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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]]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:28:42 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/justin-leov-and-miranda-miller-win-garbanzo-downhill-32/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/justin-leov-and-miranda-miller-win-garbanzo-downhill-32/
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]]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:35:56 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/strait-and-kintner-win-crankworx-slalom-29/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/strait-and-kintner-win-crankworx-slalom-29/
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]]]> Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:57:41 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/bromont-world-cup-dh-report-25/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/bromont-world-cup-dh-report-25/
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]]]> Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:42:59 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/hill-and-jonnier-with-msa-downhill-21/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/hill-and-jonnier-with-msa-downhill-21/
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]]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:42:48 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/mont-ste-anne-world-cup-20/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/mont-ste-anne-world-cup-20/
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]]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:04:02 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/superenduro-eurocup-1-from-sauze-doulx-italy-11/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/superenduro-eurocup-1-from-sauze-doulx-italy-11/
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]]]> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:13:34 NEWS NEWS Transcend en http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/maribor-world-cup-downhill-recap-7/ http://www.ridemonkey.com/blogs/news-9/maribor-world-cup-downhill-recap-7/
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.

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