VIDEO: Whistler’s Best Trails.. On A Road Bike! Credit- GoPro So you’re stoked that you just started clearing all the jumps on Whistler’s signature trail, A-Line? Sit back down and watch this video. Yoann Barelli rides it on his cross bike- with drop bars. A-Line is regarded by some riders as the best bike park trail in the world. It was built about 15 years ago and was […] Cycle Guest Author | July 22, 2016 3 Comments
Are You Enduro? The last 10 years in mountain biking have seen some pretty significant changes both in technology and riding style. The word enduro wasn’t ever used to describe mountain bikes, it was strictly a dirt bike thing. But it came from the same idea: a stage race. As bigger wheels become more popular (29″, 27.5) it is becoming easier and easier for […] Cycle Guest Author | July 20, 2016 0 Comments
Enduro World Series 2017 Announced Five years ago, race organizers around the planet got together and decided to start an international race series that took the best mountain bikers in the world and put them up against some of the most epic trails around. The EWS was born! These days, the Enduro World Series attracts not only the world’s fittest mountain bikers, but also some […] Cycle Guest Author | July 20, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Sights & Sounds of Ice Breaking | US Coast Guard Uses “Ice Knife” [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOceanExplorationResearch%2Fvideos%2F915788555191171%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] “Despite reports of declining ice cover in the Arctic, the Chukchi Borderlands expedition team quickly learned that ‘low ice coverage’ does not mean ‘no ice coverage,’ as the Chukchi Sea is currently a mosaic of ice floes and open water that has been a challenge to break through. In this video, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy moves […] Guest Author | July 19, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Sending it with Style in British Columbia, Canada with the Coastal Crew Credit: Coastal Crew We love the Coastal Crew’s style. They just make eveything look so effortless. Though they aren’t throwing the biggest tricks in biking right now, their smooth riding speaks for itself, and they could arguably be the best trail builders in Canada. This video makes great use of a camera stabilizer called a Gimbal. It enables a ton of camera […] Cycle Guest Author | July 19, 2016 0 Comments
Whistler Bike Park Conditions Report: Hero Dirt Report From 7/17/16 Ask any local, conditions at Whistler right now are as good as it gets for mid- July. We have been blessed with daily rain showers, everything is moist and tacky, especially first thing in the morning. Thunder has been an issue: lifts have been shut down in the afternoon fairly regularly so get out there early! This […] Cycle Guest Author | July 18, 2016 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: Variably Awesome Report, photos and video by Josh Anderson and Ben Paciotti Today at Treble Cone was the best skiing day that we’ve had in New Zealand so far. For the first half of the day, we just had Home Basin with some longish lines, but the top half was skiing quite well. The bottom part of Home Basin was a bit punchy […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 17, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA Diminishes Chance of La Nina in Winter 2016/17: NOAA just dropped the chances of La Nina forming this winter from 75% to 55-60%. “However, the 55-60% chance for La Niña represents a noticeable drop in probability from last month, which had peak probabilities of about 75%. Why the decrease? A typical cop-out answer would be “The ENSO forecast models now show a decrease in the likelihood, and […] Weather Guest Author | July 14, 2016 3 Comments
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