Stage 2 of the Snow Bike Festival started yesterday morning with a bit of an overcast and with a more comfortable reading on the thermometer compared to stage 1. The terrain however was a bit more slippery at stage 2 compared to stafe 1 as some of the ice on the roads began to melt due to the warmer conditions. It was Thomas Misser who won the race in the men category and Hielke Elferink who won in the women category.
When the volcano on Miyake-jima erupted in the year 2000, the entire population of the island was evacuated and forced to live off-island for four-and-a-half years until 2005.Canadian downhill racer Stevie Smith was fortunate enough to visit the island and was granted permission to explore the volcano by bike, which was the first successful filming of the peak approved by Miyake Village since the eruption in 2000.
With the permission of Miyake Island, Stevie hiked up the to the peak with a bare bones film crew, and set out to charge down the spine of the active volcano. The lava rock was gnarly, the riding fast, and the scenery utterly breathtaking, so sit back and enjoy Stevie’s descent along the active volcano.
A new event title, new destination, and new format: following the huge success of the Snow Epic 2015 in Engelberg (SUI), the innovative fatbike event is now be held at Gstaad (SUI) under the name of Snow Bike Festival.
From January 22 to 24, 2016, participants are enjoying 3 days of fatbike action with stage races, Eliminator Night Race, Fun Ride and partys as well as a Fat Bike & Mountain Bike EXPO with many popular exhibitors.
The Snow Bike Festival is THE happening of the young fatbike boom, uniting likeminded athletes from all over the world who are all looking for adventures on their mountain bikes with the extra-wide and grippy wheels.
These special kinds of mountain bikes enable them to ride on snow and to hold exciting races on specially prepared winter trails. The first day of the Snow Bike Festival in Gstaad started this Friday morning, introducing fatbikers to the picturesque promenade of Gstaad.
These guys are crazy bombing public mountain roads on drift trikes at high speeds. It’s always fun hanging out with these guys and playing on trikes. All of their trikes are made by them. We definitely want to get a couple for ourselves haha.