaf-4232-a4bf-04dce01ba88b_201508_TheAltaiTraverse_00931-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2874,1919&w=1198&h=800)
![Joey Schusler](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/Ziqv4fPdc1huK1sC_202309_AlpsTraverse_Perini_0629.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=1%2C0%2C1919%2C2880&w=533&h=800)
![Joey Schusler](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/Ziqv4PPdc1huK1sA_202309_AlpsTraverse_Perini_0611.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C0%2C2880%2C1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/Ziqv3vPdc1huK1r-_202309_AlpsTraverse_Perini_0287.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C0%2C2880%2C1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/Ziqv3_Pdc1huK1r__202309_AlpsTraverse_Perini_0407.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C0%2C2880%2C1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Thomas Woodson and Carston Oliver look over a topography map lit by headlamp.](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/01c57fb6-4b60-4500-b13e-d5619d29ba43_201606_Bolivia_Schusler_13149.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,1440,960&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler taming the Moab tech aboard the ASR.](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/8d56513e-fd77-41e7-a945-07fbe28e077e_20140313_MoabUT_848-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2880,1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler leading Sam Seward down single track](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/2750bff5-0ad2-42ac-b754-e6117e38a7f9_201506_TheTrailToKazbegi_BriceMinnigh_351-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2880,1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler with his SB5 ready to tackle the Altai Traverse](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/8503f226-aec8-4f2a-b7e9-e9db696a6928_201508_TheAltaiTraverse_03407-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2880,1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler dangling from a rope high in aspen trees](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/a243f8da-03ea-4ead-91ee-a78ac0649cfc_201509_CrestedButte_Hills_01-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2880,1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler hitting a jump with largoe Bolivian peaks in the background](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/f2d4fed1-0132-4f5a-a5ba-b4ab851864f9_201606_Bolivia_Schusler_01516-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2880,1920&w=1200&h=800)
![Joey Schusler setting up the shot in Noray](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/520c65d1-0ac9-4d6c-933d-a339762e5529_DTP_3842-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2877,1920&w=1199&h=800)
![Joey Schusler roosting a corner](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/624b5421-4f48-44c7-be5b-4abddf479c9a_Carl_Zoch_Summer_OZtrails_535-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2651,1919&w=1105&h=800)
![Joey Schusler roosting a corner in New Zealand](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/fd7bbead-bdfd-4467-9ba9-89fbf8031f1f_DTP_0298-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2877,1920&w=1199&h=800)
![Joey Schusler taking a photo from a helicopter](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/c08930a7-44a7-4615-9586-bb0c3a94d8c3_DTP_5562-desktop%402x.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,0,2877,1920&w=1199&h=800)
Joey’s Kit
![Joey Schusler 2019 SB100 with the Matterhorn in the background.](https://yeticycles.com/cms/images/5a486c3b-b220-42e6-aca6-fe8edbbf98fa_IG_CarouselPost_01.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,570,2400,2400&w=960&h=960)
Kit Details
- SB100
- SRAM
- ENVE
- ROCK SHOX