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Watch: Aaron Gwin and Richie Rude Shred Trails in California
Aaron Gwin is a born racer who loves to compete. The four-time World Cup champion’s hunger for success still burns bright for what will be his 10th season on the downhill circuit. In the final episode of our Off-Season series, Gwin invites Enduro World Series racer Richie Rude to train and ride with him out …
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Watch: Mountain Biking to a Remote Hut in the Alaskan Wilderness
The first option in the dictionary for the word adventure is “an exciting or very unusual experience.” While the experience that is adventure varies far and wide from person to person, Eric Porter and Kevin Murphy’s recent travels in Alaska hit that definition on the nose. After spotting a backcountry hut in an Alaskan guidebook, …
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Watch: A Life Devoted to Digging and Riding MTB Trails
Sammy Mercado devotes his flesh and soul to creating his own utopian freeride mountain bike zone, without constraints. Using his own manpower, along with a shovel, pic axe and some water — water he carries into the desert using 5-gallon buckets — Mercado has carved a slice of freeride paradise into the hidden hills of …
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Watch: Fine-Tuning the Aaron Gwin Speed Machine
Fans are used to seeing Aaron Gwin take the top step of the podium weekend after weekend, but what we don’t get to see is what goes on behind the scenes in the making of a World Cup winner. In this second episode of our Off-season series with Gwin, he introduces us to his friend …
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Watch: Slopestyle Highlights from Crankworx Rotorua 2017
The kickoff event of the 2017 Crankworx Quest for the Triple Crown sees Freeride MTB’s elite riders return to the lush trails of the rider-favorite course in Rotorua. There was no shortage of going big, really big, and all the riders dug deep into their bag o’ tricks to pull together some pretty insane runs. …
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