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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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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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LEATT 7.0 HYDRADRI FLAT REVIEW – WINTER FLAT PEDAL SHOE PERFECTION

Leatt's winter flat pedal shoes are designed to check all the boxes a mountain biker could want from winter footwear

Leatt built these shoes around an integrated 10K/10K HydraDri membrane waterproof bootie with taped seams and a water-resistant zippered closure designed to keep these shoes impervious to moisture.
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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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KONA BIKES PRESENTS THE MAUI DREAM BUILD SWEEPSTAKES

Enter for your chance to win a dream-worthy Kona Process 134 CR DL plus more

Help us raise the funds needed to complete Maui’s own bike park, located just north of Lahaina, HI. Following last year's devastating wildfires, the West Maui and Lahaina community has come together with friends from the mainland to create…
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