Bike Festival 2012
Lake Garda The weather in the Netherlands hasn’t been great for a couple of weeks, and the forecast for Lake Garda seemed to be even worse than the cold and wet weather here. We know that normally the online forecast isn’t the most trustful information we can get. And the locals agree with it. A few days before the start of the bikefestival we arrived in Torbole, our ‘homebase’ for this trip. The sun had allready arrived so it was time for our first bike ride. We went to Riva to climb the Ponale to Pregasina and beyond. I discovered a cool downhill trail back to Riva and then we...
Read MoreRed Bull Crashed Ice 2012 Valkenburg
The Red Bull Crashed Ice world championship visited Valkenburg for the first time in 2011. We were there and enjoyed a day full of spectacle. The area at the back of the Holland Casino was transformed to an Ice Cross Downhill course which attracted 35.000 people. For 2012 Red Bull promised to organise an even more spectacle with a new track which will end in the towncentre of Valkenburg. The expectations were high! The two weeks before the event social media showed us some pictures off the course building. And it looked good! But…. 1 day before the event the Netherlands got covered by...
Read MoreVans Rebeljam Eindhoven
A weekend filled with BMW action, it’s possible even in The Netherlands! For months peopled talked about it on several websites: the VANS Rebeljam comes to Eindhoven, Still closed for public on Friday, the riders started training. Saturday was qualifiers-day, and in the evening the riders-party took place in ‘De Effenaar’. The party people had the change to catch the BMX video ‘The Hunt’ premiere. During the blasting finals on sunday on the sections Street, Flatland and Park various riders from all over the world gave away a very nice show. The atmosphere was as...
Read MoreRed Bull The Art of Flight premiere Amsterdam
The expectations were high for this new snowboard movie starring, among others, Travis Rice. A collaboration between Red Bull and Quiksilver turned into a 75-minute-masterpiece production. You’ve been able to watch the trailer for quite a while on our Small Talk page. The ones who had already seen the film were very positive about it, so it’s about time we could check it out ourselves. On November 22, Amsterdam had the Dutch premiere. A small group of invitees was able to catch the first glimpses of the movie in a small space on the NDSM wharf. After a warm welcome with a campfire...
Read MoreGulbergen 24hr MTB challenge
Saturday afternoon, October 1st, at 1 p.m. the starting gun for the 6- and 24-hour mountain bike challenge on the Gulberg in the Dutch town Nuenen sounded. During 6 or 24 hours the contestants, competing individually or in teams, have to try to complete as many laps of the 8 kilometer mountain bike trail as possible. For this occasion they opened a larger part of the hill and if you ask us this is how it should be! What a great trails to practice climbing behind the closed gates! For Dutch standards that is. While the contestants in the 24-hour race begin to ride their lasts few hours...
Read MoreRed Bull District Ride 2011
It’s over for this year: Europe’s biggest urban mountainbike freeride event and the last stop of this year’s Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour. The event leaves behind a mark in the city center of Nuremberg. 60.000 visitors and a blazing sunshine watched Sam Pilgrim show off his skills, who proved to be the most all-round of all riders by collecting most points in the different districts. Martin Söderström came in second followed by Brandon Semenuk in third position, already knowing he’d win the overall title this FMBA tour. Fridaymorning started with an open...
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