Durability, Versatility or Mobility? While decimating downhill runs in Spain, Loic selected the Defend kit. Fusing durability and stretch, it’s the perfect gear for getting into - or out of - all kinds of trouble. Like Loic, you can mix and match our purpose-built collections to create a kit for your ride.

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The first round of UCI DH World Cup is just around the corner and we are pumped! As riders prepare to take on Maribor, Slovenia, we will be bringing you daily updates from the MTB scene to keep the stoke high ahead of the 2019 UCI season.

New teams and new bikes have been assembled, so let the battle begin!

From Rachel Atherton and Tahnee Seagrave to Loic Bruni and Aaron Gwin, the 2019 season is going to be wall-to-wall MTB drama. Who are your predictions for this years UCI Downhill MTB World Cup?

We have good days and bad days, understanding how to handle bad days and put them away to not affect us for the future good days is something we all struggle with from time to time.

In this episode Brook talks about how chasing your goals and striving for performance excellence is what drives him to look past the bad days in high performance racing.

Cover shot and end credit photo: @maddogboris
World cup footage supplied by Redbull and MS Mondraker racing team.

I created this slideshow for the Pro Photographer Showdown 2019, a photographic contest held in Whistler, BC - Canada during the World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF)

This comp after almost 20 editions is considered the most prestigious in extreme sports photography and has the unique characteristic of putting photographers from different sports to compete presenting their body of work in a 8 to 9 minutes long slideshow.

This year competition put myself against some very talented colleagues: Zack Noyle (Surf), Robin O'Neill (Snow and Bikes), Tal roberts (Skate) and the wildcard Markus Paladino (cold water surf).

My slide show was voted Best in Show by the judges and Robin O'neill got the People's Choice.

Huge thanks to Whistler, WSSF and the contest organization and judges for putting this unique event together.

But the biggest thanks goes to all the riders that have believed, followed and occasionally risked their life for me in these past 15 years, it's been an amazing ride:

Sergi Topo Valenzuela
Andreu Lacondeguy
Ethan Nell
Ace Hayden
Loosedog Lewis
Nico Vink
Kyle Jameson
Markus Flossman
Brett Tippie
Richie Schley
Mark Weir
Marco Osborne
Sam Reynolds
Anthony Messere
Nick Pescetto
Boris Beyer
Adolf Silva
Franz Grossman
Geoff Gulevich
Darren Berrecloth
Grant "Chopper" Fielder
Bryan Regnier
Steffi Marth
Wade Simmons
Cedric Gracia
Philipp Rother

Brandon Semenuk
Sam Pilgrim
Brett Rheeder
Yannick Granieri
Cam McCaul
Nicoli Rogatkin
Paul Basagoitia
Martin Soederstrom
Emil Johansson
Peter Henke
Tomas Genon
Antoine Bizet
Szymon Godziek
Nico Scholze
Thomas Lemoine
Anton Thelander

Jordie Lunn
Carson Storch
Bas Van Steenbergen
Cam Zink
Alex Volokhov
Graham Agassiz
Kurt Sorge
Klemens Kaudela
Tom Van Steenbergen
Ollie Jones
Conor McFarlane
Robbie Bourdon
Kelly McGarry
DJ Brandt
Randy Spangler
Tyler McCaul
Kyle Strait
Jimmy Hill
Tyler Bereman
Lluis Lacondeguy
Brendan Howie
Aaron Chase
Mads Haugen
Matti Miles

Music:Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away (quiet)
Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away

Andreu + Utah = enough said.

It' been a while since The Syndicate crew has been out to Sea Otter, to race the infamous Dual Slalom (not so much the DH) so it was rad to get there pre-season this year...

Check out how the boys got on during their trip out to California and stay tuned for the start of our World Cup coverage this week out in Maribor, Slovenia!!