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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Next time you're in the area of Bellingham, Washington, stay and ride for a while. This photo article covers just a small amount of all the riding to be had here.

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Words by David Waugh
Photos by David Waugh & Patrick Branch

Bellingham, Washington is a city of about 75,000 people located between the foothills of the Cascade Mountains and Bellingham Bay. Seattle is an hour and a half to the south, Vancouver, B.C. is less than an hour and a half north if the border has no... [Read More]

(...okay, not his WHOLE life story)

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Interview by Patrick Branch

Where did you grow up and where did you live the longest?

I was born in Vancouver, BC, but I was raised in Kamloops, BC... lived there the longest, but I lived a lot in Whistler as well. But, now I live in North Vancouver with my girlfriend and my baby girl...11 months old. And I live with my girlfriend who rides. She was riding Northshore 20 years ago.

Who is your girlfriend?

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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.

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]

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]

Brian Lopes, again showing his speed along with versatility, wins the first ever Canadian Open Enduro with a time of less than 20 minutes. Fionn Griffiths takes home the gold in the pro women's division.

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Words and Photos by David Waugh

The Canadian Open Enduro took place on Saturday in the afternoon before slopestyle. The inaugural event covered a lot of ground all over the mountain, starting above the top of Garbanzo at the gondola station. Not just a downhill event, the... [Read More]

Lopes had no problem taking home the gold in Friday's Giant Slalom; Jared Rando and Johannes Fischbach took second and third respectively. Jill Kintner came in first in the women's division.

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Words and Photos by David Waugh

Brian Lopes took home the gold medal and $2,250 in the Giant Slalom on Friday at Crankworx. Jill Kintner also had no problem winning the gold in the women's division.
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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]

A womens' only event where riders are judged on speed and style on a technical trail and jump trail.

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Words and photos by Patrick Branch

Yesterday the WomenzWorx event took place at Crankworx in Whistler. The first section was on the upper mountain towards the end of In Deep (a trail that is normally loamy and full of rocks and roots). It poured rain for the better part of the previous day so it became a mess of slippery roots and puddles. The second section was on the... [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]

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]

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]

Check out all the action from Crankworx in Winter Park, Colorado live right here on Ridemonkey!

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Ridemonkey is hooking you up with a series of kick-ass live broadcasts of all the action that's about go off at Crankworx Colorado in Winter Park.

The live broadcasts start today with the Slopestyle Qualifiers beginning at 3:30pm MST, and continue tomorrow (July 31st) with the Dual Slalom Finals at 1pm MST and the Slopestyle Best Trick at 4pm MST. Then it all wraps up i... [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]

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]

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]

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]

Photo gallery from the first two days of competition at the Sol Vista National Championships.

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Words & photos by Patrick Branch

Wednesday afternoon, I arrived at Denver where my friend Zach Griffith picked me up. The next morning, we were off to Sol Vista. We got here at about 9:30, enough time for me to get a few practice runs on the amateur course.

"Cat 1, 2, and 3 are on one course and the pro's are on their own. The amateur course has lots of silt with rocks. The... [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]

David Waugh and a group of eager volunteers are working hard to revive the dirt jump park that they grew up on in Bellingham, Washington...

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Words & photos by David Waugh

As everyone knows who rides dirt jumps, the jumps are more or less always in need of some kind of work to keep them running smoothly. The dirt jump park in Bellingham, Washington, is no exception. Although the park is a city park, volunteers keep up the maintenance. The park is now in its fifth year of exi... [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]