2013 Mountain Bike World Championships – Athlete Profile - Nino Schurter
If given the challenge, you’d have a harder time finding a race that Nino Schurter HASN’T won in his professional mountain biking career, rather than the alternative. The Swiss cross-country specialist...
View ArticleOakley Helps Struggling Lesotho National Cycling Send First Team To Mountain...
Lesotho. Ever heard of it? Many people across the globe very well may not know what this word is. It’s not a company. It’s not a type of food. No, Lesotho is in fact a country. Even more, Lesotho is a...
View Article2013 Mountain Bike World Championships - Athlete Profile - Gee Atherton
It’s been an incredible 2013 for Gee Atherton. The UCI Mountain Bike Downhill circuit has actually been pretty much an Atherton show. Winning both the Fort William and Val di Sole World Cup stops...
View Article2013 Mountain Bike World Championships – Athlete Profile - Rachel Atherton
The ladies of Downhill Mountain Bike need look no further than young Rachel Atherton for the girl to beat at the 2013 World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 25-year-old British...
View ArticleTitle Defense: Nino Schurter and Julie Bresset Retain Mountain Bike...
They’re called heavy favorites for a reason. Over the years, especially in those recent, Switzerland’s Nino Schurter and France’s Julie Bresset have proven why they are two of the most dominant riders...
View ArticleStorybook Ending: Minnaar Wins Mountain Bike Downhill World Championship At...
It was as if Hollywood was looking down on the hills of South Africa, creating a script set for the big screens. The pageantry, the story board, the stars were all aligned for local hero Greg Minnaar...
View ArticleUnveiling the Final Sketch of the Oakley Icon Sender for Red Bull Rampage 2013
The Icon Sender braintrust is at peace. After six rounds of sketches, with elements added and subtracted, taking into account safety and performance , the concerns of the athletes and builders and...
View ArticleThe Faces of Freestyle Mountain Bike's Biggest Event
It’s nearly “go-time” in Virgin, Utah. The athletes have arrived, and the storms came with them. Between the thunder and lightning, lines have begun to develop out of the red clay and rocky...
View ArticleKyle Strait Becomes First Repeat Winner of Red Bull Rampage; Zink Lands...
You can only be so ready. It doesn’t matter how many hours are spent fine-tuning lines, assessing angles, dialing-in bikes – the host mountain for Red Bull Rampage almost always wins. The best riders...
View ArticleA Silent Tribute: Relive Greg Minnaar’s World Championship Homage To Nelson...
In the quiet tribal lands of Qunu, South Africa, 21 shots rang out yesterday honoring a fallen hero, a leader, an inspiration. Although his legend will live on forever and tears will be shed long after...
View Article2x Rampage Champ Kyle Strait: Among the Best All-Around Mountain Bikers in...
Up until this past October, the supposed “Rampage curse” was alive and well. No winner had ever repeated as champion of the illustrious freeride mountain bike contest. Injuries, bad luck, new talents...
View ArticleJOURNEYMEN: Oakley’s Newest One Icon Multimedia Feature
Oakley has released it’s newest One Icon multimedia feature, entitled JOURNEYMEN. The Journeymen story chronicles the three very different experiences of three very different riders through the...
View ArticleAthertons, Rachel and Gee Double Up in Oz
“Proud of my bro!" Those were the words of Rachel Atherton, winner of the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill in Cairns, Australia after she and her big brother dominated the brutal, rain-soaked,...
View ArticleWorld Champion Nino Schurter Wins Nove Mesto World Cup
It’s been all Julien Absalon in the Men’s Elite UCI Mountain Bike World Cup scene so far this season. While the two-time Olympic Champion had already secured World Cup victories in both...
View ArticleJulien Absalon Wins Record 29th Career UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Germany
Frenchman Julien Absalon proved once again why he is one of the greatest mountain bikers of all time. The two-time Olympic gold medalist took gold once more on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup circuit....
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