Hmm, where to begin with Mavis? Big Brother figure to DH groms, washed up 22 year old DH racer, epic bike skills, all round nice guy. All of these are only the tip of the iceberg when describing this New Zealand biking legend, and somehow… More ›
Callum is a young Englishman who has found himself on the good ship ‘fun times’ that is permanently moored in Whistler, BC these days. No one really knows what his role on this ship is but he tells me he has discovered an ability to… More ›
It might be BMXing but it is still bicycling. More so, this short video shares a lot with mountain biking. Particularly exploration, adventure, travel and sniffing out the lines of truth from the piles of rumour. Ruben Alcantara: The Lost Bowl. Fox Head. If you… More ›
Last week, much like most weeks, I was moonlighting for another media outlet during the Interbike wildness. After a week of chocolate teapots, perfect circles and not-so-new-releases, the one thing that stood out was helping the good Canucks at NSMB.com put this little video together.… More ›
Maybe this isn’t the best place to add to the current discord with Rocky Roads (the UCI’s wacky new title sponsor) but I saw this little nubbin and I think it’s too hilarious to not add. This is the ‘about‘ section of their blog, sorry,… More ›
Inside Outside is a weekly spotlight of inspiring stuff from inside the web but outside of mountain biking. Each week we ask someone from within mountain biking to give us their top five daily websites that aren’t just about mountain biking. This week we get… More ›
In a fit of procrastination today I came across this hilarious video of Swedish midsummer celebrations that was made by Ikea but then banned by dullards. I narrowly missed the midsummer celebrations in Sweden this year while covering the Scandinavian Photo Challenge for Spoke Magazine,… More ›
Vice Magazine. Whether you love it or hate it, you have to pay attention to it in one way or another. I’ve been a huge fan of Shane Smith for not long now (it would be too much like a Vice loving hipster thing to… More ›
29er fanclub, don’t hate me till you read it all! Four weeks ago I headed off from the wintery shores of New Zealand and went back to the motherland. This was to be the first trip back to the UK for me in four years.… More ›
Inside Outside is a weekly spotlight of inspiring stuff from inside the web but outside of mountain biking. Each week we ask someone from within mountain biking to give us their top five daily websites that aren’t just about mountain biking. This week we get… More ›
More Mountain Biking Videos Due to some internal battles that were supposedly going on at The World Champs between the UCI and some media outlets, DirtTV were slower than usual to get their amazing coverage out. Which was a shame, but just because it was… More ›
I hate rain and I’m not that much of a fan of watching sports. So it stands to reason that I should hate standing around in the rain watching sports. However, yesterday I had the pleasure and the privilege of witnessing downhill mountain bike history… More ›
OMG! FMM (F*** My Mouse)! I can’t even draw and I’m excited about this new gadget from Wacom that turns doodles into vectors. WOW. Bring on the Inkling. More ›
Probably not the most accurate post title because the Coastal Crew are doing anything but cruising. In this short movie (which they took time out from their hectic filming schedule for their own full length movie, InsideOut, which is due to be pre-premiered at Interbike)… More ›
With the world of biking melting down over the UCI’s latest bumbles, the focus on rainbow stripes this weekend and a Euro bonanza of product throwaways it is probably a pretty bad time to try and release or launch anything else bike related. However, POC… More ›