The 2016 FMB Diamond Series is coming to an end this weekend. The highlight of the season is happening in Whistler. The final Diamond Event of the year Red Bull Joyride at Crankworx Whistler will decide who will be taking the title home. Will Nicholi Rogatkin be able to put the icing on the cake of a huge season and win his first World Champion Title? Even with a 498 point cushion ahead of Max Fredriksson from Sweden, the American cannot afford to take it easy. One mistake could see his grasp slip off the trophy. Red Bull TV will…
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Bas Van Steenbergen redefined the meaning of the word in the “hot seat” on Wednesday at Crankworx, sweating out 30 full runs in first spot, from the top downhill racers in the world, to win the Fox Air DH. Temperatures are soaring in the mountains, leaving the courses hot, dry, dusty and rutty for the 10-day festival as Whistler plays host to 1200 riders and 130,000 spectators. Bas Van Steenbergen: That was nerve-wracking; it wasn’t the greatest. I would rather have dropped in a little bit earlier next time. I got a fourth in Les Gets in Speed & Style…
Enjoying being back Coming into Whistler there was a lot of questions I was hoping to find the answers to. Having been away for the last three rounds of the EWS, the most important question was, where would my speed lie? Would I be fighting for consistency and mid packresults or would I be able to get back into the mix and start to battle again? Flying over from New Zealand I was able to have the whole Team Leov support with me this time which was great. Traveling on a 13 hour flight from Auckland to Vancouver was the…
This weekend round five of SloEnduro series hosted by experienced Calcit Bike Team. Doubles as National Championships and there is a music festival in the mix. This season SloEnduro, the Slovenian international mountain bike enduro series, unites six events in Slovenia, Italy and Croatia. Each event is unique and so is the Enduro Kamnik this weekend, on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of August. There are many reasons for this. Peter Mlinar It is also the race that will crown this year’s Slovenian Enduro National Champions. Even if this race was not part of SloEnduro “major league” last year since…
Five bike wear lines for men and three for women mark ION’s entry into 2017. For its fifth season in biking ION has widened its range of bike apparel, covering all aspects of mountain biking: from gravity-oriented DH and free-riding to all-mountain/enduro, from trail to those performance-oriented bike disciplines. Besides the familiar Traze series for trail riding, the extremely versatile Scrub series and the “gravity only” Slash series, the 2017 collection high-lights two completely new bike wear lines: Paze for all kinds of marathon/XC training and racing. And the rather progressive Seek, that addresses all free-riders out there looking for…
Richie Rude and Cecile Ravanel have done it again – they win the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro Presented by Specialized. Both Rude (Yeti Fox Shox) and Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team) each staged incredible comebacks after their days got off to a bad start. Cecile suffered mechanicals on both stages one and two, whilst Richie had to contend with a flat tyre on stage two. This put both of them at a disadvantage going into the next stages – with Cecile only just making her stage three start time. Richie Rude Everything hinged on the epic stage five, the famous…
Style, speed and a double “first ever” marked the opening competition of Crankworx Whistler, as the final stop of the 2016 Crankworx World Tour got underway on Saturday. Slopestyle rider Tomas GENON (BEL) pulled out a win in the CLIF Bar Dual Speed & Style, proving tricks could dominate on the short, fast courses, despite athletes’ concerns the track itself would force speed to dominate. Tom Van Steenbergen vs Brendan Howey Thomas Genon: At the beginning of the day it was looking like we couldn’t do anything with tricks because the seeding run shows that the top six were only…
We tend to associate Rémy Metailler with Whistler Bike Park too often. When Remy suggested we go to Hafjell in Norway to discover the famous park, we jumped at the chance. A breath of fresh air for Remy and the opportunity for him to do something different. As usual, he meticulously dissected each section of the bike park to find his features, his speed and his style. Each bike park is different but the vision of Rémy is his. Hafjell’s aura inspired!
He comes from Belgium, is the reigning FMB World Champion and is part of the Canyon Factory Freeride Team: Thomas Genon is known for keeping a cool head during his contest runs and sending the sickest tricks on the World Tour. But who is this guy? What keeps him going and where are his favorite spots? Filmmaker Harrison Mendel has been looking for answers and presents them in Thomas’ new clip “This Is Home” created by Shimano. Thomas Genon: I have wanted to create my own video for a long, long time now, but I just never had the opportunity.…
The spotlight was shining on future mountain bike prospects all week during the “MTB-Festival Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis”. Seven days with an action packed MTB program have come to an end today. The last highlight of a great week took place on Sunday: The “iXS International Rookies Championships”. Five unofficial youth World Champions were to be crowned during the “Kona Rookie Games” in Bikepark Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis. As the morning mist in the valley started to disappear, it was obvious that it would be a fantastic day for mountain biking. Once again about 200 MTB talents made their way up to the Waldbahn in order…
The Enduro World Series is heading to the iconic resort of Whistler and the Crankworx festival for round six, the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro presented by Specialized. The famous mountains that flank the resort will be filled with 300 riders this Sunday, as they take to the legendary trails for five stages of racing on some of the area’s finest singletrack. This year’s course will keep riders on their toes, with classic trails getting a new twist and some lesser known routes thrown in for good measure too. In the men’s race Richie Rude (Yeti Fox Shox) may still lead…
Are you looking for a special biking destination for your summer cycling holidays? Hans Rey will give you one. The MTB legend invites all bikers to follow him to Livigno on the new flow trails of the Mountain Park Carosello 3000. A new concept of track that can guarantee fun and safety for families and beginners as well as adrenaline and challenges for expert riders. August is a month that more than any other evokes the summer holidays spirit. Located in the heart of the Italian Alps, Livigno has become one of the most popular and appreciated destinations during the…
What would you do if you had Coast Gravity Park all to yourself for three days? That’s the scenario Canyon Factory Freeride Team rider Anton Thelander found himself in recently. With the park open, Anton and the crew at Mind Spark Cinema got down to work with filming the Swede’s latest edit, “Solo Coastal Cruise”. Showcasing his skills on the Stitched 720 before transitioning to his new blacked out Sender CF for some fast track cruising, Anton throws down with speed and style on dream trails. Anton Thelander: Shooting up at Coast was unreal. Every day we were out there…
Well, yes, it’s been a bit of a tough time for me since the opening rounds in South America. On returning to New Zealand I didn’t have the “go” I usually do. I was plagued with low energy and multiple days of head cold symptoms. I didn’t know what was going on really but I knew something must be up so I went to my doctor and they found I had glandular fever (GF). Since sharing my diagnosis, I’ve had a lot of people contact me with their GF stories and what they did to recover from it. I also…