I’m teetering on the edge of a platform halfway up a mountain, my bike about to plunge down a flight of stairs into the woods. A voice behind me shouts, “Confidence and commitment,” as if he were giving relationship advice. And then, almost as an aside, as I tip over the edge, he says, “Oh, don’t touch your brakes, or you’ll face-plant …”
So goes my Bumps and Bends training session at  … More
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The 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships started Friday in Beech Mountain, N.C. An overnight rain made portions of the course slick and very difficult to race, but as the day continued and sun shone brightly, conditions improved.
The opening day featured the categories 2 and 3 amateur downhill competition. Six of the 15 winners reside in the host state of North Carolina.
Category 3
In the men’s 15-18 competition, Kyle Supple (Greensboro, N.C.) earned the top prize by 14 seconds over silver medalist Gavin Gargiulo (Colorado Springs, Colo.). In the men’s 19-29 competition, local rider Brad Blackwell (Banner Elk, N.C.) won by just over 30 seconds after riding a cautious, but aggressive ride  … More
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The PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam fleet are getting registrations taken care of today and the event site is heating up as the stars of the PWA descend on Westerland beach in preparation for nine intense days of super grand slam action.
A gentle start to the 2011 VW PWA Reno World Cup in Sylt witnessed the world’s finest windsurfers spend the day rigging and registering for the upcoming competition, whilst floods of spectators lined the seafront to meet their windsurfing idols. There is something for everyone on … Pictures and more
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