Jeep® King of the Mountain Athletes to Capture Center Stage in Front of Expected 7,000-Plus Jeep Drivers at 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships in Elkhart Lake, Wis. on Aug. 12

Michal Prokop of Czech Republic & Jill Kintner of Seattle, Wash., lead standings heading into Elkhart Lake after action-packed first race in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

So all the big guns came out and put on another great show for the over 15,000 spectators in attendance. It was off the hook for sure!!! Only 20 of the 23 qualifiers started due to injuries. The next 6 guys in line were called up to the big show about an hour before start, but none made it in time-next time boys.

Before the big show, the Kokanee Sasquatch did a run through the course and sent the big 22 ft Gap O Tron for the crowd. The Kokanee girls were in HOT pursuit, but he got away.

Folling that, the New World Disorder 7 Teaser was shown-look out cause they have another killer on the loose!! Sick teaser. Enough about the pre-game show though as I know you all want the pictures, so here you go:

In the Garbanzo Enduro Downhill Sam Hill of Glenforest, WA won the Pro Men’s category a time of 15:14.0 while Mio Suemasa of Japan took the Pro Women’s with a time of 17:34.6. The Garbanzo Enduro Downhill course spans 1,300 vertical feet and launches racers into Freight Train in the Garbanzo Zone before spitting them into the trees with tight, technical single track.

The sickest tricks in the mountain bike world were thrown down tonight in the greatest venue for mountain biking in the world. The show was intense!! Full results and pictures later on but here are your top 3 men from the 2006 Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle event:

1. Cameron Zink

2. Cameron McCaul

3. Kyle Strait


Way to go!! Check back for sick pics!!!

The slopestyle qualifier was yesterday, July 27th and it's just the beginning of what we're going to see from these riders. 74 riders of an original list of 89 riders took to the course, stoked to ride and to try and qualify for one of the 23 spots in the finals. Finals will take place on Saturday July 29th. There were 3 heats, eack of which contained around 25-30 riders. All evenly grouped, with talent in all.

Wednesday night of the Crankworx festival was insane with happenings and events all over the village. At any given time it seemed as though there was 4 things going on at once. Mike and I decided to split up and make an effort to hit up 2 things each in order to tell you all about the wonderful after hours shows going on up here. While I loaded up and headed out to Emerald for the SRAM and Cove Bikes Wiffle Golf Invitational, Mike was headed to the Air Dome launch. Mike didn't make it that far after getting his ankle ran over, he got to hang out at the hospital until he was cleared to go. Mike's fine, one big ol' swollen foot (picture to come later) and a good night's sleep was his reward. Expect some killer pics from Thursday's SlopeStyle qualifiers as he planted himself up there for your viewing pleasure. But enough about Mike-this story is about Wiffle Golf!!

Brian Lopes of Mission, CA took first in the Jim Beam Air Downhill Pro category at the third annual Kokanee Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival yesterday. Lopes time, 4:19.05 was 2.38 seconds faster than last year’s title holder Cedric Gracia of Andorra with 4:21.43. Bryn Atkinson of Sydney, AUS came in with the third fastest time.

Jen Ashton of Whistler, BC secured the fastest time for the Women’s Pro category with a time of 4:44.32 beating Fionn Griffiths of Great Britain with a time of 4:47.13 and Danika Schroeter of Maple Ridge, BC with a time of 4:48.29.

Doug Dalton of Cannondale bikes had been wrangling a bunch of us up to go for a nice Wednesday morning ride with him for a few days now. Well with little more then "So are you coming riding in the morning?" to go on I had to inquire a little more. Well Doug is this an XC ride we're hitting up, what's going on?

So Doug finally spills the beans, "I have a new bike and I really want you guys to get a good feel for it, so I'm taking you on a shuttle ride." Sweet a shuttle, I can work with this.

I have met a lot of rad people since my introduction to the mountain bike scene back in the high school days. A lot of inspiration comes from people that are so passionate about what they do. I have been inspired with not only the amazing riding I have witnessed but also, how amazing it is to capture that riding. Inspired by the shows I have worked with and the people who capture it, I needed to try some these roles first hand. Working as co producer with my partner Mike Kinrade producing the web show STUND I have also taken on the role for the show as lifestyle photographer.

Squamish’s Charlotte Klein takes Women’s Pro category while Whistler’s McSkimmings make it a family affair.

The Super D, a new event for the Kokanee Crankworx line-up, took place today. Nine-time USA National Champion Adam Craig of Bend, Oregon took home first in the Pro Men’s category with a time of 10:29.01 - a full 1.20 minutes ahead of the second fastest time of the day. Charlotte Klein of Squamish, BC took first in the Pro Women’s with a time of 13:49.47.

Chiron Kantakis of the C-Team here, with another installment of “ Wreck and Review”.

As a bit of background, I have been a dork of the bicycle variety for just over twenty years now. I just recently downgraded myself to Master Expert from Elite for DH: How did every kid on the block get so damn fast? As an assistant manager at one of Vancouver’s larger bike shops, I was able to really let loose the bike slut in me. I have a good portion of the products on the market, so I think I have a good idea of the benchmarks out there.

LitterOTB betting is up: Win a Santa Cruz Jersey and SDG I-Beam Seat/Post Combo by participating in the Litter OTB Pool for Crankworx! Place your bettings NOW

Monday was a pretty quiet day in the village, with riders starting to practice for their events that will be unfolding through out the week and others recouperating from the weekend's races. Well things that start out quiet don't always stay that way. The Canadian DH Girls were throwing a FUN-raiser party to raise funds to send themselves to the 2006 World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand and the World Cup Finals in Schladming, Austria. And well the girls know how to throw a party too!!

Steve Peat, Sam Hill's WC bikes and Jacy’s MkIII were stolen today/yesterday out of the MadCatz trailer in Whistler. Stay on the lookout for.....

Bringing the Wheels to the web!

STUND is an online video journal about the best things in mountain biking, Shredding with the bros on a big Road Trip.

For the past few months you've been seeing some posts with the logo "STUND" on it, now you're seeing a spinning logo appearing on the side of pinkbike every time you open the site. For those who are on it, you know the deal with Stund, for those who've missed what's going on, here's the Down Low.

SSII – It’s time for round 2 of Slope Sistair and do we ever have a great event planned for North America’s best female riders to be held at Whistler’s Boneyard on Saturday, August 5, 2006.

We have ladies from last year’s competition joining us to show their stuff in the Boneyard such as Hannah “No Hander” Steffans, Gale “Go Fast” Dahlager, Kara “Air Apprentice” Boelema, Kelli “Teacher” Sherbinin, Darcy “Sugar & Spice” Turenne, Stephanie “Back Cracker” Nychka and Heidi “Dump Truck” Telstad.

Surprise! Here’s your chance to get STRIPPED in Whistler during Crankworx. That’s right folks; this Wednesday July 26th at the GLC in the Whistler Village is the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the STRIPPED Whistler Premier. All the fly folks in Whistler will be getting STRIPPED by 11pm, so don’t be late. And there’s another surprise for you…you’ll be getting STRIPPED…with…FREE ADMISSION!!!

Canadian National Downhill Championships

I arrived Saturday afternoon to a very busy and extremely hot Whistler. The beats were pounding, the beer was flowing and the riders were sweating... alot. I did not get a chance to see the XC race happen as I arrived too late, but I did catch a glimpse of the downhill practise and the Pro Mens seeding run. Tyler Morland who was sporting race plate # 1 was killing it all day, as well as #4 plate, Andrew Mitchell who rides for Cove bikes was very smooth and fast. The Pro seeding runs went down, and most riders took it pretty easy not pushing it to hard. When all was said and done Andrew Mitchell took the honours, with Geoff Beatie close behind.

Paul Bas can prepare his garage for the FORD truck that he might take home from Nuremberg!

In mid July 2006 for the first time many international stars met up in Italy at one of the world’s biggest freeride events. 31 riders were invited for the Red Bull District Ride in Catania, Sicily.

On the weekend of July 29th and 30th, the Canada Cup Race Series brings Canada's top downhill and cross-country racers to Mount Washington Alpine Resort. Riders from across Canada will be competing against a backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, Strathcona Provincial Park and scenic Vancouver Island. The race is the highest-sanctioned bike event held at the mountain to date.

Another Epic road trip to the Canadian XC Championships saw Team Whistler & the Epic Ride Team go through to the thriving Sun Peaks. Like an ambitious mini Whistler, Sun Peaks seems to have picked up the enthusiasm Whistler has lost & is running with it, attracting not only the XC nationals but also the World Masters in September. Sure Whistler has Crankworx, but the whole Freeride revolution only appeals to a very limited market of mountain bikers. Surely Rob Mcskimming & the other over-cautious mountain skeptics that prevented Whistler claiming the UCI World Cup double header are now finally regretting their decision especially in the light of Whistler’s economic downturn.

I knew it was going to be good, but it turned out to be amazing. I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this movie for about a year now. Mucho, mucho respect goes out to Tam and Jason, they have created a bike movie that will set a new standard in the world of sports editing; beautiful filming, breathtaking views, incredible editing, world class riding and a rad soundtrack to boot. These two guys have built this world class film with nearly nothing. I may have a semi-biased opinion because I happen to be a rider in the film. But you will all agree with me once you play it for yourself.

This year our US national champs race was held at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. The DH course was to be a sub 2 minute run without much elevation to work with. The 4X course was actually built well, with a really tricky last straight-away rhythm section. The schedule was a bit screwy with practice starting on Friday, so I didn’t show up until Thursday afternoon. The weather was going to be hot! 90 degrees plus the whole weekend!

GOLDEN B.C. — Team Cove Bikes continues its podium charge, clinching another round of top finishes at last weekend's Red Bull Mt. 7 Psychosis.

Tyler Morland landed above of the heap at the summer's premier single-track downhill mountain biking event.

Last month I was lucky enough to be able to take some time off with my girl Tobi and spend 10 days in beautiful British Columbia. The trip was one of the best I’ve had to date. We traveled 12 hours in a ridiculously cramped Mazda 626 that just got out of the shop the same week. We needed room for three of us as our good friend Peter decided he’d poach a ride out. With the bikes neatly stacked and strapped to the trunk of the car we headed west. We weren’t quite sure if we’d make it but what’s life without a little adventure right?

Round 1:

Once again, the online community at RaceFace.com has spoken. By the slimmest of margins, Team Saguenay captured the majority of votes in the first round of Race Face’s UXC II and in doing so have earned the opportunity to compete in this year’s TransRockies Challenge, representing Race Face. Team Saguenay (35% of votes) just edged out the boys from Idaho, Team Tamarack Race Face (31% of votes), by only a handful of votes.

Well, it seems that the Cold War is fashionable again. The old Evil Bikes url was heisted by a Russian internet spy. After numerous attempts at diplomacy we decided to sever all communications. Evil Bikes does not negotiate with terrorists!

Well what can I say, except HOLY CRAP!!!

Yeah that almost sums everything up-this past weekend was off the hook. For anyone that has ever ridden on Mt.7 in Golden B.C., you know that the thought of racing down the Psychosis course is just that PSYCHO!!! But for over 200 brave individuals, it was their right of calling and they all converged for the 8th annual Mt.7 Psychosis. Once again some big names rolled into town, records were smashed and the locals held their own. I'll let the results tell the tale for you.

Ahhhh tires – the only point of contact between the bike and mother earth! Don’t know about you, but for me nothing bolsters my self confidence more than a fresh set of high performing tires. I can have all the latest and greatest bits on my bike, but if the tires aren’t up to par I end up worrying about it too much and in the end it ruins my ride experience. Nothing can ruin your ride like crashing hard because your front tire washed where it should have hooked up!

Honda/Iron Horse rider, Duncan Riffle, 19, from Santa Barbara California is the new 2006 US National DH champion. Under blazing sun and triple digit temperatures at the Infineon Raceway near Sonoma, CA, Riffle put together a clean quick run in the rapidly deteriorating conditions, which was enough to give him the title.

In conjunction with the US National MTB Championships, Sonoma also held round #5 of the NMBS downhill series. While Duncan Riffle piloted his fully SRAM equipped Iron Horse to the Men's DH National Title, Australian Amiel Cavalier took the overall race and collected some valuable NMBS points. Amiel chose to run the new RockShox Totem Solo Air on the front of his Giant Glory. After his first practice session Amiel immediately came over to the SRAM truck saying, "This fork is amazing! I can't believe how stiff and light it is."

When it comes down to putting on a big show, each and every year Adidas throws it down and puts together the most memorable comp to kick off the season. This year the sports market giant opened the flood gates for anyone wanting to get in on the action. There was a massive qualifying for the youngsters to get into a few hots seats for the main event. The big dogs had to put it all on the line for a sudden death qualifying, and the final showdown had a stacked roster of riders who all could have taken home the gold. There was a large list of DNS and DNFers which kept the EMTs on their toes. Somewhere in between there was time for everyone to hangout somewhere with a change of scenery, down a few hefienvisssen, eat cheese pizzas and bologna, have blurry cab rides back to airport to re-coope, and come home to a shanked bike in a box. Adidas Slopestyle 06!

e.thirteen components’s sponsored riders continued their winning ways by scoring a combined total of 7 National Championships in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, e.thirteen-sponsored free riders won and earned podium spots at the Red Bull District Ride in Italy.

Crankworx 2005 shootout final round comes to an end, and the winner is Dave O'Dowd!

It was another heated battle but the votes speak for themselves.

534 votes - Dave O'Dowd
424 votes - Theo Dilworth
410 votes - Madison Sylte
381 votes - Greg Tubbs

Let's tell them what they've won Bob.

There are a lot of bicycle companies around these days but few have the colorful history of Cannondale. A lot of these companies sprang up in people’s garages and basements back in the day but how many can say they began life in the loft of a pickle factory? And very few of those companies that were around back then can claim they still manufacture they’re goods here in mainland America. Thirty five years ago Cannondale debuted the first trailer for a bicycle, the Bugaboo, and since then it’s been an interesting ride. The first bike, a touring model, was sold to the public in 1983 and that was followed a year later with a road and mountain bike. All three of these were built with aluminum tubes which today are not such a big deal with a score of aluminum frames being welded in Taiwan, China and even Vietnam for almost every bike company out there. A lot of the credit for the acceptance of aluminum being used for bike frames years ago should go to Cannondale, as they manufactured one of the first readily available alloy bike lines.

About PROGRESSION

The much-anticipated addition to the very successful Kranked series, PROGRESSION - Kranked 6 gives the world’s best mountain bikers a challenge: To create the most stunning and progressive mountain bike line and ride it. Imagine some of the top riders, Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie, Kirt Voreis, Jamie Goldman, Ryan Leech and Mike Kinrade, Steve Romaniuk, and Ben Boyco unleashed with no boundaries ... and all the support they need to execute their dream rides. It is about finding the ultimate trail - and pushing the boundaries to ride it. With Bjorn Enga behind the camera, each rider is captured in a spectacular and innovative way. This film is produced to the highest technical standards, with award-winning cinematography, an original sound track, and full surround sound. PROGRESSION is the story about making crazy visions mad reality.

This teaser is a behind-the-scenes look at Ryan's Trail - bringing the trials into the trails.

Check it here!

Round 4 ends. It was another heated battle but Sylte came out on top.
739 votes to 413 votes.

Now it's time for the final and last round. Watch the 4 videos and cast your vote for your favorite. The one with the most votes will be crowned the winner.
We're going to let this one run through the weekend and tally up the votes Monday morning, announcing the winner at noon(pacific).

Watch the videos and VOTE here

Many of you Drop In super fans think you know it all… well think again. I have evidence of something that will dumbfound many of you. Our friend, and my colleague Shawn Denny has been fooling us all for years. I must say that his marketing strategy is brilliant. He has been earning a six-figure income ever since he grazed our television screens many years ago. Who wouldn’t remember a guy doing crazy stuff on a bike with crazy hair…well at least he isn’t a complete sham.

I now have proof of something so out of control that I must ask you to sit to read this.

Kona Jump Jam and Super D added to action-packed roster of events.

Kokanee Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival has announced the addition of two events to the roster of adrenaline-fueled competitions taking place July 22-30, 2006. The Super D will take place on Tuesday, July 25 and the Kona Jump Jam will take place on Sunday, July 30.

Round 3 ends. It was a land slide victory for Theo Dilworth over Kyle Sanborn.

889 votes to 389 votes.

Round 4 starts NOW and you have until noon(pacific time) tomorrow to cast your votes.

Up today are Madison Sylte and Brent Tahk.

Watch the videos and VOTE here

The time is up: Only 2 days to go for the first Red Bull District Ride 2006…

Finally the time has come! On the following weekend July 15th and 16th the Red Bull District Ride is going to take place in Catania, Italy. The course is ready, the riders are fixed and on their way, the judges are about to land and the overall prize for Catania and Nuremberg, the custom pimped Ford pick-up truck is wating for its first “pre-reservation”.

2006 Tim Hortons National Mountain Bike Championships – July 15 & 16

– Sun Peaks Resort – Instead of “rolling up the rim” to win, Canada’s best cross country mountain bike racers will be rolling up and down the mountains at Sun Peaks Resort this weekend as they compete in the 2006 Tim Hortons National Mountain Bike Championships.

Round 2 ends. Jamey Kramer's smooth style was defeated by Greg Tubbs' fast pace and upbeat tunes.
720 votes to 502 votes.

Round 3 starts NOW and you have until noon(pacific time) tomorrow to cast your votes.

Up today are Kyle Sanborn and Theo Dilworth.

Watch the videos and VOTE here

Eastern Europe is on the march. The Polish company DunCon is bravely entering the American market with its latest author collection of hardtails and fulls, presenting seven frames in total at attractive prices, suited to the toughest of MTB challenges.

The Hawk 6 Pack delivers a Bike 4 Pack!

The trail crew at Mount Washington Alpine Resort looked apprehensive a couple of weeks ago when queried about the potential of an early July start date for the mountain biking season. Considering that the question was asked beside a 2-metre deep mound of snow at mid-mountain, the apprehension could easily be excused!

Youth rules as Jill Kintner and Michal Prokop capture titiles in San Luis Obispo, CA., at JEEP King of the Mountain 2006 MTB World Professional Championships.

Two of the youngest athletes on the Jeep® King of the Mountain Series (www.jeepsports.com) roster also happen to be two of the most prodigious and consistent performers in the sport. Jill Kintner of Seattle, Wash., and Michal Prokop of the Czech Republic, both 25, continued their torrid national and international winning streaks by capturing titles at the first stop of the 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships saturday in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Round one of the UXC II online voting is coming to a close and it is time to prepare for round two. The second set of rider videos and bios are now online at www.raceface.com, and the second round voting is under way.

In less than one week, the mayhem will begin as the world’s toughest and most talented riders converge on Golden BC, Canada to challenge the worlds longest all singletrack Mountain Bike Downhill course. Backed by Red Bull with a total of over $10 000.00 up for grabs this course, deemed “the world’s most demented downhill race”, boasts one of the largest cash purses in Canadian DH racing. With $5000.00 at stake for the fastest time of the day, full throttle heart pounding action is guaranteed. Come see as legendary pros and local heroes challenge the likes of Tyler Morland, Maggs DeGrace and Kevin Phelps for their titles in the Pro men, Pro women and hardtail divisions.

Round 1 of the Shootout comes to an end with Dave O'Dowd winning by the slimest of margins over Nick Thresher.

642 votes to 635 votes. Just shows you how each vote does count.

Round 2 starts today and you have until noon (pacific time) to cast your votes.

Up today are Jamey Kramer and Greg Tubbs.

Watch the videos and VOTE here

Start the watching and voting for the first round of the 2005 Crankworx Shootout Contest.

Up today are Nick Thresher and Dave O'Dowd.

Watch the videos and Vote here

Nelson Thursday July 13th

Come get STRIPPED on Thursday July 13th at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. This is the official world premier of STRIPPED. Doors open at 7pm. Film starts at 8pm. All the cool cats are going to be there like Kurt Sorge, Mike Kinrade, and Joe Schwartz, just to name a few. Tickets are available now at The Sacred Ride and Gericks Cycle in Nelson; remaining tickets will be for sale at the door. The show is $7 for adults and $5 for kids younger than 12. There will be tons of prizes, tons of fun, tons of people, and tons of unreal mountain bike riding on the big screen. This is the biggest night for mountain bikers and film connoisseurs all summer in Nelson, so don’t miss out.

Yes, that's right, you heard it. It's finally here.
The 2006 Kokanee Crankworx is almost here and to wet your appetite for what’s in store at the biggest Mountain Bike Slopestyle event ever, Rip.TV is hosting the first annual Kokanee Crankworx Shootout. VIDEO INSIDE!

Our Summer Sizzler Sale is going very well and to celebrate we're going to have some insane door-crasher specials on Saturday July 8th.

The last time the STUND crew touched base we were busy sending it in Utah, just to pin it home for a day late charge for the R.V. and our 3,000-dollar damage deposit, let’s just say “stolen”. It has been an amazingly busy season so far and things are just heating up! We finished up the Episode 2 teaser in Kelowna to keep everyone exited for the August 15 release of the show. We learned a few more valuable lessons in episode 2, one of them being to never start day 1 off with one of the biggest parties of the year.

Here are images and specs of Charge Complete bikes. We hope to sort US distribution by Interbike.

For a first event the podium of the Dobermann dirt jam was impressive! Kyle Ebbett (Scott USA) took the first place, Jim Dechamp (Mongoose) second and Joe Prisel (Union street bike) third.

When I first moved to Portland it took me a while to remember why I transferred here from Minneapolis. Between school, the rain and therefore lack of outdoor riding I was no happy camper. I was able to hook up with the (ex) Mountain Cycle boys and had my first introduction to the riding community. In February all we could do was hit the indoor bmx track and skatepark- it wasn’t my kind of riding but it was wicked exercise, bike handling practice, and a way to meet other riders. The track is where I met other trail riders and Lilias, the only other girl in Portland who really ‘rides’.

July 6, 7 and 8 Calgary Cycle is holding their biggest sale of the year, the second annual Monster-Trailer Sale! Different door-crasher specials every day, plus so many other great deals your head is gonna' spin. Bikes, frames, forks, helmets, shoes, armor, you name it -- it's all got to GO!

Check out www.calgarycycle.com for a complete list of what's on sale.

Brodie Bicycles has partnered with Empyrean Distributors in Scottsdale, Arizona as distributors for the United States. The relationship was set up to enable US dealers to more economically and efficiently carry the storied Vancouver, BC brand. Ernest Vogel of Empyrean explains, “while the brand has always had an almost cultish underground following in the US, dealers were on their own to import the bicycles. Which was both cumbersome and costly.” The new relationship will alleviate those issues for existing brodie dealers, and will make it easier for the company to selectively expand brodie’s dealer base.

Steve Peat (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE/SRAM/ROCKSHOX) places 2nd in the UCI World Cup Downhill Series in Brazil behind winner Matti Lehikoinen. Marc Beaumont (MBUK/SANTA CRUZ) flies in for another podium appearance in 5th. Peat had the third fastest split time of the day just .23 ahead of Lehikoinen at 1:42.82, but lost a fraction of a second on the bottom of the course and crosses the line just .09 back with a time of 2:19.40 to Lehikoinen’s 2:19.31. Closest to Peat in the points, Minnaar had the fastest split at 1:42.63, but had bad luck as he suffered a flat tire and a crash to roll in at 23rd place. Syndicate’s Nathan Rennie finished in 17th place.

We are back in Canada, EH!

Amy and I made our way from Frankfurt, Germany to Quebec, Canada a few weeks ago. From sausages to poutine… what a culture shock. But it is nice to be back home for a little while. We landed just in time for the Canada Cup at Mont Ste. Anne a few weeks before the world cup. A great time and solid prep for the World Cup there that weekend.

The 2006 mountain biking season is underway at Panorama Mountain Village – kick-started by the 2006 Mad Trapper Mountain Bike Race, held June 23-25.

In past seasons, the focus of mountain biking at Panorama has been on developing new trails and new features. This year, it will be on maintaining the excellent trails serviced by our high speed Mile One Quad. A new trail called Stiffy will also be cut this summer, and natural as well as wood features will be added to this trail later in the season.

So it was late on friday night and a few of us were thinking that Sun Peaks for a day trip would be killer. Quick check on the net and sure enough they were hosting Norco's VPS Fest on Canada Day!! Sounds like reason enough to see what's been happening up there this spring, do some riding and check out what VPS fest is all about.

Mikey G, Pauwels and I loaded up Saturday morning for a rip at the Peaks and to see why VPS Fest keeps growing year after year.

Two months ago, on the hunt for riders worthy to represent Race Face in the 2006 TransRockies XC mountain bike race, Race Face put out the call for riders with chain grease and fork oil in their blood, the unsung heroes of the singletrack, and they have answered.

Now, it’s up to the online mountain bike community to choose which two teams will represent Race Face in one of the most grueling marathon mountain bike races in the world – with all expenses paid. Rider videos and bios of the first four teams are now online at www.raceface.com, and the first round of voting has begun.

For all of you who haven't checked it out yet, the Action Sports Environmental Coalition (asecaction.org) has just released their new interactive website. It's one of the first environmental websites out there that doesn't market to crazy radical hippies and works with bike, skate, and surf athletes and at events like the X-Games. For all of you who want to find out what you can do to help keep our trails and forests from dying and being logged, it's a great resource, and for all of you who want to win free stuff like skate shoes, it's good for that too!

Winner Announcement and Future Prize Alerts!


Whistler Blackcomb’s Triple Play Giveaway has “given away”. This summers pimpest contest is at full steam with 3 big prizes and 3 ways to win. The contest has been running since April and the First winner Jason Moore from Vancouver has just received a WB Bike Park Seasons Pass and $200 Swag Bag full of gear from our sponsors Smith and Camelbak.

- The Kona-Gravity Logic Conspiracy is Born to help Bike Parks Ramp Up their Summer Business by aiding with Product, Promotion, Design, Construction and Operation -