Competitions
Euro Enduro Calendar for 2019 released.
The Enduro World Series (EWS) is excited to announce its 2019 European Enduro Series and Qualifier Calendar.
Dec 18, 2018
Competitions
Epic racing comes to a close for 2018. Ready for 2019.
The 2018 Epic Series races have taken riders from rugged South African countryside to the stunning Swiss Alps to the beautiful snow-covered peaks of New Zealand’s South Island.
Dec 4, 2018
Competitions
The Pioneer, an epic in New Zealand starts off wet.
The Pioneer mountain bike stage race in New Zealand’s Southern Alps – part of the global Epic Series that culminates in South Africa’s Absa Cape Epic – is now underway, kicking off with a 20km prologue in wet and slippery conditions.
Nov 26, 2018
Competitions
Euro Enduro Season Ended in Scotland.
The inaugural European Enduro Series concluded in a suitably dramatic fashion in the iconic mountains of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.
Nov 19, 2018
Competitions
Stage 3 of Wines 2 Whales.
The final stage of the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race concluded under clear blue skies, overlooking the azure waters of Walker Bay, at The Marine Hotel. Sunday, 28 October, was the concluding day of the elite women’s race in the 2018 FNB Wines2Whales event series and produced arguably the most exciting racing of the weekend.
Nov 2, 2018
Competitions
Stage 2 of the Wines2Whales race looks ok.
The Summit pairing of Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath extended their FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race lead with a peak performance on Stage 2, around the Elgin Valley on Saturday 27 October. Behind them, for the second day in a row, the minor places were fiercely contested.
Oct 29, 2018
Competitions
EWS heads for the Final in Finale Ligure.
After seven rounds over seven long months of racing, the 2018 Enduro World Series all comes down to the final race of the year in Italy this weekend.
Sep 26, 2018
Competitions
EWS heads to Spain.
The penultimate round of the 2018 Enduro World Series (EWS) season gets underway this weekend amongst the northern mountains of Ainsa-Sobrarbe, Spain.
Sep 21, 2018
Competitions
Once again, World Champs keeps us guessing until the last rider.
Riding a prototype YT TUES 29er bike for only the second time in competition, Aaron Gwin took 5th place here in Switzerland in front of a raucous crowd of 20,000+ people. His team mate Angel Suarez was on a scorcher of a run that would have placed him 6th, but a front wheel wash out in the final sector put an end to a dream run.
Sep 10, 2018
Competitions
Apparently, dry courses favour Aussies.
The drier, the better. This seems to be the mantra of Australian downhill racers Troy Brosnan (AUS) and Tracey Hannah (AUS). They each took the wins in their respective elite fields at today’s Crankworx-closing Canadian Open Downhill presented by iXS, while also each besting their times from last year.
Aug 20, 2018
Competitions
Rogatkin wins Joyride. Pretty good run too.
Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) stomped his way into the mountain bike history books in front of a crowd of over 35,000 fans at Crankworx Whistler today. His win at Red Bull Joyride marks his third this season. And with that, he becomes the first rider ever to claim the Triple Crown of Slopestyle.
Aug 19, 2018
Competitions
Battle of the BMX champs takes centre stage @ pumptrack challenge
For many, it was the race to end the season - the race the season’s battles had been building toward. But for Caroline Buchanan (AUS), returning to the event she won a year ago was also her return to competition. Tonight’s RockShox Ultimate Pump Track Challenge at Crankworx Whistler was her first race of the season.
Aug 17, 2018
Competitions
Kitner & Iles take Crankworx A-Line titles.
“I think I should win today, it would be a good birthday present.” These were the fighting words now 19-year-old Whistler local Finn Iles (CAN) told himself before dropping in to today’s Fox Air Downhill at Crankworx Whistler.
Aug 17, 2018
Competitions
Whistlerite Georgia Astle wins Garbonzo race. Sam Hill wins men's division.
Crossing the finish line after 12:46.84 of full-gas racing, Sam Hill (AUS) bested a field of some of the world’s fastest men, reclaimed a throne that was last his 11 years ago, and set down a challenge for Crankworx Whistler 2019.
Aug 15, 2018
Competitions
Enduro World Series: Whistler edition doesn't disappoint.
There have been some dramatic races in Whistler over the years, but round six of the Enduro World Series, the CamelBak Canadian Open Enduro presented by Specialized, will go down in history as one of the most fiercely contended yet.
Aug 14, 2018
Competitions
Thomas Lemoine is the fastest, styliest guy in Whistler.. Right now.
It was some simple, yet effective, words that propelled Tomas Lemoine (FRA), a man known for his stylish skills on a bike and the power of his pedal strokes, to the top of a podium he’s never been on before at Crankworx Whistler.
Aug 12, 2018
Competitions
# 1 Crankworx is here. All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating.
For the best mountain bikers in the world, the legends of the sport, the superfans, the rookies and next gen, the shred sisters, the action sports enthusiasts, the weekend warriors, dawn patrollers and twilight pedalers, and everyone in between: it’s go time.
Aug 10, 2018
Competitions
Singletrack 6 2018. Day 5.
It was a hot Stage 5 and we're still alive! The Planet Foods/Honey Stinger sponsor day was the perfect fit for the stage as it was a stinger and we needed a lot of gels. Flat tires, cow dogging, rattlesnakes and a grizzly?
Aug 3, 2018
Competitions
Singletrack 6 2018. Day 4.
We moved on to RevelSTOKE today for stage 4 and met up with some new riders that joined in for the last 3 days the "ST3 Monashees".
Aug 1, 2018
Competitions
Singletrack 6 2018. Day 3.
I've done a enough of these multi day stage races now to know that Day 3 hurts. You go hard the first 2 days and your body gets mad at you and then you try and go hard on day 3 and your body doesn't want you to. Thankfully this years day 3 took us into a super long descent after a quick dry heaving climb at 7500 feet in the alpine.
Jul 31, 2018
Competitions
Singletrack 6 2018. Day 2.
Well, that was fun! A shorter day with an amazing climb and an insane rip down an old DH track, mountain biking, that's what is happening at Singletrack 6 right now.
Jul 31, 2018
Competitions
Singletrack 6 2018. Day 1.
Day 1 started off at 8 AM sharp with a cool temperature and a hot field of racers. The RCMP police escort lead out came to a quick halt as the morning train crossed the main road ahead of the field en route to the ski hill road climb.
Jul 29, 2018
Competitions
Ravanel & Hill seems to be doing well in the DH retirement league.
The fifth round of the Enduro World Series in Italy concluded much as it started - with Sam Hill and Cecile Ravanel leading the series.
Jul 23, 2018
Competitions
Neko Mulally is the 2018 US National Champ.
For the 2nd time in his career, Neko Mulally will be wearing the US National Flag on his left sleeve as the reigning US National Champion, a title he collected yesterday at the Snowshoe resort in West Virginia. With reigning National Champion and team-mate Arron Gwin out with his thumb injury, Neko was determined to keep the title in the YT Mob family, and set the tone early with a strong qualifying run in slippery conditions.
Jul 23, 2018
Competitions
EWS heads to La Thuile.
As the EWS heads into the last half of the 2018 season, it’s back to Italy for La Thuile Enduro World Series #5.
Jul 19, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018. Day 7, it's all finished now.
Morning temps for the burly 56 km final stage of BC Bike Race in Squamish were expected to be in the mid 20s soaring to the low 30s in the afternoon. Some of BCBR's 90 Mexican participants might consider it a chilly spring day. On the coast we call it hot. Perennially a people's choice favorite, the Squamish course was about to serve up a veritable smorgasbord of sumptuous singletrack.
Jul 14, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 6, North Van. Da Dum!
A male rider racing in the top 30 and flying a foreign flag stops midway down Dale's to adjust his seat height with an allan key. Wrong! You're obviously not from around here boy. It's day 6.
Jul 14, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 5.
Specialized’s Hannah Barnes has ridden in stage races from the Andes to southern France. Some are simply a series of soul crushing climbs followed by equally soul crushing gravel road descents. Lumps of coal when you were expecting diamonds. Not the BC Bike Race. Yes the climbs are tough, but at the top of each ascent lies a diamond - a tasty ribbon of singletrack to sink the knobby tires into.
Jul 13, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 4, Earls Cove to Sechelt.
"After that trail, if there's one game I'll never play again it's Frogger," said an American rider, between laboured breaths. He was in the middle of a multinational chain of BC Bike Racers that included a Chilean, Frenchman, Guatemalan and a Canadian. Forty kilometers into a 62-km day, climbs like the Sechelt classic Frogger can feel like salt on an open wound. That's when camaraderie is forged on the trail though - the unspoken language of mutual, dig-deep suffering.
Jul 11, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 3, Powel River.
Karl Platt (Team Bulls) steals the Day 3 podium from Kabush on the smooth rolling XC trails of Powell River before a burly day tomorrow.
Jul 11, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 2, Cumberland.
Geoff Kabush felt right at home in Cumberland, riding to a comfortable first place finish on Day 2 of the 2018 BC Bike Race, while riders from 40 countries got up close and personal with the roots and rocks of this Vancouver Island town's techy trails.
Jul 11, 2018
Competitions
BC Bike Race 2018: Day 1, Cowichan Valley.
Expectations were high as racers from a record 40 different nations gathered in North Vancouver on a hot summer day for the launch of the 12th edition of the BC Bike Race. From seasoned pros to first time racers, road warriors to single track aficionados, the legend and global appeal of this seven-day stage mountain bike race continues to grow.
Jul 11, 2018
Competitions
Ravanel & Hill take checkers in EWS round 4.
The fourth round of the Enduro World Series, Black Hole Festival Petzen Jamnica, threw up all the drama you’d expect from a race taking place across two different countries at the midway point of the season.
Jul 5, 2018
Competitions
Whoops, missed a week.. Brosnan was your winner in Les Gets DH.
Dropping in last after French rider Amaury Pierron, who stormed the finish line amidst “maximum bruit” from the French crowd, Troy Brosnan (AUS) was tracking ahead, but nearly fell victim to the dusty, raw conditions on the iconic Crankworx Les Gets Downhill track.
Jul 5, 2018
Competitions
First round of Euro Enduro Series goes to: Korem and Casadei.
The first round of the European Enduro Series got off to a blistering start with the Drop Down Superenduro Val Di Fassa in Italy last weekend.
Jun 30, 2018
Competitions
EWS heads to Austria and Slovenia for round four
Round four marks the halfway point of the 2018 Enduro World Series, and something very different awaits the riders at the Black Hole Enduro Petzen Jamnica.
Jun 28, 2018
Competitions
Rogatkin did pretty good on the weekend.
A deafening chorus of cowbells, chainsaws, exploding fireworks, and cheering fans rose up from the sun-drenched, rolling hills of the French Alps today, as Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) stepped up to the top of the podium in the Crankworx Les Gets Slopestyle, and one step closer to the never-before-claimed Triple Crown of Slopestyle.
Jun 27, 2018
Competitions
Mathilde Bernard defeats Jill Kintner at Crankworx Les Gets Pumptrack.
As the pink sky turned turned black over the French Alps, fireworks exploded and a chorus of vuvuzelas, chainsaws and rabid mountain bike fans pushed Mathilde Bernard (FRA) across the finish line and onto the top step of the podium in the RockShox Les Gets Pump Track Challenge, kicking off Crankworx Les Gets 2018, and a new chapter of a young career.
Jun 22, 2018
Competitions
Hannah & Hart repeat wins at Crankworx euro part 1.
The final medals of Crankworx Innsbruck 2018 have been awarded, with the winners in today’s iXS Innsbruck Downhill presented by Raiffeisen Club solidifying a trend that’s been consistent through more or less the entire festival.
Jun 17, 2018
Competitions
Speed & Style goes to: Lemoine.
The name of the game may be speed and style, but in the end, it was speed, style and stamina that won the day in the Mons Royale Dual Speed & Style Innsbruck. Tomas Lemoine’s (FRA) command of all three pushed him to the top of the podium for the second year in a row.
Jun 15, 2018
Competitions
Kintner is still the fastest on the pumptrack.
The Pump Track heavy hitters rose to the top on the RockShox Innsbruck Pump Track Challenge tonight, with Men’s and Women’s finals that were both shaping up to be as tight and evenly matching as they come.
Jun 14, 2018
Competitions
Aaron Gwin is faster than you, even with a dislocated thumb.
Following his over the bars crash due to a loose rock on course in Fort William last week, Aaron Gwin has been nursing a painful left thumb that’d been dislocated.
Jun 11, 2018
Competitions
Rock Garden at Ft. William says no way to Gwin winning his 21st world cup.
Despite a great start to his finals run here in Fort William yesterday, Aaron Gwin had an uncharacteristic over the handlebar crash in a section of the track that took out his team mate, Angel Suarez, nearly an hour earlier. Despite the warm and sunny conditions, some sections of the track were still suffering from high levels of moisture and low levels of grip, thanks to heavy overnight storms.
Jun 4, 2018
Competitions
Ravenel & Rude take round three in France.
Richie Rude and Cecile Ravanel finished day two of the third round of the Enduro World Series just as they started it, at the top of the results sheet.
May 15, 2018
Competitions
Rogatkin takes FISE win at Montpellier.
The second FMB Gold Event of the season saw the world's best Slopestyle athletes compete in sunny France at the 21st edition of FISE Montpellier.
May 15, 2018
Competitions
EWS France: Day one, Ravenael & Rude in the lead.
After four long stages at round three of the Enduro World Series, EWS Montagnes du Caroux, it was Cecile Ravanel and Richie Rude who finished the day in the lead.
May 12, 2018
Competitions
All the retired downhillers are in Montagnes du Caroux this weekend.
The Enduro World Series heads to France this weekend for the third round of the year, EWS Montagnes du Caroux.
May 10, 2018
Competitions
Swatch Rocket Air
Swatch Rocket Air 2018 is officially in the books and Matt Jones is back with a vengeance, showing the Slopestyle world that he's got what it takes to compete against the best of the world, dethroning defending Swatch Rocket Air Champion Nicholi Rogatkin and sneaking ahead of Sam Pilgrim, who was eyeing up his third Swatch Rocket Air win (and was one run away from doing so).
Apr 30, 2018
Competitions
Aaron Gwin tames the rocks in Losinj Croatia.
For the 2nd time in three years Aaron Gwin (USA) has won the opening round of the UCI World Cup for his team The YT Mob, and this time it was at the brand new venue of Veli Losinj here in Croatia.
Apr 23, 2018
Competitions
Martin Loo claims first Titano XCO
The experienced Italy-based Estonian wore down the resistance of Bertolini to take his first ever “Internazionali” win. Serena Calvetti celebrates among women, Avondetto and Specia top the junior ranks.
Apr 23, 2018
Competitions
Internazionali d’Italia Series opens in the name of Mathias Flückiger
In his first time at Marlene Südtirol Sunshine Race, the Thömus-RN Racing athlete ruled in Nals (Bozen). He opened the way over Tempier, and Marotte achieved third place. Among women, the U23 World Champion Frei stops Dahle’s domination. F. Fontana and World Champion Stigger win the UCI Junior Series.
Apr 17, 2018
Competitions
Rose was Rad, in Rotorua.
The first Crankworx stop of 2018 is in the books, and with it, the first ever Slopestyle World Championship and, as usual, the Speed & Style contest. While the Slopestyle contest had to be moved twice due to some torrential downpour, the rest of the week saw prime conditions for a ROSE Rad Squad season kick-off:
Apr 9, 2018
Competitions
Hill and Ravanel conquer the Colombian jungle
Round two of the Enduro World Series may have been a completely new venue, but it offered up some familar terrain; mud, rain and Sam Hill and Cecile Ravanel on the top steps of the podium.
Apr 4, 2018
Competitions
Wait, what? Soderstrom won dual speed? Sweet as.
A legend returned to the top step at Crankworx Rotorua tonight, reclaiming a podium position that was his three years ago - one he’s been trying to get back to ever since.
Mar 29, 2018
Competitions
EWS heads to Colombia for the first time.
The Enduro World Series stays in South America for round two, but this time the dust of the Chilean Andes is replaced by the tropical rainforest of the Colombian mountains.
Mar 29, 2018
Competitions
Enduro World Series Round 1, ends the same as last year.
Cecile Ravanel and Sam Hill finish the first Enduro World Series (EWS) of the year just as they left it last season - reigning champions.
Mar 26, 2018
Competitions
Absa Cape Epic Stage 2: Pretty tough race.
More drama, same result for Cannondale.
Mar 23, 2018
Competitions
Meanwhile in New Zealand... All Hail Queen Kinter.
Tonight’s win marks the sixth consecutive win in the discipline at Crankworx for Kintner, who’s claimed the top step every year in Whistler since 2013. As for Slavik, he won in Whistler in 2016 and 2017, making tonight a three-peat in Crankworx Dual Slalom competition.
Mar 23, 2018
Competitions
Cape Epic 2018 Prologue: around Cape Town
Yesterday’s Cape Epic 2018 prologue (20km distance // 600m climbing) was short but really sharp. From the imposing buildings of the University Cape Town, riders were sent up the most unforgiving climbs of one of the seven new wonders of the world.
Mar 22, 2018
Competitions
Getting caught up here, Brown won Crankworx NZ Enduro.
But while decisive, over two minutes faster than second place finisher Ronja Hill-Wright (AUS), the win was no easy feat. Brown rode Stage Five (aptly named Te Ahi Manawa, which translates to “Fire Heart”) blind, then finished her day with some added spice on the final stage.
Mar 22, 2018
Competitions
Wait, What? Crankworx New Zealand is happening?
Blenki takes win at first Crankworx DH event of the season, while Vaea Verbeeck steps it up for second Crankworx podium of the weekend.
Mar 18, 2018
Competitions
FMB Calendar for 2018.
The FMB World Tour is heading into its ninth season and we are looking forward to a banger competition this year. The installment of the Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship (SWC) has also brought a couple of additional changes to the FMB World Tour. Apart from introducing the first preliminary calendar of the new season and the FMB Wildcard Events for the SWC, we will be giving you an update on all the changes that have been made. So let’s dig in!
Mar 8, 2018
Competitions
BCBR Releases 2018 race route. Whistler religated to optional day 8.
The changes to the BC Bike Race course this year are both big and small, but regardless of size they all achieve the same goals; more singletrack.
Feb 18, 2018
Competitions
White Style was snowy.
Once again the FMB World Tour season started in front of the backdrop of Leogang’s ‘Steinberge’ with the only mountain bike slopestyle contest on snow: White Style. Training and qualification were held in perfect bluebird condition, but during the final runs fog moved in. As a result of decreasing visibility, the event eventually had to be canceled after the quarterfinals.
Jan 29, 2018
Competitions
Winton & Wright pedal away at the Emerson's 3 Peaks Enduro.
The mercury was rising on Signal Hill, Dunedin, New Zealand, as the final day of the Emerson's 3 Peaks Enduro saw the Enduro World Series (EWS) athletes storm the podiums. Keegan Wright, of Rotorua, held on to his 13-second lead in the final three stages to claim the men's title for 2017 while and Katy Winton, of Peebles, Scotland, managed to fend off Rae Morrison, of Nelson, to take the women's title.
Dec 4, 2017
Competitions
Katy Winton & Keegan Wright in the lead at Emerson's 3 Peaks Enduro.
Held in searing heat in the hills above the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, the opening day of the Emerson's 3 Peaks Enduro saw the world's top athletes rise to the top with Keegan Wright, of Rotorua, building a 13-second buffer in the men's and Katy Winton, of Peebles, Scotland, extending her lead to 35 seconds in the women's.
Dec 2, 2017
Competitions
Red Bull Rampage is on this week. The one contest that worries me.
Red Bull Rampage is the biggest test of guts, skill and creativity on a bike.
Oct 23, 2017
Competitions
Ravanel & Hill are your 2017 Enduro World Series Champions.
For the fifth time the Enduro World Series reached a dramatic conclusion on the iconic trails of Finale Ligure, Italy.
Oct 2, 2017
Competitions
Who else but Ravanel would be in the lead @ EWS Finale Ligure.
It's the final Enduro World Series race of the year and the Bluegrass Finalenduro powered by SRAM offered up a suitably dramatic day of racing.
Oct 1, 2017
Competitions
EWS finishes up the 2017 in Finale Ligure, Italy.
As the Enduro World Series draws to a close, the last round takes place in Finale Ligure, the iconic Italian Riviera town that has become synonymous with enduro MTB in the last decade.The Gulf of Genoa provides a brilliant backdrop to this ‘race from the mountain to the sea’, with the Ligurian Apennines providing all the thrilling, technical trails you’d expect from the EWS season-closer.
Oct 1, 2017
Competitions
Rogatkin spins for the win - Johansson youngest FMB World Champion
The FMB Diamond Series is done and dusted! Red Bull District Ride was an insane event with an unbelievable vibe.
Sep 3, 2017
Competitions
Aaron Gwin wins overall title in strong fashion.
Aaron Gwin overcame the pressure of a tight points race at the final round of the 2017 World Cup to go on to successfully defend his 2016 World Cup title, and make it two-for-two for The YT Mob.
Aug 29, 2017
Competitions
Troy Bronsan pounds Canadian Open course into submission.
Troy Brosnan’s lightning fast reactions shone Saturday afternoon, as he pounded in for his third Canadian Open DH presented by iXS win on the roughest, toughest downhill course Crankworx racers have seen all year, following behind countrywoman Tracey Hannah, who earned her first place moments before.
Aug 21, 2017
Competitions
Crankworx catch up. Kintner & Loron won A-Line.
For mountain biking fans, the current King of Crankworx frontrunner, Adrien Loron, would have been a random pick to with the Fox Air DH Wednesday afternoon, but the man himself says it is a four-year goal achieved, and hopefully, the launch of a career-topping week if he wins one more second place to secure the King of Crankworx title.
Aug 21, 2017
Competitions
All hail Queen Kintner, the true Queen of the course.
If there is one sport both the King and Queen of Crankworx love, it’s Dual Slalom. And the results show.
Aug 19, 2017
Competitions
Garbanzo DH should be renamed to: Try to Catch Guitierrez.
It might be more of a football term, but Colombian downhill mountain bike racer Marcelo Guitierrez Villegas clearly knows what it means to “Go Long.”
Aug 16, 2017
Competitions
And then there was Crankzilla.
Whistler is no stranger to mountain biking heroes and another was born today when hometown favourite Jesse Melamed won round seven of the Enduro World Series, the Crankworx Open Enduro presented by Specialized.
Aug 14, 2017
Competitions
Crankworx has started. No not that one, the real one.
Its the first time reigning King of Crankworx Tomas Slavik can remember starting a race run without concern for the finish, and when he and fellow finalist Adrien Loron whipped off their helmets at the line, it appeared both were equally elated—though Loron secured first place.
Aug 14, 2017
Competitions
Long weekend hangover recovery. Let's revisit Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, hosted the penultimate stop of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano 2017 on two of the most challenging tracks of the season! With only two more rounds to go, the race for the overall title and, in Nino Schurter’s case, the perfect season was truly on.
Aug 8, 2017
Competitions
Singletrack 6: Day 4.
We strive to deliver a diversity of trail styles and riding experiences during our near weeklong epic. So it's no real surprise that today's Garneau Stage 4 in Nelson offered up a twist to what we've ridden so far.
Aug 3, 2017
Competitions
Singletrack 6: day 3.
It was a different day all around at Planet Foods Stage 3 on the Seven Summits trail. The race started with a time trial, which means that riders could be staggered at the start line.
Aug 1, 2017
Competitions
Singletrack 6: day 2.
Stage 2 starts and finishes at Red Mountain Resort, just outside of Rossland. The first 200 m of vertical will be gained right from the start line on ski area access roads, and then it’s onto the Paydirt descent back to the base area.
Aug 1, 2017
Competitions
Cecile Ravanel and Sam Hill take the win in EWS Colorado.
Round six of the Enduro World Series, the Yeti Cycles Big Mountain Enduro presented by Shimano Aspen Snowmass, will go down as one of the closest fought races in EWS history.
Jul 31, 2017
Competitions
Singletrack 6: Day 1.
great weather, serious descents and lung busting ups. Hosted by Santa Cruz Bicycles, their presence was not only known, but welcome! At checkpoint 2 Santa Cruz reps provided desperately enjoyed cool off sprays and cold compresses and made sure the stoke was high.
Jul 31, 2017
Competitions
EWS heads to Colorado.
The Enduro World Series crosses the Atlantic this week for round six, the Yeti Cycles Big Mountain Enduro presented by Shimano Aspen Snowmass.
Jul 28, 2017
Competitions
BC Bike Race, Day 4, Sechelt.
“If in that moment you think you can’t, just start everyday. And everyday you’ll see, bad feelings don’t last forever, and good feelings don’t last forever. Downhill doesn’t last forever and uphill doesn’t last forever. You have to go for it.”Naoko Forderer
Jul 13, 2017
Competitions
BC Bike Race, Day 3, Earls Cove.
Day three of the BC Bike Race is the Queen Stage. As in, it’s the going to be the boss stage and send the worker-bees on a mission to climb more than any other day and then expect them to dance their way through technical trail carved out of dark woods and old lumber cuts.
Jul 13, 2017
Competitions
BC Bike Race, Day 2, Powel River.
“I didn’t feel like gunning it from the get-go, so I just sort of hung out with a bunch of people in the forest. I wanted to go faster but I was happy not to. It’s like you’re riding with a bunch of buddies out there.” ~Dave Elphick, Veterans Solo Men, Ontario.
Jul 13, 2017
Competitions
BC Bike Race: Day 1 Cumberland.
The 11th edition of the BC Bike Race has officially launched 600 racers down the main street of Cumberland, British Columbia and into the forests surrounding this mountain bike mecca. Blessed with warm winds and clouds to keep the strength of the sun at bay, riders got their first taste of the “BC Rhythm.” BC Ferries may have delivered riders from the mainland to Vancouver Island, but the trailbuilders of Cumberland handed them their first taste of the “Flow State” the BC Bike Race hopes...
Jul 10, 2017
Competitions
BC Bike Race is about to kick off.
Day 6 – Squamish Squamish has been a long-time favourite stage amongst racers. The trails they experience - Half Nelson, Powerhouse Plunge, Hoods in the Woods, and many more - have become known worldwide and are bucket list items in their own rights. Home to many talented trail builders and a passionate group of volunteers, Squamish boasts a diverse trail network that has something for everyone and all abilities.
Jul 5, 2017
Competitions
Oh The French so Love Their Enduro.
Riders at the Enduro World Series once more faced down a weekend of wild weather and even wilder racing, this time at the Natural Games Millau EWS driven by URGE bp in France.
Jul 2, 2017
Competitions
And then there was Andorra.
The sixth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano is the first combined double event of 2017 – and the first of four in a row to finish out the season – drawing the world’s best in both Cross-Country Olympic and Downhill.
Jun 30, 2017
Competitions
French Enduro Cup in Val d’Allos goes to: Jonnier and Nicolai
For its 15th edition, the Val d’Allos Tribe 10 000 went back to the roots with a real 10 000 meters descent combined on two days and a mechanical lift for the climbs. From the top of the ski and mtb domain - Le Gros Tapy at Allos’s Seignus, the 370 lucky riders went down the legendary long, technical an physical stages as tiring than marvelous that made the Tribe race first of its kind and from now sacred as mythical.
Jun 28, 2017
Competitions
4th best Crankworx had some good Pumptrack racing.
Pulling herself up into a manual and stretching for the line, Australian Caroline Buchanan bested American Jill Kintner on the Innsbruck pump track in such a photo finish squeaker of a win, it could not be detected by the naked eye.
Jun 26, 2017
Competitions
Casey Brown Whips the Austrians into a frenzy at the 4th best Crankworx.
The women of mountain biking whipped out their best sideways steeze to beat Canadian Casey Brown, the undefeated maestro of whip in the first event of Crankworx Innsbruck, and while she still holds her title, it is clear the stage is set for her defeat—just as she wants.
Jun 21, 2017
Competitions
Crankworx Europe part 1: Pumptrack Challenge
He is considered a pump track specialist and is the undefeated Crankworx Pump Track World Tour Champion, and yet, he hasn’t placed first in the sport since the festival was in Les 2 Alpes.
Jun 19, 2017
Competitions
Crankworx Europe part 1: Dual Speed
Had he just sat back and glided through his final run, Daryl Brown (GBR) might have won the Crankworx Les Gets Dual Speed & Style Thursday evening, defending his title from last year on two hours sleep.
Jun 19, 2017
Competitions
2nd or 3rd best Crankworx happening this weekend.
The biggest stars in slopestyle mountain biking will be descending on Les Gets, France this weekend as the second stop of the Crankworx World Tour heads deep into the French alps.
Jun 14, 2017
Competitions
27.5" prevails in Leogang.
After qualifying fastest yesterday on the super quick Leogang track, Aaron Gwin laid down a brilliant final run here today to take his first World Cup win of the season, and his 3rd for The YT Mob.
Jun 11, 2017
Competitions
Thank god enough people buy sugar water to give us free coverage of Fort William.
Downhill stop two takes the riders of the world’s premier mountain bike series to Fort William, Scotland for the 16th time, where they will be greeted by lively crowds and a rough, fast and technically challenging track.
Jun 2, 2017