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Tag: 2019

Posted on July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

UCI DHI World Cup Vallnord 2022 | Live Broadcast Times

It’s back to back weekends of World cup racing and this week we head back to Vallnord, Andorra. After a 2 year hiatus the UCI DH World Cup heads back…

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Posted on October 29, 2021October 28, 2021

Red Bull Formation Documentary: Pushing the limits of Women’s Freeride MTB

The roots of Red Bull Formation go back to 2017 when Rebecca Rusch saw a void in freeride mountain biking, a void that needed to be filled by Women… and…

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Posted on April 15, 2020

Video: Back flipping a 50 foot canyon

There’s one thing in the mountain bike world that is certain, RedBull Rampage is full tilt and not for the faint-hearted. Brendan Faircloug gives us a rider’s perspective into some…

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Posted on December 5, 2019December 4, 2019

Boomerang Farm Xmas Jam: Saturday 7th December

If you haven’t already made plans for the weekend then make sure you clear your schedule and pencil in the Boomerang Farm Christmas Jam. Every year the team from Outlook…

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Posted on October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Race Report: GE State Championships

Brakes Wide Open returned to Garapine, the home of gravity enduro Australia and the first location hosting the format in Australia. After a stellar Queensland Enduro Series put together by…

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Posted on October 15, 2019

Race Report: Kooralbyn Enduro Round 7

The weekend saw the 2019 Queensland Enduro Series come to a head with round 7 of the series hitting Kooralbyn. A location steeped in mountain bike history in the late…

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Posted on September 27, 2019September 27, 2019

EMS SHIMANO ENDURO TOUR 2019

The EMS Shimano Enduro Tour is back in 2019 and is due to kick off in 2 weeks time in Western Australia. This year sees the tour head to two…

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Posted on September 8, 2019September 8, 2019

Atherton Enduro: Race Results

Round 6 of the Queensland Enduro Series headed far up north to the Atherton Tablelands for the King and Queen of the Mountain race at Atherton MTB Park. A tough…

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Posted on September 3, 2019

Canungra Enduro Results

The first ever gravity enduro race was held at Straight to Hell Inc’s Canungra compound on the weekend and we heard there was no shortage of gnar, good times and…

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Posted on August 12, 2019

Race Report: Boomerang Farm Enduro

Round 5 of the Queensland Enduro Series saw riders hit the gravity trails of Boomerang Farm Bike Park, the home of free ride in South East Queensland. There was no…

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Posted on August 6, 2019August 19, 2019

Video of The Week: Loosefest XL 2019

There’s nothing bigger, nothing ballsier and nothing more entertaining that Loosefest. The freeride festival that has taken its fair share of scalps along the way and this year its gone…

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Posted on July 31, 2019August 19, 2019

Race Report: 2019 QLD State Champs

Queensland State DH Championships graced the dusty trails of Kandanga on the weekend for some epic racing with no shortage of looseness. Big jumps, big whips, party trains and some…

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Posted on July 18, 2019August 19, 2019

Megavalanche 2019: Videos of the Week

Megavalanche 2019 was another cracking race full of carnage, ice, snow and no shortage of stoke. Riders from around the globe took to the slippery, snow covered mountains of Alpe…

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Posted on July 9, 2019July 12, 2019

EWS Les Orres: Round 5 Highlights

Round five of the Enduro World Series headed to Les Orres, France and what a round it was. After 2 days of racing, 50km and 8 stages, the race was…

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Posted on July 5, 2019August 19, 2019

EWS Round 4: Val Di Fassa Highlights

Round 4 of the EWS went to Val Di Fassa last weekend and the Italian trails provided an epic backdrop to another blockbuster round. It was a valiant return to…

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Posted on May 27, 2019

Race Report: Boomerang Farm DH

Round 2 of the SEQDH series headed to Boomerang Farm on the weekend for some gravity-fed dusty goodness. Known for it’s free ride lines and epic jumps, Boomerang Farm delivered…

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Posted on May 23, 2019June 21, 2019

Ride Location: Tamrookum Creek MTB Park

Emerging last year out of the rocky hills of Tamrookum Creek, Tamrookum Creek MTB Park is a welcome addition to the 2019 Enduro and DH race calendar. The hand-built technical…

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Posted on May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

Entries Open: Tamrookum Enduro

Entries are open for round 3 of the Queensland Enduro Series at Tamrookum MTB Park. A privately owned ride location, Tamrookum is home to some of the most technical, hand-built…

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Posted on May 7, 2019May 7, 2019

SEQDH Round 2: Boomerang Farm Entries Open

With less than 3 weeks remaining until the second round of the SEQDH season, pedals are spinning and itchy feet are getting ready to hit the dirt at Boomerang Farm.…

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Posted on April 29, 2019

Queensland Enduro Series: Toowoomba Entries Open

After a cracking weekend’s race at Garapine for the opening round of the Queensland Enduro Series, we turn our eyes to the next round and the rocky trails of Toowoomba.…

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Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

SEQDH Canungra: Race Report

The South East Queensland Downhill season kicked off in a big way on the weekend with Straight to Hell Inc hosting a blockbuster event. Weather couldn’t have been clearer and…

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Posted on February 25, 2019March 4, 2019

Darkfest 2019 Highlights: Video of the Week

We take a look at the Darkfest 2019 highlights with some of the best free ride mountain bikers in the world. Set on the rolling hills of Barrington, South Africa,…

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Posted on February 22, 2019April 29, 2019

Your Complete 2019 SEQ Gravity Calendar

There is nothing worse than trying to find which race is on where, skimming through multiple websites and then missing the big race. Well the team at Brakes Wide Open…

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Posted on February 1, 2019April 15, 2019

SEQDH 2019 RACE CALENDAR

After a pain-staking wait that left most of us begging for information and reaching for our steed, SEQDH have released their 2019 race calendar. It looks like a blockbuster race…

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Posted on January 22, 2019February 2, 2019

Queensland State Championships- Garapine 2019

2019 is shaping up to be an epic race year within the Gravity Enduro scene in Queensland. With a State-Wide series, the Scenic rim series, National cup and club events;…

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Posted on January 14, 2019February 13, 2019

Queensland’s New Enduro Series: Scenic Rim Enduro

As the season edges closer and the race calendar appears to get fuller, we look to our race schedule and start jotting in the races we are going to blaze…

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Posted on October 23, 2018May 12, 2019

2019 Queensland Enduro Series : The Future Looks Bright

2018 saw the changing of the guard for the SEQ Qld Enduro series with promoters EMS Enduro handing the reigns over to the local clubs. This saw a few hiccups…

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