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.... [Read More]

We are proud to announce the launch of the ridemonkey store... click on for more details!

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We're proud to announce the official launch of the Ridemonkey.com store!

Starting right now, you can shop around for various Ridemonkey branded items. For starters we've added some sticker packs and a few different T-shirts. There will be more items added as things ramp up and more sales head out the door.

Browse around a bit and let us know what you think - if you have any... [Read More]

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]

Hello? Is this thing on?

Ok, I guess I'll lead stuff off here and pop the blog cherry on da Monkey. So, what all is the deal with this blog thing vs the standard message board set-up? I've been the message board type forever, so what are the +/-'s to this blog dealie?

-ska todd

Somebody help me out!!! Man I have been away from this for a long time.. Im just getting back into riding..I still ride my 80's GT..And still ride it from time to time.. looking for a new bike. Do I go with a 24 or 26? I freeride most of the time, some park, a lot of dirt jumps lately out here in sunny Cali (new ones we just built, that r only 4 blocks from my house) also i'm think about hitting the track up..Try to get my #1 plate back.. I found a sick 26' that my buddy is going to hook me up... [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... [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... [Read More]

okay guys, I breifly raced back in my younger days( one year), and am now way out of the loop. In anyones opinion what is the best bike to start out on. Im looking to start out slow, no big dirt jumps yet.
Oh and im short, and a girl, so is ther such thing as a bike that has a TT shorter than 20 or 20.5? Im not scared of speed, or the big jumps, just a little rusty and cant afford to many broken bones...lol

From the rowdiest of metal to the most gangster of rap, music has an influence on how people ride their bikes. With the capability of having thousands of songs at ones finger tip music has become part of the lifestyle of biking. Some find it amazing to ride with music and others rather the sounds of nature. Personally, I enjoy both, but when the mood is right I plug in, and drop in. Since biking videos have been around people have enjoyed riding to the song of their favourite rider or... [Read More]

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]

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 ha... [Read More]

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... [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... [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... [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 ... [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 condi... [Read More]

Hey people found a place for some dirt jumps...Do u want to go BIG? Got a few big gaps built up.. Bring a shovel and wheelbarrel too... located in Nor Cal
send me a message and I'll give u Location, If I feel you can go big enough and make it in some of the videos..

i've got a set of 07 boxxers and the dust seals on the left hand fork, thats the air site. keeps poping off once air is installed and fork is pumped?? will replacing the seal solve my problem or is the problem deeper in the fork???

Whips & Big Jumps

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Words and Photos by Patrick Branch


This past weekend in San Diego, the X-Fusion Sideflight Championships (an invite only competition to throw the best whips over all the jumps, with $1000 to the winner) went down, well kind of... The event took place at Golden Acorn Motocross track, where Griz, Ben White (who runs the track), JD Swanguen, Cody Warren, and Kyle Strait spent the past 2 weeks building the three jumps. The first jump was a 45' d... [Read More]

12 times, I have cycled 7 days, 575 miles, from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a cycling charity event called AIDSLifecycle. In route to Los Angeles, I (and 2,000 of my best friends) cycle thru Montecito - Santa Barbara, CA. ( Montecito is the home to Oprah Winfrey ).

Each Year, the locals of Montecito - Santa Barbara gather and create their own "Paradise Pit Stop" for the approx. 2,000 AIDSLifecycle Cyclist & 400 Volunteer Crew members. There you can find: chocolate bars, stra... [Read More]

Bend, Oregon has established itself as an outdoors sports wonderland and it has gained an amazing reputation within the world of cycling. Bend is home to many world class athletes, professional riders, a large population of avid enthusiasts and a huge network of mountain trails containing over 300 miles of single-track. The area has some of the best cross-country, all mountain and high-alpine trails in the United States and the emerging freeride, downhill, dirt jump and gravity fed ridin... [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 le... [Read More]

The 4th annual BikeToberJam in Hereford, Md. was postponed this past weekend due to horrible weather. The 11th annual Hereford fall festival was canceled entirely but the land owners have granted a rain date (Oct 24-25)for the BikeToberJam. There will still be plenty of great racing and extra-curiculars are still be decided upon.
A Pro purse is being worked out as well as some other race activities...Dirt jump already in place. Stay tuned to... [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]