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A few weeks ago we hooked up with Steve Peat, Guy Martin and Joe Barnes to spend two days all mountain riding and filming in Scotland for a new edition of Mojo Suspensions Trail Diaries.

It was unbelievable for the guys to have fitted in a couple of days with us into their schedule and we aimed to make the most of it. Over the 2 days the Scottish weather pretty much threw everything it had at us, sun, rain, hail, wind and snow. Filming conditions were tough but a great time was had by everyone involved and we came out with a film for you all to watch!

The Anthill guys really are spoiling us. Not only have they released another super slow-mo video clip, this time of Brandon Semenuk, but they’ve also announced that next Thursday they’ll be streaming the entire movie online for free!

Here’s what they had to say:

“For our new film, ‘Strength in Numbers’ we want to use new media in new ways to reach new people and this is the first step into the unknown for us.  Working with Red Bull Media House we will be premiering the film online, for free on May 24th at 12pm PST.  The attached release gives all the info.  Our goal is to bring tens of thousands of riders from all over he world together to watch the film all at the same time.  We figure the more people who see the film, the more people will be stoked to get out and ride their bike… and the more people ride, the better our world gets.”

Can’t argue with that now can we?

Cadre Productions is pleased to announce the iTunes and DVD release of its debut film “Trailnotes”, a documentary about the mountain bike lifestyle in Rotorua New Zealand.

Trail Notes is a collection of stories capturing the lifestyles of passionate mountain bikers from the Southern Hemisphere Mecca of Rotorua New Zealand and the infamous trails of the Whakarewarewa forest. The film follows four unique individuals and showcases their stories of how mountain biking captivated their lives and what has drawn them to the sport and intoxicating location of the forest. Each of these interconnected stories creates a tapestry of the local scene that mimics the winding trails of the forest. These stories of personal battles, commitment and passion to the sport of mountain biking, illustrate both the individual and collective culture that these trails breed.

After a successful national premiere tour in New Zealand the film has now been released digitally on iTunes globally, debuting at Number 1 on the New Zealand and Australian iTunes movie charts for documentary. At the time of print Trailnotes retains its Number 1 documentary status in the New Zealand iTunes store and is sitting at Number 4 documentary in the Australian iTunes store. However the most exciting outcome for the filmmakers is that the film currently sits at Number 11 and Number 18 in the Sports charts for the Canadian and United States iTunes stores.

The film is being exclusively distributed in the US, Canada, Europe and South America through WAX Entertainment, so ask for it in your nearest bike shop.

Trailnotes was made possible by the generous support of Destination Rotorua, Pinkbike, Spoke Magazine, Yeti Cycles NZ, Freeload, Nature Valley, Urge Bike Products and Torpedo7.com. Additional support for the film has been provided by Contour/Revolution Products.

We hope you enjoy the film and thanks again to everyone that has come along to a premiere or downloaded the film!

Get all the latest news about the film at trailnotesfilm and on facebook.

Ian Morrison seems to be the man of the minute, and the Devinci rider needed some training for the Whistler beer league this summer, so he met the fastest man around, Steve Smith, for a day of training in Pemberton.

I Am Specialized

Round three of the World Cup series brings the team to Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. This also marks a homecoming for Jaroslav Kulhavy, who along with Christoph, Burry, and Lea, are hoping to keep their Olympic dreams alive. Will the crashes and mechanical problems get the best of them? Will the team stay ranked #1?

Trek World Racing had a pretty good time at Sea Otter, with Aaron Gwin taking third in the downhill race, joined on the podium by his teammate Neko Mulally. A notoriously pedally course, the team opted to run their Enduro bikes, the superb Trek Slash 9, with the brand new Saint group-set. A week later and the guys were back on their usual bikes, the Session 9.9 for the opening round of the US National Series in Port Angeles. Gwin finished second with Neko once again joining him on the podium.

There just aren’t enough videos of Guy Martin on a mountain bike. A big thanks to Suzuki Bikes UK for making this possible.

“TT Racer and TV personality Guy Martin and World Downhill Champion Danny Hart got together for a ride at Hamsterly Forest in Durham, and for a chat about the TT, motocross, the downhill World Championship, and whether Guy could beat Danny round Dalby.”

Ride.io Presents all the action from Fort William Halo British Downhill Series Round 2.

The Scottish Weather was all over the place, with sunshine, rain and blustering winds. Racing had to be cancelled due to the gusts of 100mph predicted for the Sunday, meaning the chairlift wasn’t able to run. Seeding runs took place on Saturday which determined the Results

There aren’t many people who can rock up at Whistler with a 1000FPS camera, and there aren’t many people who can scrub like Ian Morrison. Did he land it? Does it matter? We’ll let you decide.

Opening day at the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is just days away and the anticipation to ride is at an all time high. After a long and very snowy winter in Whistler, the first tastes of summer are finally hitting the tongue as warm weather moves in and the first Giant Glory bikes arrive. With Trail Crew putting in countless hours digging, raking, packing and repacking, the first drop down A-Line will seem like summer never left. But it did, and now it’s back.