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Watch Martyn Ashton take on the Fort William DH World Cup course in Scotland, despite being paralyzed from the waist down. At the end of the video there’s a quote from Martyn that says, “I was down not out… Remember anything is possible.” Even Danny MacAskill makes a cameo in this feel-good video.

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Harkening back to Aaron Gwin’s chainless world cup win at Leogang last year, Claudio Caluori and Gwin both ditch their chains during practice runs at Leogang… and things start to get hairy!!

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Rachel Atherton is easily the most dominant female downhill racer in the world, especially considering that she’s won both of the first two world cups this season. At the Cairns World Cup in Australia this past weekend Atherton blew away second place Tracey Hannah by a massive 7+ seconds–compare that gap to less than 1 …

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The racing at Smithfield Regional Park, Cairns for the second round of the UCI Downhill World Cup did not disappoint in providing the spectacular on a sunny finals day in the Australian tropics. For all the worry about the Cairns climate, the weather held up for race day. A drying course would mean considerably faster …

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Josh Bryceland goes back to his Tarzan roots and tackles his way through the Cairns jungle during practice for round 2 of the UCI World Cup!

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