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I Know its a bit offtopic but could someone tell me the story of Kade and the 100% / Fox helmet? Thanks

I think it was explained in the making up the numbers pod. Kade is an Red Bull athlete and therefore obliged to wear a red bull helmet in all competitions. 100% only provide a limited amount of red bull helmets to kade for the season. When he crashed in snowshoe, he totaled his last helmet and they could not provide a new one in time for the race. Jackson offered his Fox reb bull helmet as a replacement but 100% denied that. So he was not allowed to start because he didn't have the sponsor correct helmet.

Maybe a bit of a dead horse now, but Gwinny no longer tagging IFR.

I got the sense from the docu-series that they’ll still have a team and Ben is not racing to focus more on the team.

She is going to Norco with Greg.

Union to GT. Jack on the Numbers podcast said his team was working on GT as a frame sponsor but then it fell through. GT athletes also recently received an email about some new, exciting announcements coming up about new partnerships with athletes in Europe.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1fflzNswW2/?igsh=OTlkeHV6OXlxdDhr The union off santa cruz and some other brands

I agree with you, Greg puts a huge focus on the trust he puts in the people around him and the support they give creating a competitive environment that pushes him to 'that' level. The guy is a superstar but more than that he is just an all round lovely human with time for anyone. He deserves the structure and equipment for him to thrive!

Kathy is one of the nicest humans I was fortunate to meet on the World Cup circuit. Always smiling, always took the time to listen, regardless who you are. Genuinely nice. I strongly believe that people with a demeanour like hers are an important part of what makes our sport different, special and approachable, close to the fans. Just had to say that. Mx

Brook is off MS..... WOW, did not see this coming. By his personal IG post it seems as he is now without a team for 2024

damn, bruh. what about us 57 year old men that try to ride like we're still 18?? Anyhow, Greg seems to put a lot of importance on people he trusts to help keep a stable environment. I see him thriving on a team with he and an upcoming junior rider and his sponsors, kinda like Gwin.

Looks like Brook is also without a team for next year.

She's 65, pretty sure she is enjoying retirement in SoCal with the other sun baked grandmas dressing like they think they are still 18.

Sram drivetrain, fox suspension. Only brand I can think running that is atherton but doubt she's on atherton. Cube run raceface components and they are sram cranks. All cube bikes have raceface cranks

Would be good for Kathy Sessler to be Greg’s new team manager for 2024 , any idea what she is up to now?

I think a key thing for riders who are out of contract at the moment is for them to be able to quantify their worth. if they think they should be on 100k a year then quantify it. Then a brand can actually see their value and if there is to be a return on the athlete. Teams are just sports marketing, as said before in times of recession and downturn of trade, marketing budget is first to be cut. simple business economics, hard luck for those riders who’s contracts expired in 23.

Between the lines of your post is an unfortunate reality about Danny — the most memorable thing he will ever do in his career was over a decade ago, and is in fact largely about Rob Warner’s announcing, not Danny himself. As an aging racer with diminishing results, anything he can do (aside from coming back with another 2011-World-Champs-style performance or multiple World Cup wins) is going to be overshadowed by *that run.* Sponsors don’t really get to cash in on that retroactively, either. It was done on a Giant, and always will have been done on a Giant. With...

probably best to wait to let the juniors race it out next year, leave the bench racing for the established elites who have a true track record at the top tier of racing, no?

Think they were only intended to last a few seasons, self-described as a "talent incubator". The goal was to get some up-and-comers, document their rise, and get them on factory race teams. Despite the level of publicity garnered, PBR seems a relatively low-budget team. Cathro seems pretty done racing and Aimi has proved herself for a factory ride. T-bo just dropped a solo edit with no mention of the team, think he's marketing himself as a jack-of-all-trades racer, someone who can do style, freeride, & speed. If they're back next season I'd expect the roster to look pretty different, still...