Eric Porter is road tripping up in the Idaho/Wyoming area..and he wants to ride with YOU!
Tomorrow (10/15) Porter will be at the Habitat in Driggs, ID at about 1pm. From there, he'll be heading out to one of the local dirt jump spots and then shuttling Teton Pass in the afternoon. www.ridehabitat.com
On Saturday (10/16), he'll head over to Fitzgerald's Bike Shop in Jackson, WY at about 11am. From there he'll be riding Teton Pass all afternoon. www.fitzgeraldsbicycles.com
10/14/2010
Phil Sundbaum is BACK!
Phil busted his foot way back in April...needless to say, he's been jonesin' to get back on the bike. He's finally getting all healed up so here's a little video of him shredding some of his local ride spots.
Phil will be competing at AT's Showdown at the San Francisco Bike Expo on November 6th. If you're up in NorCal, check it out!
Thanks to Tony Archibeque for putting together this clip for us!
Phil will be competing at AT's Showdown at the San Francisco Bike Expo on November 6th. If you're up in NorCal, check it out!
Thanks to Tony Archibeque for putting together this clip for us!
10/13/2010
Greg Watts talks about the Red Bull Rampage
Videographer Justin Olsen caught up with Greg Watts at the Red Bull Rampage to get his take on his first experience competing there, what went into choosing his line, and what bike he was on.
"I crashed in my first run, so I took my second run as a safety run and just got down to the bottom", said Watts. "I wanted to get some points for the FMB world tour...I ended up 7th in that".
Next stop for Watts will be at AT's Jam up at the San Francisco Bike Expo on November 6th at Cow Palace.
"I crashed in my first run, so I took my second run as a safety run and just got down to the bottom", said Watts. "I wanted to get some points for the FMB world tour...I ended up 7th in that".
Next stop for Watts will be at AT's Jam up at the San Francisco Bike Expo on November 6th at Cow Palace.
10/12/2010
Eric Porter photo gallery on MBAction.com
Recent MTB Hall of Fame inductee, John Ker, got some great photos of Eric Porter at the Park City Dirt Jump Park aboard his Steel Reserve 1.3. None of these photos have ever been published in the magazine and they are great...check them our by clicking here!
9/15/2010
What comes after Interbike...Outerbike!
Mark you calendars and book your flights! Right after Interbike, we're heading straight to Moab, UT for the first annual Outerbike demo event hosted by Western Spirit Cycling Adventures September 30-October 3. For a meager $150, you get 4 days worth of bike demos, lunch, shuttles to trailheads, and schwag. To learn more about this cool event or to sign up, head over to http://www.outerbike.com/.
See ya there!
9/14/2010
Greg Watts Double Feature!
We've got two Greg Watts contest videos for you so we'll just call it a double feature! One video was shot at Kokanee Crankworx and the other was shot at the Goatstyle Jam.
So go grab a bowl of popcorn and a brewski, kick back, and enjoy the show!
Video credits: Peter Bailey (Crankworx video) and Dan Poirier (Goatstyle video).
So go grab a bowl of popcorn and a brewski, kick back, and enjoy the show!
Watts at Crankworx! from peter bailey on Vimeo.
Watts shreddage at Goatstyle from Haro Bikes MTB on Vimeo.
Video credits: Peter Bailey (Crankworx video) and Dan Poirier (Goatstyle video).
9/09/2010
Porter in Alaska
Well I'm home again from another amazing 2 wheeled adventure, this time to Alaska! I (Eric Porter) went there with Kelly McGarry and Chris Van Dine, and we spent 2 weeks camping and riding. We also had Harookz shooting stills, Don Hampton on video, Alec Cattarin on POV, and Carlos Crowl (DHA) as our amazing guide. It was an amazing experience to say the least, we had a blast! The trip started out strong, as soon as we left the airport, we looked out the window of the truck to see the northern lights (aurora borealis) dancing around in the sky, it was pretty unbelievable, just this quickly moving and changing mass of green light all the way across the sky.
The second night was quite the opposite, we returned from a late dinner at the Salmon Bake restaurant and during dinner the coulds had opened up into a torrential downpour. The original plan was that we were all camping in a 1950s army wall tent. However when we got back from dinner we all found our sleeping bags pads and pillows sitting in a small lake which used to be known as the bottom of the tent. That was a miserable night, we all split up between sleeping in the rental van, the guide's pickup truck backseat, and his toy hauler trailer where all the bikes were.
Looking back it was a good way to toughen us up for the rest of our time in AK, dealing with pretty much all the seasons each day. It was beautiful up there with amazing views all around, and we watched the fall colors coming out while we were there, it was full on fall by the time we left. We also saw some great wildlife; bald eagles, moose, and fox just to name a few. We didn't see a bear the whole time, but they were around, we saw tracks everywhere, and didn't go anywhere without our bear bell and bear spray. You can see my backcountry toilet in one of the photos!!
Another unique experience was that Jason, the owner of the Salmon Bake bar and restaurant invited us to ride across the bar one night to put on a show for his customers, I thought this was a pretty fitting thing to do with my bike considering my homebrew beer graphics! So we all took turns riding around up there and threw some tricks off the end, pretty sweet! It was an extremely tiring trip with all of the time we spent hiking ridgelines with our bikes, working on trails, and of course riding every day. We ended up eating a ton of Clif Bar products throughout the day to keep us going, since we usually missed lunch because we were out on the hill.
On the last day we ended up lucking out with the weather and getting an amazing sunset, which enabled us to finish shooting at this really cool zone with some awesome berms and a couple big jumps. As the light was almost gone I finally stomped my big trick for the trip that I had been saving till the end because of the danger factor, and it couldn't have been more golden light when I did it! As soon as it was done I sprinted down the hill to the car, immediately took apart and packed my bike, and drove to the airport arriving 1 hour before my flight, just in time! All in all it was one of my favorite trips I've ever been on, and I'm sure I'll be back next year!
Big thanks to Haro Bikes, Gravity, Clif Bar, and Contour HD for making this happen! Also thanks to Jason (http://www.denaliparksalmonbake.com/) for all his help, and my wife Megan for all of her local AK knowledge. I apologize for the photo quality on some of these as they are all iphone photos, you'll have to wait for the article and videos to see the real thing, this is just a teaser!
Eric Porter
The second night was quite the opposite, we returned from a late dinner at the Salmon Bake restaurant and during dinner the coulds had opened up into a torrential downpour. The original plan was that we were all camping in a 1950s army wall tent. However when we got back from dinner we all found our sleeping bags pads and pillows sitting in a small lake which used to be known as the bottom of the tent. That was a miserable night, we all split up between sleeping in the rental van, the guide's pickup truck backseat, and his toy hauler trailer where all the bikes were.
Looking back it was a good way to toughen us up for the rest of our time in AK, dealing with pretty much all the seasons each day. It was beautiful up there with amazing views all around, and we watched the fall colors coming out while we were there, it was full on fall by the time we left. We also saw some great wildlife; bald eagles, moose, and fox just to name a few. We didn't see a bear the whole time, but they were around, we saw tracks everywhere, and didn't go anywhere without our bear bell and bear spray. You can see my backcountry toilet in one of the photos!!
Another unique experience was that Jason, the owner of the Salmon Bake bar and restaurant invited us to ride across the bar one night to put on a show for his customers, I thought this was a pretty fitting thing to do with my bike considering my homebrew beer graphics! So we all took turns riding around up there and threw some tricks off the end, pretty sweet! It was an extremely tiring trip with all of the time we spent hiking ridgelines with our bikes, working on trails, and of course riding every day. We ended up eating a ton of Clif Bar products throughout the day to keep us going, since we usually missed lunch because we were out on the hill.
On the last day we ended up lucking out with the weather and getting an amazing sunset, which enabled us to finish shooting at this really cool zone with some awesome berms and a couple big jumps. As the light was almost gone I finally stomped my big trick for the trip that I had been saving till the end because of the danger factor, and it couldn't have been more golden light when I did it! As soon as it was done I sprinted down the hill to the car, immediately took apart and packed my bike, and drove to the airport arriving 1 hour before my flight, just in time! All in all it was one of my favorite trips I've ever been on, and I'm sure I'll be back next year!
Big thanks to Haro Bikes, Gravity, Clif Bar, and Contour HD for making this happen! Also thanks to Jason (http://www.denaliparksalmonbake.com/) for all his help, and my wife Megan for all of her local AK knowledge. I apologize for the photo quality on some of these as they are all iphone photos, you'll have to wait for the article and videos to see the real thing, this is just a teaser!
Eric Porter
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