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June 30th, 2010

2011 Specialized Demo 8 - Exclusive!

We’re here at Silver Star Mountain Resort in Vernon, B.C. to show you the all new 2011 Specialized Demo 8 with Specialized/SRAM team rider Curtis Keene. Curtis has been on various revisions of the new frame since early April, so who better to show you the new bike than a team rider with lots of R&D on the project?

Check out the all new 2011 Demo 8 inside as Curtis gets rad for Jordan’s cameras and then takes us all through the new chassis,

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Dan Kruse - Evil Bikes

Source: Andy Tran

I was able to do some filming with Dan Kruse at the recent Fluidride Cup. Dan is 14 and rides for Evil Bikes, Dakine, POC and his parents.

Video inside,

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SAINT Deep Summer Wildcard Contest!

Win the Wildcard Spot!

Last year the inaugural Saint Deep Summer Photo Challenge at Kokanee Crankworx saw Mattias Fredriksson emerge as champion from a field of the world’s most celebrated bike photographers. This year will pit him against new contenders Paul Morrison, Jordan Manley, Sterling Lorence and another photographer to be determined. Now we’re looking for the sixth; a wildcard photographer who can hang with some of the best mountain bike photographers in the world. Contest page here

Contest details inside!

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Weekly World Snow Roundup: U.S. Ski Season Finally Drawing to a Close While More Ski Areas Open in Europe, Southern Hemisphere

by Patrick Thorne with First Tracks!! Online Media staff reports

Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK - More ski areas opened in Europe last weekend and more are scheduled to do so next weekend, but temperatures across the Alps are warming up. Meanwhile, the ski and snowboard season in the U.S. is finally drawing to a close while more ski areas are opening for the southern hemisphere winter across South America and Australasia.

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Pats Peak Spending $500,000 on New Snowmaking and More for 2010-11 Ski Season

Henniker, NH - Southern New Hampshire’s Pats Peak Ski Area will enter its 48th consecutive ski and snowboard season in 2010-11 following $500,000 in capital improvements this summer in new snowmaking, a new terrain park groomer, a new ski patrol building and more.

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Michigan Ski Area Sold

Cannonsburg, MI - The family that has owned and operated Cannonsburg Ski Area for over three decades has sold the resort to an area lawyer.

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Ken Achenbach - Camp of Champions Interview

Summer Bike Camps are underway at the Whistler Bike Park as of this past weekend and we wanted to see just how things were coming along. I was able to catch up to Ken Achenbach of the Camp of Champions (CoC) for a few words.

Summer Bike Camp Catch up inside,

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Five Ten Shoes: Product Spotlight

Five Ten is the undisputed king of high performance, flat pedal, foot wear. We got our feet into 3 different models as we wanted to really find out what the differences are. Have a look inside to see all the pictures and specs of:

• The Karver
• The Freerider
• The Spitfire

Read on…

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Ryan Meyer 2010 Bike Check - Corsair Ducat

Hey PinkBike, Ryan Meyer here with a little bike check for my 2010 Corsair Ducat! I just built this before I left for the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO and have been shredding it ever since.

Details and pics inside,

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Syntace Vector 31.8 Carbon Fiber Bar 740mm

When in the market for a new wide handlebar for your mountain bike, Syntace may not be a name that immediately springs to mind. Syntace has been in the business of producing high end aluminium and carbon fiber bicycle componentry and engineering solutions from its headquarters in Germany for many years. Their latest offering to the mountain biking world is the Vector 31.8 Carbon Fiber bar in 740mm width weighing in at an astonishingly light 213 grams (confirmed), making this possibly the lightest bar of its width in the world!

Read on to learn more,

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