Archive for the ‘Mt. Bike’ Category
The Red Bull Rampage is synonymous with danger and excitement, and can anoint mountain biking royalty with a single jaw-dropping descent. Push aside the state-of-art bikes and protective gear, and before the media circus comes to town—you’re left with the rider—the individual responsible for crafting and executing their route down the sport’s most treacherous mountainside. In this unique behind-the-scenes video, Kyle Norbraten walks us through his poignant journey of what it takes to make history on mountain biking’s hallowed Virgin, Utah, hillside.
My Norway trip started before I was on the Moscow – Oslo plane. I met Pavel Alekhin (aka Cherry) at one of G-Session parties in St. Petersburg and we decided to shoot dirt somewhere in Barcelona. At some point, Spain was changed to Norway and I started packing my gear. As we landed in Oslo, Pavel’s teammates were waiting for us – Clemens Kaudela from Austria and local “viking” Adrian Tell. Besides there was Florent Delahaye, a videographer from France. We dropped our bags and bikes to a roomy Merida van, me and Cherry jumped into a funny Nissan Note and burned up the road straight away from the airport. That was the start of awesome week in Norway and the “This Is Norway” project.The legendary Hafjell was our first stop. A brilliant spot with nice massive line of jumps and an epic Norway background. “No dig – no ride” – the first day we were shaping, digging a bit, and checking the speed … Great pictures and more