When most people head to Florida in the winter time, they make the conscious decision to leave their winter gear at home, packing shorts and T-shirts and no jacket. Over the weekend in Oldsmar, Fla., it was cold with wicked wind gusts. And I left my sweater in the hotel because it’s Florida and I thought it would warm up.
Wrong.
Regardless of the temperature, the Oldsmar crew once again outdid themselves with a complete rebuild of the track for the race, and the race was 50 motos larger than last season  … More
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Chad Kagy won the Best Bike Trick in his first mountain bike competition at the Winter Teva Mountain Games on Saturday night in Vail, Colo. Kagy landed a back flip tail whip on snow in his first event since breaking his femur in the BMX Big Air at X Games 17 in July. He won the bronze that day, taking his X total to 13 medals.
“This is my first contest back so I’m happy to walk away  … More
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Soquel Demonstration Forest (aka “Demo”) is a unique, legitimate mountain biking destination in Santa Cruz County where steep, technically-challenging trails meander down the ridges and sides of Santa Rosalia mountain. There you can find log roll-overs, jumps, teeter-totters and skinnies created by riders using only the natural dead fall found within the forest. This is the setting where Santa Cruz will have its first ever Bell-sponsored Super Enduro race, where a limited group of highly skilled riders will climb roughly 13 miles to the top of the mountain from Aptos, and using the same bike, compete for the best times down three of the gnarliest descents in Demo  … More
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