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Recent reports of a mountain biker being clotheslined by a booby trap consisting of barbed wire strung across a popular mountain bike trail in West Bragg Creek, Alberta, are being met with suspicion by local Alberta mountain bikers online. The story has gone viral, reported in news outlets around the world–most notably CBC News in …

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A mountain biker’s neck was sliced open by a string of barbed wire that was tied across a mountain bike trail at West Bragg Creek Provincial Park in Alberta, multiple sources report. According to CBC.ca, the rider’s neck was sliced open from side-to-side, “more than half a centimetre deep in places.” Update July 11, 2017, 10:25am MDT: Reports …

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Fat bike racing is becoming more and more popular each winter, with races taking place pretty much anywhere it snows. But while most fat bike races are XC-style endurance events, the Frosty’s Fat Bike Race Series is adding a new dimension: fat bike gravity racing. The first two stops on the Frosty’s tour offers a downhill race, …

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“Come take a journey down Blackrock mountain with Reg as he navigates 8000 feet across heinous ridge-lines and down steep chutes to the bottom. Music: Witch – Changing Filmed and edited by: Andrew Young @andrewforeveryoung”

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Back in 2014, a video surfaced of a supposed grizzly bear charge, recorded on GoPro–but it has been debunked as a fake. This is not that video. Instead, this is a true recording of a grizzly bear charging mountain bikers in Alberta. Here’s the complete Youtube description from Brad Paras: While mountain biking in Jasper, …

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