Two weekends of epic riding on the bounce. How lucky am I? Having booked onto Revolution a month in advance, you can probably guess I was quite excited in the week upcoming to the 25th October. It was going to be a day of riding bikes with a group of awesome and super outgoing female shredders. Not only this, my ...
It’s Sunday in Autumn with surprisingly good weather. Not blue skies, but for Wales it was good enough for me. I’d like to say I got up at the crack of dawn, but that wasn’t the case either. It wasn’t just a case of getting the bike out (which I borrowed off my brother) and going for a ride either. ...
Round 6 – September 19/20th Antur Stiniog, Gwynedd in Wales. Round 6 of the British Downhill series comes to Antur Stiniog, Gwynedd on the 19th and 20th of September. The final stage of the 2015 Series will see competitors from all age ranges pushing themselves to the limit to grab not just the glory of the prize money on offer ...
RUARIDH CUNNINGHAM WINS RED BULL HARDLINE Red Bull Hardline with Jeep returned to the hills of Mid-Wales this weekend to take on Dan Atherton’s beast of a course that proved to be bigger and more technical than anything ever seen before in downhill mountain biking. Progression was once again the word on everyone’s lips as the riders spent the majority ...
Despite riding Sunday only at Welsh Champs this weekend, my competitive side still wanted to be able to provide the podium finish. Like at any other race really. Turning up Sunday morning and able to race thanks to Pete Wogan booking me on the previous day, I got up the hill as soon as possible to try and get ...
Everyone should have the chance to experience parks, woodlands, mountains and the coast through a range of activities. Outdoor recreation makes a valuable contribution to Wales and creates a number of health, environment, social and economic benefits. To this end, the Welsh Government is inviting your views on access to the outdoors and looking at improving opportunities to access for ...
Red Bull are world famous for putting on the very best shows when it comes to extreme sports. The fact that in September 2015 two of their key worldwide events will be in North Wales. Surf Snowdonia will host Red Bull Unleashed which you can read more about here: http://www.extremenorthwales.co.uk/portfolio-view/redbullsurfwales/ For those of you who prefer wheels to boards, then ...
Bwlch Pen Barras (also known as Bwlch Penbarras, or the Old Bwlch) is a mountain pass in the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in north-east Wales. The pass is on an unclassified road between Tafarn-y-Gelyn and Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd. It crosses the Clwydian Range at an altitude of 360 metres (1181 feet) between the hills of Moel Famau (to the ...
When you put the beauty of the Welsh countryside together with a talented photographer/ videographer (Chris Davies) and a world class adventurer (Manu Bustelo), throw in a couple of Mountain bikes and a route running from Prestatyn to Cadair Idris, you end up with the perfect recipe for a Mountain Bike Adventure in Wales. The wonderful video created by Chris ...
Race bred brand Yeti Cycles have always had a cult like following and the yearly ‘tribe’ gathering continues to attract Yeti fans from around the country who travel to take part in the meet each year. Now in its 12th year the 2015 gathering is set to take place on the trails around both Llangollen and Llandegla over the weekend ...