X-Fusion/ Intense wraps up their midseason Europe trip at the World Cup in Maribor, Slovania. Kieran Bennett now returns to New Zealand to train until he returns to North America to compete in the 2 Canadian WC's and Crankworx. It has been rough for KB traveling without the support of his teammate Ryan Condrashoff, but Ryan is making a quick recovery and will be back with the team heading to National Champs. KB has had some big crashes in the past few weeks so he is happy to have a few weeks off to recover and head into the rest of the season healthy. X-Fusion/ Intense will be back on familiar soil on the next leg of our travels so look for more exciting race videos. In the meantime, here is KB in action at Maribor.
Sauze D'oulx is one of a group of Italian Bike Parks called the Alpi resorts. One of their large events every year is the Super Enduro series of MTB races. Basically a rally on bikes, riders do timed downhill runs, and untimed mandatory transfer stages in between (to get to the start of the next run).
This year's course in Sauze D'oulx features 2 brutal climbs a few chairlift rides and 3 amazing trails, including a 15 minute run that riders will do twice. All 3 tracks features a good combination of high speed descending, very short climbs and extremely tight, technical single track. Most riders will be on 6" trail bikes for this event, due to the transfer stages. Those on downhill bikes will suffer on the climbs, but will be able to make up boatloads of time on some of the high speed downhill sections and basically all of the technical sections.
Look for some photos this evening, as well as tomorrow evening after the first in town prologue sprint (with stairset!) to get the weekend started.
Those Jumps are Huge! Expect amazing Pictures from that session. I saw one from Thomas Vanderham that blew my mind. Here is a little teaser of me jumping it...
Hafjell Bike Park in Norway rules. Yesterday, we had a really dope session on huge freeride jumps. Look for a complete story in an upcoming issue of decline magazine... For now, here are some videos from the first two days. Today, I had to ride downhill through a really technical section with big stones, which is something I don't do often! Having fun at DoT.
To Support their new On-Line Dealer and Demo Dealers Knolly is offering Delirium Days – The first ever Knolly Frame Sale. This is an opportunity to finally get that dream frame you have been searching for.
Alpi Bike Resort's Season In Full Swing With Open Lifts, Events And Camps
After the great season's opening with record numbers of riders on the lifts of Bardonecchia, Monginevro and Prali this week Alpi Bike Resort will see the opening of the lifts in Sauze d'Oulx, one of its most renowned locations.
Round 2 of the Diablo Gravity Series Continues July 11th and 12th
On July 11th and 12th, competitors from up-and-down the eastern seaboard will convene at Diablo Freeride Park to compete in the 2nd round of the 2009 Diablo Gravity Series. Racers will tackle challenging mountain bike terrain as they do battle for valuable Diablo Gravity Series points and a chance to win a share of over $7,500 in guaranteed cash and prizes.
The folks at Ray's MTB Park would like to let everyone know about the New Subaru Dirt Room that will be open this summer and fall as the newest addition to Ray’s MTB.
ReJeKt is a behind-the-scenes webisode about the characters of Kranked-REVOLVE. Episode 4 features Garett Buehler who opens REVOLVE with a blistering seggie. Here is a B-roll of the shoots.
Here a few Pictures+Video from the Scott On Air Event in Willingen! It was fun to be on the other side (I helped organize it for Scott) First I wanted to ride but my knee gave me trouble and it was better to chill.
