Archive for July, 2010
Crankworx Colorado…
Justin Brantley just posted some cool pics from the training @Crankworx Colorado on Pinkbike. Following the Twitter of Darren Berrecloth, it seems that the rain is kind of invited in the party…Hope that they will ride again today. All support to our french rider Yannick Granieri, and buddies Martin and Sam !
“Adiridas” edit by Lukas Tielke
We already knew that Lukas Tielke was putting together some sick videos, cf “Think Big” project. Check this video that his creative mind and skills put together for the “Back in My Yard” video contest….sweet. Remind me “RobotFood” crew, not a bad reference…
Riders are : Niki Leitner, Marius Hoppensack, Tobi Wrobel
thinkBIG ll Back in my Yard 2010 – Team Adiridas ll from Lukas Tielke | thinkBIG Prod. on Vimeo.
“Taxi driver” pics on TSY.
One more time, The Selvedge Yard posted an amazing article with some great pics (where does he find all this stuff ???) of Taxi Driver’s set. Famous movie with an asthonishing Robert DeNiro and some unforgetable sentences. I can’t say enough good things about TSY, this website is a pure source of style. I just put three pics below because you really HAVE TO check this website. More pics here.
Nick Brandreth’s photography
I had the chance during my trip to Claymore Challenge to meet with Nick Brandreth, the hyper-active guy behind Thrashbike.com . Despite the fact that Nick is filming (check the video section on thrashbike), he’s also a really good photographer. You really have to go on his personal website to check all his galleries (love wrestling pics…). Find below a sneak preview of his work…
FMB world tour ranking update after BIB…
Big in Bavaria made some changes in the FMB world tour ranking. Sam is back at the top of the list with his second place at BIB and Martin’s win allow him to reach the 3rd place. Brandon is on the 2nd place but some big events are still to come : Crankworx Colorado and Whistler, Rampage…Big points which can make huges differencies… Big up to frenchy Yannick Granieri whose solid riding allow him to take the 4th place.
“Back in my yard”- Team Felt edit…
Check out the winning edit of the “Back in my yard” session featuring Joscha Forstreuter and LowFi rider Simon Bonicel. Enjoy !
Back in my Yard from Action-Shot on Vimeo.
Loosely Tour teaser…
What happen when Aaron Chase, Cam Zink and Dave Smutok decide to take a ride…Sick trailer, Cam hitting the BonerLog @Highland MountainPark is f…..n’ insane ! Poor Yamaha…
Exclusive Vital MTB Hold on Loosely Tour Trailer… – More Mountain Bike Videos
Last pics from Claymore Challenge…
Some little lifestyle shots from Claymore Challenge….it was a sick contest as expected. Crazy level, amazing riders, can’t wait to be next year !
LIVE LIVE LIVE from Claymore Challenge…
Starting at 6.45pm European time…don’t miss it !!!!
Claymore Challenge day 2. Qualifications.
Yesterday was the qualification day. This would allow to pick up 14 riders + 2 wild cards. Actually in the result list you will see 17 names. It’s normal as Brandon, Aaron and Cam were already qualified. The level was pretty high, and you can expect a lot from the Finals on Saturday LIVE on LowFi let me remind you….The only little unsure thing is about Alex Pro who get KO after a big crash and get by this way his second head concusion of the week !!!! Maybe better not to ride man !
Here’s the list of riders and some pics. Today is practice so it gonna be time for me to film some little stuff, so expect a little edit asap…
Cameron McCaul
Brandon Semenuk
Darren Berrecloth
Adam Hauck
Ryan Howard
Geoff Gullevich
Tyler McCaul
Yannik Granieri
Kelly McGarry
Cam Zink
Aaron Chase
Paul Langlands
Casey Groves
Logan Peat
Ben Glassen
Alex Pro
Mitch Chubey
Eric Lawrenuk
Nick Simcik
Paul Basagoitia- Prequalified, no score
Greg Watts- Prequalified, no score
Andrew Taylor- Prequalified, no score
Highland Claymore Challenge day 1
Here’s some pics from the first day of riding at Claymore Challenge. The course looks perfect and all riders agree to say that it’s a lot of fun…Tomorrow is qualification and i can even tell you that you gonna have a present for the Final on Saturday with a LIVE on LowFi…yes !
“Back in my yard” Jam
One more time, the hyper-active Joscha Forstreuter is coming with a dope event. The “Back in my yard” Jam, is a 4 days, 4 teams, photo/video jam. With a big help from his friends and sponsors, Felt and Adidas, Joscha puts down a really cool concept. Not only riding ! Each team has to make a little gallery of killer shots as well as a 3 min video…For sure good things will come out from this weekend ! Teams gonna be annouced soon…keep posted !
BACK IN MY YARD – the course buildup from Joscha Forstreuter on Vimeo.
Welcome to Highland Mountain !
Here we are ! Just arrived in Highland Mountain after a long day travelling but it worths it !
The location is in a beautiful countryside and i can’t wait to be tomorrow to see all guys training on the course which looks pretty sick. More news tomorrow night !
Scandinavian Photocontest by Stef Candé
Last week was the Sandinavian Photocontest in Sweden. The french team including, Yannick Granieri, Pierre Edouard Ferry and Tony Rocci was shot by photographer Stef Candé for the occasion. A slideshow had to be made at the end to choose the winner. Here’s the one from the french team…sick pics, nice work Stef ! It’s actually no the one from the contest, but ore the one that should have be made for…photography contest is all about presentation…
BLU is back….amazing.
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.
Åre Bike Festival update
Some of the best photographers and riders from the Freeride world are currently competing in Åre for the “Scandinavian Photo Challenge”. I already wrote a post about that some weeks ago as my friend Mattias was sprayding the news… Here are some randoms shots from the behind the scene. Can’t wait to see first reports and slideshows of the comps…Check out the Festival’s website for more infos…
MountainStyle Final and random pics…
Once again, we were not really lucky for this 2010’s editon of Châtel’s MountainStyle. Only one ride per day, lot of rain…but you can be sure of one thing, the show was here. Congrats to all riders who just send it despite of conditions.
Sunday was Final. Semenuk who crashed during his first run on Saturday had to put the pressure on everybody and he did so by opening the big drop, 11 m drop, at least a 12 or 13 m high jump. Fast and stylish, technical with huge tricks, choosing really sketchy line, Brandon did the job to secure a First place. Second win after Rampage in a big mountain event, Brandon is definitely the best overall rider of the moment….
Darren got a problem with Châtel’s event, he always do podiums but can’t find his way to the higher step…2 nd place again for Darren who did the big drop too, 3-6drop the step down, but maybe choose some more “common” lines than Brandon at the bottom of the Face…
Third place go to Cam Zink, who gonna keep with this results his “sender” reputation. Big drop for him too, on such a small bike (!!!), flipping the step-up jump, good lines, fast and flowly, Cam deserves his 3rd place for sure.
Check out the pic below for complete results. Big up to Seb and Châtel’s crew for their work…
Randoms pics from the saturday night’ dirtjump demo, as well as some shots from Sunday…
MountainStyle in Châtel-day2
Today was the first run for all riders, pros as amateurs. Nobody hits the big drop, and due too a huge rain storm, the second run had to be cancelled. So for the moment, top 3 is :
1- Bearclaw
2- Agassiz
3- Antoine Dubourgnon (with a huge flip cork on the step-up jump)…
Hope the good weather gonna come back tomorrow for the Finals. Find below some little action/lifestyle pics as well as the sweet 3-6drop from Darren.
First snapshots from Châtel
Yeah, first day in Châtel for the 2010 MountainStyle contest, 1st big mountain FMB WT contest. As we expected it, all big names from the Freeride scene are here, Pierre Edouard Ferry, Bearclaw, Semenuk, Zink, Agassiz, McCaul bros, Kinrade, Romaniuk and so on….everybody !
Basically today was a practice day, and one word came out of the mouth of riders ” BIG”. That’s right, the course is even gnarlier than years before, a 11 meters drop is for the moment still virgin, but not for long. Due to big rains from yesterday night, the course was very muddy and slippery so all riders were pretty mellow at the moment.
When everybody was starting thinking riding a bit more the course, the f……g rain came out again, and one more time, all riders left the place to go back to Châtel. Hope the good weather gonna please us tomorrow a bit. The “Face” looks sick, and i can’t wait to see all of those sick riders going down on it ! Keep posted !
