My name is Tyler Staples and I'm a good friend of Anthony Messeres. The two of us sat down and decided to do a short interview of Anthony to showcase his riding in photo and film with some words thrown into the mix. Anthony is 11 years old and has been riding mountain bikes for 6 years now and is hoping to reach a few of his new goals this biking season.

Enjoy!

This is Noise is a Croatian MTB street/park movie featuring young riders Goran Jurica, Leo Gamboc and Daniele Valenta.

If you want to see some genuine non professional street/park riding, just click on this story. Expect loads of 360's, NFCC's, barspins, tailwhip attempts and... uh... animals.

Interested?

Chris Kovarik backs up his 1st round win of the Fontana winter downhill series with another win in round 2 over 4X winner and local seasoned pro Eric Carter. Kovarik said "it had rained all night before the race and in the morning we were greeted with sun and a loamy track.
The minute pedal at the bottom didn't get me as bad this time so I can save the vomit for another time, ha".

We are deeply saddened to report the unexpected death of John Harrison aged 61 of Kidderminister near Birmingham in England.

John had volunteered to be a race marshal for the weekend at the Alpine Bikes Winter Series Downhill Mountain Bike Race at Innerleithen in Scotland. He was dropped off by 4x4 to his designated marshal point just prior to the start of practice, moments later John collapsed and despite the best efforts of the attending medics he tragically died. His family suspect natural causes were the cause of Johns death.
Practice was postponed and all riders and marshals were brought down the hill safely and the police were called and attended the incident.

Words by Jeremy Grant. Photos by Todd Barber.

DAY 1-
"He says there was a murder here last night," says our translator with a half English half Mandarin accent. "We should get out of here."

Darren Berrecloth, Cameron McCaul, Blake Jorgenson(photographer), Todd Barber(Logistics) and myself(film maker) all look at each other for a quick second, taking a brief moment to let it sink in that we are not in North America anymore. This is a long way from home and we can't let ourselves forget that.

Mark your calendars for the 2nd annual Muddbunnies BMX/MTB Clinic on February 10th!

Learn how to pump the track, start out of the gates and corner like a BMX'er...Plus there will be a skills component to help shake out some of the winter rust.

Gravity Bolivia was just on ABC Nightline for doing tours of the most dangerous road in the world, on mountain bikes. The mainstream world gets so little exposure to mountain biking, that it's always great to see a bit of it on TV, over 3 million viewers in the US tuned in to this piece on a crazy kiwi running a company taking people mountain biking down the World's Most Dangerous Road... in of all places, Bolivia, South America. Check out the thrills and spills, definitely not for the faint of heart...

Want a chance to rub shoulders with more than 30 top freeride pros while watching them battle for bragging rights and an bundle of cash? Be at Rays MTB indoor park Feb 8-10. Don't miss it!

Nicolas becomes an official test rider for the BOS mountain bike product range

Their association is still in our memory and the quality of their work together helped define downhill racing, not to mention their five World Championship and three World Cup titles. Today, Nicolas Vouilloz and Olivier Bossard face a new challenge together: to develop the new range of BOS forks and rear shocks.

I just sat down with my shred buddy Brendan Schneeberger, aka "Schne" and fired some questions his way. This kid just turned 12 years old and everything from Downhill, Dirtjumps, street, you name it-he kills it. We've been riding together for a while and he definitely needs to be recognized as a solid local rider. This kid is top notch both on and off the bike. He also has some pretty mad skills behind the lens.

Markus Stoeckl, owner of MS-RACING, has been nominated for the "Laureus World Sports Award" in the category of action sports. Joined by mountain bike downhill world champion Sam Hill he made it among the last ten athletes, including big names like Shaun White (snowboard) or Simon Dumont (freeskiing). Unfortunately neither Sam nor Markus could advance into the final round of the top six nominees.

Anaheim, CA - Well, the long-awaited arrival is here. The CHUMBA F5 - based on the internationally-acclaimed chassis that led riders like Duncan Riffle and Lisa Sher to NORBA National Championships is finally available to the public in limited quanities.

Improvements include a replaceable derailleur hanger, bead-blasted anodized options, a proprietary CNC machined chain guide adapter, a 1.5″ OD headtube, and more durable bushings and linkage pieces. Widely considered by many mountain biking magazine editors and high-caliber racers - as one of the finest downhill bikes ever produced - the F5 will be sure to put many more riders on podiums throughout the world.

You have all heard of James Bond, but what about the UK's man of mystery? He has built v12 motor bikes, made bikes for his son, and worked on tanks all in the same lifetime?

Allen Millyard is a regular day Jimmy Neutron, and he has been in the spot light for a while now. Let's hear what he has to say about his revolutionary bikes and other covert operations.

Read on and be enlightened-

Radical Films detonates into mountain bike mayhem with, “The Cackle Factor - Kranked 7” on April 19th, 2008 with the world premiere at the Sea Otter bike festival in Santa Cruz, California. The Get Kranked World Tour begins the very next day.

With over 100 showings in North America's most influential mountain bike communities, the tour is a community event designed to bring mountain bikers together for an evening of cutting edge entertainment, fun and stoke.

Yess Labs, a Canadian based company with strong BMX ties, has created a revolutionary way of working with chain tensioners. Utilizing the opposite fashion of most chain tensioners, the ETR-B is pushing against the chain still, but it is mounted at the bottom bracket, compared to the rear dropouts.

Check it out.

After a year of chatting with pro photographer Haruki Noguchi (Harookz), we finally managed to get out for a shoot. We decided to go back to my chain line from Crux at night because Harookz had some great ideas for lighting.

This is the new international contest proposed by Tribesportgroup. It will be on the 16 and 17 of August 2008 in Les 2 Alpes in France.

Have a look at this link : www.tribesportgroup.com

The latest, and highly anticipated, movie from Clay Porter (Distinction Productions) is the epically filmed "F1RST", and today sees the launch of the new web site featuring the captivating new trailer.

www.f1rstmovie.com also features information on the World Premiere set for April 18, in Monterey, during the week of the Sea Otter Classic, as well as how people can order tickets for the limited seating for this film event. There will also be, coming soon, information on the various Regional Premieres taking place all over the world, from May onwards.

Read more to see the TRAILER!

2 for 1 is always a great offer in the supermarkets / hypermarkets when it comes to the weekly provisions. Never something you see in your local bike store is it? Until now that is, welcome to the Bionicon Edison.

You know the score, as you're on this site and you're reading these words so there is no pulling the wool over your eyes. I can’t just say this is the best trail bike you’ll ever ride, or that I have ever ridden. That don’t cut the mustard so I’d better spend the next hour or two of my time explaining why. Please grab a seat, a cup of tea and a biscuit and have a dunk, this will only take you 5 minutes.

I just thought I would highlight a fantastic place to ride that not many people will have heard of it but it really is a gem.

Sauze d' oulx is located in the Piemonte region of the Italian Alpes. Sauze D'oulx itself is quite a small resort, but those of you that follow snow sports will know that part of the winter Olympics was held there. Lift access is good and fairly cheap.

Fresh Meat is always about the nice new shiny bits that we're trying out or want to show you from around the industry. But what about when we get hungry or need some stuff? Sometimes you're on a road trip and forget things, like gloves. So you go to the local bike shops and you drop your hard earned cash on parts. Here are some of the parts that I've bought on recent trips or seen and thought-hell ya I want/need that for one of my bikes or for me to make my riding more enjoyable. Have a look at the Shift Strike gloves, the Lizard Skin's Charger grips, Dakine's Cross X gloves, North Face's Jacket, Chromag's Seat Post Quick Release, Sombrio's Forensic Glove and of course my Goodyear MTR tires.

Want to be part of one the biggest and best DH race teams in Canada?

The Calgary Cycle DH Team has spots available for our B Team.

We at AIR Films are making our first movie in Calgary and we need local riders. We are looking for any kind of MTB, downhill, freeride, street etc. We can't give you money but we can give you and your sponsors exposure. And if you don't have any sponsors, here's your chance to show your skills off.

Come on! Dust off your bike, pump up the tires and get out of the snow... Ray's MTB Park in Cleveland, Ohio will be hosting a Demo weekend where you can ride with pros from numerous bike companies and demo anything from the latest XC rig from Giant to the new Blk Mrkt Inc. .Three57 complete. Ride with the likes of Toby Henderson.

Google, Specialized Bicycles and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - Improve the Planet through Innovation

January 16, 2008—Google, Specialized Bicycles and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners—Bay Area companies that share a passion for innovation, technology and the environment—are excited to announce the winner of the Innovate or Die Pedal-Powered Machine Contest. The contest challenged participants to create a pedal-powered solution for offsetting climate change. When it comes to efficient energy use, the bicycle leaves all other modes of transport in the dust; for the same effort required to walk three miles, a person can easily travel 15 miles by bike.

We would like to inform you about the 4th MTB Thassos Cup race on May 4th, 2008 in Thassos island, Greece. After 3 successful MTB races on our island with many participants from Greece and other countries, our 4th, point to point race,will be a completely new route of 58 km, with 12km of single track.

World Champion Greg Minnaar is teaming up with Gene Hamilton of BetterRide for a three day downhill mountain bike camp in Boulder City, NV at Bootleg Canyon. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the most experienced coaches in the sport and one of the fastest racers in the world, Greg Minnaar. Sign up soon as this camp limited to 12 riders to ensure the optimal athlete coach ratio.

With the ever growing demand for wider riser bars and since the fastest DH racer in the world exclusively uses Full On bars. I knew it would be a matter of time before FUNN introduced a bar wider than 28".

Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense factory rider Chris Kovarik starts off the 08 season with a solid win at Fontana.

Chris is living out in California with his girlfriend Claire Buchar for the winter where he is focusing on his training and preparation for the coming World Cup season. Fontana holds a great winter series as well as one of the USA national rounds and Chris took 1st place with a large winning margin at the weekend on board his Intense M6 over fast Fontana locals Eric Carter and Aaron Gwin.

We have contacted SCAMBS and have set up a project to open a mountain bike course in Cambridgeshire. The course will specialize in freeride/slopestyle but will have 4X, DJ and northshore + a trials area. Please sign this petition to show that there is a demand for a new place and answer the questions.

For the 3rd consecutive year, the international mountain bike teams, tech support and race organizers organization (IMTTO) has awarded the prestigious "IMTTO Event Of The Year" trophy to Rare Management.

In 2007 they were the organizers of the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships in the classic venue of Fort William, Scotland. Close to 60 members voted (teams and tech support companies only), and of the 25 events voted for, it was clear that Fort William was again the obvious favorite.

Race Face Performance Products announced the launch of their new and much anticipated web site – www.raceface.com. The stunning new site debuts with a completely new look and feel; however users will find all of the content and features the original Race Face site was known for. “It was important for us to maintain the ease of use so many people loved about the old site.” explains Craig Pollack, President and CEO of Race Face. “We’ve retained the navigation style and function that worked so well, while introducing a host of new features. For example, all product information and tech specs are available in four languages for Race Face’s ever expanding international market.” The new web site is a completely hand coded piece of digital artistry.

It's 2008 and time to get back on that bike!

The Winter Splinter MTB Park competition is back on track and it's going down February 24, 2008 at the Factory Skatepark in Newnan, GA. The Winter Splinter is an indoor jump jam/bike battle type of competition for 24” and 26” wheel bikes. We are adding an additional class this year, which means there will be more winners and more opportunities to take home prizes. There will be an amateur, expert, and pro class, with amateur and expert winners taking home awesome prizes and the pro class will get cash prize payouts.

Mini downhill is the new fun exciting way to race downhill.

You get 3 race runs, a good laugh and topped off with top product and cash prizes.

Logging is currently underway in the Kananaskis area, with sections of the TransCanada trail already being affected. Other popular trails on Moose Mountain will also be affected in the next few years. Learn more about what is happening in the area and what you can do to preserve your biking and the natural ecosystem of Kananaskis.

At Calgary Cycle we pride ourselves on offering both the best in bikes and customer service. We are always looking for people who both love to ride and appreciate what it’s like to provide great bikes and service for all our customers.

This past season I had the privilege of building two custom Transition Bicycles and understanding what's in a name.

I’ve been mountain biking for nearly 20 years now. It was only this last season that I took the turn towards full suspension. This is my story and I hope you like it.

Since New Year’s big things are happening at River Valley Cycle. We have been going hard to get the new shop built & ready for early spring opening & things are right on schedule with all the hard work by all our staff keeping things on track.

The Gravity East Series is returning for 2008 after a successful debut in 2007. The 2008 series will consist of eight races on some of the most challenging courses the East Coast has to offer. The series grows with new venues for 2008

I go through a lot of different bike parts and gear. Some of it wears out or breaks, some of it I really regret buying, and some of it I swear by. Stuff Mike Rides will show up every now and then, whenever I get around to writing it. All of the stuff that I don't feel like writing a 9000 word review on will be in one of these. More than anything though 'Stuff Mike Rides' will be about how things held up over the long haul.

Featured in Volume #7 is my I-Beam post and matching I-Fly seat, Troy Lee D2 carbon helmet being modeled by Cori's mom, and just for all the carbon haters out there I have my thoughts on MRP's System 3 done in full carbon!


Read on.......

Andreu Lacondeguy is the first one to land a backflip jumping a snow big air ramp on a mountain bike. Exactly a week before his 19th birthday, Kona-Teamrider Andreu made his way into mountain bike history. About 7.000 visitors of the Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Graz paid tribute to the courage of this uprising young Spanish athlete.

Jumping a huge sized snow ramp constructed for skiers & snowboarders is a risky attempt itself. Only a few mountain bikers did take this chance before. The snowy surface in combination with the high speed and the distance of the jump itself are the factors that make it a real stunt.

Fox Factory, Inc. (D/B/A FOX Racing Shox) announced today that on January 4, 2008 it consummated a transaction in which Compass Diversified Holdings (“CODI”) purchased a majority interest in FOX.

Many of us are now settling in to the new year, back to school, back to work, back to routine, and for me, back to riding!! For one month I didn’t ride trials; snuck in a few mountain bike rides, but no trials! I’m just getting in to the groove again as I have a demo coming up next week, and so kicks off my 2008 season!!

Late last year, myself and Karl went down to the Google Plex in Mountain View California to partner and take part in what will be the next video revolution.
Since then we've been working hard and with Google's help we bring you something new and innovative. I invite you now to see the debut of a new Pinkbike video player advertising solution for producers and riders.

While out training on his motocross bike over the Christmas period Gee bit off one too many peat bogs, which resulted in ulnar collateral ligament damage on his thumb! Here's his description of the big off. "It was a fast crash, on a long open section where I dropped the front wheel into a peaty rut. I got chucked over the bars and landed in a ruck just in time for the bike to land on top of me! I then had to ride back to the house one handed, much to the amusement of Affy and Rach who it appeared had never seen anything as funny!"

The hottest and coolest glove of (does that make sense??) 2008 will undoubtedly be Troy Lee Designs “Air Glove”. Totally revamped for this year these will be the glove of choice for every rider out there.

O.K maybe that was a slight over statement regards every rider, anyone from Alaska or Siberia click back now and go checkout the “POD” or something. Hold on, does Alaska even have electricity let alone the internet?

Come on out to the AGM, for our yearly update of Club activities, election of officers, and general discussion. Now is the time to speak up on any issues you have on your mind, and to ask us about the trails, and give us direction.

You don't need to be a member to attend.

Leaving the rain and gloom behind to spend three days in Mexico on Trek's latest all-mountain steed seemed like a good way to close down 2007 in style. Ok, so it was actually a few months ago now but the sun and singletrack is still fresh in my mind. Actually, I think getting to ride the new Remedy 9 with Shandro may have been my last dry ride!

Read on....

Good news at the beginning of the new year! After suffering a training accident in September, fracturing three vertebrae, Finnish downhill racer Matti Lehikoinen is back on a bike again. On time for Christmas he received his brand-new Intense Spider XVP from MS-Intense Factory-Racing. Being in good health he will now start preparing for the upcoming downhill World Cup season. At the end of the month Matti is going to fly to Temecula, California to check out his new 2008 M6 downhill bike.

Registrants from as far away as the U.K., Yukon Territory, Virginia, Oregon, Ontario, Manitoba, Hawaii, and California raced for the 800 available spots for this year's North Shore Credit Union Test of Metal selling it out by 8:01 pm, just two hours after opening.

2007…Another great year for the Calgary Cycle race team! This being the second season for the CC team our main goal’s were to grow stronger as a team, help advance the sport (especially in Alberta), put out some good results and most importantly have fun riding our bikes.

After a very successful 2007 season, the Mountain States Cup is back bigger and better for 2008. Lots of Gravity and XC events in the schedule.

Have a look and then start your trip planning and be there!

The guys over at Freeride Entertainment have blessed us with a bit of their heritage. The New World Disorder - Box of Disorder includes the first 3 DVD's to hit the shelfs from them, as well as an "Extra Special" DVD, that is jam packed with loads of goodness that no one has seen before. Be the first one to sit down, and experience freeride mountain biking as we know it today, from day 1.

A combined field of around 200 riders is expected to gather at the purpose-built Coronet Peak Bike Park from Friday 4th January 2008, for three days of exhilarating mountain bike events.

The Subaru South Island Downhill Cup on 4th and 5th January will see experienced riders hurtle down the 1.6km single track and on the 5th and 6th the NZCT South Island Cross Country Cup takes place on a dedicated XC course across the mountain.

Every year we unveil one and only one completely unique Speedgoat Pink Bike to be raffled off on our web site, with 100% of the proceeds of $10 raffle tickets going to our friends at Breast Cancer Fund. In addition to our usual high standards, we have a few important guidelines for how our Pink Bikes are put together. First, the bike should include at least a few components you just can't get anywhere else. Second, it should be pink. And finally, it should be nicer than most of the other bicycles in the world.

Happy New Year everyone on Pinkbike!
You all love the PODs and the VODs and now it's time to see what the most popular shots and videos on Pinkbike.com were in 2007.

What was the most popular Pinkbike photo of 2007? Or maybe the most watched video?

We gathered all of the most popular content of 2007, check it out!

The Bike Park at SolVista Basin presents Earthed 5, The Law of Fives Premiere at Wahoo's in downtown Denver, Colorado. Come see an incredible downhill video, hang out with friends and help Tara Llanes! All proceeds go to the Tara Llanes Road to Recovery Fund.