Now that we're through our first round of upgrades, its time for all of us to kick the tires and put it through its paces.
We've put in a stable groundwork to build from, and are going to be looking to you to help us make it perfect!

Hello all you monkeys out there!

Welcome to Ridemonkey... uh... 2.69? 3.0? 3.7? Something like that...

Anyways, Ridemonkey has gone through a lot of changes in the past year - some for the worse, and some for the better.
Traffic has been fantastic, an... [Read More]

Fraser Britton was on the scene and gives you the wrap-up on the Maribor WC Downhill

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The legendary Maribor, Slovenia downhill track saw scorching sun, torrential rains, hail and then more sun as the world's best downhillers tried to figure out what tires to run come race day. By the time finals kicked off on Sunday, some riders were on dry tires, some were on cut spikes and some were on full spikes.

At the end of the day determ... [Read More]

Series Leader Marco Rodolico took home the win in the "SE3" pro class at this weekends Superenduro Euro Cup fueled by Monster Energy here in Sauze D'Oulx.

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Series Leader Marco Rodolico took home the win in the "SE3" pro class at this weekends Superenduro Euro Cup fueled by Monster Energy here in Sauze D'Oulx. The torrential rains that threatened all day managed to hold off and the sun stayed out until just after the last pro riders trickled in before dumping buckets of water on the co... [Read More]

A look at what's new and exciting in Whistler's kick-ass bike park leading up to next month's Crankworx.

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Words & photos by Dan Carr

Every summer tens of thousands of bikers descend on the Whistler Blackomb bike park to sample what is widely acknowledged as the best riding in the world. With over 50 different trails covering over 250 miles of trails and descending up to 4800 feet of vertical you might wonder how it could be any better? The 12-strong bike park trail crew nev... [Read More]

This year's Mont Ste Anne World Cup is a lead up to the World Championships that will be held here in September of next year.

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Words and Photos by Fraser Britton

This year's Mont Ste Anne World Cup is a lead up to the World Championships that will be held here in September of next year. GESTEV, the organizer, is going all out to make sure it is their best event ever with everything being just a bit bigger and better.

When racing get's underway, it will be Greg Minnaar (Sant... [Read More]

Hill takes his first victory of the season and moves into the series lead here at MSA.


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Sam Hill (AUS) Monster Energy - Specialized and Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) Maxxis have taken home the wins on the behemoth of a track here in Mont Ste Anne. Rain fell throughout the night last night, started to dry and then fell again just as practice ended, giving riders a course with incredibly variable conditions. The earliest riders got slick, greasy corners, but by the last 10 min condition... [Read More]

Here's the wrap-up from last weekend's National Championships in Sol Vista, Colorado.

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Words & photos by Patrick Branch

Saturday and Sunday, the conditions reminded me of California - dry, warm, and loose. Some racers like myself preferred these types of conditions, while others hoped for rain to make things tacky. If you were like me and forgot to use sunscreen on Thursday, thinking whatever, you and I were surly wrong and suffered the consequences of the sunburn.<... [Read More]

Ridemonkey brings you two live broadcasts this weekend of the Nissan UCI World Cup in Bromont, Quebec.

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Ridemonkey is proud to present two live broadcasts this weekend of the Nissan UCI World Cup in Bromont, Quebec. On Saturday, August 1st we'll be featuring the DH & 4X and then on Sunday, August 2nd the X-Country will be going down.

Check them out below, or go to Live Broadcast of the DH & 4X and/or ... [Read More]

Wet and wild and then dry and rough, Bromont didn't disappoint.

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Words and Photos by Fraser Britton
Greg Minnaar (RSA - Santa Cruz Syndicate) and Sabrina Jonnier (FRA - Maxxis) have taken home the gold at the 7th round of the UCI World Cup Downhill at Bromont, Canada. Minnaar and Jonnier both dealt with rough conditions and tight competition today as the course changed dramatically from earlier practice sessions, drying out and getting extremely rough. It was beating riders... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC July 28, 2009 – Kokanee Crankworx has added an epic artistic event to a packed roster of athletic events. Modeled after the legendary Arctery’x Deep Winter Photo Challenge; the Saint Deep Summer Photo Challenge pits six of the world’s best mountain bike photographers against the... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC August 4, 2009 – Kokanee Crankworx 2009 is ready to rip Saturday, August 8 and will kick off the celebration of all two-wheeled addictions as the Bike Expo, Demo and Tech Zones open to the public in the morning a... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC August 6, 2009 – Whistler is readying itself to welcome the world with Kokanee Crankworx, the world’s largest freeride mountain bike festival, kicking off in just two days. Now in its sixth year, the event has grown from a grassroots celebration of gravity-fueled mountain biking, to a festival spanning nine days; drawing ov... [Read More]

Strait outguns the 4x stars to take home the giant check as large crowds watch Crankworx's first official event of 2009.

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Words and Photos by: Fraser Britton

Despite cool temperatures and fading light, a huge crowd hung out, drank, made noise and watched Kyle Strait and Jill Kintner take the wins at the Crankworx Slalom event.

The first official event of this year's festival attracted some big guns, with Lopes, Michal Prokop, Johannes Fishbach, Filip Polc and other big name... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC August 8, 2009 – An amazing sunset through the clouds set the dramatic stage on a Dual Slalom course built to perfection. Slopestyle heavyweight Kyle Strait, back on the race scene this year, upset Brian Lopes to win the 2009 Kokanee Crankworx Dual Slalom. The gates dropped to fast-paced action and big crashes, proving once again the Dual Slalom is... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 9, 2009 – Justin Leov beats the dust, and the rest of the field to take top spot in the Monster Energy Garbanzo DH at Kokanee Crankworx 2009. With only one run to make their mark and over 330 competitors over all, there was no room for error.

The Monster Energy Garbanzo DH descends nearly 3,400 feet from top to... [Read More]

Leov and Canadian new comer Miranda Miller suffer for dollars on the fabled Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill here at Crankworx.

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Words and photos by Fraser Britton

When pro rider’s facebook status’ change to “Time to Suffer”, you know it’s a big course. They don’t get much bigger than the legendary Garbanzo downhill here in Whistler. Over 14 minutes long, the course here beats riders into submission, and as one rider put it afterwards “once you get through the upper sectio... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 11, 2009 – It was survival of the fittest today as ladies endured a full day of riding in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park at the third annual WomenzWorx event presented by Sombrio Girl; proving once again, that girls can hold their own in the Bike Park. The event included two open competitions and one i... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 12, 2009 - The Air DH took over the Whistler Mountain Bike Park with over 340 competitors ripping down the most well known DH course on the planet, A-Line. Brian Lopes continued his reign in the No. 1 spot with a fourth straight Air DH title, scoring the fastest time of the day at 4:20:45.

The Air DH course runs the... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 13, 2009 - Last night Kokanee Crankworx took over the Fairmont Chateau Whistler as more than 1,000 people poured into their largest ballroom, some with bikes in tow, to take in the inaugural Saint Deep Summer Photo Challenge.

In front of the capacity crowd, six of the world’s... [Read More]

The Brian Lopes wins the air downhill for the fourth year in a row.

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Words and Photos by: Fraser Britton

Flyin' Brian Lopes is unstoppable when it comes to racing his way down the most ridden freeride trail on earth. The former 4x world champion was in fine form taking the competition to school once again on the fabled A-Line jump trail here in Whistler.

Rain on and off all week had made parts of the trail slick, as the blue groove turned to slime making berms treacherou... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 14, 2009 – Everyone was gunning for him but that may be the secret to Brian Lopes’s success. After taking second in last Saturday’s Dual Slalom, Lopes had something to prove and came in fast and strong to claim his position at the top with Jared Rando of Australia taking second place and Johannes Fischbach of Germany coming in third fast... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC August 15, 2009 – The Canadian Open Enduro lived up to its name as the toughest completion of the week for both pro’s and amateurs. The emerging event concept put some of the world’s best downhill, freeride and cross country riders through the paces with a gruelling top to bottom race in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park.

Brian Lopes proved hi... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 15, 2009- The Monster Energy Slopestyle including the VW Best Trick Award had over 20,000 screaming spectators on hand to witness greatness take place in the Boneyard Slopestyle course at Kokanee Crankworx 2009.

With the live webcast on Crankworx.com and Go211.com keep... [Read More]

WHISTLER, BC, August 16, 2009 – The Canadian Open Downhill presented by Kona went off today, taking over the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. The final event of Kokanee Crankworx 2009 saw nearly 300 riders take part in the race. Ea... [Read More]

Monster Energy - Specialized's Sam Hill on his way to victory at the Canadian Open.

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Words and Photos by: Fraser Britton

Sam Hill (AUS) Monster Energy - Specialized has taken the win at he second annual Canadian Open, the final event at this year's Crankworx Festival in Whistler, BC.

Hill beat out a world cup caliber field by a huge eight-second margin. The track for this year's Open was a modified version of the course built by Canadian downhill pro Tyler Morland for la... [Read More]