First Real Ride.

When I was about 7 years old I got a dual suspension little kids bike from a department store. I was living on an acerage at the time and there was another boy my age who had a bmx and built jumps going into the ditch along the side of the roads and I remember launching out and consistently got 5 feet off the ground. I started doing whatever he was doing at the time being stoked on that 5 feet of air and then a year later was put in a kids mountain biking camp and won the top rider award thing haha. Then I knew the sport was meant for me. Now years later I find myself volunteering with the camp today.

I had a fried who was always into mtb. He ad his dad raced since I was about six. i remember one day in Melbourn I picked up a [R]evolution MTB mag, and saw the race reoprt for Rotarua worlds.

there was this pic of Bryn Atkinson nailing this uber tech root-root jump over one of the rockgardes, and was hooked.

the new world disorder 7 trailer. i dont know why but thats what got me into mountainbiking. before that i just rode bikes

Watching Darren Berrecloth's segment in NWD4 really inspired me.

I was a kid in the early 90's and rode my rigid giant iguana on all over the neighborhood. Then I found these horse trails and starting riding those. I didn't even know what mtn biking was. I kept riding those and then at the bike shop I asked my dad to buy me a guide book of the local trails. This was in colorado springs, and I starting riding the chutes. The funny part was that since I was young (and a pussy) it took me a few weeks to go all the way to the top since it felt like I was really far from my house and I was kinda scared (but come on. . . I was only 9 or 10).

I rode through HS almost every day, even through the winter. Then I got out of the sport for 2 years. When I got back into it I bought a full suspension and now. . . . I have been more and more stoked every year!

The technology makes this make sense finally on the trail-- no more riding w/ blurry vision down rocky trail (while getting passed my motos that made it look like they were floating)!! Thank you engineers!

Killington mountain on a hardronch sport w/ a 120mm stem, a super soft rock shock psylo

Giant warp ds2. pinner rig. 2.7 maxxis mobsters totally made the bike.

diamond back recoil. 16inch? 6speed? something like that, it was forever ago, like 4th grade material, but so cool because it wasnt some pile o huffy. this question makes me feel old :p

My first MTB was a Univega Alpina 501. That was 1995. My first real bike was a Cycle Pro Macho in the early 80's...

Ha, I'm old...but not as old as Joel Alamo!