- Ben Winder
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Perhaps one of the scariest race starts in the business, Pic Blanc covered in snow as hundreds of ant like mountain bikers drop into one of the toughest races out there.
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A Trail for Titans
- Victor Lucas
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Available in two standard sizes and as a fine print.
In 2006, Hans Rey and Steve Peat did a weeklong campervan trip around Ireland, visiting 30 pubs and also doing a bit of bike riding. Hans had seen photos of the famous Cliffs of Moher that stand 200 metres over the Atlantic on the west of Ireland. He wanted to ride the small rocky ledge with a rock wall to one side and an empty void to the other; in places, there was less than eight inches for a wheel to roll along. The consequences of a mistake were about as serious as it gets. I was pretty scared of the idea, but Hans was 100% confident that he could do it safely and Steve was comfortable on the wider section behind. I was very happy to pull my head back in from the cliff edge when it was done.
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- Sebastian Schieck
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In 2018, Cécile Ravanel had won every single race of the Enduro World Series, but before this final stage of the last race she was trailing by 10 seconds. The dominant French woman rose to the challenge, upping the pace and stomping the win in Finale. A perfect eight.
- Victor Lucas
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In Val di Sole 2008 Sam Hill was on fire, 10sec ahead when he launched off the ski jump into the finish arena. Moments later he was on the ground scrambling to get himself to the finish line.
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- Boris Beyer
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Gwin was incredibly precise in his riding — he even grazed the wall with his shoulder. That’s what World Cup racing in a traditional Croatian village combined with the riding of Aaron Gwin looks like.
- Victor Lucas
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This was one of Akrigg’s favourite abandoned factory riding spots in his homeland of Yorkshire. It was covered in tons of loose bricks and we made this nice little kicker ramp to wallride.
- Andy Lloyd
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Rider, trail builder and BikePark Wales founder Rowan Sorrell sends it into this otherworldly tunnel in the early days of the park.
- Boris Beyer
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When most people had already left the pits, we stayed around and had a beer with the riders. Then we just saw those two chatting in the sunset.
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CORE TEAM:
FOUNDER-DIRECTOR: James McKnight
CO-DIRECTOR: Ben Winder
CO-DIRECTOR: Mike Rose
CO-DIRECTOR: Victor Lucas
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Chris Jones
DOOD OF DOODLES: Jon Gregory
REGULARS:
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Boris Beyer: Photography
Sebastian Schieck: Photography
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