July 2011

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Two Randoms from Crankworx
07.30.11 | Permalink |

Greg Watts with a flip bar and Ryan Vanderham cruisin’ the Canadian Open finish line booter.
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Four Cross is boring – A Suggestion
07.29.11 | Permalink |

I remember when Dual Slalom was replaced by the upstart BMX racing inspired Four Cross. At first, Downhill racers participated and the bikes resembled something that looked aggressive. Now the bikes are light hardtails with XC tires, and the racers are almost all strictly four cross racers only. The sight of a professional downhill racer [...]
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Steak on Sticks and Pumptracks
07.28.11 | Permalink |

These are the last few photos from my Trip to Europe, we ended up chillin in Augsburg Germany for a couple days riding a sweet pumptrack. They had a pretty rad jam where the locals cooked up steaks on the BBQ and then we ate them off some sharp sticks. Big thanks to the Augsburg [...]
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Red Bull Joyride – Thoughts
07.24.11 | Permalink |

Way to go Brandon – And good job by Pinkbike on probably the best contest winning run clip ever So anybody who read my post from last weekend knows that I was skeptical about the Red Bull Joyride Slopestyle representing the evolution of freeride mountain biking. I said that “In 5 days I’ll either be [...]
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The Evolution Of Freeride Mountain Biking?
07.18.11 | Permalink |

Today is Monday the 17th of July, in five days the most hyped up Slopestyle contest of all time takes place at Kokanee Crankworx; the Red Bull Joyride. Ads for the contest are plastered all over downtown Vancouver on bus benches, billboards, telephone poles, the radio, as well as the Internet. The mainstream advertising of [...]
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☑ Meet Bobby Root.
07.16.11 | Permalink |

Mark, Geoff, and I ran into Bobby Root in a bar in Hinterglemm. Basically quite the character. Highlights include him looking for tough guys to fight, ADD’ing out of a in depth life conversation with Geoff to request “Roots Bloody Roots” by Sepultra and then proceeding to scream the chorus. Next year I’ll come prepared [...]
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☑ Race an Enduro or Mass start Downhill.
07.14.11 | Permalink |

Geoff and I raced the Gang Battle (odd name?) at the Dakine Freeride Festival in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. I’ve never done a mass start downhill before, but it was super rad. The format was pretty simple, there was a 30 man qualifying heat, in which some dude took me out in a burm and I got run [...]
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Bike Packing – Geneva to Saalbach
07.10.11 | Permalink |

It is 4:45 Am and I have no idea where the fuck I am. Holzkirchen reads the sign above my head, but the town is sleepy at this hour. If I had some wi-fi I would have already educated myself with the wikipedia version of this small town’s history. I have now been sitting on [...]
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Chatel Mountainstyle 2011
07.05.11 | Permalink |

The Moutainstyle went off. In between shooting video of Buehler and Gully I shot some photos, Congrats to Zink, Antoine Bizet and Sorge for killing it.
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Chatel Dirt Jump Contest
07.04.11 | Permalink |

They held a best trick jam in the village for 1000 euros. Andreu took the top prize with a 3 double whip. Random euros did backflips and 3′s.