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John Ker

CRANKWORX DOWNHILL SERIES IS BACK FOR 2025

They're offering more events than ever

Crankworx has sent us their latest release about the events they have planned for next year. Read on to see what they revealed today:  The Crankworx Downhill Series is BACK in 2025 with more events than ever!  {Photo (c) Clint Trahan}…
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Like father, like son, part two

Randy Lawrence was a downhill pro in the late 1990s, one who was sponsored by both Intense Cycles and Troy Lee Designs.Since Randy wasn't making tons of money racing pro downhill, he left the pro mountain bike scene to work as Jeremy…
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THE RYDER LAWRENCE INTERVIEW

The up-and-coming junior downhill racer on the Intense team

Building on the Lawrence family’s long-standing relationship with INTENSE and recognizing Ryder’s promising potential, he has officially joined the INTENSE Factory Racing team for 2024 . . .
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WHERE IS KATE COURTNEY GOING NOW?

We wrote to Kate and she answered

We wrote an email to Kate Courtney the other day to see if Kate could tell us what she's planning to do next year. Kate Courtney at Lenzerheide, Switerland. Photo by Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content Pool We learned this week that Kate…
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MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING IN THE ’80s

Take a look at what America's big mountain bike races looked like over 30 years ago. "Race Faces" was the name of the story that we ran in our very first issue, in 1986, and it showed some of the top racers of the era. The lead photo…
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TALKING WITH BJORN RILEY AND EMILLY JOHNSTON

The new SCOTT-SRAM team members talk about themselves, their hobbies, and their racing

Emily Johnston (left) and Bjorn Riley (right) will both be racing for Scott-SRAM in 2025 and for the foreseeable future. Earlier today, SCOTT-SRAM revealed that American Bjorn Riley and Canadian Emilly Johnston are the newest members of…
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CAM ZINK STARTS HIS OWN BIKE COMPANY

Cam Zink has announced that he's started his own bike company, Zink Bikes. He's not messing around either. His company sent us  photos,  logos, a geometry chart for the company's first bike, The Vacay, and everything else they needed to…
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THE 2025 WORLD CUP AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDARS

In case you want to start thinking about your travel plans now

The UCI shared its World Cup calendar for 2025 a few months ago, and its schedule for the World Championships a few weeks ago. In case you're thinking about attending any of the races, here's the shedule for the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike…
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CHECK OUT WHO WON THE STRAIT ACRES/OVER THE HUMP EVENTS

Warren and Hines take the Pro Men's and Women's Dual Slalom titles

Tinker Juarez showed up to race on the same weekend that Austin "Bubba" Warren and Kialani Hines proved to be the big winners of the Pro Men's and Pro Women's Dual Slalom events this past weekend in Southern California. Here are…
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

Downhill racers Randy and Ryder Lawrence

Starting in 1995, Randy Lawrence became one of the original members of INTENSE Factory Racing, competing alongside mountain biking legends Shaun Palmer and Mike Metzger. His love for racing eventually led him to a successful career in…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: 20 YEARS AGO

Check out our cover from December 2004

Our cover from December of 2004 featured one of the latest bikes from Marin, the Mount Vision Pro. In the lower left photo you can see Mike King leading eventual series champion Eric Carter in the mountaincross race at the 2004 NORBA…
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SOUTHRIDGE U.S.A.’S 2025 RACE SCHEDULE

Fontana's Winter Series begins on January 11th

The Southridge Races will all take place in Fontana, California. The locations for next summer's  three California Golden State Series races have yet to be announced. For more information go to Southridgeusa.com.
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FRIDAY FLASHBACK: THE ALIENS ARRIVE

A look back at a little mountain bike history

Nishiki's Alien mountain bike with its elevated chainstays was probably the hottest innovation in the mountain bike world back in 1988. At that time, the elevated chainstay design was thought to be a big step forward in mountain bike…
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THE WORLD CUP’S TOP SHORT-TRACK RIDERS OF 2024

Victor Koretzky came out on top this time

The World Cup Short Track races don't get as much attention as the Cross-Country Olympic (a.k.a. XCO) races, but the Short Track races are still interesting. In fact, often they can be more fun to watch, since the races only last about 20…
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GOODBYE TO SPEED & STYLE—CRANKWORX ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2025

What the coming year holds for the athletes  

Crankworx will discontinue the Speed & Style discipline. The decision about the unique race format, showcasing head-to-head racing with freeride flair, was made after careful consideration and feedback from event partners, athletes, and…
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VIDEO: WINNING RUNS OF THE 2024 WORLD CUP RACES

The UCI Mountain Bike World Series was jam-packed with action, with the UCI Downhill World Cup providing some of the most thrilling moments of the year

With GoPro videos merged into the live broadcast footage, fans of the series can see the best of the action from both the riders’ and spectators' points of view, as the riders fly  down the courses through the highs and lows of the UCI…
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FRIDAY FLASHBACK: 25 YEARS AGO

MBA's cover from November 1999

Our Mountain Bike Action cover from November of 1999 showed cross-country star Alison Dunlap (top right) and downhill star Shaums March (bottom left) in action at the races. In the center photo we showed ( left to right) MBA test…
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2025 MTB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: DATES, LOCATIONS AND PHOTOS

The dates and locations are detailed below for all 16 days of the event

The 2025 Mountain Bike World Championships are coming to Valais, Switzerland, from August 30th through September 14th. (Photos courtesy of the UCI) In addition to the usual World Championship events—Cross-country (XCO), Short Track…
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THE BEST BLACK FRIDAY DEALS OUT THERE

Deals and discounts to make any mountain biker happy

From screaming deals on complete bikes to deep discounts on components and apparel, we've rounded up a few Black Friday sales that will entice you to give just a little bit more this holiday season, or even get something for yourself.
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