Tag: Mountain biking

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September 14, 2020

Behind The Scenes Of North America’s Hottest New Bike Park – Forbes

Cassidy Randall Contributor Travel

Since it opened in 2007 , Revelstoke Mountain Resort has held a reputation for its monster vertical (at 5,620 feet of lift-accessed terrain, it’s the longest descent in North America), alpine bowls, rainforest glades, record snowfall and near-ridiculous scenery. But where most resorts also boast thriving summer operations to complement winter skiing, RMR had largely stayed relatively quiet on the summer front, with most warm-season activities centralized on the bottom of the mountain.

Until this year, when it became British Columbia’s newest bike park, giving RMR’s epic terrain a new lens through which to shine.

Revelstoke Mountain Resort mountain biking
Revelstoke Mountain Resort opened its new bike park on June 23, 2020. IAN HOUGHTON

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A paralyzed adventurer designed a mountain bike for people with disabilities to explore the outdoors – CNN

September 14, 2020

Nearly 25 years ago, Christian Bagg was snowboarding in Canada’s Banff National Park when he crashed and broke his back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

“I knew right when I hit the ground that that was it,” Bagg, 45, told CNN. “I don’t ever remembering having any moment where I thought I would walk again. Something in me just knew it was over.”

But nothing could stop the avid outdoorsman from finding his way back up a mountain.

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Mountain biking mecca being built by Man – Manitoba Free Press

August 25, 2020

Local trails designer making Manitoba a riding destination

By: Steve Lyons | Posted: 08/21/2020 7:00 PM

NEEPAWA — As I pull into the site, I see a massive hole in the ground with several bulldozers at work. I also see Alex Man standing at the far end of the dirt road. It’s the second time I’ve met up with Alex — the first time was on a bike ride near Dauphin, and now for a tour of his latest earth-moving project.

What I’ve learned between the two rides is Manitoba is seeing a significant boom in mountain bike trails being built, and Alex is the man spearheading much of that growth.

On this day, he has just returned from a meeting with Parks Canada about a project in Riding Mountain, and when I pull up he is giving a briefing to Neepawa mayor Blake McCutcheon and Economic Development Officer Marilyn Crewe on the in-progress mountain biking park in that community.

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Grizzly bear bites man in groin near Spruce Lake, B.C. – Global News

August 18, 2020

 John Copsey 1 day ago

A man is recovering after being attacked by a grizzly bear in a remote area of B.C. Sunday afternoon.https://www.dianomi.com/smartads.epl?id=3533

The man and his wife were out mountain biking near Spruce Lake north of the small community of Gold Bridge, about two hours northwest of Lillooet.

Read more: B.C.’s iconic grizzly bear adapting to coexist with people in the Okanagan

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Whistler mountain biker brings more than just skill – Dan Falloon, Pique News Magazine

August 5, 2020

Anita Naidu brings anti-racism training—and COVID-19 precaution knowhow—to camps.

In a normal summer, Whistler’s Anita Naidu would be jetting all over the world for any number of reasons.

But this year, for reasons greater than just the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she’s happy to stay closer to home.

Naidu wears a number of helmets, ranging from pro mountain biker and coach to electrical environmental engineer to anti-racism advocate, and at a time when racial injustice is in the spotlight, Naidu is sharing messages of effective allyship through sport.

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Pandemic prompting increase in area mountain biking interest – CHAT News Today

July 23, 2020

MEDICINE HAT, AB – It may be a four hour drive from Medicine Hat to the Rocky Mountains, but its surrounding mountain bike trails are regarded as some of Alberta’s best.

Entering the dog days of summer, it appears as though more locals are catching on to what the local landscape has to offer.

The 670 Collective, who design and maintain much of the 60 kilometres of biking trails located in and around Medicine Hat, say popularity of the sport has taken off during the course of the pandemic.

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Cyclists find physical distance heaven at Hardwood – BarrieToday.com

June 19, 2020

This summer, local mountain bike riders are missing one of their favourite weekly events – the popular Wednesday Night Bike Race series – which has taken place at Hardwood Ski and Bike in Oro-Medonte for the past 25 years.

“This is the first time we’ve had to cancel,” said Arienne Strong, program manager at Hardwood, which is located north of Barrie on Old Barrie Road. “Cancellation of this event is especially tough because the series is like having a family reunion every week – kids, families, competitive team members – everyone comes together for the races. It’s exciting and fun and something we all look forward to so much.”

The decision to cancel this year’s series, which involves an average of 180 riders at each of the events held over the 18-week season, was made in May as a result of COVID-19 restrictions and an announcement by Cycling Canada and the Ontario Cycling Association to cancel all events up until August 2020.

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Win a Knolly Warden LT with the NSMBA ‘Trails Forever’ Bike Raffle – from Pinkbike

June 19, 2020

We are incredibly excited to offer the chance to win a brand new custom-built Knolly bike while raising some money for the trails! Raffle tickets are available for 1 for $10 and will be on sale until July 31, 2020 on 7pm PST. The winner will be drawn at 7:30pm PST and will be contacted by email.

Buy your tickets here!

Knolly Bikes has generously donated a special edition of the Warden LT complete with a topographic map of Mount Seymour and NSMBA decals; the build has been rounded out with top shelf components from SRAM, One Up Components, We Are One Composites, and built with love by the Wheelthing.

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The Long Trail – Picque

June 14, 2020

Women’s-only enduros rose up in the Sea to Sky and are now gaining a foothold across B.C.

THOUGH POP CULTURE and sports alike continue to be a man’s world of archetypal women, mountain bikers in the Sea to Sky are writing their own narratives.

Even as women continue to make up a larger portion of sport’s population, making up a majority of riders in some communities, men continue to be disproportionately represented in co-ed contests. At the 2019 Squamish Enduro, for example, men outnumbered women 199 to 32 across all categories in the full-course event.

However, a surge of new women’s-only events has created an opportunity for riders to participate on their own terms as the Sea to Sky serves as the vanguard of a movement that is starting to spread across the province.

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Gritty Kate Weatherly blazes trails on the bike and off – Outsports Magazine

June 12, 2020

At first glance, you see a profile of a professional mountain bike racer. Highly focused, physically and mentally tough, has a to-the-point bluntness about it all.

UCI World Cup competitor Kate Weatherly is 100 percent that racer. She has been since her first race.

“I did my first race and came dead last,” Weatherly remembered. “That was my racing career for the first couple of years. Racing to come in not last. I had a real drive to do better and better, and I realized I have to do everything I can to beat them.”

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