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I nuked the forum.

Not that you’d notice. Forums are done anyway. Too many hacktards.

Dirt Fantasy League update

Come on bitches! I think my folks did pretty well this weekend too. I don’t like to bet on Jesus, but what can you do. Chocolatefoot : Pos.  Team Manager Mn. Pts. Last Updated: 12/07/2011 02:22:02 http://dirtdownhill.com/ 276  Chocolatefoot Warren Anthony 0 2192 592  loose as a goose James Peters 0 2044 792  Biffins Bridge [...]

World Cup Season Begins

A sport the British are actually decent at? It’s only a matter of time. The racing season begins with the usual suspects and a few new faces. We were all surprised not to see Mark Horacek making an appearance after good pre-season form utilizing his shuttle taxi. There’s a Chocolatefoot league on Dirt’s Dirt Fantasy [...]

Lights Out

Sharp night riding footage from these Euro dudes. Check the rest of their Vimeo archive for a lot of endo turns on the edges of cliffs. Munich Lupine from Big Col on Vimeo.

A Band of Horses

It’s taken almost 4 months of fighting with UPS to get my Scratch frame back so I can build it up to ride. Just in time for me to slam into the floor and separate a shoulder just when I was really getting into the groove on my hardtail. The Session 88 has been a [...]

Now you can be biking ALL the time, with the bike-o-chair

Found

Here’s a stunning teaser for Find, a biking film by Resetfilms which brings British weather and understated style to the lifestyle format of Roam or The Collective without the jump stunt flips or snakes going into snakeholes. Thank fuck. I emailed them to see if they’ll do a digital download version. Who buys DVDs these [...]

Ride then slide.

A short edit from some fun trails on Harper Mountain, just outside Kamloops, BC. via Jon and his GoPro camera obscura. Harper Mountain from Jon Hadfield on Vimeo. Various riders, jolly good times. Especially the sundown slide down the gravel pit just outside town. This is super steep, but totally rideable. You just lean back, [...]

Champery. It’s all downhill from here.

From Dirt TV. Watch the video. Note he gets blitzed by the rider in front he’s supposed to be head camming, who’s probably not Greg Minaar. Then look at how many places you’d grab a fistful of those 200mm rotors, or flip yourself into the trees. Then add a metre of rain. Then race it. [...]

RaceLace

Functional and sexy. RaceLace freeride wear is coming.