USA National MTB Championships This Weekend @ Mammoth! Links & Video This weekend, Mammoth is hosting the USA Cycling National Championships. ย The best riders in the country will be battling over the most coveted prize in USA Cycling racing: theย Stars and Stripes Jersey. Mammoth Bike Park is always a blast. A gondola lap gives you over 3000 vertical feet of real big-mountain terrain ย From their endless technical terrain to the perfect […] Cycle Guest Author | July 14, 2016 0 Comments
Whistler Bike Park Conditions Report: Rain Can’t Stop a Good Time Report from July 12th, 2016 Summer is upon us here at Whistler, and it has been a wet one so far. Trails are in great shape overallย and are constantly changing. Lower mountain has been consistently fast and tacky, A-Line, B-Line, Dirt Merchant, Schleyer- all take the water nicely. The sun came out yesterday (Sunday) and even some of the tech […] Cycle Guest Author | July 12, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Massive Bike Air Session in Kamloops, BC: Aggy’s Reunion “The FEST is a series of rider driven invitational events. It wasย was created by a crew of the most talented and progressive professional FREERIDERS, recognized around the world for their riding, track building and media production skills. ย The original 6 FEST riders are: Andreu Lacondeguy, Nico Vink, Makken, Nick Pescetto, Kurt Sorge and Graham Agassiz. The FEST brings out the […] Cycle Guest Author | July 12, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: Tropical Pacific Continued to Cool in June 2016 Tropical Pacific continued to cool in June 2016 Author: Rebecca Lindsey/NOAA July 7, 2016 The tropical Pacific Ocean is at the heart ofย ENSO. Short for El Niรฑo-Southern Oscillation, ENSO is a natural climate pattern in which the central/eastern tropical Pacific swings back and forth between a warm and rainy state (El Niรฑo) and a cooler and drier state (La Niรฑa). […] Weather Guest Author | July 12, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ripping Squaw Valley, CA Hard at 52-Years-Old “After 4 sub-par years at Squaw we finally got an average snowfall year. This is why we ski here! The only issue is Iโm 4 years older but so what, being 52 is just a number! I spent most of the season with the old Squaw dogs, Larry Segal, Nancy Elrod, Steve Taves and my wife, Carolyn Saputo. We compete […] Guest Author | July 10, 2016 1 Comment
MTB World Cup Results: Lenzerheide DH Sunday was the fifth round of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup. The world’s best racers compete in this circuit every summer to determine who is fastest. Danny Hart (GBR) came out on top!ย Danny is always fun to watch, always riding fully pinned. It was his first ever World Cup win. Aaron Gwin (USA) came in second by less […] Cycle Guest Author | July 9, 2016 0 Comments
Stevens Pass, WA Bike Park Conditions Report: Perfect Dirt July 7th – Stevens Pass Bike Park Stevens Pass is located about 90 minutes NW of Seattle in the Cascade mountains between Monroe and Leavenworth. it is home to some of the best lift- accessed skiing in the Northwest. Stevens started building their bike park a few years ago, and there are nine trails total. There are plans for […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 8, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Sick Drone Footage of Ripping “Main Chute” at Alta on June 25th “Summer solstice means biking, running, or some other warm weather activity for most people. Not meโฆI’m never over it and jump at any chance to ski. I convinced my frequent summer adventure partner, my dad, that trekking up Alta in search of June snow would be epic. After a slightly sketchy scramble, I was on top of Baldy and finally […] Guest Author | July 1, 2016 0 Comments