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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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Vital RAW - Enduro World Series 2019 Les Orres, France - EDDIE WINS! (video)
Lee Trumpore, who raced earlier in the day, manage to get up to the mountain to film parts of Stage 7 and Stage 8 at the 2019 EWS in Les Orres, France. Eddie Masters took his first win and Isabeau Courdurier locked up another victory in the women's class. RACE RESULTS: Enduro World Series Les O...
Posted by sspomer on 7/7/2019 11:31 AM
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Vital RAW Andorra World Cup Downhill Day 2 (video)
With qualifying today, World Cup DH racers were focused on getting their lines dialed to go fastest enough for the big show on Saturday. Get loose with the best from Vallnord, Andorra. Today's Qualifying Results
Posted by sspomer on 7/5/2019 6:52 AM
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Vital RAW - Andorra World Cup DH Day 1 (video)
So fast, so steep, so abusive. The World Cup Downhill at Vallnord, Andorra kicked off today with plenty of roost, dust and hucks. The gap at the end of the video had never been done until today, when Bernard Kerr hit it for the first time. Now other riders like Danny Hart and Greg Minnaar have s...
Posted by sspomer on 7/4/2019 12:07 PM
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Vital RAW - Richie Rude and Jubal Davis (video)
Super schralptastic soil shredding with Richie Rude (who just announced his return to the EWS) and Jubal Davis.
Posted by sspomer on 6/22/2019 6:01 PM
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Vital RAW - Pro GRT / NW Cup Tamarack, Idaho (video)
Downhill mountain biker racers from all over the USA and Canada descended on Tamarack Resort in Idaho for the 4th round of the NW Cup and USA Cycling Pro GRT. Pros and amateurs tackled challenging, technical terrain with dry, dusty conditions. Neko Mulally and Claire Buchar took pro wins with Ty...
Posted by sspomer on 6/18/2019 12:25 PM
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Vital RAW - Ludicrous Leogang Day 2 (video)
Only fractions of a second separated times during qualifying today at the Leogang World Cup Downhill in Austria. When all was said and done, the race clock showed that Greg Minnaar, Tracey Hannah, Thibaut Daprela and Vali Holl were fastest. Check out some of the rowdy practice this morning befor...
Posted by sspomer on 6/8/2019 7:42 AM
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VITAL RAW - Scrubs, Skids and Speed in Leogang (video)
World Cup DH action from a blisteringly fast Leogang, Austria, course. How about that brake bedding machine? And Mitch's scrub? PFFFFFT!!! Bernard Kerr Fastest in Timed Training - RESULTS ALL THINGS LEOGANG WORLD CUP DH
Posted by sspomer on 6/7/2019 1:31 PM
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Vital RAW - Fort William World Cup DH Day 2 (video)
It's bike and body versus the elements as the World Cup DH of Fort William, Scotland carries on with practice before qualifying. Loris Vergier and Tracey Hannah went fastest in qualifying today under consistent conditions. See Qualifying Results - https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/RESULTS-Loris...
Posted by sspomer on 6/1/2019 8:15 AM
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