Josh Carlson
Former enduro racer and presenter on WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series broadcasts
Career results
7
Wins at Fort William
A record for the venue
3
World Cup overall titles
2001, 2005, 2008
22
World Cup wins
The most by any man
4
World titles
2003, 2012, 2013, 2021
Biography
Josh Carlson is an Australian mountain biker and broadcaster from Wollongong. He raced enduro internationally from 2013, finishing sixth at the Whistler round of the Enduro World Series in 2019, and later raced e-bikes, placing seventh overall in the 2022 E-Enduro World Series. He has won six Australian e-mountain bike titles, and his full-time racing career ended at the 2024 UCI Enduro World Championships in Val di Fassa, Italy.
He joined the World Cup broadcast team in 2023 and created Carlson On Course, his course-preview segment, shown on Eurosport, TNT Sports, Max and Stan Sport. He is part of the live presenting team for the 2026 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, and in 2026 he started Carlson Off Course, short films of his motorbike journey between rounds on a Triumph Tiger Sport 660.
Career highlights
- Presenter on UCI Mountain Bike World Cup broadcasts since 2023, including the 2026 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series
- Creator and host of Carlson On Course
- Host of Carlson Off Course, riding a Triumph Tiger Sport 660 between World Cup rounds in 2026
- Six Australian e-mountain bike national titles, E-XC and E-Enduro
- 7th overall, E-Enduro World Series 2022
- 6th, Enduro World Series, Whistler 2019
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Career
2025
Team Director, Norco Race Division
2024
Last World Cup race, Mont-Sainte-Anne; MBUK Lifetime Achievement Award
2021
World Champion for the fourth time
2013
World Champion
2012
World Champion
2008
World Cup overall; joins the Santa Cruz Syndicate
2005
World Cup overall
2003
World Champion
2001
World Cup overall
Brand marketing
Carlson Off Course
c. 5,000 km
On the bikes between rounds
5
World Cup rounds
7
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