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Project Evolve At Revolution Bike Park

Project Evolve was one of those ‘ooh, I wish I could go to that… oh, my diary is a mess’ events that I couldn’t get along to. Watching the Instagram...

The Norco Shore Returns – and it’s not for racing

It’s about ten years since the Norco Shore was last given an update, and 20 years since it was first released. This new release goes big everywhere except the wheels,...

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2021 Propain Spindrift “flows like water” “lit like fire”

Propain updates the Spindrift big travel park bike with more wheel options, and a new suspension layout. The Spindrift sits firmly in the freeride/park bike category in the Propain range,...

Vero Sandler | Builds Her Own Playground

We reckon Vero Sandler is resisting the urge to grow up by spending her summer digging in the dirt and building herself a whole playground. Remember playing in the sandpit...

Audi Nines 2020

Get Your Freeride Hit Here! Audi Nines Course Preview

The Audi Nines – a freeride event for freeskiers, snowboarders and mountain bikers – offers riders the chance to go big. This year, it’s one of very few events still...

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Red Bull Rampage 2020 Cancelled

Despite hopes that this perfect-for-TV event would go ahead, Red Bull Rampage 2020 has been cancelled. As an invitational event with a major sponsor and significant TV coverage, many had...

Wild West | Tom Van Steenbergen gets creative

Tom Van Steenbergen pushes the limits of the plausible in this new video ‘Wild West’. This is not a video in the ‘ooh, nice trails, I could ride that, let’s...

Tom Isted Corona Coaster

Corona Coaster | From Crankworx to Cornwall with Tom Isted

In this episode of Live To Ride we travelled to Cornwall on the south east coast of Britain to find out how Tom Isted, a regular on the FMB series...

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Bike Check | Jeremy ‘Kickstand’ Hottinger’s Custom Ferrum

Rampage rider Jeremy ‘Kickstand’ Hottinger reveals his new custom Ferrum Bikes frame and build, and gets sendy. A couple of weeks back we caught up with freerider and Red Bull……

Ferrum Bikes | Sendy Steel From Nevada

When we saw Jeremy ‘Kickstand’ Hottinger’s new steel frame by Ferrum Bikes, it brought a new company to our attention. What was a US brand from Las Vegas doing making……

Audi Nines Freeride Video – Ski, Snowboard and Bike

Forget that this is actually Audi marketing, because this ski, snowboard and bike freeride video is worth a watch. With a healthy dose of self awareness and parody, it balances...

5 Minutes With Jeremy ‘Kickstand’ Hottinger And His Ferrum Frame

We managed to get Utah based freerider Jeremy ‘Kickstand’ Hottinger to keep still long enough to answer a few questions for us, as he reveals his new frame sponsor, Ferrum……

Andreu Lacondeguy Signs With COMMENCAL Football Club

Andreu Lacondeguy signs for Commencal

Andreu Lacondeguy has signed a 2-year contract with Commencal but will he be riding bikes or playing football? Towards the end of last year, Andreu Lacondeguy announced that he would...

5 Minutes With Veronique Sandler | Sending It Into 2020

Well known for her no-handers and airborne tricks, we managed to keep Veronique Sandler on the ground long enough to answer a few questions. Tell us who you are, what……

Formation | Behind The Scenes At The Women’s Freeride Camp

This year’s Formation freeride progression camp for women had very low key media coverage so that the athletes could focus on the riding. As a result, there wasn’t too much...

Gary Fisher

Gary Fisher Interview | Red Bull Rampage And E-MTBs

Our roving American reporter Fahzure Freeride is out at Red Bull Rampage feeding you Instagram stories from behind the scenes. Among all the young dudes and dirtbags there, he was……

Vero Sandler On Red Bull Formation: “I’m hyped to see what it turns into”

Hannah chats to Veronique Sandler to see what the Red Bull Formation women’s Freeride camp meant to her. I’ve just given up trying not to put the heating on, and……

Red Bull Formation | A Freeride Skills Camp For Women

We spotted last week that something called ‘Red Bull Formation’ was happening in the rock formations of Utah. It turns out that it was a women’s freeride camp, based at...

Is A Womens’ Red Bull Rampage Happening?

Has Hannah spotted a women’s Red Bull Rampage style event in the making? Follow the clues with her and see what you think. It was well past our bedtimes here...

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Would you hit this railway gap on a £2600 enduro bike?

Watch this rider hit the infamous Pemberton Railway gap in Whistler on the £2600 Patrol 691 enduro bike! Earlier in the year we visited Bali and tested wallet-friendly enduro bikes...

Video | Watch Brendan Howey freeride Furious on the Sunshine Coast

Watch Commencal freerider, Brendan Howey flow on the Commencal Furious on this home trails. Commencal rider and all-time freeride legend, Brendan Howey hits the trail again with videographer Jean-Baptiste Liautard...

How Sam Pilgrim Made Me Jump

While wandering around Eurobike last year I found myself being introduced to Sam Pilgrim, YouTube personality and former Freeride Mountain Biking (FMB) World Champion. As you do if you’re a……

DarkFEST

#DarkFEST Course Preview – With Mum Commentary

There’s something called #DarkFEST happening in Stellenbosch, South Africa. It’s not an event for those of you with a sensitive disposition. We’ve already ignored the press release titled ‘Sam Reynolds...

Team Rumours Part 2: Miller, Atwill, Agassiz, Gwin, Harrison, Atherton and more 2019 team news

We’re in the thick of 2019 Team Rumours, with riders finally announcing that they’ll be leaving current contracts and are heading to pastures new.

Interview: Lynne Armstrong – “Watch what happens, it could be awesome”

Everyone we feature in our Inspiring Women interview series has been nominated by you, the readers. The person we have the most nominations for by far is the queen of……

Interview: Veronique Sandler – Not In It To Win It

Sitting in the yurt at the Bike Park Wales Women’s Weekend, a group of women are gathered for a Q&A session with three pro riders: Tahnee Seagrave, Katy Curd, and……

Video Madness: A Strongman, A Chainsaw, And A Freerider

It’s easy to get bored of all the latest shredits, but sometimes something is just so bonkers you find yourself watching it all the way to the end. This piece...

The 28 Riders of Red Bull Hardline 2018

Judging by these photographs, Wales is proving to be wet. So, as well as all the other obstacles, everything is going to be super slippery and slithery too. Frankly terrifying....

Video: Red Bull Hardline 2018 – Course Preview

If you’re still experiencing vertigo after checking out our gallery, then perhaps don’t watch this course preview. Gee Atherton manages to talk his way down this course, which combines downhill...

Gallery: Red Bull Hardline 2018 – The Warm Up

It’s Red Bull Hardline this weekend. As the name suggests, riders will be taking it in turns to swoop down a hillside on a trail punctuated by gaps which many...