Joel and Isaac Anderson are two young downhill rippers from Triscombe in Somerset who live in a house in the middle of the woods and like nothing better than shredding the trails. Filmer Jacob Gibbins caught up with the Joel and Isaac to follow them around for a day and [...]
Steve Geall was THE name in dirt jumping scene for most of the Nineties and early Noughties, also getting good results in DH, Dual slalom and 4x. Dirt tea-boy Chris Lewis catches up with Issue #28 cover star Steve Geall: His smooth style and silly amounts of skill led to [...]
He’s 11 years old, wants to ride Champery, looks up to Sam Hill and has a super fast sister called Tahnée. Checkout young ripper…Kaos Seagrave. Name? Kaos Seagrave How old are you? 11. 12 in July Where do you live? Near Morzine How long have you lived there? 7 years [...]
What is the camera of choice for the modern videographer? Is everybody using new DSLRs like the Canon 7D or are they using dedicated video cameras? Or both? Anybody still using a Super 8? In part one of this feature we ask a selection of videographers who shoot for the [...]
Dirt columist Seb Kemp caught up with Danny Hart via FaceTube, here’s what happened. “This interview was conducted via Facebook Chat during the Christmas Hols. In it I try to lure Danny into letting me know who he is riding for in 2010 (his first year in the Senior at [...]
Szymon Nieborak sent us over these great photos and interview with DMR rider Sam Reynolds. You might have already seen it on Pinky but it’s worth checking out again. Sam Reynolds… Well known dirt jumper from the United Kingdom who rides for DMR. He has proven his mad skills winning [...]
Endtroducing: Oh Christina Yeah, that’s right, we do actually have some members of the fairer sex working in the bike industry. Admittedly they do seem to be few and far between, but nevertheless they do exist. Anyway, Christina Orlandella is far from being some token dolly bird, she’s been in [...]
We caught up with 2009 NPS Elite overall winner and 2Stage rider Tom “The Meat” Deacon and fired him twenty questions. We should of asked him why he is called “The Meat” but maybe his pig tongue peeling job had something to do with that, anyway read on to find [...]
Endtroducing: PETE DREW You might recognise the name Pete Drew from the ‘your neck of the woods’ section of the mag where he’s our South West correspondent, but when he’s not busy sending in his words late to us he’s busy promoting UK importer/distributor Silverfish’s impressive collection of brands. To [...]
There can’t be many people who can claim to have a pair of handlebars named after them, but Jeremiah Boobar is one of them. You might be thinking that the only reason for that is because he’s got the letters b, a, and r in his name, but to be [...]
Landing a great job doing something you love is one thing, but landing that job in your dream location is surely the ultimate goal, and it’s one that Michel Lethenet has scored. He first found himself living near the stunning Lake Annecy whilst he was doing his International Trade & [...]
Endtroducing: Albert Steward from Madison I might as well tell you now; Albert Steward is classed as nothing less than a legend in the Dirt office. Why? Well, we seem to spend a hell of a lot of time on the phone chasing up or getting hold of new products [...]
Jonas Mikolayunus has one of those jobs which none of us here quite understand how he gets done. If he was working for one of the big guns in the industry then there’d be a massive list of people responsible for what he does, but instead Jonas is a one [...]
ENDTRODUCING: Nicolas Menard Working for this magazine you get to meet countless people in the bike industry, but some always stick in your mind more than others, the ones who you wished you could go for a ride or a drink with any day of the week. For me Nico [...]
ENDTRODUCING: The Drop Off café’s Ian Luff Down a very long twisty road off the M4 corridor near Swansea, lays the village of Glyncorrwg. It’s a one way in, one way out destination, that also happens to be mountain bike heaven. This increasingly popular place for riding was once relatively [...]
Elayna Caldwell has been entrenched solidly as one of the few distinctly female personalities hanging tough in the boy’s club of mountain biking since the days she was a young sport class cross country racer back before bikes had good suspension. During the long ascent to her current status as [...]
Having Seb Kemp (Whistler Diaries) as our Endtroducing a few issues back made us realise it’d be good if you got to know a bit more about some of our other contributors, so this time it’s the turn of ‘Your Neck of the Woods’ legend John Lawlor. We might as [...]
There are some faces that have been in the race scene for years, and then there are also just as many that disappear. Jerry Schipper however is one face that can be put into both camps. He made his first spannering appearance way back in 1996 and then went on [...]
Name? Nico Vink. Age? 25. Where do you live? Sint–Niklaas, Belgium. Where do you ride? At home there is no DH riding so I just ride trails and motorcross. My local trails are called MX trails, one of my favourite spots to ride. In the winter I ride the Sint–Niklaas [...]
Adam Brayton is definitely one to watch. Pure moto style in this picture, but more often than not you’ll finding him going massive off jumps and whipping it up. If you ever see him on track, you will know all about Adam Brayton…he is unmistakeable. DIRTMName? Adam Brayton. Age? 19. [...]
ENDTRODUCING BRIAN VERNOR Pretty much everyone that I’ve ever come across in the bike industry has a passion for what they do (the minimal wages help to dictate that), but some people seem to take it to a whole new level. Brian Vernor is one of those people. He doesn’t [...]
I’ve known Dan Brown for a long time. From drinking Stella’s loaded with Lemsip with Peaty in the Corner House in Innerleithen, to testing bikes for the mag, racing, dirt jumping, running a shop…he has mountainbiking running through his veins. Having said that he did have an early mid life [...]
Elmar Keineke is a talented and busy man. He is a racer (he has just taken third place in the Masters 2 category at the European Championships), team manager and is the mountain bike Marketing Manager for SRAM Europe…so he’s pretty busy then. And he’s been around forever (well it [...]
For Duncan Riffle bike set up is all important. For many racers they just ‘run it’ but Riffle is meticulous in his choices and preparation. Riding for the Honda Iron Horse team this year he has been able to travel the globe racing the World Cup series, taking in places [...]
No one gets more DH race mileage out a bike than Ashley, so it’s good that this thing is up to the job. It is like the cod from his local chippy, battered on the outside but chunky and fresh on the inside, with no bones Sponsors -Shred magazine, bikemagic.com, [...]
Twenty-four year old Jonathan Knight is the main man behind Belfast based brake upgrade company Redraven. They make an upgrade kit for your existing brakes that includes mounting brackets and huge 230mm discs! We wanted to have a word and ask Johnny a few questions about Redraven, so we fired [...]
G-Cross Honda rider Greg Minnaar has been riding to near perfection this year. Whilst his main rivals have either fallen by the wayside with injuries or have just not been fast enough Greg has raced steadily and confidently on his way to World Cup victory. His race style is smooth [...]
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