Ride to Resilience

This documentary follows a professional mountain biker and firefighter through a challenging year.

The film explores themes of trauma and mental health, alongside the camaraderie of friendship and the restorative power of nature.

It’s a raw and honest portrayal of personal growth and healing.

Ride to Resilience — a raw, real, and slightly reckless documentary that follows professional mountain biker and full-time firefighter, Steve Vanderhoek, through one of the most intense years of his life.

It’s a story of trauma, PTSD, and depression, but also of friendship, forest therapy, and the quiet power of simply staying in the fight.

Steve opens up like never before — about the weight of what first responders carry, the way adrenaline can mask pain, and how riding a bike through the woods can sometimes feel like the only way to breathe again.

The film is independently produced, self-funded, and still in progress.

Over the past year, this story has grown into something far bigger than we ever imagined.

The feedback we’ve received has shown us how deeply it resonates—and how much potential it has to create real impact in our community and beyond.

Despite that, securing additional funding—especially within the mountain bike industry—has been an ongoing challenge.