http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13674-milagrosa-hike-jacqueline-harmony http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13674-milagrosa-hike-jacqueline-harmony It has been a month now since my crash happened in Taxco Mexico during the Best Trick Competition at the Urban Downhill race. I came up short on a 35 foot double and landed, I think, straight on my shoulder. I separated my shoulder and was told that it is a Grade V separation and usually involves surgery. Right now my decision is to get full range of motion and get back on my bike rather than think about surgery. I have been doing physical therapy on it for a month, rode a pump track and hit... ]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:02:00 -0500 13674 2012-12-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0951-1354507321.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0938-1354507322.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0984-1354507322.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0967-1354507323.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0944-1354507324.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0972-1354507324.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0952-1354507325.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13667-fall-is-here-jan-poric http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13667-fall-is-here-jan-poric This year I decided that I will not sell my downhill bike and buy new one for next season. Now I can ride downhill even during winter. The temperature is not too low at the moment, just light is bad, it gets dark at around 4.30 pm. My friend and I are building a new freeride line at local woods. Last year we built some nice line there, but this year all jumps and berms are getting bigger, it’s going to be even nicer freeride line. When spring will come, we will make some movies there. I just started... ]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:02:00 -0500 13667 2012-11-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-1-1354201378.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-4-1354201378.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-6-1354201379.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-2-1354201379.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-5-1354201379.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-7-1354201379.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_janporic-3-1354201380.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13659-check-yo-skillz-qfunqdamentals-jill-kintner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13659-check-yo-skillz-qfunqdamentals-jill-kintner There are endless skills available at any track if you know the right way to ride it. BMX bikes are ideal, but as mountain bikers these days we use single speed hardtails (33-16 gearing) with fast rolling tires. Just about any bike will do, even beaters, no excuse. Suspension bikes work as well, you just gotta add more air pressure to your shocks and tires. Jumping drills are probably a little better than manualling, etc. cornering drills are good too. ]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:33:00 -0500 13659 2012-11-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_518-1354077200.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_477-1354077200.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-11-27-at-8-02-30-pm-1354077200.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_370-1354077201.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_404-1354077201.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13650-turkey-pump-tracks-and-dh-adrienne-schneider http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13650-turkey-pump-tracks-and-dh-adrienne-schneider It may officially be ski season here (7 or so Tahoe resorts are open as of Thanksgiving Day), but mountain biking conditions are currently AMAZING. As a result, I’ve spent more time on dirt than snow this holiday weekend. I’ve spent a majority of the time in Reno at the local dirt jumps. After multiple sessions I heading out to the DH trails of Tahoe (12-inch or less wide single tracks on very steep wet slopes, with unavoidable obstacles; obstacles consisting of log jams, snowy roots, steep drops, jumps, and berms … a mixed bag... ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:48:00 -0500 13650 2012-11-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13650_-5101-1353966484-1354035951.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_5102-1353966484.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13634-clippity-clappity-which-shoe-to-get-jill-kintner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13634-clippity-clappity-which-shoe-to-get-jill-kintner Shoes are an important piece of riding equipment. For Downhill, slalom, jumping, etc, there are two points of contact attaching you to the bike- Hands and feet. For XC or all mountain, there is the seat seat as well, but yeah, hands and feet are still the main contact points. One of the main reason's why 5.10 has dominated in Downhill with the Minnaar and Hellcat models, is because in gravity racing there are a lot of different loads on your feet. You turn, jump, land sideways, pump etc. Having a good feel on the pedal... ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:14:00 -0500 13634 2012-11-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4974-1353352442.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_minnaar-vs-maltese-1353352441.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-tyler-roemer-october-sightings-0021-1353352442.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13625-espn-e60-extreme-unicycling-kris-holm http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13625-espn-e60-extreme-unicycling-kris-holm With it's minimalist ethos, mountain unicycling is the cycling equivalent of bouldering and an ideal sidekick sport for climbing road trips.   ESPN's E:60 profiles Five Ten athlete Kris Holm riding steep, slippery trails on Vancouver's North Shore in British Columbia, Canada. ]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:08:05 -0500 13625 2012-11-14 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13625_kris-1-1352913570.jpg ]]> http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13593-like-it-never-happened-logan-peat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13593-like-it-never-happened-logan-peat After two years, three surgeries and a pile of rehabilitation, I am finally back on the bike. Feeling great and ready to roll, I hit the streets getting comfy again on my new Jackal.Sending a huge thank you to Santa Cruz Bicycles, Deity Components, Five Ten, Troy Lee Design and his family and friends for all their support. ]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:08:00 -0400 13593 2012-11-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13593_img-3985-1352136575.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13584-last-race-and-dirt-jumps-jan-poric http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13584-last-race-and-dirt-jumps-jan-poric Downhill Cerkno was my final race of the season. Because of the Sunday’s rain, the race was muddy. During qualification runs it was so foggy you almost couldn’t see the track in the forest. The visibility was better in the finals, but my run wasn’t good. I crashed at the top of the course. I hope next year the weather will be better, because in this season only 2 of the 7 races weren’t wet and muddy. At the end of summer we built a mini pump track at my friend’s house. Now we’ve been working on... ]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:50:00 -0400 13584 2012-10-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-6225-1351457451.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-6247-1351457453.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-6272-1351457454.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1500-web-1351457456.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gopr1597-web-1351457456.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13555-rampage-and-green-river-brendan-howey http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13555-rampage-and-green-river-brendan-howey Riding in Rampage was defiantly a big achievement for me. It was an amazing experience and I am pumped that I qualified 8th for the finals. I left feeling unsatisfied and wanting more, so I am already looking forward to next years Rampage. I spent a week in Green River after rampage building and filming for a video project with Aaron Larocque, Nic Genovese and rider Paul Genovese. It was a productive week to say the least and I am fired up to see what the video turns out like. ]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:05:00 -0400 13555 2012-10-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo-1-1350608702.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p4pb8750814-1350608703.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_404028-10151046506411076-246144180-n-1350608703.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_rampage-helmet-1350608703.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sterl-rampage-helmet3-1350608703.jpg ]]> http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13551-danny-macaskill-visits-the-sir-chris-hoy-velodrome http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13551-danny-macaskill-visits-the-sir-chris-hoy-velodrome Munich, October 17th 2012 – Two Scotsman: one a YouTube phenomenon and the other a six time Olympic Champion, met up to film a clip in support of Glasgow’s successful bid for the XX Commonwealth Games in 2014. Street trials and velodrome racing are worlds apart but with some tips from the most decorated Olympic cyclist, Sir Chris Hoy - Danny takes to the circuit for a couple of laps. Watch the highlight clip on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63o_cPZhk84 Even though we never get bored of it, we are all used to seeing Danny with his iconic orange colored... ]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:14:27 -0400 13551 2012-10-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13551_danny-macaskill-sir-chris-hoy-tricks-1350491073.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13551_danny-macaskill-sir-chris-hoy-velodrome-1350491073.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13551_danny-macaskill-sir-chris-hoy-portrait-1350491073.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13546-last-race-this-season-dh-gracisce-cro-spela-horvat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13546-last-race-this-season-dh-gracisce-cro-spela-horvat The croatian race, downhill Gracisce always symbolizes the end of the season for me. Gracisce is located in Istria where the weather is still warm and sunny at this time of the year. However, for the race weekend weather forecasts predicted showers, which was pretty unusual for this location. None of us have ever ridden this track in rain so we were all excited. Actually I was hoping for a better weather because I have been sick for last three weeks and I was constantly taking pills so I wouldn't get a fever. When we got to... ]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:02:00 -0400 13546 2012-10-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_podium-gracisce-1350385350.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_krs-klub-gracisce-1350385350.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_486687-481800115184579-1951227117-n-1350385350.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_gracisce-1350385350.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13537-season-ender-jacqueline-harmony http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13537-season-ender-jacqueline-harmony Through my whole season of Downhill racing this year I have had some amazing ups and downs. I started off with a whole schedule of races with the backing of a great team. As the season went on things were changing and turning in the opposite direction. At one point I realized that I may not be able to finish out the season as I had planned out. However I was fortunate enough to have the greatest friends and family to step in and sponsor me for the rest of the season. I was... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:49:00 -0400 13537 2012-10-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_haj-12-02033-aj-1350056996.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_haj-12-01375-aj-1350056997.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_haj-12-01065-aj-1350056997.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2623-1350056997.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2621-1350056998.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13533-northstar-series-adrienne-schneider http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13533-northstar-series-adrienne-schneider Happy 10/11/12 day! It’s official, it is snowing in Mammoth (set to open November 8)! Some Tahoe resorts are planning on their opening date of November 15 (unbelievable). Free of heat for about a week now, Tahoe celebrated rain today, making the trails once again, dust free. The rain came just in time for Sky Tavern Mountain Bike Park which is going to open next weekend! Jill won the Race for Tara and I wrapped up the Northstar Downhill series with the overall series win, three years running! 5 weeks back, Northstar... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:09:00 -0400 13533 2012-10-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_series-win-2012-1350011362.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tunnelcreek101112-1350011363.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jilltararace-1350011363.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13531-on-the-road-ixs-edc-cups-chatel-and-todtnau-spela-horvat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13531-on-the-road-ixs-edc-cups-chatel-and-todtnau-spela-horvat September was probably one of my most exciting months this year. I decided to race as most IXS European cups as possible, because I missed so many races in spring as I injured my spleen. So me and my family(mom and dad) packed our bags and headed to France for the IXS European cup in Chatel. Actually this was more like a vacation than a race trip. We arrived in Chatel on Monday, so I had plenty of time to check some of the nearest bike parks. The next day we headed to Champery, which is just... ]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:56:00 -0400 13531 2012-10-11 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ixs-todtnau-totalvrac-1349992614.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_todtnau-1349992615.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13521-510-media-event-bend-jill-kintner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13521-510-media-event-bend-jill-kintner BEND, OREGON5.10′s media event was held in Bend, Oregon this week to learn about the "Brand of the Brave", do some climbing, mountain bike riding, photo shoots,  and smoozing with our new journalist friends:) – (Outdoor magazine, Men’s Journal, Backpacker, Climber, theGearcaster.com, Oregonian, Washington Post, decline , etc). ]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:21:00 -0400 13521 2012-10-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4782-1349734882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4802-1349734882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4789-1349734882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4779-1349734882.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4810-1349734883.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4811-1349734883.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-4815-1349734883.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13507-the-whole-enchiladaso-good-brian-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13507-the-whole-enchiladaso-good-brian-buell It was the middle of April at 7:55pm and I was preparing myself to pull the trigger on the most anticipated event of the year, I was one of the lucky 150 competitors that made the cut as the event sold out in less than 10 minutes. I knew this event was going to be something big as the race was still more than 4 months away! The reasoning for this anticipation is due to the classic venue and the trail system that the race course will be on. “The Whole Enchilada” is a combination of trails that start... ]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:23:00 -0400 13507 2012-10-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13507_eclark-stoked-1349973275.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13491-season-ending-jan-poric http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13491-season-ending-jan-poric I am also downhill racer, but now I will talk about my freeride side. It was quite good freeride season, I was able to ride some good spots, here in Slovenia. Most of photos were made for Bicikel.com magazine, but just few were published. Here you can see all photos from Špela Bokal, she is a great photographer. My season is not over yet, I still have one downhill race in Slovenia and one in Croatia. Have fun guys on your bike! ]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:31:00 -0400 13491 2012-09-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-celesnk1-1348817509.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-rogla1-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-rogla4-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-celesnk3-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-rogla3-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-rogla5-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-grmada1-1348817510.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13467-sam-hill-closes-out-season-top-5-overall-in-uci-world-cup-series http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13467-sam-hill-closes-out-season-top-5-overall-in-uci-world-cup-series The 2012 Downhill MTB World Cup season wrapped up this weekend in Hafjell, Norway and Monster Energy Specialized's Sam Hill (AUS) raced to 7th place under blue skies, on a track that had him smiling all week. The track here in Norway was new to the world cup circuit, but has been used in the past for European championships as well as other local events. It is bedded in and extremely fast when the unpredictable Norwegian weather cooperates. It included everything form massive jumps, to incredibly technical rock gardens that challenged even the best of racers. The weather was... ]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:32:00 -0400 13467 2012-09-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13467_sam-1-1347986145.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13467_sam-2-1347986145.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13411-fogels-summer-adventure-3-jack-fogelquist http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13411-fogels-summer-adventure-3-jack-fogelquist The saga continues, with another unreal summer of road tripping around North America! It started with spending a few days at my buddy Christian Wright's house in Auburn, shredding his local trails and backyard set-up. I continued east to Vail, Colorado for the Teva Mountain Games, which was a good time as always. Cody Gessel showed me around for a day in Utah, and I continued up to Victoria before Camp of Champions started in Whistler. Camp was amazing, making a ton of new friends and riding the mountain everyday until we couldn't anymore. They even got a wicked... ]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:51:00 -0400 13411 2012-08-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p5pb8550957-1346230313.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13410-winter-park-enduro-and-msc-racing-brian-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13410-winter-park-enduro-and-msc-racing-brian-buell While racing on the east coast, I was looking forward to this weekend. Before last years event I had never participated in an Enduro style event and I had some great success and couldn't wait to do it again. The weekend started off with a bang on Thursday in the Air DH where I took the top spot alongside teammate Jess who was right behind me in 2nd. I felt good as I was using this race as a warm up for the weekend, I was worried that I would still be fatigued from traveling and from the altitude,... ]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:02:00 -0400 13410 2012-08-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wp-enduro-1346191345.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seth-beckton-dh-shot-1346191345.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wp-enduro-michael-1346191345.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_seth-beckton-super-d-1346191346.JPG