Wilson is always up for a challenge and REALLY wanted to do a roadtrip to Interbike and Woodward again. Last time he tasered himself, this time.....
2009.09.16
SOS NZ Episode
Here it is, the second episode from 2009, New Zealand. Join Phil and AT as they head down under and are joined by adiridas teammate Niki Leitner, as well as Billy Lewis and Blake Robinson.
2009.09.11
Freecaster Worlds
I was down in Australia working for Freecaster, filming/editing clips for the Worlds. What an epic weekend down under...congrats to Peaty for picking up his first set of rainbow stripes! Here are a few segments from the week:
Freecaster World Cup DVD Trailer:
Peaty Interview:
Boxxer Worlds:
Outtakes:
Full Replay:
2009.08.29
Porter @ Crankworx
Porter and I "cranked" out this clip on Crank It Up in Whistler...check it out! I think it's fair to say that the fisheye helmet cam makes it look like he's a bit further away from me, but while we were shooting the side-by-side clips, we were literally touching handlebars in mid-air. Scary, but well worth it!
2009.08.25
SOS Cali Roadtrip Episode
Here it is, our first full length episode from Summer Of Shred 2009. This is from our SoCal roadtrip...Phil, AT and I were joined by Ben Boyko, Shawn Wilson and Blake Robinson, with appearances by Randy Spangler, Eric Porter, Terry Cox and Harookz!
Special thanks to the Cox family, Woodward West, and Haro Bikes for helping us make this trip rad. Also, thank you to AT's family for letting a bunch of dirty mountain bikers crash at their house for a few days! Big ups to Jonathan Brandt for lending a hand with the rough edit...stay tuned for the New Zealand clip, coming soon!
2009.08.24
Adiridas Clips from Africa!
You may have read the stories in the magazines about these trips...here are the video clips to go with them!
2009.08.16
PERFORMANCE
Thanks to Steve Blick for the find! Too funny...
2009.08.13
Crankworx Colorado Highlight Vid
Here is a clip that we put together with Phil, Porter and Brian Miller from Crankworx Colorado. There will be an extended SOS version (with AT stomping a flip whip) on the way.
Enjoy:
2009.07.18
Highland MTB Course Walk
Phil, AT and the rest of our crew is at Highland MTB Park this weekend for the Claymore Challenge. Check out the course walk:
2009.07.12
I'm Rad!
Who's got more steez, the rappers or A-Rev/Kyle Jameson/Randy Spangler?? You decide:
2009.07.01
Wilson Rings His Bell
Shawn Wilson is an absolute genius. He invented at least a hundred new trick combinations just by adding a bell to his handlebars. You're welcome!
2009.06.17
Credit Card Roulette
This a fun game, especially for road trips when you have a bunch of your friends, and no one has cash with them. Instead of plopping down four cards and asking your extremely patient waitress to split the bill four or five ways, there is a better (and more fun) solution: Credit Card Roulette.
Here's how it goes: everyone throws their credit card (or debit card) in a hat, you mix them up a bit, and then when the waitress comes back to collect the bill, she is kindly asked to pick out one card at a time from the hat. The last card in the hat has to pay the entire bill!
Not only is this an entertaining way to end your meal, but it adds excitement to the day (especially if your card isn't the last one). All the waitresses we've encountered so far have had a good laugh from it, too.
So far over the past two days, I've gotten two free breakfasts in a row (AT lost both times)...I know that eventually it will even out, I guess the trick is to lose at a really cheap restaurant. My buddy Tim said that he lost it once over a $400 dinner...but I'm sure that he got at least $400 worth of free meals before losing that one, so it evens out.
2009.06.14
SOS How-To Vid
Next week is the first week of production on the Summer Of Shred How-To DVD. We've recruited Andy Sundbaum (Phil's brother) to help build some of the obstacles for the DVD. It's going to cover a lot of tricks from freeriding (dirt jumping, step-ups, step-downs, etc) as well as trail building and riding etiquette. It should be super rad and the goal is to have it out by Crankworx.
Stay tuned for updates on our progress, and also don't forget to check out our weekly video posts up on BikeMag.com! This past week was a two-parter with our buddy Wilson. Check it out!
Here are two vids that I shot while we were over in France for the FISE event with Lance McDermott and Pierre-Eduoard Ferry. Special thanks to Adidas for making it happen, and to Jonathan Brandt (my new intern) for a hand with the edits!
Pierre-Eduoard Ferry:
Lance McDermott:
2009.06.06
Billy Lewis Vid
Here is a video that Billy Lewis put together with Cory Tepper. Enjoy!
Here are the qualifying results for the slopestyle. AT and Phil both had mechanical issues with their bikes before qualifying started, otherwise they would most definitely have qualified for this event:
1 Sam Pilgrim
1 (tie) Lance McDermott
2 Mike Montgomery
3 David Denoes
4 Pierre Edouard Ferry
5 Yannick Granier
6 Thomas Bibiloni
7 Kelly McGarry
8 Niki Leitner
9 Tom Cauquil
10 Loris Reboul
11 Danny Pace
11 Klauz Ladislav
12 Simon Kirchmann
14 Valentin Acarie
15 Damien Plane
The rest of the event info can be found at the FISE website. Last night was the dirt finals and it was MENTAL!! TJ Ellis landed a front flip tailwhip, Rob Darden stuck a 720 barspin and Ryan Guettler was SO close to stomping a 1080 on dirt! We were losing our minds watching everything go down...so sick!
2009.05.22
FISE update
Well...today was practice, I'm waiting for my Freecaster course walk to go live so we can show you all what it looks like on video. Pretty much everyone hit the drop today and it was super easy from the sound of it. No tricks other than a few half-tables, but the following step-up got SESSIONED!
I shot video for most of the day, so I don't have any sweet snapshots of the riding, but I do have a few non-riding photos to share:
1. French dessert is pretty much the best thing ever!
2. We had a Pulp Fiction moment
3. The dirt jumps (where you saw the Sam Pilgrim clip) had pretty flowers
4. After four days of French food, we had our first non-baguette meal
5. Brian Miller is awesome
2009.05.21
Sam Pilgrim dirt jump clip..
Here is a clip that I threw together...just a couple clips that we shot with Sam Pilgrim today in France:
2009.05.20
SOS meets the Mediterranean
Today was an interesting one...we were trying to sort out our hotel situation, but we got sidetracked by some sweet jumps and a few other bits along the way. We hooked up with Yannick Granieri and Sam Pilgrim and went to a bikepark. It was ridiculously hot, so we grabbed lunch at an obviously named cafe and then checked out another dirt jump spot before heading to our campground to get settled in.
The campground is based right on the Mediterranean Sea, so that was sweet. We spent a bit of time chilling out and cooling off at the sea today after a day of running around Montpellier. Tomorrow we should have a chance to watch the amateurs ride the course. No one has hit the big highway drop, and to be honest, I think a lot of people are sweating it...it's a gap out to a steep landing, so one extra pedal and it could be GAME OVER. Keep your fingers crossed...
We also caught up with Sha and Kelly McGarry today, super stoked to see our New Zealand family over here in Europe...they have been over here for a while, and it was great to see (and ride with) them.
Here is a sweet photo of a photo of a photo....Brian Miller putting in work for Nico!
2009.05.19
Marseille/FISE Preview
Today was our first full day of riding, and we kicked it off at the famous skatepark in Marseille. It was a bit of a mission to get there, we had to drive through downtown with our less-than-ideal rental van (with no windows or seats for two people), but we eventually made it.
The weather and the view from the skatepark (which is located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea) is awesome. There were tons of really talented skaters and bmxers throwing down, so we had a great session. Someone also instigated a game of OPC ("Other People's Clothing"), but my fingers are crossed that it ends soon. Brian already had these nasty boxers held over his face in the back of the van...ewww..
After the skatepark session was over, we made a quick stop at the grocery store for water and, most importantly, tartlettes. I got hooked on tartlettes on my first trip to France, and Nico has been supplying me with them ever since. Today I had the luxury of buying them firsthand, and it was awesome!
We popped back in the van and started driving towards Montpellier, which is where the FISE event will be held. Here is a little photographic course walk for all of you who can't be here to ride this event:
The course starts on top of the scaffolding in the background of this photo, then you drop into this super steep landing. After keeping your speed on the flat bottom, you hit this massive step-up jump (Phil is about 6'5" for reference) and then drop into a little street course. After the street course, you pin it towards a road gap step-down, hit a curved wallride, and then another smaller step-up. The last section is a super-booter trick jump, with a little wallride at the end.
A couple people were hitting some of the features today on hardtails, so although it looks crazy, it seems totally do-able. It should be interesting to see how the big guns dissect this course, I'll be curious if anyone tricks the big highway drop off the start ramp...
2009.05.18
France Roadtrip
Our Summer Of Shred French roadtrip has begun! The crew flew over today to Marseille, France, where we'll start our roadtrip at the famous skatepark in town. Then, we'll make our way towards Montpellier, where the FISE contest is going to be held. We've got about a week to play around and ride a bunch of super fun dirt jump spots with the French locals, so it should be awesome.
Phil and I flew over together from Portland, AT came from SF and he brought our buddy (and new Haro teammate) Brian Miller with him. We are stoked to have Brian in the mix, and he's fired up to be over here. The internet situation looks good at the moment, I'm hoping to do daily updates (internet permitting), so stay tuned!
This trip is extra cool for me, because we are hitting up a lot of the spots that I went to on my first trip to Europe. On that trip (Match 7 with McCaul, DeChamp, Carter Holland, Smutok and Ian Hylands) we explored a bunch of stuff around Barcelona and south France...but it was five years ago, and a lot has changed since then. I haven't been in this area since that trip, so it should be interesting. I am super excited to announce that Nico LeCarre will be joining us as our French tourguide. I met Nico on that first trip over here, and we've been friends since!
We are anxious to get Nico in the mix, particularly so we don't run into this issue again....we asked for a "double" room and this is what we got. I think Phil was either asking me where I was going to sleep or where he was supposed to build his bike when I snapped this pic! It's tight quarters for sure, but just for tonight (hopefully).
So far so good, though. Food is tasty, weather is good, everyone is stoked, and the spots are looking super dialed! Stay tuned...
2009.05.13
As seen on BikeMag
Here is a link to a video clip of Randy Spangler from our visit to his dirt compound during our first SOS trip of the year. Stay tuned for a bunch of edits from the past few months of traveling. I've been in hibernation trying to get these edits done...there is A LOT of footage from the year so far!
This Sunday we are flying over to France for the FISE contest. We're going to do an SOS segment with the French crew and we'll be hitting up a bunch of dirt and park spots around Marseille and Montpellier. If you want to follow our Euro-escapades, you can subscribe to my Twitter account, I'll be trying to keep it updated daily during our trip. Stay tuned!
2009.04.24
NW School Of Freeride Camp Info
Here is the latest info on the Northwest School Of Freeride, at Windells Camp in Welches, OR. I was out there two days ago and watched the camp director (Jaymo) stomp Boyko's 16' x 16' drop (video below). They are building up a storm, and they have some well-known jump builders out there constructing all the dirt jumps as I type this. By the time camps start, this place is going to be in full swing! Check out Boyko's part in the new movie "Barred For Life" to see NWSOF terrain in action!
First off......We just gotta' throw out some big high fives to all of our partners, sponsors and believers. It has been a long haul filled with logistics and hard work. So many of you have supported our mission with editorial support, viral mayhem and team rider love. It is difficult for us to explain how much it has all helped. The dream is officially alive.
Thank You Diamondback, Haro, Marin and Atomlab. Dakine! You have been wonderful. Republik, GoPro and Crankbrothers.......could not have done it without you. Protec has protected us from head to toe. Yakima Racks and SkullCandy have kept us racking and rolling! Bern and Gravity have
delivered the goods! Thanks to all of you! The summer is going to be filled with the highest quality of shred.
We are now accepting full registration and online sign ups for all of our clinics. Everything is dialed in and 100% a GO. We have also added a heap of single day jams. These jams are open to anyone who rides a bike. They will start at 9am and go till dusk. There will be product give-a-ways and random contests for the funkiest paint job. We might even have some bike tug-a-war! Basically, we are going to get super duper silly on our bikes! All of our terrain will be available on these jam days! The foam pit, the dirt jumps, the freeride trails and even the cement urban gnar! Everything is a go! We will have our shop open with spare parts, mechanical support, as well medical and
supervision for those under the age of 18. It is pretty much the raddest private venue EVER. (so yes mom's and dad's, its cool for you to drop your teenager off for the day, we are very safe).
Anyway.......here are the dates and the registration links.
Open Jams: All Jams are $20 for the day!
May 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31
June 14, 15, 24, 25
July 4, 5, 14, 15, 24, 25
Aug 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15
BMX and Freeride Camps:
Session 1: June 6-13 ($980)
Session 5: July 16-23 ($980)
Session 6: July 26 - Aug 2 ($980)
Session 7: Aug 5 - 11 ($840)
Session 8: Aug 17-21 ($560)
Session 9: Aug 24-28 ($560)
Our friend Danny Macaskill from Scotland...what!! This clip gets ridiculous around 3 minutes, and then it doesn't stop. I was seriously jumping up and down for about five minutes straight after this video. Seriously...whoa:
2009.04.18
T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds LIVE
2009.04.11
World Cup DH #1, RSA
Freecaster is the only place where you can watch the World Cups live online! If you live in the USA, you're going to have to wake up SUPER early to catch it, but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Hit the button in the lower right and you can watch it full screen on your computer in HD!
2009.04.09
Back on the road.. AT and Phil are back on the road, this time they were headed to Woodward West to get a little bit more practice in before the contest season officially kicks off. They met up with our good friend and esteemed photographer Rob Rebholz, and he's shooting an article about the boys (and SOS) for an upcoming issue of MBUK Magazine.
Also, our good friend Vincent has been updating and building up a new website called LowFiBicycleClub.com. It's super cool, they have a lot of original content and he has been updating it a ton. Here is the Vienna Air King video that he put together...go check it out and bookmark the site!!
2009.04.09
Queenstown Lokes!
The Queenstown newspaper did a story about the SOS crew staying at the Red Bull house last month. We're not "Team Red Bull" by any means, but I guess it just goes to show that you can't always believe what you read! Here's the link...
Big thanks to everyone who supported us in New Zealand, it was awesome to go back again!! Hopefully we'll get another chance to visit soon...
2009.04.08
FISE Event
Check this out, this is the course for the FISE event that is coming up in May. It's held in South France, which is located around some really awesome dirt jump and skatepark zones. We went to this part of France for Match 7 and it was incredible. The SOS crew is headed back for this event, and with the handful of big event cancellations lately, I have a feeling that the pro lineup for this event is going to be packed!
I've known Ross McMaster for almost a decade now (if not longer), I remember him when he was this tiny little kid from Arkansas riding trials contests on his mom's xc bike. A lot has changed since then, he's grown up and moved out to Whistler...I think he still rides trials, but it's also obvious that his talent has expanded well beyond that. He just sent me this video about his trip back home to Arkanas, check it out!
2009.04.03
Contest Schedule 2009
Everyone has been asking around lately about contests and all that. With Qashqai being cancelled, there was a huge shake-up with everyone's schedules for the year. Here is what I have compiled from my contacts as to the contest schedule for 2009. If you have anything to add, please e-mail it to me!
April 16-19: Sea Otter - Dual Stunt
April 16-19: T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds (Germany)
April 23-26: Ranchstyle Slopestyle Colorado
May 20-24: Nokia FISE Slopestyle (South France)
June 4-6: TEVA Speed Trials + Slopestyle (Vail, CO)
July 10-12: Goatstyle Slopestyle (BC, Canada)
July 16-19: Highland MTB Claymore Challenge
July 23-26: Big in Bavaria (Rasoulution bmx/mtb dirt jump event)
July 27-Aug 1: Crankworx Colorado
August 8-15: Crankworx BC
I know that there are more events brewing, but this is what I have on the radar right now. Stay tuned for updates to the calendar...
2009.04.03
AT's School Demo
From AT:
During our Adiridas trip to South Africa, we did a school demo and donated some bikes through the Big Tree Foundation to some less fortunate kids. My Mom's friend is a school teacher at Binkly school, so once she heard what we did in SA she threw out the idea of coming to her school and doing a demo for the students. It was a cool experience in SA so I figured it could be just as good at one of my local schools. After a few phone calls and getting things lined up we had it all set up. Ramp Rats (a nearby skate park) let me use their portable box jump so the kids could see some riding. Three of my friends even came to help out. Steve took some photos and Shelby and Theo rode in the demo with me. We ended up doing two shows, one for the kids kindergarten-3 and then one for 4th-6th grade. In the demo we used some of the kids to bunnyhop over and we had the principle lay down on jump and we did some backflips over him. From the look on the kids faces I'd say both shows went really well. It was cool how easy it is to please a crowd of young kids.
2009.04.03
Post-NZ
Just getting back on track after our extended trip through New Zealand. Looking back, it was an amazing trip filled with plenty of adventures on both the North and South Islands. We started down south, then jetted up north for a contest, then back down south for the last two weeks. Ivan from Red Bull was kind enough to hook us up with the keys to the Red Bull house in Queenstown, where we enjoyed as much Red Bull as we could possibly drink (among other things). It was an amazing place to stay, and even more awesome was just being "locals" in Q-town. We threw some bar-be-ques at the dirt jumps, got to know everyone, and got plenty of filming done. I am really happy with what we accomplished during our time down there, and I think it'll be reflected in the segment (which should be online shortly).
Here are a few highlights from our trip (in no specific order). It's been a few weeks since we got back, so I've had some time to think about it...we were lucky to have a bunch of extra riders fly in for the trip as well. Blake Robinson, Billy Lewis and Niki Leitner joined us on the trip at various points, and we enjoyed mixing in some fresh faces to our ongoing world tour. The NZ locals killed it as well, and it was super fun to hang out and ride with them (again).
Billy Lewis showed up for our last full week in Queenstown and went immediately to work as soon as he hit the ground. He brought out his trademark style and smoothness, and everyone was eating it up. It's always fun watching Billy ride new spots, because he looks so comfortable right away. Take this treeride for example--this treeride was on the cover of a magazine, and Billy went about three feet higher than anyone else. Ridiculous:
I had my 29th birthday while we were in New Zealand (which was way better than being in Taipei for my 28th). We had a big pow-wow with the riders from the Frew Farm Jam, and about halfway through the dinner/party, Blake appears with a "cake" made from whipped cream, with a candle on it. AT suddenly also appears with my camera, and I realize what's about to go down. Then Phil rolls up behind me and I realize that there is no turning back. I think I took it like a champ! haha
As part of my birthday celebration, we did a bungy jumping mission. Everyone got on board, and we did the Kawarau bungy. It's one of the more popular bungy destinations, but still pretty scary! Here are the videos of me and Phil doing our jumps. There is more footage for the segment, AT did a great job of holding the GoPro camera steady on the way down, while some other people rolled down the windows and made the footage a bit undecipherable.
Phil's Bungy Jump - Kawarau Bridge, NZ from Aaron Lutze on Vimeo.
Caleb Smith is our NZ photographer du jour, and one of our favorite people to travel with throughout New Zealand. We give him the worst time and at any given time, someone is stressing him out, but it's all in good fun--he knows that we love him. I'm not so sure if he was loving us back when we changed the "Spoke" t-shirt to suggest a new title for his magazine, but it sure was funny when AT pulled it off! On a side note, the Spoke website just got a little facelift, go check it out: www.spokemagazine.com
Blake Robinson...what can I say? We travel with him whenever we can, he's on the Haro program and is now getting some flow from Gravity. He's an amazing and fun person to be around, and has really great style on the bike. He can ride everything and flows through trails with uber-style and tons of boost. We were glad that he could join us for a few weeks in NZ, and I know that he had a blast checking out NZ for the first time as well. He would always roll down to Gorge Road in the morning while the rest of us were enjoing leisurely breakfasts and getting computer stuff done, just so he could squeeze the most possible riding time out of the trip. You have to respect that!
Niki Leitner, "The Austrian", flew halfway around the world to shred with us on the trip, and it was awesome to hang out with him. Normally we throw high-fives at contests to Niki (AT stayed with him for a bit last summer, actually), so this was our first time actually traveling with him. He was stoked to get out of the Austrian winter, and it was obvious by how hard he was throwing down! Niki tied with Phil at the NZ Open in Auckland and was stomping superflips and everything else you could possibly imagine for the duration of the trip. We also got him addicted to Facebook, so if you're on there, track down Niki and be friends!
There were so many highlights from this trip...including a massive super-banger from Kelly McGarry at Dreamtrack! Stay tuned for the first batch of SOS segments to flow online, from our California, Africa and New Zealand trips! It's been a busy year, and now that our first batch of trips are under our belt, it's time to finalize the edits and post it all online! Stay tuned!
HUGE THANKS to everyone that made our NZ trip such a success. It wouldn't have been as rad without the help of all of our local friends and support: Caleb Smith, Brett & Dan Frew, Niki, Mike, Sonja, Axel, Kelly McGarry, Ivan from Red Bull, Dogboy @ YD Open, the NZ Open organizers, Tim from Auckland, the extended Frew Family, Tom, Luke, Karl, Emily, Bella, Seb, Nathan and everyone else that was super rad to us over the past month!! I guarantee that I probably forgot some super important people, but much thanks to everyone that helped us out!!
2009.03.19
We are never leaving...
I have plenty of content for a sick update, we've just been too busy creating it to post anything. This video pretty much sums up the past three weeks...an average breakfast at our home in Queenstown:
2009.03.08
NZ Dirt Open
I'm just going to save myself a heap of time and repost the press release that I wrote about our NZ Dirt Jump Open experience. Enjoy! Oh, and check out the spot we're riding tomorrow...
The New Zealand Dirt Jump Open was treated to a spectacular show by the Summer Of Shred crew: Phil Sundbaum and Andrew Taylor, with their special guest and Adiridas teammate, Niki Leitner. The national event was held at the Woodhill Mountain Bike Park, just outside of Auckland, NZ. Riders from all over New Zealand were in attendance and there was a buzz in the air with the international additions from the USA and Austria.
The contest was also attended by riders like Kelly McGarry, a New Zealand rider who has been storming the international contest scene over the past three years, with appearances in Crankworx and the Red Bull Rampage. McGarry picked up the top Kiwi spot, fourth place, behind the Summer Of Shred crew.
Third place went to Marin/adidas rider Andrew Taylor, who was putting on a show during the practice and qualifying rounds, with superflips, huge no-foot cans, and tuck no-hander flips. AT rode strong all the way through the qualifying rounds to the final round, keeping the crowd on their toes for hours on end while he stomped trick after trick on the dirt jump course.
First and second place was split between Haro/adidas rider Phil Sundbaum and Kona/adidas' Niki Leitner. In the final round, both riders were battling it out for first and second spots. The head-to-head format during the semi-finals and final rounds kept things interesting, but on their third run (after taking one run each) they decided to do the same tricks through the course and split the prize money! Sundbaum was riding super consistent, throwing huge tailwhips in his runs, along with stretched out seatgrab indian airs. Niki was riding extremely well, continually pushing the level of the riders in the contest with a flurry of tucks, super seatgrabs and backflip variations. Niki has been trapped under feet of snow in Austria for the past few months, but it obviously didn't deter his progress, as he brought out his best tricks to qualify first as well as make his first podium appearance of 2009.
The presence of these international riders brought the best of out of everyone in the contest, and the local riders definitely rose to the challenge. Riders like Chris Beverland, Luke McCombie, Karl Bennseman and Lewis Jones were all cheered on by about a thousand locals surrounding the dirt jump course.
The best trick contest followed the finals, and all the riders pulled themselves back to the start of the course for a few more runs down the course. Niki and AT both landed a pair of superflips, and Phil was on a mission with 360 variations: 360 no footer, 360 tailwhip, and a newly minted trick, the "Drunk Driver", which is three X-ups back-to-back in a 360.
The Summer Of Shred tour of New Zealand continues through the North island of New Zealand with special guests Niki Leitner and Phil's Haro teammate Blake Robinson. A dirt jump tour of the North island is planned, and then the riders will travel down to Queenstown, NZ on the South island for two weeks. They'll meet up with Gravity teammate Billy Lewis, and session the surrounding area (and the Frew Farm Jam) until the end of March. Queenstown, NZ is home to some of the best dirt jump and freeride zones in the world, and the riders will be filming and shooting photos at every spot to create video content which should be available online in early April.
A big thanks is due to Caleb Smith of Spoke Magazine, Tim Hunter and the Bike Barn crew, Chris Beverland, Kelly McGarry, Brett and Dan Frew, Mike Hamel and the rest of the NZ mountain bike scene. The Summer Of Shred crew would also like to send out a big thank you to our sponsors for all of their support: adidas, Haro Bikes, Marin Bikes, Gravity Components, X-Fusion Shox, Camelbak, Kenda Tires, X-Pedo Pedals, Formula and The Hive.
Also, on a totally different note, the NW School Of Freeride is open for registration! Go to their website and check it out! This is the mountain bike version of Windells snowboard camp, and it is going to be sweet!
2009.03.04
You are going to hate us...
We're in New Zealand again and it's so rad right now. It's summer here, so it stays light past 9pm and the dirt is super dialed everywhere we go! We landed in Queenstown yesterday, checked out the most perfect public dirt jump park in the world--Gorge Road--and then rolled down to the world famous Frew Farm.
The Frew Farm has been great so far, and we are looking forward to another session here tomorrow with the NZ crew. Then it's up to Queenstown for a Gorge Road session before blasting back up to Auckland for the NZ Dirt Jump Open. After that, we'll be back down here and spending basically the rest of the month at Gorge Road and the Frew Farm clocking footage for the next SOS clip. My birthday is on the 14th, so we are going to do it up large with some bungee and jetboat action! Stoked...
Internet is sweet over here, stay tuned for the updates!
2009.02.25
Africa!
Just got back from nearly a month in Africa, thanks for staying tuned to the site. I have a ton of pics and stuff to share from our journey...just need to charge up some batteries (computers, cameras, phones, and personal!) and then I'll have a full update. Countries visited: Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana. Awesome, all around.
Until then, here's Phil's vid from the Odd Couple contest at RaysMTB:
