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Simmons flies above the Freight Train trail

There are around 50 different named trails at Whistler Bike Park. They vary in difficulty, but we don't think there's a bad one among them.
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Wade Simmons at Whistler Bike Park, British Columbia

Wade is known as "the Godfather" of Whistler.
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Uphill flight

Wade can jump up cliffs as well as jumping down them.
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Ruthie, pic 5

Ruthie and friend, photo 5, Sedona, Arizona
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Ruthie, pic 3

Besides winning the UCI's elite women cross-country world championship title in 1991, Ruthie was the 1992 World Cup series champion.
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Ruthie Matthes in Sedona, pic 1

Ruthie was the UCI cross-country Elite Women's World Champion in 1991.
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Bryson Martin, Jr. at Whistler, British Columbia

Sam Hill vs Gee Atherton, Sea Otter Dual Slalom, 2009

Sam Hill (2) was on his way here to winning the dual slalom title at the Sea Otter in 2009. This is one of the classic matchups along the way. Gee Atherton (1) was the reigning downhill World Champion at the time (note the rainbow…
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Arcata Community Forest, Eureka, California

This is one of the only redwood forests I've seen where mountain biking is allowed. I think all the old-growth trees were cut down about 100 years ago. Even though the trees in this photo are small for redwoods, they still create an…
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Ray’s MTB Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ray Petro's park in Milwaukee opened this past January. MBA's Jimmy Mac and John Ker checked it out for the May issue of Mountain Bike Action. It's a fun place to spend a few hours, a whole day, or even a weekend. (Photo by John Ker)
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SolVista Bike Park, National Championships, 2010

This was one of the obstacles the pros got to face. There was also a slower line around the jump for riders who didn't want to take the drop. Most pros flew off this jump without any problems.
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Photo of the Day, May 26, 2011

Geoff Kabush leads Sid Taberlay and Todd Wells down a challenging section at Fontana, California, in the spring of 2010. (Photo by John Ker/Mountain Bike Action)
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Jill Kintner, SolVista, Colorado, 2010 National Championships

This is a shot of Jill in one of her practice rounds at the USA Cycling National Championships last year. She won the USA downhill title for 2010 at the event.Photo by John Ker
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Pro Downhill race action, SolVista, Colorado

Riders at SolVista Bike Park, in Granby, Colorado, don't have to go off this wooden jump in their race runs if they don't want to do it; there is a longer and slower route that goes around this jump. If anybody is thinking about racing…
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Downhill training session

SolVista, Granby, Colorado, National Championships, 2010

I found a number of shots that I liked of the racing action from the National Championships at SolVista, in Granby, Colorado, last year. This is one of them. There will be more. John Ker/Mountain Bike Action
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Red Rocks, Colorado

Judy Freeman leads a ride through Red Rocks, Colorado, just outside of Denver. (Photo by John Ker/Mountain Bike Action)
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Mark Weir and friends at Bart’s Ranch, 2009

This was one of my all-time favorite photo shoots. Mark Weir and Jason Moeschler took me to Weir's private training trails on a cattle ranch in Marin County, California, that belongs to Mark's friend Bart. Bart let Weir build some…
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Bryson Martin, Jr. at Whistler, British Columbia, 2009

Bryson was doing such amazing whips this day in 2009 that our fellow rider this day, Wade Simmons, was asking Bryson how he did them. You know you're riding well when the legendary Wade Simmons is asking you for riding tips. (Photo by…
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Brandon Semenuk, Whistler, British Columbia

Brandon is a dominant force when it comes to slopestyle events. (Photo by John Ker)
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Cam Zink: Ray’s MTB Indoor Mountain Bike Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Cam Zink joined us at the Grand Opening Weekend of Ray's MTB in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this past winter. Cam was killing it. Ray Petro put another great indoor mountain bike park together, with the help of Trek, Ray's tireless workers,…
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Pasadena Star Newspaper Features Mountain Bike Action Young Ripper

It is always great to see cycling coverage in the paper's sports section as long as it is not another drug scandal. That's why we were so pumped to open this morning's Pasadena Star sports section and see mountain bike racer Cody Phillips…
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Gwin Wins Opening World Cup Downhill

The first round of the 2011 Mountain Bike World Cup concluded in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Easter Sunday with American Aaron Gwin riding for Trek World Racing spanking the likes of Greg Minnaar, Gee Atherton, Fabien Barel and Steve…
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Learn More About America’s World Cup Winner In Our 2009 Interview

Aaron Gwin’s rise to the forefront of American mountain biking appears sudden. However, to Aaron, it’s long overdue. At just 20 years old, he is a seasoned veteran of two-wheel racing. He was a BMX champion before the age of 10, and a…
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Willow Koerber’s Shocking Excuse For Not Starting The First World Cup

Willow Koerber, who officially joined the Trek World Racing family in March of 2011 at the team's training camp in Malaga, Spain, had a great reason for not making the start of the first World Cup of the year at in Pietermaritzburg, South…
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