Famjam 2017

Some of the long term Dirtwest members and extended family got together in the Invergarry bike park over the weekend. Here  is a little go pro chesty clip from the pumptrack. 

Yoann Barelli

PEMBY ENDURO STAGE 4 FULL GAZZ!!!!
Le Pemberton Enduro était vraiment énorme ce weekend, je me suis éclaté comme un fou (et vous allez l'entendre hahaha ;)).Très content de partager la 2ème place avec mon team mate Josh Carlson (ça c'est du travail d'équipe)!!!Bravo Jesse Melamed pour la gagne.Vidéo Spéciale 4 = de la bombe !!!!A l'année prochaine ;)The Pemby enduro was so much fun last weekend, I really enjoyed it (as you will hear hahaha ;)).Very happy to share the second place with my team mate Josh (team work right there)!!!Good job Jesse for the win.Video Stage 4 = So rad !!!See ya next year ;)Giant Bicycles Giant Factory Off-Road Team SRAM MTB (SRAM, Avid, Truvativ) Schwalbe tires (official) GoPro
Posted by Yoann Barelli on Monday, April 27, 2015

Yoann Barelli's POV footage from the Pemberton Enduro. These trails look really great and this guy is hauling through them at crazy speeds.

Fabio Wibmer

This starts off like: what am I watching, what is this? Then its like; oh hes doing things on a bike. Then its like oh wow he's standing on the handlebars! Oh he jumped on a squishy bike... then whoa!

Fabio Wibmer

GoPro Line In Epic Village | Fabio Wibmer

France

UCI World Cup starts really soon! Yay! Here is a track preview of a proper course. Hey its in France.

Piste Lourdes - Premier essai par le club
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Lourdes track - First test by the club

Helmet cam action

This track looks pretty nuts. Especially with all the wind...


Take a hot lap with Brendan Fairclough and Gee Atherton down the fast and rough Les 2 Alpes DH course for the iXS EDC, during Crankworx. 60mph winds shut practice down yesterday, but race day looks dialed and there's a big crop of World Cup talent ready to pin it.

Troy Brosnan

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Troy Brosnan in Vernon BC

You guys asked for it so here is Pro Star at Silver Star Bike Park.
I decided to run the chest mount so you can see the bike. Enjoy

Surrealism

well that was surreal

First attempt to create a 360° spherical panorama video using 6 GoPro Cameras in 3D printed mount. And it works! :)
More Information here: jonasginter.de/360-grad-video-mit-6-gopro-kameras/music:
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Mexico

Brandon Semenuk rips the downhill trails just like he does the slopestyle course. Check out this super pinned DH run with Luca Cometti, Jason Schroeder and John Keep, somewhere near Tijuana Mexico.

Luke Strobel

Luke Strobel is fast. Sadly not World Cup fast, but damn fast indeed. Here is a GoPro chesty of him ripping some freeride/allmountain trails in Washington state

Invergarrry

 Jordan and I went riding at the Invergarry pump track. I brought the go pro along so here is 1:45 of the track there.

Leogang helmet cam action

This is a must watch. Ratboy throws down sooo much style on the wet Leogang track. Race sunday on Redbull.tv 6am ish

Steve Peat follows Josh 'Ratboy' Bryceland down a wet and wild Leogang, at the final round of the UCI World Cup!!

Four year old kids

I am waaaaaay better at bikes than this stupid four year old kid. What a total lame! Kids are jerks. I hate it when I'm at Whistler rippin up Easy Does It and some dumb kid is in front of me and he's going slow and I'm like "on your right" and he's like "I'm doing it dad, I'm doing it, this is the funnest". SUCKS!!!!!!

ALINE

Will and Scott were at Whistler recently, here is their trip down Aline. Looks like a great season ahead!

Invergarry

Will Davidson at Invergarry bike park on Pinkbike

Weird Tall bike

This video was super boring.... I've literally ridden a million bikes way taller than that everyday of my life since I was born.

Gee and Dan

Watch this now

the Atherton family back in Wales, where Dan has spent 3 months crafting the perfect line in a local quarry. Get ready for some next level riding and some seriously long lines.

On the Edge

Some guy rides on a mountain ridge in the snow on home made studs

Danny Hart

This video proves that Danny Hart sucks and can't ride bikes. I fell asleep twice watching this.

Danny Hart

Danny Hart rides bikes really well. Watch the reigning World Champ mash some trails, get in some Moto practice and enjoy a spot of tea with his girl in this video for Truvativ.
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dirtwest spotlight - Norco Aurum 1

This a new series for us here at dirtwest. The dirtwest Spotlight series will be an ongoing "real-rider" product review series. For our first episode we were lucky enough to borrow a pre-production version of the brand new 2012 Norco Aurum 1.

We took this bike to a lot of lower mainland BC mountains: Burke Mountain, Burnaby Mountain, Mt. Fromme, Whistler Bike Park and Invergarry, an inner-City jump spot. Most of this video was shot(after work) in Invergarry Park(City of Surrey Bike park coming Spring/Summer 2012). Here is our take on the fantastic new Downhill rig:

Our impressions of this bike were really positive: The Aurum 1 was Light and confident bike to ride. The bike features a tapered headtube, a detail shared among many of Norco's 2012 line up. This feature provides the strongest frame possible while keeping weight to an absolute minimum.

The new A.R.T. suspension is another stand-out feature. ART is an acronym for Advanced ride technology. Basically, ART means your suspension system is tuned respective to the size frame you purchase, something uncommon in the bike industry. The Aurum's new ART suspension design handled small stutter bumps and hard square edge hits really well. The Aurum was fast and precise over rough terrain, and pedaled extremely well.

The bike accelerated rapidly and braked responsively in all conditions. I suspect this great performance is largely due to the use of ART suspension and the hydroformed aluminum frame and light weight parts our Aurum 1 came spec'd with.

We appreciated Norco's attention to detail on the bike. Cable routings were neat and tidy. The Aurum1 runs an X9 10 speed drivetrain with Syntace's X-12 axle system; used together the Aurum had incredibly crisp and precise shifting. Another nice detail were the bike's integrated fork bumpers. Overall, The Aurum is great looking bike, it is equipped with an excellent spec, and best of all the bike is extremely quiet.

Special thanks to Norco for lending us this bike for review!
For more info on the Aurum visit http://www.norco.com

Watch us take the Aurum 1 down Ninja Cougar/Fade to Black at Whistler Bike Park. Filmed on a GoPro HD Hero:

Watch the Aurum 1 GoPro footage from Ninja Cougar/Fade to Black at Whistler Bike Park: