Thanks to Tri-Ride for letting Morrocco Media take their footage from their Switchback Comparison Film and apply some sports video analysis to it. Here we identify 5 key actions required to nail a mountainbike switchback.
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RIDECairns takes you on a high speed run with World-Cup DH legend and Cairns local Mick Hannah down the newly re-built DH course for the upcoming 2014 Cairns UCI World-Cup in April. The course is truly unique where it also hosted the first world-cup round in the southern hemisphere back in 1994, then culminating with the infamous 1996 World-Championship Trials.
Set deep in the rainforst clad mountains, only 10 minutes drive form the Cairns International Rainforest. At the start line you are greeted with stunning views out towards the great barrier reef.
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TrailScapes recently finished a new gravity trail in the Mt Tamborine Conservation Park. Working in conjunction with the City of Gold Coast, IMBA and the Gold Coast MTB Club, the new trail provides a wide range of riders almost 15 minutes of fast, flowing trail with raw technical elements. TrailScapes invited Chris Kovarik out to session the new trail and this is the result.
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Everyone is training hard for the 2014 season. Ever wondered what a mountain bike athlete has to suffer to reach the top of the podium ? Well, take a look at the pre-season training of the MADproductions rider, Vitor ‘Xinela’ Freitas.
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