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 | 11/01/06 - MANITOU NIXON source: decline Magazine August 2006 PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTWEIGHT, LONG-TRAVEL BIKES, MANITOU BEGAN TO DESIGN THE NIXON PLATFORM IN 2004, JUST AS THE ALL-MOUNTAIN BIKE CATEGORY BEGAN TO FULLY EMERGE. THE NIXON HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS OF ENDURO BIKES, USING THE SAME DAMPING SYSTEM AS MANITOU’S DOWNHILL AND FREERIDE FORKS AT A SIZE AND WEIGHT IDEAL FOR AGGRESSIVE TRAIL RIDING. see more>> |
 | 11/01/06 - NORCO SHORE 1 source: decline Magazine July 2006 With the reputation that surrounds the North Shore scene, naming a bike after it is a bold statement, but that is just what Norco did a few years ago. The Shore series is Norco’s premier freeride line and it is designed to not only handle that type of terrain but to excel at it. By adjusting the geometry and building the chassis around the single-crown Marzocchi 66 fork, Norco has evolved the Shore into an all-around gravity machine. see more>> |
 | 10/26/06 - HELLA GREASY source: decline Magazine July 2006 Mountain bike videos serve one purpose: Motivate to ride. As bike riders, we purchase DVDs to score a visual fix for the real thing. see more>> |
 | 10/23/06 - BRODIE NEMISIS source: decline Magazine July 2006 The year was 1986, Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet album was burning up the charts, the A-Team was sadly in its last season airing in prime time television, and Paul Brodie was starting a small Canadian bicycle manufacturer by his own namesake of Brodie Research and Technology. Initially, Brodie’s main focus was producing steel hardtails but as mountain biking evolved so did his technology, which allowed Brodie to branch out into making full-suspension models in ‘96 and aluminum frames in ‘98. see more>> |
 | 10/20/06 - JOE KID ON A STING-RAY source: decline Magazine June 2006 At the decline office, we have always had affection for the bonus section in Sprung 5 that features footage and commentary of early BMX days with Kathy Sessler. Upon discovering fellow mountain bikers that had not seen it, we immediately pop in the vid to enlighten them. As the segment plays, the room is always completely silent with concentration. see more>> |
 | 10/19/06 - GARY FISHER FAT POSSUM XO source: decline Magazine June 2006 Gary Fisher, both the man and the bike company, has always been a bit unconventional, so it isn’t that shocking that their new all-mountain chassis is called “Fat Possum.” Fisher spear-headed the longer top tube/shorter stem concept with Genesis Geometry, continues to experiment with 29-inch wheeled bikes, see more>> |
 | 10/16/06 - CHRIS VAN DINE INTERVIEW source: decline Magazine May 2006 Today’s world of gravity mountain biking seems to be spread among a variety of different disciplines. You have downhill racers, big mountain freeriders, dirt jumpers, street riders, mountaincross racers and more. But there is a very small list of riders who can do all these disiplines and do them all well. Chris Van Dine is near the top of that very short list. see more>> |
 | 10/16/06 - HYPNOSIS source: decline Magazine June 2006 Race videos are an acquired taste; either you’re down with racing or you’re not. Hypnosis is a video for riders that have racing in their gut. see more>> |
 | 10/16/06 - MAVERICK DUC32 source: decline Magazine June 2006 Soon after RockShox founder, Paul Turner, sold off his shares in 1999, he started building full-suspension frames under the Maverick name. But it wasn’t long before he and Frank Vogel began brainstorming about building a new fork design. see more>> |
 | 10/12/06 - TREK REMEDY 66 source: decline Magazine June 2006 Sitting in the small town of Waterloo, Wisconsin is Trek’s big manufacturing plant that produces all of their high-end frames, including bikes like Lance Armstrong’s carbon Madone 5.9 and Andrew Shandro’s Session 10. see more>> |
 | 10/06/06 - THE CUT HANG WITH THE KIDS FROM THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES source: Kara Chase The Cut visited the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles on Monday where they performed two box jump demos and hung out with the kids and staff of the facility. The crew built a custom box jump in the hospital’s Healing Garden where over 300 kids came to watch the guys perform backflips, tailwhips and 360’s see more>> |
 | 10/05/06 - WHISTLER BLACKCOMB SET TO HOST HARVEST HUCKFEST source: Whistler Backcomb OCTOBER 7 AND 8 Harvest Huckfest Is Back With A Bumper Crop Of Huck WHISTLER, BC, September 13, 2006 – Thanksgiving is around the corner and so is the return of the Harvest Huckfest to the Whistler Bike Park. Harvest Huckfest taking place October 7 and 8 and is the culmination of another unbelievable, record-breaking season in the Whistler Bike Park. see more>> |
 | 09/30/06 - SHIMANO, BLM, ASU, AND NAU ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS STUDY source: Devin Walton In an effort to truly understand the ecological impacts of mountain bike use on trails, a collaborative research partnership was formed between the Arizona State Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ), Arizona State University ( ASU), Northern Arizona University ( NAU) and Shimano American Corporation see more>> |
 | 09/30/06 - GRAVITY LOGIC SEES 50 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS AT INAUGURAL MOUNTAIN BIKE GATHERING source: Ryan Proctor Participants from all over North America and as far as Finland and Austria descended upon Whistler September 12-15, for the inaugural Gravity Logic Forum. Gravity Logic, established by Whistler Blackcomb earlier this year, was created to help fuel the development of lift-accessed bike park operations in North America and around the world see more>> |
 | 09/26/06 - RACE FACE RE-SIGNS PAUL BASAGOITIA source: Ken Maude Race Face Components Inc., one of North America’s leading producers of high-end mountain bike components, apparel and protection is proud to announce the re-signing of Freeride Star Paul Basagoitia to its pro team. Signed until December 2009, Paul will continue to ride Race Face’s line see more>> |
 | 09/25/06 - CHRISTOPHER BOUDREAUX LEAVES BROOKLYN MACHINE WORKS source: Terry Seeberg Chris "Doc" Boudreaux is leaving Brooklyn Machine Works after ten years as company co-owner and head of downhill frame design. As one of the top frame designers and builders on the East Coast, Chris Boudreaux is as unique as the city he lives in: Formal training and experience as a MD, and a life-long passion as a rider, from BMX to downhill racing see more>> |
 | 09/20/06 - LOPES 55 GT PRODUCTION MODEL - RELEASED IN 2007! source: Paula Lopes It is with great excitement that we announce the release of the Lopes 55 GT MTB special edition race bike. The Lopes 55 GT will definitely get you some bragging rights; with a custom designed paint job, a special edition Lopes 4X Marzocchi fork & ODI grips that aren’t available to the public any where else see more>> |
 | 09/20/06 - THE E.THIRTEEN COMPONENTS RIDE WITH SECURITY PHOTO AND STORY CONTEST source: Jim Loughrey The guys at e.thirteen components (all 5 of us) are dedicated to all the riders out there. To show our love, we are having a photo contest, in conjunction with Pinkbike.com. We want to see your e.thirteen products doing what they do best: taking a beating. In the late 1990’s, it was the norm to get only a few months’ use out of your chainguide see more>> |
 | 09/18/06 - DIABLO DOMINATION SERIES RETURNS THIS WEEKEND source: Shawn Orecchio Diablo Freeride Park, the east coast’s premier mountain bike park, is gearing up for the ROUND 4 of the Diablo Domination Series to be held Sunday, September 24th. In only its second year of existence, the Diablo series continues to demonstrate its commitment to downhill racing by offering premium race courses see more>> |
 | 09/16/06 - GOLDMAN FLIPS TO VICTORY AT RED BULL VOZI BRE source: Andrej Dekleva Jamie Goldman won the Red Bull Vozi bre slopestyle bike freeride event at Kalemegdan fortress in Serbian capital in front of Lance McDermott and Niki Leitner. 20-year-old Californian Jamie Goldman from Santa Cruz is the winner of first international mountain bike slopestyle freeride event held in South-Eastern Europe. British rider Lance McDermott, also 20, finished second and a year older Austrian Niki Leitner finished third see more>> |
 | 09/15/06 - THE ONE HELMET LINE source: Pete D Anybody with an astute eye for off-road style has noticed the new lid that a few of the pro gravity shredders have been running this season. Toby Henderson Enterprises are the guys making the thing. And, as you can see from the new line, they're dope see more>> |
 | 09/14/06 - SEA OTTER ADDS SUPER D TO 2007 EVENT source: Wendy Booher The Sea Otter Classic will evolve in 2007 to best its own reputation as the largest, most celebrated cycling festival in North America. Now, the multi-day event, historically known throughout the world as the cycling season's premier kick-off event, will ratchet up an already brimming schedule of cycling see more>> |
 | 09/06/06 - ERIC CARTER'S PCA EVENT POSTPONED source: Scott Hart The rumors and rumblings of the new race organization, PCA, have been getting louder and more frequent lately. And before the internet scuttlebutt begins to displace the facts, Eric Carter asked us to make a few things known see more>> |
 | 09/05/06 - THE WORLD'S FASTEST MASTER source: Shaums' Baby's Momma Sunday evening we reported that Shaums March had won the Master's World Championship for downhill at Sun Peaks Resort. Here's an update from the March clan see more>> |
 | 09/04/06 - MASTER'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS source: Scott Hart The Master's men and women (a.k.a. dinosaurs of downhill) raced for the rainbow stripes this weekend at Sun Peaks. Shaums March made the most of his home terrain knowledge (he lives in nearby Squamish) and took home the coveted blue jersey. see more>> |
 | 09/03/06 - JEEP KOM CHAMPIONSHIP: LOPES & MILLER WIN THE BATTLE; PROKOP & KINTNER WIN THE WAR source: Al Sommers Given the outcome of the first two legs of the Jeep® King of the Mountain 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships, where Michal Prokop of the Czech Republic and Jill Kintner of Seattle, Wash., captured the men’s and women’s titles in convincing fashion, it would take a brilliant day of racing by the star-studded field of competitors at the grand finale in Beaver Creek, Colo., to prevent a season sweep by these phenoms in their mid 20’s see more>> |
 | 08/30/06 - DOWNHILL SPEED: THE MOVIE source: Ryan Cleek “Downhill Speed” documents the lives of three professional downhill mountain bike racers, the consummate professional and racing legend Eric Carter, privateer and journeyman Orlando Martinez, and on-the-rise 22-year-old Australian superstar John Waddell see more>> |
 | 08/30/06 - THE LACONDEGUY BROTHERS SIGN WITH THE RASOULUTION source: Tarek Rasouli Lluis and Andreu Lacondeguy are the Spanish brothers that had conquered the freeride world of 2006. They had wild appearances at the major slopestyle and dirt contests, so even Derek Westerlund made sure they get a segment in his upcoming 16mm freeride movie “Flying High Again” see more>> |
 | 08/30/06 - MONSTER ENERGY/IRON HORSE/MAD CATZ RACING TEAM SWEEPS UCI WORLD DH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEW ZEALAND source: Sean Heimdal Monster Energy/Iron Horse/Mad Catz Racing’s Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier both captured gold at the UCI World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand on board the 2007 dw-link equipped Iron Horse Sunday downhill bikes see more>> |
 | 08/29/06 - RED BULL VOZI BRE - THE REAL KNIGHT RIDERS source: Andrej Dekleva The ancient Kalemegdan fortress on the outskirts of Serbian capital Belgrade will host the first international mountain bike slopestyle contest in this part of the World. Chosen bike knights will put on yet another battle at this historic venue see more>> |
 | 08/25/06 - WORLD'S DOWNHILL RESULTS: MEN source: Scott Hart Sam Hill, Sam Hill, Sam Hill, Sam Hill! Say it once for each second he annihilated the field! That’s right, it was all Sam Hill in the finals… by 4.22 seconds! The new world champ, Hill, was followed by Minnaar, Rennie, Peaty and Kovarik see more>> |
 | 08/25/06 - WORLD'S DOWNHILL RESULTS: WOMEN source: Scott Hart New World Champions! It's all about Iron Horse in the Elite Men's & Women's Downhill finals. Sabrina Jonnier is the world's fastest woman. Jonnier bests Tracy Moseley, Rachel Atherton and Team USA's Melissa Buhl in New Zealand see more>> |
 | 08/25/06 - WORLD'S DOWNHILL RESULTS: JUNIOR MEN source: Scott Hart The hometown boys do good! Kiwi's Cameron Cole and Sam Blenkinsop finish one and two in the Junior Men’s DH. American Andrew Pierce finished in the top 10. One surprise came from pre-race favorite Brendan Faircloth (GBR) who had trouble in the first half of the course and finished an uncharacteristic 16th see more>> |
 | 08/25/06 - WORLD'S DOWNHILL RESULTS: JUNIOR WOMEN source: Scott Hart The downhill racers are off and running with final runs. First up are the junior women. Tracey Hannah keeps Australia's rich junior world championship heritage running with a first place, followed by Floriane Pugin from France and Canada's Micayla Gatto see more>> |
 | 08/24/06 - WORLD'S MOUNTAINCROSS RESULTS: WOMEN source: Scott Hart Here's some good news! As if we ever thought she'd lose, pfffft, Team USA number 1, Jill Kintner snatches the world championship stripes for the ladies mountaincross title. Anneke Beerten takes silver and Austria's Anita Molcik gets bronze. Melissa Buhl and Tara Llanes place 6th and 7th, respectively see more>> |
 | 08/24/06 - WORLD'S MOUNTAINCROSS RESULTS: MEN source: Scott Hart Prokop does it again! Michal Prokop regains the Mountaincross World Championship crown he last wore in 2003. BL takes eighth (in the small-final), while Lars Sternberg and Cody Warren make it into the round of 16 for Team USA. see more>> |
 | 08/24/06 - WORLD'S SEEDING RUN RESULTS: ELITE MEN & WOMEN source: Scott Hart The Elite Men's and Women's Seeding Runs went off today without any hiccups. All the big players are in the big show. And from what it looks like there are no special qualifying tactics (qualifying poorly to get an early finals run, etc.). Who do you think's going to win on Saturday? see more>> |
 | 08/24/06 - WORLD'S SEEDING RUN RESULTS: JUNIOR MEN & WOMEN source: Scott Hart The results from Thursday's seeding runs are in. This first installment is for the junior men and women. New Zealand is on top for the men and France for the women. Tomorrow is another day of practice and then on Saturday, they'll run in reverse order for the finals see more>> |
 | 08/23/06 - THE RED BULL ROAD RAGE IS BACK! source: Paul Malina It's back! In a test to find the best two-wheeled descender in the world, Red Bull has announced that the Road Rage event in Tuna Canyon will take place once again. Myles Rockwell came out of retirement last year to prove that MTBers are the best gravity pilots around when he won on a stock rim-brake equipped road bike and he'll be able to defend his title when the event takes place for a second time on November 11th, 2006 see more>> |
 | 08/23/06 - WORLD'S DH PRACTICE UPDATE, DAY 2 source: Kathy Sessler Kathy Sessler sent us another update from the hillside of the Rotorua downhill course. Here are a sleuth of photos and some info from New Zealand see more>> |
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