A Quicky with Swinny

James Swinden ruins a nice patch of trail. Thanks to Swinny all the fun of that trail has been wrung out.

Myriam Nicole

Myriam won the 2011 World Cup downhill at Val di Sole and placed 4th overall in the series last year. Myriam and teammates Gaetan & Thibaut Ruffin continue ride for the Riding Addiction / Commencal team for 2012

Brad Simms

Did I just watch Brad Simms grind something more or less the height of his chin? WHAT?!?!?!

dirtwest hotlaps - Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 29

We shot another dirtwest hotlaps episode recently. This time around we gave some big wheels a go on a brand new section of trail.

The 2012 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR 29 uses an M5 aluminum frame and features 130mm of rear wheel travel, a custom Fox Triad II shock with one of the coolest functions I have used on a full suspension bike; AUTOSAG. To use the Autosag function, max out the pressure on the air shock, sit on the saddle, push the button on the triad II, and Voila! it figures out your perfect sag settings). Up front the FSR comes with a Fox Evolution F130 RL air-sprung fork, and a custom SRAM S-1250 10-speed XC Trail double crankset and,X9 rear derailler Avid Elixir 7 SL brakes.

Shot on location at Invergarry Park in Surrey BC

SORCE/Dirtwest Partnership

Some really great news has occured over the past couple months. Dirtwest is now partnered up with SORCE. I (Jordan) am now an executive member of Sorce. In my new role I will be focusing on the development of new riding facilities in Surrey.

So what does this mean to you ? First of all SORCE is officially changing their mandate to represent all of Surrey, and will be now working towards the continued maintenance of ALL surrey bike parks including Port Kells, Cloverdale Athletic Park, Invergarry Bike Park, South Surrey Bike Park, and working towards the development of additional facilities in the future (hopefully near future).

Some of the things we have on the go are: the completion of Invergarry bike park (which is slated to be complete by summer), trying to get SORCE represented on the Outdoor Sports Advisory Committee which will give us even stronger representation and lines of communication with the city, the return of the Junkyard Dog XC race, trying to get the 604 pump track legitimized or at least get some kind of official permission from the city for it to exist, and trying to get a plan of action to make the Surrey Bicycle Recreation Facilities Strategy a reality and in a timely fashion, and most importantly to unify the mountain biking community in Surrey to give us a stronger voice.

So what we need from you surrey's riding population is your voice! If you guys could check out the SORCE website and facebook page and click on the like button that would be awesome. If you want to take it a step further and join SORCE that would be 10 times as awesome. The reality of it is the more people we have on board the louder our voice gets, the louder our voice the more we are heard and listened to. More people more cool stuff!!!

Search/Destroy

Watch this for Darren Berrecloth's dirty mustache.

Darren and film crew set out from Vancouver island to search Utah for untouched big mountain lines. Cool riding ensues...

Dominic Simmons

Dominic Simmons put together a showreel of his best clips of 2011. I must say I like how this was cut together.