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Rain drops on the moon – Cody Kelley road trips to a freeride mecca with Sorge and Aggy

What makes an experience memorable? Good or bad, it’s the out-of-the-ordinary moments that stay burned in our minds for the rest of our lives. Cody Kelley (the up-and-coming EWS racer on team Yeti / Fox Racing Shox) has had an unreal season so far, with breakout race results alongside his teammate Richie Rude. But perhaps the most thrilling and memorable moment of Cody’s career so far wasn’t on a racecourse at all – it was following Red Bull Rampage 2015 Champion Kurt Sorge down an impossibly steep chute in a landscape as foreign as the moon.

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From the UK to South Tyrol – A True Mountain Adventure

South Tyrol is the most beautiful place in the world, it’s a fact. Redefining the overused term ‘epic’ and ‘incredible’ every view looks like a CGI scene from a movie. But would the riding deliver thrills to match the impressive backdrop? We packed our bags to find out.

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Highland Trail 550 – Go Big or Go Home

After ruling women’s Cross country mountain biking in the UK, competing at the commonwealth games and the UCI XC world cup, Lee Craigie has turned to different challenges to reinvigorate her love for adventuring by bike. The latest in a series of challenges was a biggie, The Highland Trail 550. This self-supported individual mountain bike time trial around the Highlands of Scotland became a 550 mile (885 km) transformative journey for her and for many other riders too. This is her story.

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Specialized Dig Day Nelson: When Bike Brands Do Dig Days

Mountain bikers are big on community, it’s overtly visible all over the world. We are some of the most inclusive and supportive humans around and it’s something, I know, that pulls riders to the sport in their droves. We look out for each other, we always aim to make the day, the trail or a bike better for someone. So when a big bike brand rolls into town on the premise of a ‘demo day’, you could be forgiven for forgetting about the social, communal feel of your local trail car park. You will be prepared for an onslaught of corporate rubbish flowing from the mouth of an employee who has branded blood flowing in his veins as you hop aboard your chosen demo frame. You will have readied yourself for an ambush on your return to the trailhead, fully expectant to be swatting off sales tactics like midges on a hot summers day.

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Spot Check Portugal: The best bike spots between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean

Hard-core shredding meets pleasure biking: Portugal offers everything you could want from a mountain bike holiday, plus picture-postcard beaches, eucalyptus forests and incredible fruit brandy. Where can you find all this? Read on…

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