4-9-08 // Events: NMBS 2 - NOVA National XC
The second round of the 2008 National Mountain Bike Series, The NOVA National event, landed in McDowell Mountain Park, Arizona last weekend.

4-8-08 // News: Darcy Turenne In Men's Journal
Norco-sponsored athlete Darcy Turenne just sent us this clipping from the May 2008 issue of Men's Journal magazine.

4-4-08 // News: Team MonaVieCannondale.com
Stage races and endurance events have become more popular recently. As a result, the days of professional teams simply following the NMBS and World Cup series are long gone. The 2008 MonaVieCannondale.com racing team is one example of a team that's breaking out of the traditional mold.

4-3-08 // Events: Santa Cruz Hellride Returns With A Twist
The Santa Cruz Hellride, which takes place neither in Santa Cruz nor Hell, will return to the rugged steeps above Downieville, California, August 1st-3rd.

4-3-08 // News: Fisher 29er Crew Announced
Back in 2001 Gary Fisher had a crazy notion. He and a couple other non-traditionalists were messing with 29” wheeled mountain bikes. It was a fringe concept at the time. Fast forward seven years and 29ers are one of the hottest things going.

4-2-08 // News: Fontana NMBS Result Summary
The first NMBS event of the season concluded last weekend in Fontana, California under partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the sixties-ideal for maximizing your aerobic threshold.

4-1-08 // Events: 2008 Mountain States Cup Schedule
The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally. The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross-country race.

3-28-08 // News: Felt Bicycles signs Darren Pokoj
Twenty one-year-old Darren Pokoj, a young and ambitious Australian rider, who's been gaining respect internationally over the past two years competing in numerous progressive MTB contests has just signed a sponsorship deal with Felt bikes.

3-26-08 // Events: St Patty's Day Feast-In Like a Lion
More than 140 racers brave snow and high winds at the inaugural St. Patty’s Day Feast downhill and Super D race at Nevada’s Bootleg Canyon

3-26-08 // Bike Magazine 15.2 May 2008
The May 2008 Issue of Bike magazine is on newsstands now. New and improved with 170 oversized pages!

3-25-08 // News: Learning To DH With Greg Minnaar
Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar hosted a Big Air Camp for 10 local downhillers from around South Africa preceding the Pietermaritzburg leg of the SA Downhill MTB Championships on March 12th through 14th.

3-24-08 // Online Exclusive: Brian Lopes's Quiver
Brian Lopes's recent announcement of a sponsorship deal with Ibis caught many of us by surprise. Much speculation quickly followed suit regarding which Ibis models he'd be riding. Bike magazine HQ happens to be right around the corner from Casa de Lopes so last week he swung by our office to give us a complete tour of his new quiver.

3-19-08 // News: e.13 Acquires Jon Heim Patents
e.thirteen components is proud to announce the acquisition of Montara Design’s Heim product line and supporting IP portfolio. The addition of the Heim offerings helps to diversify the already strong e.thirteen product line.

3-18-08 // Events: Darcy Turenne Skills Camps
As some of you may know, I partnered with Sooke Cycles last weekend to host a beginner women's riding clinic in, you guessed it, Sooke, B.C.

3-14-08 // News: Cannondale Signs Duncan Riffle
Cannondale has a long racing heritage, with alumni including downhillers Myles Rockwell, Missy Giove, Cedric Gracia and Anne-Caroline Chausson so it come as no surprise that they are making some aggressive moves to have a top notch gravity squad in 2008.