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Transitioning Ski & Board Skills to the MTB Trail
Looking through the corner. The sport of mountain biking (and especially downhill mountain biking) shares many similarities with the sport of downhill skiing and snowboarding. For the average cross-country or all-mountain biker, most of the congruent skills occur in the mental decision-making department. I first learned of these similarities from my mountain biking master when …
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Transitioning Ski & Board Skills to the MTB Trail
Looking through the corner. The sport of mountain biking (and especially downhill mountain biking) shares many similarities with the sport of downhill skiing and snowboarding. For the average cross-country or all-mountain biker, most of the congruent skills occur in the mental decision-making department. I first learned of these similarities from my mountain biking master when …
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Mountain bike + Helicopter = Helibiking
photo courtesy RedbullRampage.com Downhill skiers and snowboarders have been using helicopters to access backcountry terrain for years but they arent the only ones. Helibiking combines the reach of a helicopter with the rush of downhill mountain biking in places like British Columbia and New Zealand. We recently got the lowdown from Vernon Reid of Helibike.com …
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Mountain bike + Helicopter = Helibiking
photo courtesy RedbullRampage.com Downhill skiers and snowboarders have been using helicopters to access backcountry terrain for years but they arent the only ones. Helibiking combines the reach of a helicopter with the rush of downhill mountain biking in places like British Columbia and New Zealand. We recently got the lowdown from Vernon Reid of Helibike.com …
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Free Summer Lift Access at Tignes Bike Park (France)
Tignes resort in France is teaming up with CANYON brand to offer free lift access to 100Km of mountain bike trails this summer – gratis. Admittedly I wasn’t familiar with Tignes but after watching a short video on the website I’m sold! Sick downhill lines PLUS they’ve even marked uphill tracks for XC masochists. Poking …
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