Weekly Review: Our new National Champions and more

Published on July 27, 2008

Here’s a round up of what we’ve missed in recent weeks.

Firstly, massive congratulations to Steve Peat and Josh Bryceland who are our new National Champions. The final took place recently on the famous Bala track in North Wales, with Peaty taking the win over Marc Beaumont by an impressive 4.5 seconds! It seemed that the only other man who could have taken the title was Gee Atherton, who unfortunately lost it towards the end of the course, forcing him out of the top 10. Check out Steves site for a full report www.stevepeat.com.

If you’re a slave to fashion you can also check out Peatys new Troy Lee design over at Dirt Magazine.

Although its not a mountain bike event, the Red Bull Empire of Dirt is taking place this weekend. After being cancelled last year, it looks like the BMX slopestyle event has had fantastic weather this year. Unfortunately I was unable to go along, but we’ll hopefully have some pictures up very soon. In the meantime check out the site @ www.redbullempireofdirt.com.

After being controversially dropped back along by Kona, Robbie Bourdon is now back on a deal with Intense riding on of their Slopestyle frames. It’ll be interesting to see if the deal will help famed freerider capture the limelight once again. More info @ www.pinkbike.com.

The Mega Avalanche has been and gone for another year. It was won by Scott rider, Rene Wildhaber. Huckmonkey Crew member Chris Seager was also raced; if you missed his report check it out here.