The mood at Sol Vista has been one of camaraderie and sun. Carnage is the word of the day. The 3 Amigos are clamming their victims and bikes. They are the most moto type of jump I have seen on a DH course. The 4x course is like a Supercross course with moto woops, channels and deep dirt. Watch this video of Mike Kreger running the Pro DH course.
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I met up with Phil Wiering in Portland, Oregon on my way down to Sea Otter. Charlie and Patrick from Team Robot joined in on the run.
Phil is an up and coming Pro Downhiller who rides for the new Team Fluidride/Evil. I wanted to ask him what kind of training he does. We talked about the benefits of being fit. But, it was his training trail that got the focus. Steep, rooty, off-camber, muddy turns. I’ll let the video tell the rest.
Note: Phil was riding a Sunday in this video. He raced a prototype at the last Fluidride Cup where he placed 7th out of 40 pros. When I shot this he was still waiting on his new Evil.
The 7th annual Spring Thaw Downhill came to Ashland, Oregon last weekend on May 4, 2008. The Downhill ran 1.7 miles down Catwalk to Toothpick Trail. The trail first ran down through a rock garden into a double that led to a balls out speedy highway section. The trail then proceeded to wind its way through a bunch of switchbacks into a hell bent 60 yard uphill climb to the finish. Continue reading ‘Ashland Spring Thaw Results’
About 60 riders from spots throughout the Northwest converged on Snoqualmie on Sunday, May 4 for the BENT III comp.
Ladders, skinnies, drops, swooping berms and fast downhill were the focus of the day. In the first event, riders trying to conquer Shore-style stunts were dinged 10 points for every dab. But in the downhill event, a number of racers bypassed big hits, including several ladder drops, in the interest of shaving seconds off their time. A jump jam on a few of the bigger stunts concluded the comp.
At the end of the day, Matt Patterson, Brian Guse and Trevor Louvier ascended the podium for best overall male rider and Caryn Cantu, Kat Sweet and Deb Hutton were determined the top overall female riders. Damien and Trevor won spots one and two on the jump jam podium, joined by Matt P. Continue reading ‘BENT III’
Many of you may be asking yourselves, “What is this mysterious GnarlBurl and what is this tour?” Well my friends, pull up a chair (or bike) and let me explain…
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