Archive for the ‘MTB’ Category
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
The first knockout of a vehicle-sponsored tour is now official. When Jeep pulled out of paying for the winter version of 48 Straight, it was the end of the line. A simple message on the event web site says it all: "With news that Jeep has decided to no longer ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Not everyone can get to Aspen to check out the X Games in person or as an athlete, but now's your chance to get a free ride in 2010 for you and three of your friends.
Totino's Pizza Rolls has a contest where you can enter a video on YouTube showing ...
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
It wouldn't take a genius to predict who the woman's winner of the 2008 48Straight mountain bike series would be. With a second and a first coming into the finals at San Luis Obispo, Melissa Buhl's second place in the final event easily gave her the season title, plus a ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
You know all about mountain biking, but I don't think you've been properly introduced to mountain unicycling (aka Muni). Yes, you heard that right -- mountain unicycling. It's a subset of a larger sport known as extreme unicycling and it's pretty crazy.
If you think mountain biking or BMX is dangerous ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Winners podium cr. Ian Hylands
Despite the best efforts of Mother Nature, the most intense contest in mountain biking was able to come to a close Monday with teenager Brandon Semenuk taking the win.
The 17-year-old, who qualified second for the finals, edged Kurt Sorge and Thomas Vanderham for the win.
Gee Atherton, ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
It's been a little over a year since mountain biker Tara Llanes was paralyzed after crashing at a Jeep King of the Mountain event in Colorado. This year the event was bought out and its name changed to 48Straight and Llanes was on hand to act as an announcer at ...
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