The Ride Guide kicks off the season from Canmore, Alberta, from the Canmore Nordic Centre, site of the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games. The Ride Guide previews the 1998 Grundig UCI World Cup Course in Canmore, and profiles Schwinn's Pro Rider, Bill Hurley.
The Ride Guide takes a "Road Trip" this week to Vail, Colorado and features Australian Pro Rider; Cadel Evans. SRAM's ESP System is the focus of this weeks "Shop Talk", and Bruce Spicer talks about climbing in "Ride Like A Pro".
The Ride Guide travels into the Canadian Rockies and goes Heli-Biking with Ahlstrom Air, from Nordegg, Alberta. Ripping fast downhills and scenic vistas, heli-biking offers thrills of a lifetime. Team Charmar's pro rider; Jimena Floret Juarez, is the featured rider. Ride for 24 Hours in this week’s Fat Tire Feature, at the 24 Hours of Adrenaline in Canmore, Alberta.
Saskatchewan does have mountains, and the Ride Guide finds them is this weeks' Road Trip to Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan. The BMX World Championships in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, are the focus of this week's Fat Tire Feature, and Specialized BMX pro rider; Mike Hajek, is the featured pro rider.
The Ride Guide travels to the birthplace of mountain biking in Canada, Vancouver, B.C.'s North Shore Mountains. Steep drops, gnarly trails, and big obstacles, riding on the North Shore is wild and crazy. Ionic Cycles is featured in this week’s Shop Talk and the Ride Guide profiles Ionic's pro rider, Alex Gardner.
West Virginia's Elk River Touring Centre and Snowshoe Resort are hosts of this week’s Ride Guide. The Ride Guide features the West Virginia Fat Tire Festival, Susan DeMattei's Woman’s' Camp, and Snowshoe Resorts AMBC race and Junior Mountain Bike Camp. Plus West Virginia legend; Gunnar Shogren is the featured pro rider. Lots of wild riding action and world famous personalities on this weeks' Ride Guide.
Arizona Off Road Adventures takes the Ride Guide on a tour around Sedona, Arizona, with awesome red rock riding, plus spectacular desert and high alpine terrain. Off-road chef, Craig Conover, whips up a five star meal, MTB style, and Downhill Pro Andrew Shandro shows how to jump on Bruce Spicer's; Ride Like A Pro".
The Ride Guide travels into British Columbia's Caribou Country to 100 Mile House and The Hills Mountain Bike Ranch. "The Kids On Shore" is the focus of this weeks "Fat Tire Feature", a youth mountain bike program developed by Pro Riders; Alison Sydor and Leslie Tomlinson.
The gateway to the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, Alberta is the featured region on this week’s Ride Guide. Radical riding in Bragg Creek, Cops on Bikes, and Rocky Mountain Bicycles' pro rider, Ken Bilous, and the Element Race full suspension bike, are all included into another action packed Ride Guide.
The Ride Guide test rides one of Canada's wildest downhill courses, the Rocky Mountain House Downhill. This high speed, gnarly, 14 minute downhill is worth watching. Larissa Pelletterio, bike courier, pro rider, and artisan, is the featured rider of the week, and the Ride Guide goes behind the scenes of organizing a mountain bike race on the "Fat Tire Feature".
The Ride Guide travels back to the Canadian prairies to Manitoba and finds some awesome riding in Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park. Mountain Bike commuting, Devinci Cycles, and father/son riding dual, the Corbeils are all included in this week’s Ride Guide.
The Adventure Cycling Association tours the Ride Guide on the Montana portion of the Great Divide Trail, an off-road cycling trail which spans Canada to Mexico. Big Mountain Resort's Junior Mountain Bike Camp is the Fat Tire Feature, and Norco pro rider, Paul "Fabio" Fournier, and Dalmatian dog "Sparky" from Whistler, B.C. are the featured riders
On the doorstep of Vancouver, B.C., Grouse Mountain offers close proximity, spectacular views and great riding on Vancouver's North Shore. The Ride Guide takes the Grouse Mountain Skytram up Grouse Mountain and then descends the gnarly, wild, North Shore terrain. The world’s best firefighters and cops are in Calgary, Alberta for the World Police Fire Games and the Ride Guide covers the MTB events.
The Ride Guide goes behind the scenes of the Sea Otter Classic from Monterey, California. Team Ricthey's rider Thomas Frischknecht from Switzerland is the featured rider and the Ride Guide's Shop Talk profiles component company SRAM Corporation, and the new ESP 9.0 system.
Doug Eastcott, author of "Backcountry Riding In The Canadian Rockies tours the Ride Guide through Kananaskis Country, and Mountain Cycles’ new "Shockwave" full suspension bike, and pro mountain biker Richard Lancaster are the focus of the Shop Talk.
Trek's Travis Brown is the featured rider, and the Ride Guide goes behind the scenes on the World Cup Tour with Trek's Team Wrench; Scottie Daubert . The Ride Guide Road Trip heads into the Canadian Rockies and tours Jasper National Park with local rider Matt Decore.
Kona's "Dr. Dew" talks about active versus unified rear suspension, Roland Green and Dario Cioni are the featured riders. The Schwinn Toyota Canada Cup and Hardwood Hills Mountain Bike Centre are also featured.
Outland's women's mountain biking team, "The Outland Dirty Girls", are featured in this week’s Ride Guide. Outland's James Klassen reviews Outland's VVP 5 and VPP 6 rear suspension system. The Ride Guide returns to West Virginia for the 24 Hours of Canaan and rail trail riding at the Elk River Touring Center.
Rocky Mountain Bicycles DH Race Series mountain bike is profiled and Canadian Downhill Champion Damien Skelton is the featured rider. The "Weekend Warrior" is the theme of the Fat Tire Feature from Winter Park Colorado, billed as "Mountain Bike Capital USA".
The Ride Guide rides for 24 hours at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin mountain bike endurance event and K2 ProFlex bikes are reviewed. Vancouver North Shore rider, Andrew Shandro, is the featured rider.
The Ride Guide travels to Idaho to ride at Sun Valley, and tours the Sawtooth Mountains. Schwinn’s Lisa McGilvray is the featured rider, and the Schwinn S 10 All Mountain is the bike reviewed in Shop Talk.
The Ride Guide tours the Kettle Valley Railway touring route in British Columbia with Okanagan Mountain Bike Tours. Devinci Pro Rider Mathieu Toulouse from Quebec is the featured rider and Rock Shox latest suspension forks are reviewed.
The Ride Guide meets up with one of the biggest names in the world of mountain biking; legendary mountain bike builder, Gary Fisher. The Ride Guide's “Road Trip" features riding at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, and the Mont Tremblant Canada Cup is focus of the Fat Tire Feature.
Intense Cycles' Cheri Elliott and Brooke Blackwelder are the featured riders. Canmore, Alberta hosts the world's best at the UCI Grundig World Cup and the Ride Guide is there to survey the response to riding in the Canadian Rockies. Road riding as training for mountain bike racing is surprisingly very popular amongst many mountain bikers, tune in to learn more.
The Ride Guide travels to the West Coast of Canada to Vancouver Island, and features the Hornby Island Bike Fest and the Norco Trials Team. The Ride Guide Road Trip this week features riding around Campbell River, British Columbia.
The Ride Guide gets the latest scoop from GT Bicycles at the product launch from Brian Head, Utah. The Ride Guide cameras shows GT's new revolutionary I-Drive system, and the XCR Series full suspension cross country product line. GT's Alison Dunlap is the featured rider, and GT's Service Tech shows how give your bike a bike wash after a mud race.
The Ride Guide follows the Canadian National Mountain Bike Team; Alison Sydor, Chris Sheppard, Leslie Tomlinson and Chrissy Redden; in their off-season high performance camp in Victoria, B.C. Ryan Leach, Norco Trials Team pro, is the featured rider.
The "El Diablo Baja Challenge" mountain bike race, and awesome Baja mountain bike riding is the focus of this week's Ride Guide. GT's downhill rider, Eric Carter, is the featured pro rider.
The Ride Guide heads to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia to Silver Star Mountain, and the Kokanee 24 Hours of Adrenalin event. Join the crew on a cool night ride in Vancouver, B.C. Three time World Champion, Canada's Alison Sydor, is the featured pro rider.
The Ride Guide heads to Arizona and the Cactus Cup event, the unofficial season opener for the MTB race season... Kooka Components state of the art, high tech facility in Delta, B.C. is the focus of this weeks "Shop Talk".
The Ride Guide heads to Squamish, B.C. and rides the "PowerSmart Trails with Squamish hardcore riders, and fueling up with energy bars for racing is the focus in this weeks "Fat Tire Feature". The Ride Guide also looks at what’s hot with Marzocchi for this season.
The Jamaica Fat Tire Festival is a great mountain bike vacation destination for those riders itching to get away somewhere hot in the middle of the winter. Kona's Scott Beaumont is this week’s featured pro rider.
North Shore rider, Duane Nickull from Team Norco is the featured pro rider on this week’s Ride Guide.
Team Specialized / Hayes rider Shaun Palmer makes a guest appearance on this week’s Ride Guide and the Ride Guide travels to Marin County to ride with Blair Lombardi to learn her "In Balance" riding method.
Canada's Chrissy Redden from Team Ritchey/Yahoo is the featured rider and the Ride Guide follows the Jamaican Mountain Bike Race Series and the Jamaican Mountain Bike teams' Olympic selection.
The Ride Guide travels to one of the biggest cycling events in North America, the Twilight Criterium and the Cactus Cup event in Athens, Georgia. Psycle Werks pro rider, Owen Dixon, from Studio City, CA is the featured mountain biker.
The Ride Guide profiles a Mexican up and comer Francisco Casena who is striving to compete at the World Cup level. The Ride Guide showcases the Norco Trials Team during one of their many annual performances in this weeks "Fat Tire Feature".
The latest and greatest from Rock Shox is featured on this weeks' Shop Talk and Missy Giove is the featured rider. One of Canada's highest profile mountain bike teams, the Schwinn Toyota Canada Team is featured in this week's "Pro Rider" profile.
The Ride Guide goes behind the scenes at the annual Interbike show in Las Vegas, and off road mountain bike touring is the focus of the "Fat Tire Feature".
The Ride Guide travels to Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo, to the Pan Global Rainforest Cup. Norco's pro rider, Dave Watson, is the featured rider, and the Norco VPS 3 is showcased within the "Shop Talk"
The Ride Guide travels to Farmington New Mexico, and attends the "Road Apple Rally", the longest running mountain bike race in North America.
Mountain Bike Adventures hosts the Ride Guide on their "Across The Andes" trip throughout Chile". Don't miss the incredible scenery and epic adventures of this group of Canadians as they mountain bike into remote areas of Chile.
The Ride Guide features the Miami Cactus Cup, and rides in Oleta State Park in Florida. Legendary BMXer, now mountain biker, Pete Zablotney is the featured pro mountain biker.
Vancouver British Columbia's North Shore has been the setting for numerous mountain bike films and photo essays. The Ride Guide goes into the "Shore" and rides with local hard core riders. Extreme skier and pro mountain biker, Jen Ashton, is the featured rider.
The Twilight Criterium and the Cactus Cup mountain bike stage race in Athens, Georgia is one of North America's premier cycling festivals. The Ride Guide takes you there.
The 24 Hour of Adrenalin racing craze is expanding across North America, and the Ride Guide goes behind the scenes for 24 hours with some weekend warrior teams.
The Maah Daah Hey Trail in the Grasslands area of North Dakota is a 100-mile, non-motorized trail open for biking, hiking and horseback riding. The Ride Guide rides the entire trail and showcases this area which is being described as "the next Moab" and one of the undiscovered jewels in North American mountain biking.
The sport of single speed mountain bike racing takes the sport back to its roots. The Ride Guide goes to the World Championships of single speed and goes behind the scenes with some hard core riders who ride for fun, not for medals.
One of the longest running 24 hour races in North America is the 24 Hours of Snowshoe (formerly 24 Hours of Canaan). The Ride Guide goes behind the scenes for 24 hours with Granny Gear Productions' 24 Hours of Snowshoe from West Virginia.
The sport of 24 hour racing brings out the weekend warrior mountain biker and the 24 Hours of Adrenalin from Mountain Creek NJ is the focus of this weeks' Ride Guide.
This weeks' Ride Guide is a featured episode from the Whistler Summer Session. This 10 day festival from Whistler, British Columbia, features the "Gravity Tour" downhill mountain biking events and a cross country stage race. Other events include road racing, BMX, skateboard, in-line skating and mountain running.
The Ride Guide travels to Colorado to the 24 Hours of Adrenalin, and also rides in Winter Park Colorado, "Mountain Bike Capital USA".
The Ride Guide travels to Canmore, Alberta, for the Canada Cup/Cactus Cup event. While in Canmore, the Ride Guide rides with the locals at the Canmore Nordic Centre. We also go behind the scenes with the Norco Downhill Team at the Canada Cup in Sun Peaks, British Columbia
The Ride Guide travels to Garland Resort in northern Michigan to cover the "Cactus Cup Michigan", as well as to Mississauga, Ontario for the Gears 24 Hour Spin event.
Sun Peaks Resort in Kamloops, British Columbia hosts the Ride Guide for their Sun Peaks Canada Cup event. Meet two riders who have a dream job with the Sun Peaks Trail Patrol. World renowned stunt rider, Ryan Leech, shows one of his favorite tips.
The Ride Guide follows the Canadian Gears Team and the USA's Sobe Headshox Team at the Sea Otter Classic in beautiful Monterey, California. BMX racing is also covered with a feature on the Canadian BMX Championships in Crabtree, Quebec.
The Ride Guide goes indoors to the Outdoor Adventure Show in Calgary Alberta for an indoor dirt jump and north shore stunt event. We also ride with the Gears Road Team on their Wednesday night training ride in Ontario Canada.
The Gears 24 Hours of Summer Solstice in Albion Hills Ontario, is one of the largest 24 hour mountain bike events in Canada, and is always staged on the summer solstice weekend. Get up close and personal with the solo riders suffering through 24 hours of no sleep and non-stop riding.
The Ride Guide travels to Mission British Columbia to the Bear Mountain BC Cup Weekend. Watch over 600 riders compete in the cross country and epic downhill events. We also catch up with Norco Freeride Team rider, Barb Haley.
Travel with the Ride Guide crew on a clandestine tour of the secret urban riding spots in Vancouver, British Columbia. Also go behind the scenes with the Gears Racing cross country race team at the Grouse Mountain World Cup in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
The world famous "North Shore" is the backdrop for this episodes featured segment on the Grouse Mountain World Cup Downhill in North Vancouver, British Columbia. We also ride with Norco Freeride pros at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta on their mountain bike freeride park.
We go back to Vancouver, B.C. and go dirt jumping with the Norco Freeride Team at their favorite dirt jumping location. The Ride Guide also goes to Philadelphia, PA to the US Pro/Liberty Classic event, the biggest road race in North America.
The Ride Guide enters a team at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin in Canmore Alberta and follows the team through each lap for 24 hours. We also showcase "pinkbike.com", one of the coolest mountain bike web-sites out there.
This week’s Ride Guide features the Canadian Death Ride in Grande Cache Alberta. This 125 km, five stage, mountain bike race, has over 17,000 feet of climbing, and summits three mountains in the Canadian Rockies.
The Ride Guide travels to Drumheller, Alberta to ride in the Alberta Badlands. We also follow the Gears Team in Adventure Racing Canada's 'enduro event" in Collingwood, Ontario.
The Ride Guide films with Anne Walton, pro downhiller and the filmmaker behind "Dirt Divas", and all women's mountain bike movie. Ride Guide also covers the Pedalhead National Cyclocross Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. Also in this show, Ryan Leech shows you how to ride "Coaster Wheelies", and the north shore goes indoors, for the Vancouver Outdoor Show.
The Ride Guide profiles Ryan Leech, one of the world's best trials and stunt riders. Ride Guide also gets an invitation from Gears Racing to see what a pre-season Arizona training camp is all about.
Norco Pro Downhiller, Mike Jones, shows his skills both on the course and in the kitchen. The Ride Guide also travels to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan for the Canada Cup stop, and discovers that the prairies terrain challenge the best. We showcase the Bowness Bicycle Companies (BBC) new Bo Ho and Sideshow models.
The Ride Guide travels to Costa Rica, to cover the "La Ruta des los Conquistadores, an event billed as the "toughest mountain bike race on the planet". Also in this week’s show, Ryan Leech shows you some cool "party tricks".
The Ride Guide travels to Whitehorse, Yukon and rides in the midnight sun with Fireweed Hikes and Bikes. Also, while in the Yukon, Ride Guide Host, Marlene Bradish, rides on a team for the Yukon Beer 24 Hours of Light, a 24 hour mountain bike race where you are not allowed to use lights and you get bonus points for riding naked laps. Marlene also travels to Atlin, B.C. to meet Hans Gatt, champion dog sled racer, and solo mountain bike enduro rider. Also in this show, Ride Guide profiles Norco Factory Rider, Ian Moult, a 14 year old ripper, who is as happy in the skate park, as he is on the "North Shore".
Ride Guide Host, Marlene Bradish, trades her Norco Fluid for a road bike, and rides on a relay team in the Kluane Chilkat International Road Relay, from Haines Junction Yukon to Haines Alaska. Also in this show, Ride Guide gets invited on Pedalhead Cycleworks annual bus trip to Fernie, British Columbia for some freeriding and partying. Ryan Leech also shows you how to master "nollies" and "rotating endos".
The Ride Guide travels to North Vancouver, British Columbia, to Grouse Mountain, and films the local Vancouver dirt jumpers. Then we travel to Golden, British Columbia to go freeriding at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Also in this week's show, the Whistler Joyride event and Ryan Leech shows you how to ride "aggressive roll ups". Ride Guide also profiles Gears Racing mountain bike pro, Trish Sinclair.
Ride Guide travels to Golden, British Columbia to the Psychosis Downhill, the longest downhill race in Canada. Also in this episode, Spot Brand mountain bike pro riders, Christina Begy and Chris Cosentino, are profiled. Ride Guide also travels to Whistler B.C. and showcases the Whistler Gravity Camps with Andrew Shandro.
Ride Guide travels to Kamloops British Columbia, to Sun Peaks Resort and the Canadian Mountain Bike Nationals. Don't miss the Sun Peaks Downhill. Also in this week's show, Ryan Leech shows you how to "bail", and Gears Racing mountain bike rider, Kiara Bisaro, is profiled.
The Ride Guide travels to Northern Canada to Yellowknife NWT, and rides with Wade Simmons at Blatchford Lake Lodge.
This week's Ride Guide is a featured episode following the team of Marzocchi / Gary Fisher, at the Trans Alps enduro mountain bike stage race in Italy.
This week’s Ride Guide is a featured episode from Fernie, British Columbia. Fernie Outback Tours takes a posse of Fernie freeriders on the Microwave Tower Shuttle, and then across the valley to Fernie Resort and the Canada Cup downhill course. Matt Toulouse from Gears Racing is the featured mountain bike pro.
This week's Ride Guide is a featured episode from the Trans Rockies Challenge, a 7 day, 600 km, mountain bike stage race through the Canadian Rockies, from Fernie British Columbia to Canmore Alberta
Ride Guide follows the Trans Rockies, an epic 7 stage, 7 day, 600 km mountain bike race through the Canadian Rockies.
Ride Guide travels to Penticton, British Columbia for a few days of freeriding. Also, we go on the road with the Norco Tech Truck, and cover the North Shore Enduro. Norco Factory Team Rider, Brooke Baker, is also featured.
Ride Guide travels to the Sunshine Coast to check out their North Shore trails with the Norco Factory Team. Also, Jordie Lunn and the Hammerfest in Parksville, B.C.
The North Shore is the location for this Ride Guide episode. While in British Columbia, Ride Guide also hangs out with Shaums March in Squamish, as well as covers the Bear Mountain Challenge.
The Whistler Bike Park is the feature of this episode of Ride Guide. While in Whistler we also profile Norco Factory Rider, Deb MacKillop, as well as cover the Psychosis event in Golden, B.C.
The Test of Metal is BC's biggest one day enduro, and Ride Guide covers all the action. We also follow the girls at the Sugoi Dirt Series and spend a day at Norco's customer appreciation day-"VPS Fest" in Whistler BC.
Ride Guide goes to Tyax Resort outside of Pemberton BC to go on a float plane trip with Tyax Air. Also, mtb event announcer, Brad Ewen, and Storm BC, a mountain bike club for kids.
Fernie Fat Tire Adventures hosts Ride Guide for a tour through the Kootenays. Also, "Rise", a film by Ted Tempany and Warwick Patterson.
Grouse Mountain invites the worlds' best mountain bike racers for this World Cup stop. Also, the Bell Rodeo X at the Calgary Stampede, Norco pro Hugo Donais, and the Whistler Slopestyle Expression Session.
Adrenalin Descents host Ride Guide for a couple of days of shuttles in Golden British Columbia. We also cover the Canada Cup in Fernie, B.C., profile Norco pro, Kate Scallion, and ride for 24 hours in Canmore Alberta at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin.
Ride Guide travels to Panorama and Invermere for some freeriding. Also, a profile on Golden BC pro rider, Nathan Briggs, and a feature on the World 24 Hour Solo event in Whistler, BC.
This episode of Ride Guide starts off in Moab Utah, for some slick rock riding with the Norco Factory Team. Then it's off to San Diego for John Cowan's Backyard Jump Jam. Finally, Ride Guide ends up in Ontario Canada for the Liberty Squeezer.
Ride Guide Travels to Monterey California for the biggest cycling event in North America. Sea Otter Classic is the traditional kick-off for the north American biking season. With huge expo grounds, jumps, bikerX, DH, XC, this is the premiere mountain biking festival. Here we catch up with Marc Landry, the creator of Eastern Standard and Eastern Standard 2 - Fully Loaded
Red Bull Rampage, North America's one of a kind men's mountain bike free-ride competition. Features insane lines in the Utah back country, and Ride Guide is there to capture some of the best riders in the world doing what only they can do.
Ride Guide goes to Riva Del Garda, Italy, for the Riva Bike Festival, The biggest bike festival in the world. With over 20,000 racers in all imaginable categories, This event is sure to impress all the viewers with the incredible scenery, terrain and the European flare of this event. While in Italy we stop by the Marzocchi Factory to get all the suspension scoop.
Ever wonder what the freeride and downhill scene is like in the Austrian alps? Well we decided to answer all these questions. Ride Guide visits Leogang and checks out their park scene and the trails they have to offer. We also get to check out the top-to-bottom eliminator, one of the toughest DH races on the continent. And for those a bit more daring Mike Kinrade makes wall riding easy!
Continuing with our European adventure, Ride Guide stops in Saalbach Austria for one of the original European Slopestyle comps "Bike N Soul". We also look into the Euro dirt jump scene in the form of Goas King Dirt Jump. Mountain biking is a global scene and Ride Guide as the foremost freeride television series keeps on providing the best stories and action from around the globe.
The urban scene in the Toronto area is our next target. We check out the skate/bike parks, street riding, the hidden trails with ramps, drops, and other fun man-made and natural objects...Toronto is not all concrete! While in Ontario we pay a visit to Hardwood Hills Canada Cup and check in on the national race series. From the dry trails of Hardwood Hills, Ride Guide travels to the rain soaked trails in Mission B.C. for the annual Bear Mountain Challenge. With over 350 downhill entries this event is always a contender for the biggest DH race in the country. And for the rider who wants to tie it all together, Mike Jones shares his wisdom on how to improve your jumping...make that suspension work!
For the first time this year Ride Guide hops a ferry to the gulf islands, and checks out Bodega resort on Galliano island, just across the straight from the north shore of Vancouver, B.C.. The isolation of Galliano is balanced out in this episode by our coverage of the Chico Racing 8 hour enduro race in Mansfield Ontario. Kyle Guay from the Norco factory team shares his insight on how to improve your speed through rock gardens. And finally in this episode we look into the Air Apprentice try outs for the NSMB team in Whistler, B.C. Galliano island, 8 hour enduro race highlights, freeriding at C.O.P. in Calgary, Speed tips and Air Apprentice. Ride Guide brings you the best our sport has to offer.
This episode takes us from the Sun Peaks resort where we check out the trails in this up and coming destination, and while there we also take a ride in and around Kamloops BC, you'd be surprised what we found! We get a bit more of an international flavor with a feature on Annabella Stropparo, an Italian mountain bike rider. And finally we take in the Bike Calgary Festival.
Quebec city and Mont Sainte Anne are the focus for this show, we first get to know this beautiful city as couple of the locals show us the stairs jumps, drops and other features that combine old architecture and trials riding. The Urban Delirium really brings the old and the new together in an event where you have inverted riders and medieval looking architecture in the background (a bit surreal). We finish off with the 2004 Velirium festival, a world class biking event in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec.
This transcontinental episode sees us at the Canadian National Mountain bike championships in Mont Sainte Anne where we follow the ups and downs of this most important comp. We check in with the Sugoi Dirt Series coaches in Whistler BC and he hop around with Ryan Leech on of the best trials riders in the world.
What would you do if you could mix winter and summer? Well…our crew decided to answer that question in this episode. Mike Jones and his Norco Teammates go heli biking, bungee jumping, swimming, and glacier skiing and snowboarding. ALL IN ONE WHISTLER DAY. Keeping in line with the most fun episode to date, we also check out the Whistler Crankworx Slopestyle, Bikercross, and top it off with the most grueling downhill in the world, the Garbanzo DH.
In this episode we get to see a profile on Dan Csokonay a young upcoming ripper. We play around in the Fernie Alpine Resort one of the most progressive four season resorts in the west. We play around in the wilderness at to the famous Island lake resort. And to top all of we do a heli drop with Rainbow Mountain Helicopters
For the final episode of the season we check out the world famous Mike Wiegele’s heli resort in Blue river BC. We profile one of the most colorful characters on the world cup, Cedric Gracia. Check in with the BC downhill championships and finally party with the Norco VPS Fest.
Join host Mike Jones and the Ride Guide crew as they travel to the Grand Canary Islands for some trail riding through the ancient ruins and on the ancient trails near Gran Canaria and explore the diverse eco-system from lush rain forest, sand desert and high mountain tops that make up these islands. Mike then experiences his first sky diving adventure over the beach at sunset and then rides in the epic Gran Canaria Marathon thru rain, sun and the bitter cold in the high passes. Back in Canada, Norco Rider Darcy Turenne takes us to Blue River, BC for some shuttling near Mike Wiegele's Heli-Skiing Operation.
Ride Guide heads to Panama City, Panama and hooks up with Cedric Gracia, Timo Pritzel, Aaron Chase, Gareth Dyer, Paul Basagotia and Dan Cowan for some exploring of the Panamanian Jungle. Whistler, BC rider Gareth Dyer is also profiled and we again meet up with all of them at the Telephonica Action Sports Festival, the first of its kind in Central America to feature mountain biking in a soccer crazed country.
Ride Guide explores its home province of Alberta for this episode. Although Alberta is known as a cross country rider's haven, the freeride scene is alive and well. Ride Guide heads to Lethbridge to hook up with a local crew to explore the river bank freeriding that is booming in that part of the Province. We feature the TransRockies Challenge, the toughest mountain bike race in the world, check out the Canmore scene at the base of the Rocky Mountains and back into Calgary to COP and Home Food trails.
Mike Jones and Ride Guide heads into the lush BC Interior to Silverton Resort and check out the old mining town of New Denver, BC. We head up to Edmonton, Alberta and profile Norco Factory Team Rider and Canada Cup Champion Roddi Lega and then head out east for the Paris to Ancaster enduro.
Ride Guide heads over the Atlantic to feature Les Gets, France and to cover the Kona World Launch which is the epitome of all launches where not only do you learn about some of the best bikes in the world but also the fine wine and food that France has to offer. We get behind the scenes and travel with the Kona Clump team as they travel through Europe and meet up with Big D and Alex Fostvedt from Freeride Entertainment and see how it all began.
Ride Guide continues its travels in Europe and travels to Saalbach, Austria for the Marzocchi Euro Sessions where Marzocchi previews its 2006 line up of forks and suspension. We profile German rider Timo Pritzel in his hometown of Berlin, Germany and then head back to Saalbach and meet up with Ryan Leech of the Norco Factory Team. We then head under the lights for the Goabstaal Dirt Jump Jam and see who wins the goat this year and finish off with one of the most progressive freeride events in Europe, the Adidas Slopestyle.
Ride Guide heads back to France to the Freeride Festival in Les Deux Alpes, one of the biggest mountain bike festivals in Europe where all the top pros seem to appear. We travel back to Berlin, Germany and meet up with Timo Pritzel and get the tour of this historic city, explore some of Timo's favorite riding spots and see where he jumped the Berlin Wall. We then feature Mellow Park in the heart of Berlin for some Park and Dirt Jump action with Timo and friends.
Ride Guide heads to London, England to end it's month long European tour and hooks up with some locals for a London street session. We go to the MBUK Magazine offices and see how these guys make one of the best bike mags out there. Finally we head out of London to Bath and South Wales and see the emergence of North Shore style trails in the UK countryside.
Ride Guide is in Golden, BC for Red Bull Psychosis for one of the longest and gnarliest downhill races in mountain biking where the top finishers are coming in at just under 15 minutes after riding down over 4,000 vertical feet. We then meet up with Aaron Chase to discuss his latest movie "Counterparts" and see what it's like to make a movie from a true professional rider's perspective. Lastly, we end up in Whistler, BC to check out one of their new trails off there Garbanzo expansion "Freight Train" and finish off with the spectacle that is Crankworx where Paul Basagotia is back to defend his title that he won out of nowhere the year before.
Ride Guide travels to Nelson, BC and heads to Baldface Lodge with Mike Kinrade and the Norco Factory Team. Baldface is a cat-skiing operation in the winter time and with the help of Mike and some locals, they have made it into a premiere back country lodge for mountain bike shuttles as well. The Norco Factory Team is lucky to hook with the fine folks from Kokanee helicopters and experience a heli drop into the high interior peaks around Nelson. We meet up with Ryan Leech back in Nelson for an urban session and then meet up with Mike Kinrade again where he shows us some of the early trails around Nelson where a lot of the local pros got their start.
Ride Guide meets up with the NSMB.com team at Silver Star Resort in the sunny Okanagan to see how the lift accessed scene is taking off their. We head out to Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island for VPS Fest, Norco's one of a kind customer appreciation festival. We head back to the mainland to Fernie, BC and meet up with UK transplant and Norco Factory Team Rider Fionn Griffiths and see her and others in action at the Fernie Canada Cup
Ride Guide heads back to Vancouver Island and just north of Victoria to Sooke, BC. We meet up with Vancouver Island local and Norco Team rider Darcy Turenne and local Sooke riders to see the trails in this dense rainforest of this region. We stay on the island and travel to Duncan and the Iguana Ranch, a mountain biker's Shangrila with shuttle rides up Mt. Provost right out the door. We drive to Whistler and meet up the guys from Gammalight Pictures and talk about their first film "Nine to Five" and finally feature one of the most popular endures on the West Coast, the Cheakamus Challenge.
Norco Factory Team rider Roddi Lega joins Ride Guide and travels to Costa Rica for La Ruta de los Conquistadores, a three day stage race across Costa Rica from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. One of the physically toughest mountain bike stage races in the world, the riders will climb the equivalent of Mt. Everest in the three days with no foreign riders outside of Costa Rica ever winning this race.
Ride Guide travels to the Sunshine Coast and Gibsons, BC where we meet up with Ryan Leech as he is filming with Radical Films for the latest Kranked movie Ride Guide then hits up Whistler's Bike Park for the weekend as well down the Sea to Sky Highway to Squamish for some Norco demos and ride the Squamish trails with the locals.
Ride Guide kicks off the episode on Bowen Island, a 30 minute ferry ride from West Vancouver, and meet up with premiere Shore builder and flow rider Dan Cowan and see what he's been working on in his back yard. We jump back on the ferry and head back to meet up with Darren Butler and Kelli Sherbinin from Endless Biking, one of the top instructional/bike tour operators running. Ride Guide also features the filmmaker's of "ROAM", the latest offering from The Collective as well as ride urban with Norco's Dylan Korba at his favorite spots of Vancouver's Lower Mainland.
Ride Guide comes to you this week from Alberta. We kick off the episode with Kona Clump rider John Cowan as he hosts a Dirt Jump Jam at Canada Olympic Park's opening weekend in Calgary. Kona Clump rider Paul Basagoitia joins John and Ride Guide for the Kokanee Demo Tour in Calgary and Edmonton as they show their skills in front of some rowdy crowds. Also in this show, urban sessions in Red Deer and Calgary.
Ride Guide travels throughout British Columbia with Freeride Tours, and hit their favorite spots in Abbotsford and Williams Lake. Ride Guide also meets up with Ryan Leech in Williams Lake at one of his famous demo shows.
Ride Guide travels with a crew of pro riders to hit all major bike parks in British Columbia. Join Ride Guide on our Bike Parks BC Tour, and see what the parks are like in Sun Peaks, Silver Star and Kicking Horse. Also this show, we do a shuttle drop with NME Tours in Golden BC.
Ride Guide travels to the Sonoma Valley area of California for Shimano's re-launch of XTR. Also this show we go behind the scenes with the Shimano Multi Service techs, profile pro XC racer Adam Craig, and cover the Cougar Mountain Classic.
Ride Guide invites Norco Factory Team rider, Jay Hoots, to Sweden for the Mayhem Mountain Bike Festival in Are Resort near Ostersund.
Swedish street rider, Eric Wallberg, shows Jay Hoots and Ride Guide the urban scene in Stockholm. Ride Guide also caught with the guys from Heli-View mini-chopper cam company as they filmed Mayhem Festival, and we also profile Swedish pro action sport photographer, Mattias Fredriksson.
Big Mountain Bike Adventures hosts Ride Guide for two weeks in Switzerland. Pro freerider and Big Mountain tour guide Wade Simmons, shows Ride Guide the sweet rides in Zermatt and Verbier.
Ride Guide travels across Vancouver Island in British Columbia. First stop Mount Washington Bike Park. Also the Darren Berrecloth Invitational Slopestyle, where Jordie Lunn lands the first ever 360 Backflip. Also an urban session in Victoria with Ryan Leech and Dylan Korba.
Ride Guide covers the annual cycling circus in Las Vegas-Interbike.
Ride Guide covers John Cowan's annual backyard jam in San Diego. We also drop in on Decline Magazine.
Ride Guide features the indoor Air Dome in Whistler. Also, the North Shore, Kranked 6, and Stund.
Ride Guide invites Shimano/Giant pro rider Adam Craig, on a two week trip to Costa Rica. Adam races in the grueling La Ruta, rafts, surfs, and takes a DH Shuttle with Big Mountain Adventures
Ride Guide travels to Willingen for their bike festival, and also to Cologne for Quashqai.
Darcy Turenne and the Ride Guide crew tour through Austria, hitting the Out of Bounds Weekend in Leogang, featuring the 26 Trix Contest. Other destinations include Wagrain, Bad Gastein and Saalbach.
Ride Guide tours the Lake Geneva and Portes du Soleil Regions of Switzerland. Destinations include Montreux, Aigle, Leysin, Chateau d'Oex, Champery and Chatel.
Ride Guide travels to Eastern Canada to Quebec. Features include Bromont, Rocky/Shimano athlete, Marie Helene Premont, and the Velirium Mountain Bike Festival.
Ride Guide host Darcy Turenne travels to Norway with Norco Team Ride Dylan Korba, with stops in Voss at the world’s biggest extreme sports festival, the Ekstremsports Veko.
Ride Guide covers the BC Bike Race, a 7 day MTB stage race from Victoria to Whistler. Also, Nipika Resort and the NSMB AIRprentice.
Ride Guide travels to Japan to shoot with Japan Freeride Tours and the Shimano Biker Fest.
Ride Guide hits some classic destinations in Utah, from Park City and Deer Valley to Sundance and the scenic Thunder Mountain Trail.
Ride Guide is hosted by Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Holidays for an epic downhill trip to Peru with Wade Simmons and Richie Schley.
Norco Factory Team riders, Darcy Turenne, Mislav Mironovic and Jay Hoots travel through Israel.
Ride Guide hits up some classic Utah destinations in Brian Head, Gooseberry Mesa Trail and Moab.
Ride Guide heads to Jamaica for the Jamaica Bicycle Bash and some island riding around the island.
Ride Guide covers the BC Bike Race, the premiere mountain bike stage race with some of the best views and single track that the southern coast of British Columbia has to offer.
Ride Guide heads to Whistler for the annual Crankworx festival and explores what else this infamous mountain town has to offer beyond the world renowned bike park.
Ride Guide heads east and travels to Vermont for some lift accessed riding at Killington and trail riding around Rutland, East Burke and Pittsfield.
Ride Guide travels all across British Columbia with members of the Norco Factory Team and hits up some of the best bike parks in the world.
Ride Guide travels from Vegas to Hurricane Utah for Rampage.
Ride Guide features the revival of the Cactus Cup in Las Vegas. Also, Interbike and desert riding.
Ride Guide flies into Tyax Lodge in the Southern Chilcotin Mountains of British Columbia for some backcountry riding. We then head down to Whistler for the 2009 Shimano SAINT launch and cover the epic Test of Metal in Squamish, BC.
Ride Guide travels to Maui with Darcy Turenne and Jay Hoots to ride, surf, tour wineries, ride ziplines and chill on the beach.
Ride Guide road trips through Arizona with Norco team riders Dylan Korba and Darcy Turenne
Ride guide heads to Croatia where Norco Factory rider Mislav Mironovic tours us around his homeland.
Ride Guide follows the Norco Factory Team throughout one season.
Ride Guide heads to Sun Valley Idaho to check out the trails at the resort and around Boise.
Ride Guide road trips through Colorado with NSMB team riders Eamonn Duignan and Ian Nelson.
Ride Guide road trips through Northern BC with Graham Agassiz and Eric Lawrenuk
Norco Team ride Dylan Korba travels with Ride Guide throughout the Bow Valley to Canmore and Banff.
Boreal Biking hosts Ride Guide and Norco riders, Ryan Leech and Dustan Sept all through the Yukon
Ride Guide travels with two freeride couples to Whitefish, Missoula, Butte, Big Sky and Bozeman
Johnny Smoke from Bush Pilot Tours show Ride Guide the freeride gems in Kelowna, Merritt and Penticton.
Ride Guide and Norco team rider Ben Boyko check out Oregon.
Ride Guide travels to Wales with Norco team riders Jay Hoots and Darcy Turenne.
Mongoose riders Steve Romaniuk and Chris Akrigg head to the Mediterranean and Cyprus.
Marin Bikes shows Ride Guide around California, hitting up Marin, Aptos, and Downieville.
Mike Jones comes back for old times and we travel Vancouver Island.
Ride Guide hits up Ontario with Norco team rider Andrew Watson, with stops for Crank The Shield, Blue Mountain, Hardwood Ski and Bike and St. Catharine’s Liberty Squeezer.
Ride Guide travels through Northern Alberta to Hinton, Jasper and Grande Prairie
Ride Guide captures all the action at the BC Bike 2010 Edition in Cumberland, Powell River and Squamish. We also go and ride the Hinton Bike Park with Jay Hoots and cross back into BC to see what's been going on in Wells.
Norco Team riders Ryan Leech and Jay Hoots tour the St John's area of Newfoundland.
Ride Guide travels with Kona World team riders Grant Fielder, Graham Agassiz and Joonas Vinnari through the Lapland region of Finland.
Andreas Hestler and Ride Guide travel to the Chile for the Trans Andes mountain bike race.
Ride Guide travels with Kelly Servinski and Lorraine Blancher throughout British Columbia to Whistler, Squamish, Powell River and the Shuswap.
Ride Guide and GT Team Riders Hans Rey and Dave Watson tour through historic Jordan.
Ride Guide tours through Pennsylvania with Harlan Price and Janel Demeter.
Ride Guide travels to Quebec with Devinci rider Evan Schwartz and meets up with Steve Smith at Mont Sainte Anne.
Norco riders Ryan Leech, Jay Hoots and Peter Stace-Smith explore Tasmania and the emerging bike scene.
Ride Guide heads down under with Norco team mates Jay Hoots, Ryan Leech and Peter Stace-Smith.
Ride Guide goes into the backcountry to four wilderness lodges; Island Lake Lodge, Nipika, Retallack and Tyax SkyCamp.
This episode features mountain biking in Ontario, Canada, with locations including; Long Point Eco-Adventures, Bruce County, Buckwallow, and Joyride 150.
This episode features Laguna, California, home to mountain bike legends like Brian Lopes, Hans Rey and Richie Schley, and MTB companies including Crankbrothers.
Solo Adventure Holidays hosts Ride Guide at their windsurf and mountain bike camp in Punta San Carlos.