Brandon Semenuk Showcases the Pure Bliss of Mountain Biking, Once More This edit is sheer perfection.  Picturesque location, crisp sound, impeccable film angles, sharp editing, and Brandon Semenuk with his endless creativity.  He twirls, flips, and skids through these dirt jumps aptly made for a king.  Spoiler alert: wait until the end for an absolutely massive double whip.  Kudos to filmmaker Rupert Walker and the rest of the Red Bull team for […] Cycle Spencer Miller | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
Brett Rheeder Absolutely Throws Down to Win Les Gets Crankworx This man had a torn meniscus about 6 months back, and now he’s doing this?  Canadian born Brett Rheeder is a different kind of athlete.  He nails this winning run at Crankworx Les Gets with an opposite cork 720, backflip barspin to opposite tail whip, and a floating front flip, among other technical tricks. And if this is how Brett is warming up for the […] Cycle Spencer Miller | June 22, 2017 0 Comments
North America’s Top 10 Terrain Parks If there is one thing North America does right, it is terrain parks. Built off of decades of progression from the top athletes, modern terrain parks are built to a standard never seen before. The parks know and ride today are like something out of SSX Tricky from 2001, if you can dream it, they will probably build it. Snowbrains has […] Eric Behn | January 19, 2017 1 Comment
Red Bull Announces Rider List For 2016 Rampage in Virgin, UT Red Bull has announced the rider list for this year’s Red Bull Rampage. We are stoked to see what the boys have in store this year. This will be the 11th time that the world’s best racers, freeriders, and slopestyle riders will meet in the desert of Virgin, Utah, to determine a champion. Each year the jumps at the […] Cycle Guest Author | August 4, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Huge Air on a Mountain Bike! credit: Pure Darkness “Going Big Will Never Die.” These guys keep pushing the limits of what is possible on a mountain bike. This is just insane. Location: Knysna, South Africa Garden Route Trail Park Cycle Guest Author | June 12, 2016 0 Comments
IOC Says Number of Injuries in Olympic Slopestyle is “Unacceptable” Ski and snowboard slopestyle debuted for the first time in the Olympics this year in Sochi, Russia. The course was big and intimidating. So much so, that legendary snowboarder, Shaun White, pulled out of slopestyle just days before the competition. Maybe Shaun was right… The […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 5 Comments
Friday Fun: “SLOPESTYLE the movie” | Starring USA’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalists The USA swept the medals in the Olympic Ski Halfpipe in Sochi, Russia last month. won Gold, Nick Geopper won Silver, and Gus Kenworthy won Bronze. These guys were famous in the ski industry before, but not these guys are “nationwide” and loving it. They recently made an appearance on VH1 in a funny mini flick about them being ski hunks. This video likely caps off the weirdness […] SnowBrains | March 7, 2014 2 Comments
South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson Wins GOLD in Snowboard Slopestyle 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe, CA native Jamie Anderson won gold in women’s snowboard slopestyle over the weekend. She smoothly landed two huge 720s in her run, setting her apart from the other competitors. Jamie completed an American sweep of snowboard slopestyle after Sage Kotsenburg won the men’s gold medal. This was the first ever Olympics to include snowboard slopestyle. […] SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 0 Comments