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Kyle Strait

BIKE CHECK: KYLE STRAIT’S DUAL SLALOM BIKE SETUP

Dual slalom bike setup secrets from one of the best.

Kyle was only 13 when our magazine first started using him as one of our test riders
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VIDEO: VITUS GRAVITY PROJECT EPISODE 2 – TESTING WITH KYLE STRAIT AND JOE SMITH AT RED BULL…

The main event at Hardline may have been cancelled, but the Vitus squad still got to put the VT-01 prototype through its paces.

oe Smith and Kyle Strait came prepared to test the VT-01 prototype downhill bike on one of the most punishing courses imaginable and collect real-life data to further refine our development of the ultimate gravity bike.
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CHECK OUT KYLE STRAIT’S RED BULL RAMPAGE BIKE BUILD

A dreamy sender

This year, Vitus teamed up with Kyle Strait to decorate a special bike that honors his 20-plus year career as a professional rider.
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VITUS ANNOUNCES GRAVITY PROJECT AND NEW VT-01 DEVELOPMENT

Vitus is working with its professional gravity riders – Kyle Strait, Joes Smith, and Cal Morris to develop its next downhill bike

The Vitus Gravity Project is the start of an open-ended, access-all-areas development story to help push the boundaries of Vitus gravity bikes.
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STRAIT ACRES DUAL SLALOM WINNING RUNS

We were able to catch the winning runs and throw them up on YouTube; check it out

This past weekend we took a trip to Snow Summit Bike Park in Big Bear, California to witness the insanity that was the Strait Acres Dual Slalom. Watch the winning runs here and now.
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STRAIT ACRES DUAL SLALOM: PHOTOS AND RESULTS

The event was completed mere hours before Tropical Storm Hilary hit the area

The warnings about thunderstorms, lightning, torrential rain, strong winds, and flash floods kept most of the crowds away from Snow Summit Bike Park in Big Bear on Saturday, but MBA stayed up there for the event and the racing was great.…
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KYLE STRAIT’S DUAL SLALOM EVENT IS THIS WEEKEND

The Strait Acres Invitational dual slalom event is only one part of the gravity competition being held this weekend at Big Bear, California

Get ready for some great mountain bike racing this weekend at Snow Summit. Kyle Strait's Strait Acres Invitational dual slalom event is scheduled to take place this Saturday. The whole weekend is filled with other gravity-style mountain…
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VIDEO: KYLE STRAIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE IN “I’M FINE”

Kyle doing what he does best

Kyle Strait is back in the saddle and focused on his future as a pro rider and as a father.
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KYLE STRAIT IN 2002

Kyle Strait made the cover of MBA with this photo, taken when he was just 14 years old

Kyle Strait was only 14 when he made the cover of Mountain Bike Action for the first time in our May 2002 issue. We had first met Kyle at the Sea Otter Classic in March of 2001 when he won the pro dirt jumping contest there at the age…
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Bike Check: Kyle Strait’s Custom Vitus Escarpe Slalom Build

Strait took Vitus’ carbon trail bike, the Escarpe, and turned it into a hard-ripping slalom machine.

The new Vitus Escarpe 27 is Kyle Strait's new weapon of choice for dual slalom. Kyle has a long history of competitive success in dual slalom, dirt jumping, downhill, and other things, as well as winning the Red Bull Rampage twice. Vitus…
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VITUS SIGNS KYLE STRAIT

Vitus and Kyle going big in 2023

As a two-time winner of Red Bull Rampage, World Cup Downhill racer, perennial podium threat in dual slalom, and accomplished slopestyle athlete - there isn’t much that Kyle hasn’t done.
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KYLE STRAIT FRACTURES THREE VERTEBRAE IN CRASH DURING RED BULL RAMPAGE PRACTICE

Strait was about to go into surgery when last we heard about his situation

Kyle Strait fractured three vertebrae (T4, T5, and T6) in the thoracic region of his back (a section between the shoulders) today when he crashed while practicing for the Red Bull Rampage. Below is a picture of him in his hospital bed that…
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2021 PROVING GROUNDS

Dylan Stark shows his capabilities // Photos by Peter Jamison

The 2021 Proving Grounds kicked off again this year at the Oregon Dirt Park just outside of Bend, Oregon. Flash back to 2019 when Proving Grounds was born. The concept was to blur the lines between big mountain and slopestyle, and in this…
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