Sea Otter Kids
KIDS ON THEIR BIKES Sea Otter is one of the biggest bicycle festivals in the US let alone the the west coast and every time I attend whether it be as a athlete, vendor, or media person it never fails to amaze me that Sea Otter is also about family. All…
A HELMET MADE FROM WOOD??
DON’T THROW OUT THAT TREE STUMP YET! As I was walking by I noticed these shiny helmets, but what caught my eye was the fact that they were made of wood, that’s right “WOOD”. The person behind this beautiful creations is Dan…
DAINESE ENTERS THE NECKBRACE RACE
NUMBER ONE IN SAFETY Dainese USA is at the Sea Otter classic and they have been coming out with new stuff these last few years. It was the Boa system knee and elbow last year. Its good to see them back into the mountain bike industry where they pushed…
SEA OTTER IS HERE 2013
SEA OTTER TIME Well its that time of year again where all the new teams get to show off the new duds and their new colors. We will be covering a host of products, some racing, fun stuff, and some of our team racers will be in attendance to race the…
THE STEADICAM SMOOTHEE TESTED
MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC As you our readers go through the mecca of knowledge on our website countless times and see all the cool footage of test, cool stories,  events, and all things mountain biking, you must wonder, “how do they itâ€. I’m not only…
THE LAST WORD: LANCE ARMSTRONG
A GREAT RACER OK so we all know that the truth of the evidence has come out about the Lance Armstrong doping allegations and Lance Armstrong was released by Nike and he stepped down as chairman of his LIVESTRONG foundation. Something I believe he should…
INTERBIKE 2012:GEMINI LIGHTS
In these past few InterBike’s I have found myself looking at lighting systems more and more. After doing the test on a prominent light company known for it’s baja light’s I was impressed with the 900 lumen set-up they had and as we all…
Interbike 2012 : DEUTER PACKS
DEUTER AT THE DEMO While at the DirtDemo I was in need of a bigger hydration pack big enough to carry my camera gear and all the other things I might need on the trail while riding test bikes and I came upon Deuter Packs, I met Todd Walton and had him go…
INTERBIKE 2012: TRAILRAIL MOUNTS
LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY TO MOUNT YOUR DEVICES While walking the endless rows of products at Interbike you always seem to find something that will seem a little better then the other guy. Since I have been using POV cams like Contour or GoPro I’m…
GETTING THE LOWDOWN ON 100% GOGGLES
100% IS BACK!!!! If your as old as I am you will remember 100% from back in the 80’s and 90’s. It was basically stickers and shirts and you would see the fastest MX riders (Bob Hannah, Rick Johnson, David Baily) with this logo on their bikes…