http://watch26.tv/video/3330/Short+trail+session

The competitions will take place on the Saturdays of 4x racing weekends (due to 4x racers wanting to ride Dirt Wars UK as well as racing 4x on the Sunday).The qualifiers will take place in the afternoon followed by the Finals in the evenings with prize giving straight after. We will also be running altitude and big trick comps with the added bonus of a possible fancy dress comp at the final.

We have trawled the UK Dirt industry to bring you huge prize bags from the top names in the business (check out our sponsor links)  so the top three riders in at each round will be sure to go home with a smile on your faces, and then at the final the prize bags will be upped to bring you some ultra cool swag and awesome over all series winner prizes.

GT Factory:
FOX Racing is excited to announce it's partnering with GT Bicycles MTB team.
GT's long and successful history makes for a perfect pairing with Fox as both
companies have paved the way since 1974.

The FOX supported riders:
*Mick Hannah - The DH phenom who stepped on the podium in the first four World
Cups in '09 after having a year off.
*Eric Carter - The one and only and a true ambassador of the sport.
*Kevin Aiello - The young SoCal ripper that has earned his "Special K"
nick-name.
*Andrew Cho - The bike slayer straight from White Rock BC.
*Marc Beaumont - Slugger continues on with FOX for more fun in 2010.

Said Hannah "I'm really excited to be working with FOX. GT and FOX were at the
top when I started racing 20 years ago and they're still at the top today. I
dreamt of riding for both companies back then and now that's come true. This
racing season is shaping up very well."
Giant Factory:
For 2010 we are stepping up our support of the GIANT MTB team. We are hitting
the gates running with full head to toe support of their DH team consisting of
the tried and true Jared Rando, new addition two-time national DH Champ Duncan

Riffle, and Danny Hart - junior in 09 achieved 3rd place at the World Champs and
was the over all winner at the World Cup. Also proudly supported by FOX are the
pedal-pushing XC heavyweights: Adam Craig, Carl Decker, Oli Beckingsale, and
Kelli Emmet.

Back for more:
Continuing the legacies that they have laid out, Cam McCaul, Kirt Voreis, Aaron
Chase and Jeff Lenosky are all back on board with FOX. We're proud to have these
4 legends of the sport flying the Fox colors. All 4 have been longtime Fox
athletes and have helped shape where we are today. Also staying with FOX is 'The
Croatian Sensation' Mislav Mironovic, he returns with even more enthusiasm this
year than ever before. Back and ripping it up - 951 legend Rich Houseman, Boom
Boom himself Scott Beaumont, and Mike Steidley.

New individual athletes for 2010:
FOX is proud to announce the support of Mitch Ropelato. Only seventeen years
old, Mitch achieved the seemingly impossible in 09 - he became the youngest
Mountaincross National Champion in U.S. history, and his second time ever to a
World Cup event he stood on the podium with a second place medal. Mitch
represents the future of gravity MTB racing and Fox is excited to be a part of
his journey.

The word has been getting around and it's true, Leigh Donovan is back to race
the World Cups again! Even more exciting for us is that she will be representing
FOX. One of the fastest women to ever grace a gravity bike, Leigh has some
impressive results on her resume: 1995 World Champion, 2001 World Cup Champion
and 9 times U.S. National Champion. We look forward to providing her support on
her return to the WC's.

We are also excited to have opened our doors to the following talented rippers -
Ryan Condrashoff, John Hauer, Evan Turpen, Christian Wright, Jordan Lopez, Jon
Wilson, and Tammy Donahugh.

FOX Europe welcomes two young guns Sam Reynolds and Harry Heath to the family.
Sam will bring his enviable style to the Dirt Jump and Slope style scene, and
Harry will be getting loose on the World Cup DH circuit.

We look forward to supporting such an incredible team for the 2010 season and
anticipate great things to come.

Check out WWW.FOXRACING.COM for weekly photo galleries, product details & behind
the scenes videos of your favorite Fox MTB riders throughout the year. Contact
your local Authorized Fox Dealer or visit WWW.FOXRACING.COM for the latest Fox
products.

FOX Europe
Tel. 0191 487 6100
info@foxeurope.com

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Check out Tom’s latest webisode below in hd:

http://vimeo.com/8573052

Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti ‘Bomber Purple’ EditionNew for 2010 is a special edition of the Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti in Bomber Purple.

Previously only given to professional riders such as Brian Lopes & Cedric Gracia the Bomber Purple 55 will be limited to just 50 forks for 2010 and available through official Marzocchi dealers.

The 55 RC3 has proved itself to be truly worthy of the ‘Bomber’ name winning its class 2 years running in Dirt Magazines prestigious ‘Dirt 100’.

The new 2010 version has also shed an incredible 362g over the 09 RC3 by using new optimised internals with a Titanium coil spring and an oil displacing bottom out MDU – not bad for an open bath, coil sprung fork!

Specification includes:

Open bath RC3 damping provides consistent, controllable performance derived from the World Championship winning 888.

New high quality 2 piece bushing with vertical slots for better oil penetration. The bushings are also paired to the stanchions and lower legs to ensure tighter tolerances and smother running – in effect each fork is now blue printed.

Marzocchi new QR20 system, in use it feels like a standard QR lever, but gives you the full security and stiffness of a 20mm bolt up.

With a 3 year warranty with no service stipulations the 2010 range see’s the return of the fit and forget Bomber.

SSP:

55 RC3 Ti – 1 1/8” £899.95

Available from Jan 2010

Contact: www.windwave.co.uk

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huge superman from tim

tim dialling in his 3s

toby perfect flip no hander 

I’ve also been doing a lot of building around my area including a dirt quarter pipe thing which turned out sick and I’ve been able to learn flairs on it to.

Check out this cool edit that Chris Seager made of the annual Guildford jam where they give us some ramps and a big dirt landing to mess around on. Riding from me and Tim in there.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/97965/

http://video.mpora.com/watch/PtsqLhnAF/

In early July we packed up our big bikes and flew out to Western Canada to sample two weeks of the holy grail of gravity riding – Whistler.

There is little left to say about the place that hasn’t already been covered by every biking publication in existence. Whistler gets a great deal of hype, and I can honestly say that it deserves it. It is the only place I have ever experienced that everybody can ride and enjoy. From Dirt Jumpers to XC riders to World Cup level DH racers, everyone we met had a huge grin on their face.

Where else in the world can you ride perfectly sculpted high-speed linked trails with jumps, drops, step-ups and berms for over 3400 vertical feet?

Everyone has heard of the stereotypical ‘Whistler trails’ like A-line and Dirt Merchant and freight train. I would challenge anybody not to have a good time flying down one of these. I spent most of my time throwing whips, tables and X ups off everything I could find while Tim made it his mission to superman and no-foot-can almost every jump on the mountain. It was great to witness the open mouths of many Whistler locals and they watched “that crazy British kid” get ridiculously extended off jumps that most people would be scared to do anything other than straight jump. The RAM freeride performed its job admirably, allowing Tim to hit the slopestyle features in the boneyard while still handling the super gnarly runs up at the top of the mountain. While the bumpy stuff doesn’t get as much attention as the jump trails it is every bit as good.

All I can say is that every rider should make the pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. For a small sample of our trip check out Tom Grundy’s Webisode. We got very little footage because we spent the majority of our time squeezing as many runs in as possible but Tom still managed to put this together.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/91181/

Since we got back from Canada I have been doing a lot of digging and some riding.

I finally got a huge weight of my shoulders by getting rid of my no-foot-can phobia. I’m looking forward to improving them further. A trip down to 4a a couple weeks ago also turned into a great session, a few of us worked on cork-flips with varying degrees of success!

I have been putting quite a few hours in at a local spot, trying to resurrect it. All the effort is starting to pay off now as we’ve started riding them again. Ryan “Trail Doctor” Nangle came down yesterday and we sorted out the lip of a step-up. This resulted in a sweet little session. It culminated in me trying to figure out some sort of upside down flatspin thing. It didn’t go so well but I think it is more than possible if I can figure out how to hold onto the bike! Here’s a little video to show you what I mean.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/94901/

Another spot I’ve digging and riding at is Kech’s trails. Here’s a very quick video made by my friend who was testing out his camera. Nothing special but its something.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/94079/

Anyway I will be filming a proper edit with Tom in the near future and I will get that to you as soon as possible.

Rory.

Danny has exploded onto the dirt scene this year and his results have been very impressive.

Identiti Team Manager Matt Andrews says “We are extremely pleased to have
signed Danny as he has been consistently one of the best UK riders over the
past year. We believe that he will continue to improve and is a great
addition to the Identiti Team”.

Danny will be riding an Identiti P66 frame with co-sponsorship from 
Society Forks, Halo Wheels, Gusset parts, TSG protection, KHE tyres and ODI
 grips.