Chris Smith signs with Corsair
UK freerider Chris Smith will be riding Corsair Bikes and Marzocchi Suspension for the whole of the 2009 season. Chris Smith is one of the top UK freeriders and will be landing at The Adidas Slopestyle, [Braun] 26 Trix, Bike Radar Live and Crankworx to name a few.
Check out his new set ups inside:Chris will be using the 5” travel Konig with a Marzocchi 55 ATA Micro and Chris will also have a 7” travel Maelstrom freeride bike with a Marzocchi 66 RC3 fork when a little more travel is needed!
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He said: "I'm stoked to ride the new Corsair Konig. It's great to have a bike designed purely for the riding I do rather than adapting a bike that isn't totally up to the job. Also working with Corsair will give me the chance to have real valued input into the bikes.”
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Corsair UK Brand Manager Dan Jones said: “We are really pleased a rider of Chris’s caliber wanted to ride for Corsair bikes. We worked with Chris last year when he rode on Marzocchi forks so when the opportunity came to link up again, we jumped at the chance.”
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Check out his new set ups inside:Chris will be using the 5” travel Konig with a Marzocchi 55 ATA Micro and Chris will also have a 7” travel Maelstrom freeride bike with a Marzocchi 66 RC3 fork when a little more travel is needed!
Pic by Seb Rogers
He said: "I'm stoked to ride the new Corsair Konig. It's great to have a bike designed purely for the riding I do rather than adapting a bike that isn't totally up to the job. Also working with Corsair will give me the chance to have real valued input into the bikes.”
Konig with a Marzocchi 55 ATA Micro
Corsair UK Brand Manager Dan Jones said: “We are really pleased a rider of Chris’s caliber wanted to ride for Corsair bikes. We worked with Chris last year when he rode on Marzocchi forks so when the opportunity came to link up again, we jumped at the chance.”
Ducat jump bike equipped with a Marzocchi 4X WC.
www.corsairbikes.com
www.windwave.co.uk/corsairbikes
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back when he signed up for giant he was expected to go on to do "big things" and enter all these slopestlye comps. but in finals, highlights and reviews, he was never even mentioned.
but have u ever heard of him at contests?
sam pilgrim has had better results recently then this guy
not trying to put him down but i think this title is a bit over the top giving the past few years
lance mcdermott, grant fielder and sam pilgrim have all come up from being more than just dirt jumpers to being at the top level of the sport while chris's riding has practically disappeared.
"Chris smith is one of the top UK freeriders........in 2004"
Yeah, because MBUK say so and all the misinformed readers lap it up. He's just never been good enough to make it into the A-list of freeriders or break the international scene. He is a bit of a pioneer, paved the way for the next generation, but he is now over the hill - he's old, and Pilgrim and McDermott are not just the future, but have been the present for the past two years.
Still feel British freeride needs to diversify to really contribute internationally. Chopper will never be quite good enough either, I'd be surprised if Pilgrim makes it just because he's so goddam unmarketable, and all three (McD inc.) are basically failed BMXers. It seems to be all we can muster at the moment.... I blame the f*cking Georgians for cutting down all our temperate rainforest so we couldn't have a scene anything like the Canadians.
he's not the future but i like him
cud be wrong but im sure chase did
thanks,
C'mon Chris Bring it home for the uk!