e.thirteen Announces Sponsorship of Two Videos For 2008

e.thirteen is proud to announce their collaboration with two major videos for the 2008 season. e.thirteen will be sponsoring Clay Porter's follow-up to the wildly successful "Between The Tape": "F1RST", which will be released in April of 2008. We will also be supporting Don Hampton's new movie, "Latitudes", which will also be released around the same time.FREECASTER LINK to F1RST PREVIEW

"We're ecstatic to be a part of both of these movies for 2008. Both Don and Clay have made tremendous contributions to the mountain bike community through their videos, and we are excited to support them and contribute to the development of their titles," said Aaron Lutze, e.thirteen's marketing director.

Don Hampton has been working on "Latitudes", which is a follow-up to the Chain Reaction series. Hampton spent the last two years working closely with Cannondale producing The Cut DVD "Sevenvision", which is currently being featured at the Banff Film Festival.


Hampton will be bringing back the favorites from the Chain Reaction series, as well as some fresh faces, like e.thirteen rider JD Swanguen. The "stable of knuckleheads" just returned from a successful trip to Utah, where riders like JD Swanguen, Wayne Goss, Chris and Nick VanDine threw down in front of DH Productions' new HD cameras.

"e.thirteen is one of the original east coast companies that has supported DH Productions and the Chain Reaction videos from day one. I'm definitely excited to have their continued support on the production of 'Latitudes'. 'Latitudes' is going to pick up where the Chain Reaction series left off—except the production quality is much higher now that we have an HD package in full effect," said Don Hampton.


Clay Porter's "Between The Tape" follow up, "F1RST", will be a hot title for 2008. Clay said, "I was so encouraged by the response to the docu-style movie format that I've decided to embark on the untold stories of the 2007 season, in the same way. Thanks to co-sponsors like e-thirteen Components, who have joined up with me for the first time this year, I'll be able to take my filmmaking to the next level. I am currently in the UK shooting with the Atherton family and we have some amazing things planned for their section."

Clay has been spanning the globe to create content for his upcoming movie, and will be working closely with e.thirteen to release exclusive sneak peaks leading up to the release of the full-length feature. In recognition of this partnership, e.thirteen is proud to release of the first of the sneak peaks, featuring e.thirteen athletes.

e.thirteen components is a small, rider-owned and operated company that strongly supports dozens of grassroots races, series, contests and other riding events all over the world every year. Founded in 2001, e.thirteen's innovative, functional, simple and lightweight chain retention systems have made them a world leader in this category, and the choice of top pro and amateur riders and mechanics alike. They support a worldwide distribution network and take great pride in offering devoted customer service.