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VITAL RAW - SCHLADMING #NotARace - iXS Test Session Day 1 (video)
Wyn Masters, you genius! The official unofficial iXS Test Session DH MTB event from Schladming, Austria, is underway with some of the fastest downhill mountain bikers getting loose, all off the record! YES! #notarace #ixsdownhillcup #bikeparkschladming #schladmingdachstein
Posted by sspomer on 7/2/2020 7:36 PM
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Vital RAW - Downhill Southeast Windrock (video)
The first DH mountain bike race of the 2020 Downhill Southeast season kicked off at Windrock Bike Park near Oliver Springs, Tennessee. Racers from all over the U.S. showed up to challenge the clock and each other! Frida Ronning and Dakotah Norton took home Pro victories. Isak Leivsson got 3rd i...
Posted by sspomer on 6/8/2020 9:59 AM
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UTAH FREERIDE - Vital RAW - Nell, Boggs, Riddle and Jamison (video)
Ethan Nell, Reed Boggs, Jaxson Riddle and Peter Jamison blast their mountain bikes to the moon near Virgin, Utah!
Posted by sspomer on 5/28/2020 7:57 AM
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Media Squid Sending - Vital RAW with Lee Trumpore (video)
Lockdown lifting means time for sending. Lee Trumpore turnbars and punts his way into your living room with a ripping edit from Germany! Filmed at Black Mountain Bike Park and the local Berlin trails. Learn more about Lee's yellow Yeti
Posted by sspomer on 5/20/2020 8:39 AM
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Racing As Fast As Today? Vital RAW - 2011 World Cup DH Flashback (video)
The bikes were still small, but getting a little longer. Edge (now known as ENVE) had carbon wheels on the Santa Cruz Syndicate bikes, Aaron Gwin was on Trek, Troy Lee Designs kits were loud, Labresse had heavenly grass turns and it sure feels like the race pace of the 2011 World Cup DH would be ...
Posted by sspomer on 5/8/2020 8:25 AM
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LOIC BRUNI - Vital RAW (video)
The World Champ and World Cup overall winner riding on a cloud. What more could you ask for?
Posted by sspomer on 5/4/2020 7:34 AM
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Noisy Bikes, Small Bikes - Vital RAW - 2010 World Cup DH (video)
Hard to believe this was 10 years ago! The bikes have changed, some riders have come and gone, but downhill racing is still the best ever!
Posted by sspomer on 4/26/2020 7:39 AM
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AMAURY PIERRON - Vital RAW (video)
Amaury Pierron won 3 of the 8 UCI World Cup DH mountain bike races last year. The French phenom is the definition of pure speed on a bike, laying it wide open at every chance it gets. Enjoy him speeding his 29er DH Commencal Supreme through the best downhill events of the season in this Vital RA...
Posted by sspomer on 4/22/2020 6:11 AM
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TROY BROSNAN - VITAL RAW, 2019 World Cup DH #3 (video)
Troy Brosnan, one of the most consistent riders on the UCI MTB World Cup Downhill circuit attacks with precision and style. He was the 3rd place overall finisher in the 2019 Elite Men's class and his riding level shows us why. Troy Brosnan's Canyon Sender from World Champs
Posted by sspomer on 4/5/2020 1:13 PM
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VITAL RAW - Crushing It In Christchurch (video)
The Christchurch Adventure Park originally opened in December 2016 as New Zealand’s first year round Chairlift access bike park but was forced to close when the Port Hills wildfire damaged most of the park and its tree cover in February 2017. The park re-opened in December 2017 with minimal trail...
Posted by sspomer on 3/28/2020 8:46 AM
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VITAL RAW - Danny Hart, #4 - 2019 World Cup Downhill (video)
Danny Hart is one gnarly human on a bicycle. Watch as he rides the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup DH tracks with blazing speed and precision. He has the balance of a surgeon and a wrecking ball like no other. With the 2020 downhill season postponed, he's also the last rider to win a World Cup D...
Posted by sspomer on 3/23/2020 7:07 AM
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VITAL RAW - Loris Vergier, #5 - 2019 World Cup Downhill (video)
Since the 2020 UCI World Cup Downhill is postponed until the coronavirus settles down, let's look back at the top riders of the 2019 race season. Loris Vergier of the Santa Cruz Syndicate had some highs and lows and ended up as the 5th place finisher in the 2019 World Cup DH. See Loris' Santa C...
Posted by sspomer on 3/14/2020 9:10 AM
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WORLD CUP DOWNHILL WOMEN - PINNED! Vital RAW (video)
The fastest women on DH bikes scorch the earth in this montage from the 2019 World Cup.
Posted by sspomer on 2/28/2020 8:37 AM
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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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