What an event in New Zealand! Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza kicked off the FMB Diamond Series in style! The best slopestyle athletes in the world dropped into the course a day earlier than planned due to the weather forecasts for Sunday, but they sure did step up! Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) was able to secure his first ever win at Crankworx Rotorua after coming second in the two previous years and he is the first non-Canadian to win the prestigious event. His run convinced fans and judges alike (95.66 score) and he took the first Diamond Series win…
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Caroline Buchanan A huge crowd-pleasing win for Olympian Caroline Buchanan will place the reigning Queen of Crankworx, Jill Kintner, on the back foot heading into 2017 and set the stage for an epic race for Queen. Competing before a screaming gaggle of young Kiwi girls, who made their preference for Buchanan (AUS) known with the full rock-star treatment when she met up against Kintner (USA) in the finals, Buchanan had to close her eyes to focus. Jill Kintner This is only her second shared Crankworx podium with fiance Barry Nobles (USA), who pulled in for a solid third place, and…
As Crankworx Rotorua is approaching, ROSE Bikes have announced their new freeride team for the season: ROSE Rad Squad. The team includes top mountain bike riders Anthony Messere, Antoine Bizet, Torquato Testa, Jakub Vencl, Tobias Wrobel and Lukas Knopf. 2017 mountain bike season is about to hit it off with a new strong unified force by ROSE Bikes. Six top riders have teamed up under the German bike brand, to showcase their skillset, push the sport and drop some jaws, while hitting the slopes and sending it at the competitions. We had a chat with all the team riders about…
Wondering how to be a “good” mountain biker on and off the bike? Here are some tips for you from David Cachon. It is your decision to follow these guidelines or not to. But in order to preserve your relationship with your family, girlfriend, wife, fellow riders or others you probably want to practice them at home and in the saddle. However, if you don’t heed that advice, you better be prepared to assume the consequences of not being a “good” mountain biker. 1. Punctuality is a great virtue Even though I am late sometimes you should not do the…
Before the race weekend started, we in the Canyon Family had some terrible news. Our Team Manager, Florian Goral had passed away due to a blood infection. Flo was the man alongside Fabien who got me onto Canyon and only knowing Flo for a short time I could see he had a really big heart, smile, and was someone who really cared about the sport. A devastating shock like this really brings you back down to earth and it especially made me realize just how uncertain life can be. I was then thinking about my family a lot over the…
A new breed of freestyle athlete will take on Kelly McGarry’s masterpiece course at Crankworx Rotorua next weekend as New Zealand opens competition season with the first event in the quest for the Triple Crown of Slopestyle. Torquato Testa The epic Brett-versus-Brandon battles of years gone by will take a back seat as five-time Red Bull Joyride Champion Brandon Semenuk (CAN) takes the course on Sunday, April 2 without his friend, and rival, 2016 Joyride Champion Brett Rheeder (CAN). Rheeder is recovering from knee surgery and his absence leaves the door wide open for new challengers. Leading the charge will…
The 2017 Enduro World Series got off to a wild start with the Giant Toa Enduro in New Zealand – but even the craziest of conditions wasn’t enough to slow down winners Cecile Ravanel and Wyn Masters. Heavy rain early in the day rendered Crankworx Rotorua’s opening event into one of the most savage EWS races to date, with all seven stages transforming from hero dirt during practice into something altogether more brutal come race day. The pro men’s field left the stage last and bore the brunt of the changing conditions. Wyn Masters However the Kiwi men seemed completely…
Shredding like crazy, action and adrenaline – these are the components for a perfect day on the bike. And what’s the icing on the cake? Hanging out and chatting with mates – ideally at a cool place. Bikers can look forward to the start of the season of Bikepark Leogang: the GoPro Lounge, the one and only outdoor lounge of the global leader of action and outdoor cameras, will be waiting for everybody who wants to catch their breath after an exciting day on the bike. Fatboy hammocks, stools and deck chairs, sun roofs, a giant TV screen – the…
With the FMB Diamond Series approaching fast we are looking forward to a wild season jam-packed with loads of slopestyle action. As in the past the FMBA will be awarding wildcards for FMB Diamond Series Events at a number of FMB Gold Events. The FMB Wildcards have been confirmed so it is time to get stoked for the best season yet: Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza kicks off the FMB Diamond Series next week on April 2. However, even though the diamond contests are a focal point of the season, the FMB Gold Events will also play a…
The 2017 Enduro World Series is heading down under for the first race of the year in Rotorua, New Zealand. After six long months, the off season is finally over and this Sunday riders will be lining up on the start line of the Giant Toa Enduro at the opening event of Crankworx Rotorua. Cecile Ravanel Taking place in the famous Whakarewarewa Forest, competitors will be taking on seven stages in this one day race that will test riders over a variety of terrain from steep and technical to fast and physical. All eyes will be on reigning World Champions…
In this installment of Trail Hunter, Matt Hunter and the gang head to the wilds of Patagonia to brave the elements and ride some volcanoes. Yeah, we’re serious. You have to watch to it to believe it.
The new season kicks off this weekend in Rotorua, New Zealand with the Giant Toa Enduro! For the first race of the year we head to Rotorua in the North Island of New Zealand. Part of the Crankworx World Tour, riders competing in the Giant Toa Enduro will get the chance to once more explore this magical land filled with smoking geysers, lush rainforest and some of the most challenging singletrack the Southern Hemisphere has to offer. You can find out everything you need to know about the race right here. And don’t forget to tune into enduroworldseries.com on Sunday…
It’s about this time of year when the focus shifts from winter to spring and the longing for early sunrises, warm rays of sunshine and the pleasure of that flowy feeling on two-wheels just gets a grip of us. Mountain bikers still have to wait until June 2, when Bikepark Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis kicks off the new biking season and the Waldbahn starts to take visitors and their bikes from all over the world up the mountain. But, why not start daydreaming about the sound of rubber on dirt and that unique feeling of flow! Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis conjures those vivid pictures of the…
Big turnout at the LINES schneefraesn series. It’s a very satisfied look on the faces at the Austrian mountain bike magazine LINES, as they look upon what was once called “off season”. Five venues spread over the country, 200 riders and a very close fight for the overall crown made for the best ever winter downhill racing season. Vali Höll makes it two in a row. After 2016, the young gun Vali Höll is again the big winner of the winter series. She secured the title with victories in the toughest races at Lienz and Saalbach. Paula Zibasa, another up-and-coming…