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Vital RAW, Mob n Mojave 2020 Bootleg Canyon (video)
The Mob n Mojave is one of the opening downhill mountain bike races of the U.S. season and this year it's also an Enduro World Series qualifier. The unrelenting sharp rocks of the Bootleg Canyon trails make for sketchy and scary conditions. Aaron Gwin and plenty of other pinners are there to batt...
Posted by sspomer on 2/16/2020 6:43 AM
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Brook Macdonald IS Vital RAW (video)
No bike rider better defines Vital RAW than Brook Macdonald. The Kiwi pinner, known as The Bulldog, is the epitome of ragged, loose and on the edge, and he's been making our jaws drop for years with his skills on a mountain bike. During the 2019 Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-...
Posted by sspomer on 2/7/2020 11:27 AM
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Vital RAW - Doing it Wrong, World Cup DH-style (video)
When it goes wrong, it goes really wrong on the World Cup DH circuit. The first race of 2020 is creeping up on us!
Posted by sspomer on 1/28/2020 7:27 AM
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VITAL RAW - Bike vs. Rocks - Arizona Gnar with Jonathon Simonetti (video)
When he's not running quality control at Pivot Cycles, Jonathon Simonetti is trying to break every rock in the Phoenix, Arizona area on his mountain bike. Full #MTB gnar in this Vital RAW from a brutal, unrelenting trail with no traction and death plants waiting to eat you alive. Even the dogs an...
Posted by sspomer on 1/24/2020 8:58 AM
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The Vital RAW That Started It All - Adam Brayton, Schladming 2013 (video)
26-inch wheels don't seem that slow, do they?! In September of 2013, Steel City Media and Adam Brayton made the first rider-focused Vital RAW in Schladming, Austria. After putting together Vital RAW clips from World Cup races for the first time earlier in the season, Joe Bowman wanted to cap...
Posted by sspomer on 1/21/2020 7:05 AM
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Vital RAW - Luca Shaw Ripping His Tallboy (video)
Santa Cruz Syndicate ripper, Luca Shaw, makes mincemeat out of the trails on a Santa Cruz Tallboy. #USDH Vital's Santa Cruz Tallboy Review See over 1,000 Santa Cruz Builds in our Bike Check section
Posted by sspomer on 1/16/2020 7:02 AM
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Sam Hill, Steve Peat, Stevie Smith - Vital RAW FLASHBACK - 2013 Hafjell World Cup DH (video)
#longlivechainsaw - This was the first time we focused specifically on a raw video at a World Cup DH race weekend and Steel City Media captured the bike abuse. We hadn't even decided to call it Vital RAW yet. This raw compilation is from the Hafjell, Norway, World Cup in September 2013. 26 inch w...
Posted by sspomer on 12/20/2019 8:16 AM
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WAY STEEPER THAN IT LOOKS! Vital RAW with Nestoroff and Trixie (video)
Nik Nestoroff and Trevor Boldi (aka Trixie), get loose on some super steep SoCal downhill trails.
Posted by sspomer on 12/5/2019 6:39 AM
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Vital RAW - JANKER (video)
An epic Pacific Northwest MTB trail gets shredded for some loam-flinging action with Janker.
Posted by sspomer on 10/15/2019 6:33 AM
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Vital RAW - 2019 Enduro Trophy of Nations in Finale Ligure, Italy (video)
For the first time in the history of enduro mountain bike racing, UCI jerseys and medals were on offer at the 2019 Trophy of Nations in Finale Ligure, Italy. The prestige of the awards was reflected in the intensity of the racing on display on Finale’s iconic trails. Riders represented their coun...
Posted by sspomer on 9/30/2019 12:03 PM
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VITAL RAW REDUX - BEST OF WORLD CUP DOWNHILL 2019 (video)
Go fast, take chances - that's downhill mountain bike racing in a nutshell. The best clips from the 2019 UCI World Cup DH MTB season in this face-melting Vital RAW! Maribor, Fort William, Leogang, Les Get, Val di Sole, Lenzerheide, Mont-Sainte-Anne World Champs and Snowshoe, West Virginia deliver...
Posted by sspomer on 9/27/2019 2:41 PM
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Vital RAW - 2019 Enduro World Series, Zermatt Switzerland (video)
Sam Hill takes the 2019 Enduro World Series title after a nail-biting battle with Florian Nicolai at the final EWS of the year in Zermatt, Switzerland. Hill finished 2nd to Martin Maes on the day, but it was enough for Sam to take the title. The trails were tough, the descents were massive and fi...
Posted by sspomer on 9/22/2019 10:53 AM
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Vital RAW - U.S. Open Downhill Race Day (video)
The dust and rocks of the Snow Summit bike park were no match for some of the fastest mountain bike racers in the world at the 2019 U.S. Open. Loic Bruni and Jill Kintner took Pro wins, but not after battling the conditions and fellow riders to the very end. Bruce Klein gets the tree hugger award...
Posted by sspomer on 9/16/2019 11:50 AM
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Vital RAW - U.S. Open of Mountain Biking at Snow Summit - Day 1 (video)
Snow Summit is dusty, rough and primed for the 2019 U.S. Open of Mountain Biking. DH racers like Greg Minnaar, Aaron Gwin, Dakotah Norton and more get their bikes on course in the first practice sessions. The course is brand new for the Snow Summit bike park and has plenty of tricky moves. Stay t...
Posted by sspomer on 9/14/2019 2:17 PM
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Vital RAW, Snowshoe, West Virginia, World Cup DH 2 (video)
This is the last UCI Mountain Bike World Cup DH Vital RAW of 2019. But wow, it's a doozy! The DH racers in Snowshoe, West Virginia are battling with the ugliest, sketchiest rocks their bikes and bodies can handle. Steep chutes, big jumps and plenty of rim-smashing, bike-scratching obstacles stand...
Posted by sspomer on 9/6/2019 12:54 PM
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BIG ROCKS & BACKFLIPS! Vital RAW, Snowshoe World Cup Downhill (video)
We don't often see backflips at a World Cup. Nathan Rennie did one on the Dual course in Durango in 2003, but since then, has it happened? Regardless, when World Cup downhill racers like Kaos Seagrave and Brendan Fairclough are doing backflips in practice followed by pin-balling off a million ro...
Posted by sspomer on 9/5/2019 6:37 PM
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VITAL RAW - World Champs Downhill Day 2 and 3 (video)
Rain on Friday, primo conditions on Saturday and plenty of broken bikes and bodies from a brutal two days of downhill practice from Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec and the 2019 MTB Worlds. We do know Brook Macdonald was injured today and we're waiting to hear specifics, so healing vibes go out to our f...
Posted by sspomer on 8/31/2019 4:04 PM
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VITAL RAW - World Champs Downhill Day 1 (video)
DON'T SCRATCH THOSE BIKES! Absolutely bonkers the rocks and the high-speed sections at Mont-Sainte-Anne. And this is the first "chill" day of practice. If you heard a loud boom earlier today, it was Brook Macdonald breaking the sound barrier. ALL THINGS WORLD CHAMPS
Posted by sspomer on 8/29/2019 6:04 PM
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FINAL RACE DAY - Vital RAW 2019 Enduro World Series Northstar (video)
The 2019 Enduro World Series at Northstar Bike Park near Lake Tahoe, California, turned out to be the closest race in the history of the series. After a total of 26 minutes of timed racing, Richie Rude beat Sam Hill by just .81 seconds. Richie won the final stage by .94 seconds, enough to beat Sa...
Posted by sspomer on 8/26/2019 7:47 AM
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Vital RAW - Race Day 1, Enduro World Series Northstar (video)
Vital RAW comes in hot from the first day of racing during the 2019 EWS at Northstar Bike Park near Lake Tahoe. The rock gardens are huge, the dust is deep, and the best mountain bikers in the world are struggling in the conditions, while locals are stepping up in the results. Richie Rude leads S...
Posted by sspomer on 8/25/2019 10:03 AM
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Vital RAW - ENDURO WORLD SERIES NORTHSTAR 2019 (video)
You may want to get your dust mask on for this one! Enduro World Series mountain bike racers battle the dust of Northstar Bike Park near Lake Tahoe for the 2019 event. See PIT BITS from the EWS Northstar
Posted by sspomer on 8/24/2019 8:39 AM
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Vital RAW - 2019 ENDURO WORLD SERIES WHISTLER! (video)
The top enduro mountain bike racers in the world tackle the infamous EWS at Whistler Bike Park. The sixth stage was so brutal that some riders were asking the organizers to take it out. Richie Rude and Isabeau Courdurier took Pro wins.
Posted by sspomer on 8/12/2019 7:27 PM
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PERFECT TRACK! Vital RAW - Lenzerheide World Cup Downhill 2019 (video)
Today at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, racers were treated to perfect course conditions. Rain earlier in the week led to grippy dirt with traction everywhere. Rocks, roots, trees and jumps make the course diverse and technical for the competitors, but...
Posted by sspomer on 8/9/2019 7:39 AM
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Vital RAW, Lenzerheide Day 1 - Going for Broke! (video)
When Greg Minnaar looks like a pinball, you know things are serious.
Posted by sspomer on 8/8/2019 1:20 PM
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BIKE ABUSE! Vital RAW, 2019 World Cup Downhill, Val di Sole Day 2 (video)
Before the rain came in at the 2019 Val di Sole, Italy, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill today, riders experienced good course conditions in the morning before qualifying. Val di Sole is often considered the most brutal course on the circuit with unrelenting steeps, giant rocks, tricky roots...
Posted by sspomer on 8/2/2019 8:45 AM
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SO ROUGH! Vital RAW, 2019 Val di Sole World Cup Downhill (video)
The 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill race at Val di Sole, Italy, is underway and it is the gnarliest track of the season. The course is steep, filled with huge rocks and holes and has the competitors trying to sort out their line choice. See the timed training results from today with Am...
Posted by sspomer on 8/1/2019 1:28 PM
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2019 U.S. National Champs Downhill Race Action - Vital RAW (video)
Downhill mountain bike racing from the 2019 U.S. National Championships at Trestle Bike Park in Winter Park, Colorado. Neko Mulally and Jill Kintner took Pro wins. RESULTS: 2019 U.S. National Championships Downhill
Posted by sspomer on 7/28/2019 8:06 PM
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🔥 Vital RAW 🇺🇸 2019 U.S. National Championships DH & Dual Slalom (video)
The #USDH downhill and dual slalom action from Trestle Bike Park is on fire this weekend in Winter Park, Colorado. The long, loose downhill course has plenty of rocks and technical elements mixed with some high-speed open sections and pedal-filled traverses. Dual Slalom finals took place on Frid...
Posted by sspomer on 7/27/2019 9:18 AM
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HIGH-SPEED DOWNHILL! Vital RAW, 2019 Les Gets World Cup Day 2 (video)
Fast, loose and nearly out of control! World Cup Downhill mountain bikers get their race lines prepped before qualifying at the 2019 UCI event in Les Gets, France. The course carries more speed than any other this season with wide-open grass turns and jumps that send competitors into orbit. A tr...
Posted by sspomer on 7/12/2019 8:26 AM
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JUMPING 86 FEET! Vital RAW 2019 Les Gets, France, World Cup Downhill (video)
The fastest World Cup Downhill mountain bike race course of 2019 is here, and it's in Les Gets, France. Today during practice, the DH racers got up to speed incredibly quickly with no shortage of carnage. From 2 - 3pm before timed training, we held the unofficial Vital MTB / Vanzacs #lesgetslong...
Posted by sspomer on 7/11/2019 12:41 PM
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