The inventors of the Leatt-Brace® just launched a brand new 3DF 6.0 Knee Guard as part of their 2018 line. It’s purposely-designed to combine the best of both worlds: a classic soft protection construction covered by two hard shell sliders. One main hard shell slider covers the upper shin / kneecap, followed by an additional hard shell slider along the top of the kneecap. Leatt’s 3DF-foam is designed to take care by dampening all the hard knocks, you have in store for it. It has been used within Leatt’s soft protectors for many years. It is said to improve sliding…
Author: Tomasz Profic
The 2018 Enduro World Series (EWS) season may not have started yet, but organisers are already announcing the details of next year’s calendar. The EWS will release 2019’s locations daily, starting today (Monday, February 5th) – including four completely new venues. And first up will be a trip down under to the incredible trails of Rotorua, New Zealand. Cecile Ravanel, Enduro World Series Rotorua 2017 This North Island venue has proved a real hit with riders from across the globe, with many now travelling to the iconic trails of the Whakarewarewa Forest outside of racing for their off-season training. With…
We are all in for big wheels! After a successful debut in the 29” full suspension bikes category, with the 130mm travel trail bike, we have expanded the 29-ers family with long travel enduro rigs: Snabb 150 Plus! Sławek Łukasik, downhill racer of the NS Bikes Factory Racing team, is spending this winter in New Zealand. Flow, sunshine, beautiful landscapes, stunning nature. Could you ask for a better place to test the new bike? Sławek is also a backer of 29” bikes and we will probably see him ride the big wheel a lot this season. NS Bikes Snabb 150…
Michal Prokop loves bicycles of all kinds. He got all the fourcross titles available, and then he got them all again. He made it up to the BMX Olympics in Beijing. He led the Czech national squad at the Track Team Sprint Worlds back then too. Even being aged over thirty, he grabbed wide bars of his enduro bike, and he’s doing well again. In 2017 Prokop premiered Blinduro, the mtb enduro event according to his own concept. Two days of blind riding for riders of all skills. The race was sold out in a few hours and went so…
Once again the FMB World Tour season started in front of the backdrop of Leogang’s ‘Steinberge’ with the only mountain bike slopestyle contest on snow: White Style. Training and qualification were held in perfect bluebird condition, but during the final runs fog moved in. As a result of decreasing visibility, the event eventually had to be canceled after the quarterfinals. Bienvenido Alba White Style, now in its 13th edition, once again attracted a field of 20 elite slopestyle riders from 6 nations. For the first time in White Style history, the 16 athletes who made it through qualification had to…
Max Fredriksson is one of the top slopestyle athletes on the FMB World Tour. After finishing second in the FMB Diamond Series in 2016, Max had his mind set on challenging the top spot once again but a pair of unfortunate injuries cut his 2017 season short before it even really began. Having recovered from the broken collarbone sustained at Crankworx Whistler, Max was determined to make up for time not spent on two wheels and headed to Järvsö Bike Park with his childhood friend Andreas just in time for closing weekend. The result is PowerPlace. Max Fredriksson: Me and…
Endurama SunRace, is an experience born from the idea of offering a winter break to many Europeans while snow, winter or many other inconvenient stop them from riding their bikes. Last year we started this event riding 4 days at pretty village of Ojen (near to Málaga, southern Spain), its climate its perfect to many riders who loves ride during winter over hundreds of tracks. Enduro or DH are the most common paths you will be able to find over there. Last years champ were: 4 days race Marco Fidalgo (Portugal) and 2 days race Kelan Grant (Irish elite Champ).…
The rider line-up has been finalized, the suspense is mounting: Only 9 days left until 20 Slopestyle and Dirt Jump athletes will travel to Leogang’s Schanteilift for the 2018 FMB World Tour season opening at White Style on January 26. The unique Slopestyle contest on snow has been an integral part of the Saalfelden Leogang event calendar for years but has big changes in store for 2018! For the first time, the athletes will battle each other head to head in an elimination format, the loser of a battle drops out of the contest. Will last year’s champion Torquato Testa…
The Enduro World Series (EWS) this week launches a completely new round of competition with the introduction of the Continental Series. Taking place across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific this year, the series will incorporate at least nine events in its first year, with plans to expand to South America and Africa in the future too. Bridging the gap between Qualifying events and the main EWS races, these new events allow up and coming riders to compete in existing events closer to home, gain ranking points and the chance to win a completely new Championship title; North American, European or…
We are super stoked to announce that Szymon Godziek joined our team! We have known Szymon very well for ages and are really looking forward to working with him. He’s one of the best and most creative riders out there, so expect big things to come! As usual you will be able to see him at all the most important contests in the FMB World Tour calendar. The rider is currently in Utah where he’s working on a freeride project and getting to know his new rig – the sweet custom painted Fuzz. The full edit from Utah and photo…
The Metropolis is a bike that we really don’t have to introduce. We have years of experience in building dirt jumpers and believe that this is one of the best out there. The out of the box bike is ready for any kind of dirt or street madness, because it has all the features of a modern dirt bike. Awesome ride, quality of steel tubes and classic slim look – this is the bike to go for if you love cromoly. NS Bikes Metropolis 1 NS Bikes Metropolis 2 NS Bikes Metropolis 3 Multi-butted chromoly frame of the Metropolis comes…
Thousands of kilometers of trails, six countries and a ton of bike action – thanks to the GraVity Card, the season pass of Europe’s unique bike park union, riders can make the most of the bike season. Ideal for those who don’t want to be confined to just one place, it only takes a few days of park riding for the card to pay off. Katrin (27), Jan (26), Anna (31) and Theresa (28) and Matthias (30) are five of the thousands of users of the ‘bike park flat rate’. We caught up with them to talk about their favorite…
Many sporting professions boast having certain talents that reach the pinnacle of their game at an early age, winning titles and progressing the sport they have so much passion for. Even though many Slopestyle athletes are pretty young in most cases, this year’s World Champion raised the bar even higher, or should we say lowered it age wise. After only one year on the FMB World Tour, Emil Johansson rode the best most consistent season by an 18-year-old the sport has ever seen. Even though the young Swede wasn’t able to win an FMB Diamond Event, a feat which he…
White Style, the only mountain bike Slopestyle contest on snow, returns to the slopes of Leogang for the opening round of the FMB World Tour 2018 on January 26. This year, Saalfelden Leogang has a surprise in store for both riders and spectators: a new head-to-head format! For the first time ever, 20 of the best slopestyle heavy hitters will step into the ring and fight for the championship belt. Check out the teaser: Judging White Style 2018 will be a new challenge as for the first time, the event will see an all new and thrilling format: In qualifying,…