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Ranch Style Jump Jam in Grand Junction April 26th
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Taking place this weekend in Grand Junction, CO there will be a Slopetyleish Jump Jam. $$$ for Pro’s, Prizes for Joe’s.
See inside for more details and a few additional sneak pictures.
Minnaar takes DH & DS at Sea Otter Classic
Monday, April 21st, 2008Minnaar takes all the cake (full gallery here)
Kathy sent along the latest update from the Syndicate Team. Santa Cruz Syndicate (SRAM) racer Greg Minnaar headlines the downhill and dual slalom winning both gravity events at the Sea Otter Classic this weekend.
Sharing the love with Greg on the downhill podium were teammates Steve Peat and […]
Red Bull Rampage 2008
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Looks like the rumors of the return of Red Bull Rampage this year are coming to fruition. Goaters need not apply. Scheduled spot is slated for October. Read more posted on Dirt.
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Rocky Mountain Bicycles announces RockyDemoTour.com
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Rocky Mountain Bicycles, who since 1981 has been known as a high performance bicycles manufacturer has announced the kick-off of their 1st official United States demo tour. They have packed a Dodge Sprinter full of bikes and hired Thane Hall to be driver/mechanic for the 2008 season.
While the demo tour will be at large […]
Kovarik 1st at NMBS Fontana National and Rennie in 2nd
Monday, March 31st, 2008Kovarik wins NMBS #1 (all photos by Kathy Sessler)
The first round of the National Mountain Bike Series presented by Maxxis was held March 27th-30th in Fontana, California. The event was well attended with the parking lot overflowing in the Southridge Park under the trees, with pleasant weather greeting the racers. Kathy Sessler passed along […]
2008 Fluidride Cup
Friday, March 21st, 2008After months of obtaining feedback from racers and careful deliberation, Fluidride, Hurricane racing, and NDub productions have teamed up to create the ultimate race series in the Pacific Northwest. Combining two of the most well respected race venues in the PNW the series consists of six races over six months.
With four of the six races […]
Minnaar Big Air Camp Success With Peaty As Surprise Guest
Friday, March 21st, 2008Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar hosted a Big Air Camp for 10 local downhillers from around South Africa preceding the Pietermaritzburg leg of the SA Downhill MTB Championships on March 12th through 14th. The camp started on Wednesday with the guys arriving from all parts of SA and ranging in age from 11 to […]
Minnaar Makes Triumphant Return
Monday, March 17th, 2008Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), South Africa’s most successful mountain bike racer ever, made a triumphant return to competition at the weekend after a long injury layoff to capture the National Downhill Title at the 2008 Mazda MTN South African Mountain Bike Championships.
Minnaar Triumphant (photo: Mark Squire)
A slightly stiff shouldered Minnaar lacked some of his […]
Sant Andreu de la Barca Downhill Race
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Fabien Pedemanaud (Photo: Santi Jimenez)
The Morewood Spain distributor passed along some pictures of Fabien Pedemanaud in action at the Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain) race this past weekend (March 9th). Fabien Pedemanaud got a chance to break in his new BOS equipment well. Cedric Gracia, and other top pro’s were also […]
Julien Camellini Wins in the Southern Heat
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Sainte Maxime, located nest to ST Tropez, was the opening round of the French South East regional championship. The turn out was good with many elite riders wanting to race their new bikes and prepare for the up coming season.
Due to high winds, they shortened the course on Saturday and on Sunday, the organizers […]
Cam McCaul Signing at Rye Airfield Tara Llanes Jam
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008This weekend, (February 23rd) Saturday’s Tara Benefit Jam hosted at Rye Airfield in Rye, NH will feature a poster signing by Cam McCaul, Trek’s Freeride Phenom. With the purchase of each $3 signed poster, Trek will donate an additional $12. That means that for every poster purchased, Trek will donate $15 to the Tara […]
iXS European Downhill Cup 2008
Monday, February 18th, 2008After a successful 2007 season, the iXS Downhill Series are back bigger and better for 2008. iXS Sports Division will organize in addition to the “iXS German Downhill Cup” and the “iXS Swiss Downhill Cup” a new international series. The “iXS European Downhill Cup” will fill the gap between national series und the UCI World […]
Alpine Bikes Winter Series Rd 2: Innerleithen this Weekend
Monday, February 18th, 2008Ben Reid (Photo: Jon E Beckett)
Blow out those cobwebs! This coming weekend the 23rd and 24th of February the strong and committed will be heading North to Scotland for round two of the Alpine Bikes Winter Series in Innerleithen.
A fresh new track has been ploughed out through what must be the best venue for […]
Gravity East Race Series : Finals Announced
Friday, February 15th, 2008The 2008 Gravity East Series Finals will be held at Plattekill Bike Park in Roxbury NY October 10th-12th, 2008.
Additionally, if you’re a Junior looking to getting to Worlds this year, the winner of the Junior Expert Plattekill Series #1 Downhill race, currently scheduled for May 2-3, 2008 in Roxbury, NY, is an automatic qualification.
2008 Schedule:
2008/05/09 […]
Chris Kovarik’s Fontana Hat Trick
Monday, February 11th, 2008Chirs Kovarik took the win and the money again at the 3rd Fontana winter series on February 10th. The conditions were back to the usual dry and dusty terrain usually found at Fontana.
Even with a bobble entering the rock garden and missing the fastest line through Chris was able to take the win mainly due […]
