5.10 Sponsored rider Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicates) takes second to Gwin at Wheels of Speed in Willengen, Germany June 13, 2010. "Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox) placed 2nd today in the Milka Wheels Of Speed downhill in Willingen, Germany.  Aaron Gwin took the win on this short, fast course with a 1:50.06 to Greg’s 1:50.26 and Andrew Neethling was third at 1:50.99, and Josh Bryceland finished 17th with 1:55.72."

Episode 2 of the 2010 Kenda/Playbiker team Gravity Show. World Cup dh 2010 round 2 in Fort William (Scotland).

With nothing but rain in Boulder for that last week I’ve been climbing inside (again.)  I have to say there is nothing more frustrating than having no choice but to climb indoors.  Personally I find motivation climbing outside but with the understanding about training and how important it is for me I’ll accept a few days inside.  Plus the bad weather never sticks around for long in CO.  At least I hope so.

During February while everyone around us was celebrating the Olympics my family and I packed our bags and left on a trip to Bishop, a favorite spot to visit with our kids. We had a few good days and then revisiting an amazing line called Seven Spanish Angels I felt pain in my shoulder as I was locking off. Later that night my shoulder got super inflamed and and I realized that my climbing trip was pretty much done. It was really disappointing but I had good friends and my family around me so it was...

Summer is here! It's time to train. My goals, the OR show competition, and one of my climbing workouts. Summer is here! It's time to train. I have a week left of school then I am going to switch my focus more to training. I just got some new gymnastic rings and I've been working out on my hangboard. I have even started doing cardio again! I am going to focus on training hard and having fun so that when Fall comes I can feel strong and psyched for all of the projects that I have my...

I have just returned from an amazing weekend in Quebec City. I was there along with ten of my teammates for the National Canadian Youth Lead Championships. Delire Escalade was the host gym. When I first walked into Delire I was speechless. The wall is nothing like anything else in Canada and pictures from the website don’t do it justice. The main 60ish-foot overhung head wall reminds me of the World Cup walls in Europe. I really hope that Delire holds many national and international championships in the future.