http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13409-highland-pro-grt-and-national-champs-brian-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13409-highland-pro-grt-and-national-champs-brian-buell I finally felt compelled to raise my fists in celebration after I crossed the finish line. I didn’t come across the line in first, so why celebrate as I did especially in this society where if your not first your last? It has been a while since I put together a run that I was truly happy with and proud to call my own. Even if I ended up in 15th place, I would have been pleased with my performance. ]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:38:00 -0400 13409 2012-08-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_highlnd-podium-1346189896.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_national-champs-dh-1346189896.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dual-slalom-vs-blake-4-1346189896.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13408-summer-world-cup-racing-recap-brian-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13408-summer-world-cup-racing-recap-brian-buell From Sugarbush I packed the truck and made my way up interstate 91 across the Derby country line into Canada. I made my approach late Tuesday night and was rewarded with an easy drive to Quebec City, where I made an accidental wrong turn and found myself in the heart of the city. After breaking out the old Rand McNally I quickly diverted back onto the highway and fallowed signs to the classic World Cup venue of Mont Sainte Anne. I found an uninhibited patch of earth near the base of the mountain and with the excitement of the... ]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:33:00 -0400 13408 2012-08-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_windham-2012-046-1346189586.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13404-lucia-oetjen-wins-bronze-at-the-four-cross-european-championships http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13404-lucia-oetjen-wins-bronze-at-the-four-cross-european-championships Lucia Oetjen wins bronze at the Four Cross European Championships and targets the World Cup! The Four Cross European Championships took place in Szczawno in Poland at one of the world's most beautifully situated and well maintained Four Cross-Tracks. A scenario almost like a golf course!The crowds and the atmosphere on the tracksite were just amazing. For further enjoyment in the Swiss Team, my result helped a bit. After a relatively hard fight in the final run I left the BMX Olympic participant Romana Labounkova (Czech Republic) behind me and take the bronze medal back home.... ]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:11:41 -0400 13404 2012-08-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13404_podium-3-1346138125.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13404_eroffnungszeremonie-1-1346138124.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13404_podium-1-1346138125.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13404_eroffnungszeremonie-2-1346138126.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13404_strecke-1346138126.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13398-projekt-roam-virgin-ut http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13398-projekt-roam-virgin-ut Pulling the RV in late on a moonless night, it wasn't until morning that we took in the gargantuan masses of striated dirt and rock, compressed and shaped by eons of time, looming against the horizon.  ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:26:00 -0400 13398 2012-08-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-header-1346023607.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-1-1346023607.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-3-1346023607.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-7-1346023607.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-9-ts-1346023608.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-5-1346023608.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-9-1346023608.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13397-projekt-roam-chasing-gravity-episode-4 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13397-projekt-roam-chasing-gravity-episode-4 The familiar feeling of butterflies in our stomachs strikes us every time as we travel to new destinations. With excitement and anticipation, we forge ahead into 2012. ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:05:00 -0400 13397 2012-08-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-headliner-photo-1346022317.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-1-1346022318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-3-1346022318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-4-1346022318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-5-1346022318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-7-1346022318.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-9-1346022319.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13396-projekt-roam-day-of-the-dog http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13396-projekt-roam-day-of-the-dog How do you put into words something that is indescribable? I'm sure that many of those that are blessed with the companionship of a dog understand what I am speaking of. The richness dogs bring to our lives; simply put, our dogs are an integral part of the heart and soul of our family.  ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:49:00 -0400 13396 2012-08-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-1-1346021347.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-2-1346021347.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_article-photo-4-1346021347.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13389-jill-kintner-whistler-goes-off http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13389-jill-kintner-whistler-goes-off If you have never been to Whistler, you are truly missing out. Summer or winter, there are endless activities to keep you entertained. It is like a little bubble, people live to ride, and scrape by to do whatever they can to keep the party alive.... ]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:11:00 -0400 13389 2012-08-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_toby-bromwich-9s5a9307-1345749068.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cx-slopestyle-photo1-1345749069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_photo2-1345749069.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_9s5a9540-1345749069.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_crankworx-5860-1345749070.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen shot 2012-08-19 at 6.54.15-pm-1345749070.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13380-pro-grt-northstar-california-jacqueline-harmony http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13380-pro-grt-northstar-california-jacqueline-harmony The last stop on the Pro GRT landed at Northstar Mountain in Tahoe California. Northstar dirt is notorious for being dry and having tons of poof. The whole weekend was pretty quiet, due to the overlapping of quite a few races in different areas of the States, however all the best people showed up for this race and that is all that matters. There was one mishap this weekend and we are all wishing a speedy recovery to Junior Alex Willie, who was airlifted to Reno after a pretty bad crash on Saturday.Coming into this race... ]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:01:00 -0400 13380 2012-08-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0811-1345582864.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_cimg7302-1345582864.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0818-1345582865.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0819-1345582865.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2735-1345582865.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2739-1345582865.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2742-1345582866.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13376-training-session-with-danny-mac-askill-in-munich http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13376-training-session-with-danny-mac-askill-in-munich Five Ten supported Red Bull Wings Academy with Street Trial Superstar Danny MacAskill In the framework of the Red Bull Wings Academy and ISPO BIKE at Munich, Five Ten® Elite Athlete Danny MacAskill has trained with some highly motivated, young talents at the Olympic Park Munich for one day! The enthusiasm was enormous and it was a great mix of show and training so that everyone could work on his skills and were able to bring home a great experience! The “young gun’s” were able to apply through a Video selection procedure. As a reward... ]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:48:15 -0400 13376 2012-08-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13376_training-session-1-1345561465.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13376_danny-macaskill-promodel-1345561204.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13376_training-session-2-1345561466.png ]]> http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13368-five-ten-bike-and-hike-knight-ide http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13368-five-ten-bike-and-hike-knight-ide Every summer the Burke Bike Park on Kingdom Trails, located in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, hosts the Burke Bike and Brew Festival. This August marked the fourth annual event and it was RAD! After shredding downhill runs in the park all day, participants get to sample and vote on heady beers from microbreweries like Shock Top, Shipyard, Harpoon, Long Trail, Trout River, Otter Creek, Wolaver's, and Magic Hat. A live band provides tunes while drunken revelers get silly with fun bike games like a foot down contest and of course the obligatory huffy toss.The entertainment highlight of the evening is... ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:10:00 -0400 13368 2012-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_2012-bnb-full-view-1345216877.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_405204-213129828814110-1386964107-n-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_422347-4129647117405-264250680-n-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_580751-4063476038063-1442263517-n-1-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_5280-1140585872693-1505745-n-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_223977-1898711827501-1911024-n-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13368_547743-446974865322723-917343414-n-1345216878.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13362-latest-video-edit-with-lone-wolf-productions-ryan-berrecloth http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13362-latest-video-edit-with-lone-wolf-productions-ryan-berrecloth Hi Everyone.  Check out my latest edit working with the guys at Lone Wolf Productions out of Kamloops BC.  Have a good one! ]]> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:24:00 -0400 13362 2012-08-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13362_image-1-1345132486.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13361-trip-to-edc-ixs-cup-in-piak-czeck-republik-spela-horvat http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13361-trip-to-edc-ixs-cup-in-piak-czeck-republik-spela-horvat After failing the nationals I decided to go to european cup IXS in Špičak, Czeck Republik. My thumb had almost healed and I was already riding a week before so I was feeling strong enough to attend the race. I was in Špičak last year and it turned out to be a disaster as I didn't finish the race, because I fell and couldn't continue riding. But this year was different. I was feeling olympic all week and I knew I could put togheter a solid final run. I was riding fast and enjoyed riding the track, which was... ]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:22:00 -0400 13361 2012-08-15 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_547197-383665898371819-1045786626-n-1345065771.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_625663-383663705038705-1410379337-n-1345065771.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13345-pro-grt-finals-race-update-kevin-aiello http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13345-pro-grt-finals-race-update-kevin-aiello The last race of the season landed us at Northstar at Tahoe to wrap up the USA Cycling Pro GRT National Series. KHS Factory Racing decided to head up north a few days early to get some training in and acclimatize to the altitude. After a few lung burnin’ xc rides we decided to hop on the DH 300’s and go check out the mountain and get some practice runs under our belt. The track was fairly long with tons of flow, lots of pumice corners, and some good rock sections that kept you on your toes... ]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:09:00 -0400 13345 2012-08-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13345_tahoe-4-1344528703.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13345_tahoe-5-1344528703.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13345_tahoe-3-1344528704.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13345_tahoe-2-1344528704.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13342-snowmass-mountain-states-cup-races-team-geronimo http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13342-snowmass-mountain-states-cup-races-team-geronimo The 3rd stop on the 2012 Mountain States Cup came to my home valley to Snowmass Mountain. Since I can remember there has been a race every year at Snowmass dating back to 2004 when I started racing. I've been living in this valley on and off throughout the summers the past 5 years, but it would be the first time I slept in my own bed on a race weekend, which was awesome!Snowmass is well known for their flat out fast downhill course, and this year it was no different. There has also been some recent trail development... ]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:32:34 -0400 13342 2012-08-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13342_photo1-1344443687.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13342_photo2-1344443687.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13504-snowmass-home-sweet-home-brian-buell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13504-snowmass-home-sweet-home-brian-buell The 3rd stop on the 2012 Mountain States Cup came to my home valley to Snowmass Mountain. Since I can remember there has been a race every year at Snowmass dating back to 2004 when I started racing. I've been living in this valley on and off throughout the summers the past 5 years, but it would be the first time I slept in my own bed on a race weekend, which was awesome! ]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0400 13504 2012-08-06 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13504_podium-1349886581.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13325-us-dh-national-championships-jacqueline-harmony http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13325-us-dh-national-championships-jacqueline-harmony The time has come for a new U.S. Downhill National Champion! Beech Mountain Resort in North Carolina hosted the National Championships for the second time, with a little change to the course and a lot of hard work into the event. This race is once a year and the winner gets to show off the stars & stripes all year long.The National Championships not only had Downhill but Dual Slalom as well. Since there were only two girls registered, my friend Katie and I thought it would be great to add our names to the list and make it... ]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:11:00 -0400 13325 2012-08-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_396066-3806038064289-1736839508-n-1344010273.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2668-1344010273.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_306799-3806037304270-1609504567-n-1344010273.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2677-1344010273.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2680-1344010274.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-2681-1344010275.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13324-cant-wait-for-this-weekend-knight-ide http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13324-cant-wait-for-this-weekend-knight-ide If you've never been to the annual Bike and Brew festival and ideRide jump jam in Burke VT, you owe it to yourself to go. August 4th and 5th. ]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:50:00 -0400 13324 2012-08-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_pumptrack-1343911850.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13306-aaand-im-back-eric-lawrenuk http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13306-aaand-im-back-eric-lawrenuk So this is been the weirdest “Bike Season” of my life. I have been going through shoulder problems over the past 2 years and I finally decided to do something about it. About 5 months ago; I finally bit the bullet and got my shoulder surgery. I was tired of not being able to ride to my full potential and I want to come out swinging into the 2013 season.Rehab is the most important thing to a major surgery like this, and I hit it hard! I started going to GastownPhysio and Pilates 2 weeks after surgery to help... ]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:06:00 -0400 13306 2012-07-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_lornyfishweb1-dixd-1343336809.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0116-1343336809.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0084-1343336810.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0127-1343336810.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0003-1343336810.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13303-mybikestand-interview-kyle-warner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13303-mybikestand-interview-kyle-warner Recently I was given the opportunity to do an Interview for Mybikestand.com I am super happy with how it turned out and if you want to check it out click here! http://mybikestand.com/racer-spotlight-shredding-with-pro-dh-racer-kyle-warner/ ]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:47:00 -0400 13303 2012-07-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_161a-xl-1343278078.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13284-race-season-jan-poric http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13284-race-season-jan-poric I was invited to be a part of a demo show in Umag. There was one jump on parking lot and we showed what we can do on bikes. So far I have raced three downhill races this year. On my first downhill race of the season in Avče was raining all weekend. After the chaotic muddy race we had sun and dust in Croatia for the next two races in Buzet and Psunj, where the tracks were lots of fun. In between downhill races I did my first endure race here in Slovenia in bike park Javornik. I... ]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:08:00 -0400 13284 2012-07-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-avce-1342822123.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-bike2-golovc-1342822123.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-buzet-1342822124.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-eduro1-1342822124.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jan-umag1-1342822125.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_life-avce-1342822125.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sdlife-enduro-1-1342822125.jpg