Endtroducing

    • Endtroducing: Oh Christina

    • 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 [...]

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    • Endtroducing: PETE DREW

    • 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 [...]

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    • Entroducing: Elayna Caldwell

    • 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 [...]

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    • Entroducing: Jerry Schipper

    • 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 [...]

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    • Nico Vink

    • 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 Interview

    • 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. [...]

    • Brian Vernor

    • 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 [...]

    • Endtroducing – Dan Brown

    • 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 [...]

    • Endtroducing – Elmar Keineke

    • 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 [...]

    • Russell Carty

    • Russell Carty is 27 and is living the life, based for the last two years in Monaco working as the European Media Relations Director for Kona and travelling the world as the Team Manager for the Kona Les Gets Factory Team. But it has not always been the high life [...]