Over the years, we’ve made it our mission here at GCN to seek out and attempt to ride the steepest road in the world. We’ve tackled Ffordd Pen Llech, Bamford Clough, but now we’ve heard about a brutal climb in Italy called Salita Scanuppia. At 7.5km long with an average gradient of 17.6% and maximum of 42.8%, we think we may have finally found the world’s hardest climb. So, naturally, we sent Ollie to try to ride it!
The icon Shaun White is a legendary snowboarder. Retiring after a successful career at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, he won three Olympic gold medals in the half-pipe competition. Time after time, he kept coming back to win different events, putting other competitors to shame. Thus, he was the benchmark for most snowboarders. Similarly, he was a brilliant skateboarder as well.
Often compared to the influential Tony Hawk, White is the first person to win a medal in both the Winter and Summer X-Games. As someone well versed in both sports, was he a better snowboarder or a skateboarder? … More
Riding and incredible MTB freeride trail in France! I ride an insane freeride line on enduro bikes before riding a skatepark contest and finding epic urban freeride spots in the South of France on my jump bike, which riding style is the best? – Sam Pilgrim