The directions we had weren’t too great: “ It’s just across the border in Irun, Spain. You drive over the bridge and you’ll see it right there.†Now we had three options. Either drive to Spain over the motorway, the Route National, or drive down from the beach. We opted for the Route National but did not find anything when we entered Spain. Next up was leaning towards the nearby motorway but driving along like that you could either be Lucky or drive around forever.
After a couple of turns looking out for either a guy who looks like a skater or a BMX-er, we saw a sign that sent us back to Hendaye in a way we had not used. The third option turned out to be the right one. Next to the train station, near a bridge we spotted some fresh new concrete  … Details & Pictures
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Gee Atherton whooped the field by 5 seconds at the final event from the 2010 Crankworx, the Canadian Open DH.
Lew Buchanan right up there in 2nd spot ahead of Justin Leov in 3rd.
Emmeline Ragot took the gold in the womens event from Claire Buchar and Miranda Millar. … Details
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The park finals are getting harder and harder to judge. It’s not just the general skill level going up, it’s also the diversity of riders increasing. You got dudes doing 720 variations and front flip variations, and you got guys doing unique lines and technical tricks on the ground. You have to take all these styles of riding the course and put them together to score something… Yeah, hard
Daniel Dhers took the number one spot with a run full of trick after trick. All of them accentuated with height and that flair he has  … Details
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