14 April 2006
It’s spreading. At an ever increasing pace, the Kona Bike Park program is equipping mountain resorts all over the world with the tools and the know how to operate world class bike parks, giving freeriders, new and old alike, a place to call their own.
The latest inductees, in no particular order, are: Verbier, Switzerland; Killington, VT, USA; Canada Olympic Park, Calgary; and Levi, Finland. Check them out at the improved www.konabikeparks.com
As with all Kona bike parks, Verbier, Killington, Canada Olympic and Levi will be supplied with a fleet of durable and high-performance freeride and downhill mountain bikes for guides and clients alike. Kona will also lend assistance to the parks with event development and promotion, design of trails and park features and coordinate marketing of the resorts to assure summertime success for their bike park partners.
“Verbier, Killington, Canada Olympic and Levi are just the kind of resorts we want Kona to be associated with,” said Kelly Steelman, Kona’s North American Bike Park Guy. “These parks share the energy and attitude Kona wants to infuse into the sport, and they’ll be great places for mountain bikers to hone their freeride skills, or simply give the sport a try for the very first time.”
The four new parks join Kona Bike Park All-Stars; Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb and Panorama, the U.S.’s Winter Park and Snowshoe, Austria’s Leogang, Germany’s Todtnau, Italy’s Livigno, France’s Les Gets, Bolivia’s Gravity Bolivia and Australia’s Mount Buller.
www.konabikeparks.com
13 April 2006
Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) is aiming to raise the standard of its downhill mountain bike centres with the help of its health and safety experts
13 April 2006
Central Scotland's first purpose built mountain bike trails have been opened at Carron Valley, North Lanarkshire, with over 9km of trails for all abilities
11 April 2006
Over 200 riders tackled Saturday's Exposure Lights Big Night Out night mountain bike marathon and almost 1,000 riders took part in the Sunday marathon.
11 April 2006
This year the Cheddar Challenge is 18 years of age. The event is now the longest running in the UK and to celebrate we want to host a very special autumn event
10 April 2006
2005 saw the Animal Braun Cruzer Bike Tour take mountain biking display riding to an all new level and positioning Animal as the undisputed 'king of the rig'. That was last year though!
2006 looks set to be even bigger, with both Martyn Aston and Grant Fielder returning up for another years mayhem on tour. They've got new bikes, a bigger rig and some killer new tricks in the bag resulting in a gravity defying, awe-inspiring and ground breaking demo.
Animal are currently firming up all the tour dates at the moment with a plan to undertake a major 50 date tour of the UK, including all Animal Store towns, the best action sport weekends and carefully selected high profile international events.
While they are finalising the schedule check out their 2005 video downloads and gallery for a taster of 2006.
www.animal.co.uk
6 April 2006
From May 2006 Madison Cycles will become the exclusive distributor of Answer Products, including Manitou forks and shocks, for the UK and Republic of Ireland.
5 April 2006
Subaru-Gary Fisher MTB Team announce their 2006 team after last season was a resounding success with 48 podium finishes for the Subaru-Gary Fisher team
3 April 2006
Chain Reaction Cycles are proud to announce that they are now the official title sponsors of the British Downhill NPS, and are really pleased to be heavily investing back into grass roots racing and such a great series.
The British NPS series is one of the most highly regarded domestic racing series in the world and has bred world class stars such as Steve Pete, Gee Atherton, Vanessa Quinn and Rachel Atherton.
NACC Events promoters of the official British Cycling National Downhill Mountain Bike Series are delighted to announce that for the first time in four years the series has a title sponsor.
The series will be renamed the after a 5 figure sponsorship deal was signed this week with Europe's largest online bike store. The series which attracts the top riders from all over the country including all the top Elite stars starts over the weekend of April 7th/8th/9th at a new race venue in west Wales near Dolgellau at UpperCorris.
Entries for round 1 of the 5 round series are filling fast. Spectators are very welcome at all the rounds and can come along and witness all the action of this exciting series free of charge. Both Chain Reaction Cycles and NACC Events see the deal as a long term relationship destined to make them both not only the biggest but the best in their respective businesses. "Chain Reactions considerable investment will allow us to have the best of everything at all our races and this will become more and more noticeable as the seasons goes on" said NACC Manager Siobhan Fahey.
www.chainreactioncycles.com
www.npsdownhill.co.uk
3 April 2006
Local riders have been working with closely the Forestry Commission to create an all weather, all abilities mountain bike park in Haldon Forest, near Exeter
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