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Pole Bicycles’ CEO Resigns, Company Founder Leo Kokkonen to Take Leading Role
Pole Bicycles are best known for their early adoption of what’s now considered ‘modern’ mountain bike geometry, and for using aluminum frame manufacturing techniques that are a departure from the norm. The company has been experiencing some growing...
Finals Photo Epic: Old School Rules – Lousa DH World Cup 2020
Welcome to the all you can eat buffet of ruts and cuts that is Lousa. We’ve spent a great deal of time talking about the track conditions worsening and, to be frank, we’ve had the best case scenario given its natural characteristics. Round 3 of the short season...
Video: Remy Metailler Follows the Godfather of Freeskiing on a Classic Whistler Trail
Mike Douglas is known as the Godfather of Free Skiing. From working on the first Twin Tip ski, to winning the Skier of the Year award to appearing in all the big movies he is quite a legend in the sport. I have been a huge ski fan from even before I was Mountain...
Photo Epic: Sore Lousãs – Qualifying Lousa World Cup DH 2020
Two days into the action and still with three hard days in the saddle looming ahead, racers need to hang tough and keep their eyes on the prize and the light at the end of the tunnel. That light is quite possibly a flashing red-alert for a long winter of Covid...
Video: Freeriding Remote Russia with Petr Vinokurov
Cinematography: Andrey Burylov, Nikolay ChernyavskiDrone Pilots: Vladislav Ekimov, Alexander SolovievPhotography: Dmitry Simakov Words: Petr VinokurovIn this strange summer, with regional lockdowns and closed borders, I many times recalled previous travelling to...
Video & Photo Story: Facing K2 – An MTB Adventure in Pakistan
One of the most impressive places I visited…Looking back, to the beginning of this tour, I’m almost sure that if we had known how exhausting this trip would become, we would have never found ourselves here in Pakistan. Our goal is to reach the „Throne Room...
Video: Riders React to the New Lousa Track in Wyn TV
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DH Fantasy: Last Chance to Change Your Team – Maribor World Cup DH 2020
We’ve had two rounds of Fantasy DH Trivia and two live downhill racing weekends in Leogang and Maribor. Now, we’re being treated to a second World Cup double header in Lousa, Portugal. Please note that you will NOT be able to change your team in between...
Video: Brendan Fairclough Shreds his New eMTB
Oct 27, 2020 by Ed Spratt FollowFollowing Building and riding my new Scott eRIDE Ransom. This thing is like a mountain bike in steroids. 180mm (not 170mm) downhill/ freeride beast. As the winter months creep in its time to get the ebikes prepped for the...