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We’re going back around nine years with this photo. That’s Marco Aurelio Fontana leaning into an uphill switchback at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec. Marco won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, England. (Photo by John Ker/Mountain Bike Action)
Brett Tippie leads Richie Schley on one of their favorite mountain bike trails in Whistler, British Columbia, well outside of the city’s famous bike park. Whenever you get a chance to have two legends of the sport take you out and show you their favorite trails, it’s probably a good idea to take them up […]
We first met Kyle in April of 2001 when he won the Pro Dirt Jumping contest at the Sea Otter Classic at the age of 13
Kirt Voreis (left) battles Steve Peat in the round of four during the Sea Otter’s dual-slalom competition in April of 2008. Kirt rode without a visor in the race, but we don’t know if he lost it, broke it, or simply chose to ride that way. It’s possible that he was doing it to reduce […]
If we weren’t dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a good chance we’d be at the Sea Otter Classic this time of the year. Here’s a shot from April 10, 2010, of Aaron Gwin racing against Australia’s Mick Hannah in the event’s world-class dual slalom competition . (Photo by John Ker/MBA)
Brendan “Brendog” Fairclough demonstrated his incredible bike-handling skills for the crowd at Whistler’s Crankworx Festival a little over 6-1/2 years ago. (Photo by John Ker/Mountain Bike Action)
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Vincent Thiboutot of the Pivot Cycles On the Edge Team from Quebec, Canada, flies over one of the jumps at the Vail Lake RV Resort in Temecula, California, on March 15, 2020. (Photo by John Ker/MBA) This past year has probably been the strangest year most us have ever experienced. We had almost no major […]
Richie Schley Heads Out For Evening Session in Laguna Beach, California
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When the hills were green
Since the 2020 Sea Otter is not going to happen this year, we thought we’d share a shot from one of our favorite Sea Otter Classics of the past. This was the Dual Slalom event at the Sea Otter in April of 2008. We don’t remember now what the temperature was this day, but the […]
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We shot this photo of a dad teaching his son riding skills at Ray’s MTB (https://raysmtb.com/)in Cleveland, Ohio, in January 2009. The indoor mountain bike park was the creation of Ray Petro, who opened the park on Thanksgiving weekend in 2004, and it’s still open today. MBA’s John Ker, who shot the photo, spent almost […]
We posted this five years ago, in December 2014. We’re talking about some serious cold winter riding here: When the “Polar Vortex” came down from the Arctic Circle last winter, it brought the coldest temperatures seen in years to the Midwest. It so happened that there was a bike race at the same time. Dave Gray […]
Brett Tippie takes on one of the steeper lines at Whistler Mountain. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action
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The Predator Downhill Race in Fontana, California, is temporarily postponed due to the current brush fire damage.
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