The SF Bike Expo Crew is pleased to announce the addition of AT’s Showdown at the Cow Palace, a mountain bike dirt jump competition. Powered by Adidas and designed by Gravity Pro Andrew Taylor, it will begin with a launch off a Sea Container through the trees into 3 massive jumps. The competition will feature some of the top pros including Andrew Taylor, Greg Watts, Cameron McCaul, Tyler MCcaul, Paul Basagoitia, Mike Montgomery and more riders to be announced. The SF Bike Expo is taking shape.... [Read More]

The seasons are changing and the weather is getting great for
riding. Riding in So Cal is never as fun as it is this time of the
year.

In fact the movie about grassroots racing at our race series "Think
Global, Race Local" is premiering Thursday November 12th at the
UltraStar Mission Valley. There will be two showings Thursday night
the 12th, the first at 7pm and the second at 8:30. This is your
chance to see yourself and your friends on the Big Screen. Tickets
are $5 each... [Read More]

e*thirteen announces new Australian distributor

Leominster, MA (October 11, 2009) – e*thirteen components announces its new partnership with Australian distributor Dirt Works.

Jonas Mikolayunas, Worldwide Sales Coordinator for e*thirteen components had this to say, “e*thirteen is excited about the opportunity to join forces with such a well rounded distributor. Dirt Works is a progressive establishment that has the tools needed to help keep e*thirteen components a leader... [Read More]

TYR Announces Tracer Sayonara Swimskin Online Giveaway

Huntington Beach – TYR prepares for the Kona Ironman World Championships with its online site, www.tyr.com/kona, with pre-race and race day coverage.

The site features biographies, a photo gallery, and live video blogging of TYR’s sponsored triathletes including two-time defending world champion Chrissie Wellington, Ironman 70.3 worl... [Read More]

A group of professional skiers are partaking in a charity bike ride from Seattle to San Diego to benefit the Riley Poor Foundation, The Shane McConkey Fund and Billy Poole Foundation.

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Words and photos by Max Kuszaj & Angeli VanLaanen

As you may or may not know, the ski industry has seen many tragedies in the past few years, from spinal cord injuries to athlete deaths. Now is a time to give back with awareness to the general public, in our case, we are giving back as

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It took 15 years, but Englishman Steve Peat has finally won himself a World Downhill Championship.

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Peaty Wins!

It took 15 years, but Englishman Steve Peat (syndicate) has finally won himself a World Downhill Championship. In front of a rabid Aussie crowd, Peaty received as much of a cheer as the locals as he made his way down the short 1.6km course.


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It was an Aussie sweep at 4x as Jared Graves secured his first ever world title in the men's division while young local hero Caroline Buchanan took the win for the women in front of a hometown crowd.

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It was an Aussie sweep at 4x as Jared Graves (AUS) Yeti went gate to gate tonight to secure his first ever world title. For the ladies, it was the young local hero Caroline Buchanan (AUS) taking the win in her hometown in front of her friends, family and school mates.

Whiteface 5K DH Pictures, Race Video & Results + Upcoming Events

Full race report with pictures, race video and results can be found by
following this link:

http://downhillmike1.wordpress.com/2...h-race-report/

Upcoming Events:

*Saturday September 5: Ladies Day # 3 with free lift tickets for all
women. Please visit our web site for coupon.

*Saturday September 12: Whiteface Fall Classic X-C Challenge.

Plenty of time still to see ya at The Face,

Downhill Mike... [Read More]

After loading 1800 cubic yards of dirt onto a 290-foot barge, Red Bull's mountain biking squad stole the show last weekend at AT&T Park in San Francisco as they performed huge stunts in McCovey Cove.

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Anthill Films has just finished putting the finishing touches on Brandon Semenuk's rider profile for FOLLOW ME... along with a story on the video which was shot on location with Brandon and Stevie Smith during a recent trip to the Sunshine Coast of BC.

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Words & photos by Jonathan Shramm (www.anthillfilms.com)

The Sunshine Coast of BC is a 40-minute ferry ride away from Vancouver. The abundance of coastline and boats giv... [Read More]

Red Alert! Nevis Range now open for red route riders!

Nevis Red, The UK’s only red graded cross country mountain bike trail accessed by mountain gondola, was officially opened today (Tuesday 25 August) by BBC Sport presenter and avid mountain bike rider Dougie Vipond at Nevis Range, Fort William, in the heart of the Outdoor Capital of the UK.

Home to the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup the challenging terrain of Aonach Mor, in the shadows of Ben Nevis, was previously only acce... [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]

Watts gets backwards off the SRAM box in qualifiers.

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Words and Photos by: Fraser Britton.


Greg Watts took home top honors tonight at the 2009 Monster Energy Slopestyle here at Crankworx in Whistler.


Watts through down a near perfect run in front of 20,000 screaming fans to take home the $15,000 cash that was up for grabs. His score of 96.0 was enough to beat Brandon Semenuk with a 95.25. Watts 360 tail whipped the drop in, talk about getting things started wit... [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]

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 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 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]

The VW Best Trick Showdown competition has been canceled today due to rain.

“The Boneyard is just not going to provide the conditions needed for our slopestyle athletes to perform at the level they want to,” says Mark Taylor, Event Director for Kokanee Crankworx. “Due to the rain the wooden features are too slick and the dirt jumps are too soft to safely pull the technical tricks and massive airs.”

In lieu of airing the VW Best Trick Showdown on Go211.com’s live webcast a live int... [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]

*August 13 @ 2:00pm will be our series final for our Mini Downhill Series.

*August 20 @ 2:00pm will be our series final for our Mini Dual Slalom Series

*August 29 & 30 is the 4th Annual 5 K Downhill. Full details can be found on our website.

*Monday August 31st will be our 3rd Pump Track Challenge of the season.

To see the latest Olympic Regional Development Authority Press Release & some of o... [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 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 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]

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 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]