 RED BULL CONTENT POOL British mountain biker hauls 100 tonnes of dirt to create unique personal jumps. Mountain bike slopestyle star Matt Jones could have took it easy during lockdown in his native Britain, but he decided to keep his groove on by building an amazing trick course and pit bike track in his own backyard. Here is all you need to know: - Jones has built a big global reputation as one of slopestyle's most innovative exponents and placed ninth in the 2018 Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship Standings. - The 26-year-old went into lockdown with his fiancee at their Woburn home, while his friend and videographer buddy Ben also stayed with them. - The backyard was originally pegged as just lawn for the dog to run around in, however Jones managed to persuade his fiancée to let him have half of the area for his unique bike project. - With dog Moose for company, Matt and Ben undertook back-breaking wheelbarrow shifts and also used a ride-on lawnmower trailer to haul dirt to mould jumps. - The course starts with three rollers that splits into five pump track and technical lines that can be navigated over 10 different ways with a step-up, chunky spine, shark fin, hip and big jump that gives Jones enough challenges to stay in tune with his bike. - Even though the big jump only measures 1.4 metres in height, compared to the four-metre high ones on the professional slopestyle circuit, it still needs focus. - The narwhal was built almost vertical with a clay lip, so Jones could drift backwards across to the big jump, while the chunky spine was made of rock hard clay. - Jones said: “With having so much time, it was important to find a way to keep riding my bike, this was the only solution. “The aim wasn’t about doing massive tricks, just staying on my bike and keeping fit and active with my riding. Video: @mattjonesmtb more coming soon!!
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 Photo: Sebastian Gruber The year 2020 has not yet been able to deliver a lot of mountain bike racing action and unfortunately it also looks as if the first events are still far behind. The past two days were a small attempt to bring back some race feeling.  Photo: Sebastian Gruber The initial thought came from Wyn Masters. The New Zealander, who is currently spending a lot of time in Munich, reached out to Racement at some point and expressed his wish to do something in order to generate content for his video series again. With Markus Pekoll, another enthusiast was quickly found, who could instantly deliver the perfect location with the Bikepark Schladming. Uwe Buchholz also didn´t hesitate to come on board, after all, he is a communicator, well networked and provides ideas that are more important than ever during this time. In the current situation, we as Racement are of course open for everything, after all we don't know where to put our excess energy.  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 Summer vibes from the Italian Dolomites in a video from 2019 when Canadian legends Geoff Gulevich, Richie Schley and Darren Berrecloth teamed up to explore these unique mountains in the heath of the Alps. A great week of riding, exploring and laughing in perfect weather and truly epic views! Thanks to dolomitisuperski.com we had the ‘Dolomiti Super Summer’ passes to access 100 lifts over 12 valleys for a ridiculous 400 km of trails, that makes of The Dolomites one of the largest bike destination in the world. If not the largest. Bucket list worthy. 'The dolomites are a place that seems somewhat surreal, the mountains are insanely beautiful and unique, the culture and locals are on point. The riding there is actually improving greatly year by year and already has some of the best terrain and trails I’ve ridden in Europe. Absolutely love the place and can’t wait to go back!' - Darren Berrecloth 'The Dolomites for me are one of the most interesting mountain ranges I have played in. With the high Alpine looking like a desert and the lifts taking you anywhere you can imagine, its an outdoor mountain fantasy. Not too mention the Italian cuisine mixed in to the whole recipe.' - Richie Schley 'I am in love with the diverse terrain, beautiful views and the accessibility the Dolomites has to offer. You could ride there for twenty years and still discover new areas to ride and hike. Can't wait to go back!' - Geoff Gulevich For those who can travel there the season 2020 has started this week and all the lifts are open. #dolomitibikegalaxy #ridethedolomites #dolomitisupersummer #darrenberrecloth #richieschley #geoffgulvich #aledilullophotography #mtbmagasia
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 Photo: Naoki Morita When it comes to the agency’s newest athlete, Tarek Rasouli immediately raves: “I've been following him for some time on Instagram and immediately liked him. I was blown away when I watched "Chase Her". Tomomi rides really, really well; his technical tricks remind me of Fabio Wibmer and Danny MacAskill. I also find the exclusively positive user comments he seems to attract very likeable,” says the motivated managing director of RASOULUTION after their recent signing with Tomomi.  Photo: Satoshi Saijo The person Tarek speaks so enthusiastically about is Tomomi Nishikubo. The Japanese rider is a true artist on the bike. Now 28-year-old, he started riding motocross at the age of five. Seven years later, his passion for bikes without an engine was ignited and Tomomi started his trials career. In 2013, he competed in the UCI Trials World Championships in South Africa and finished 25th. His greatest successes, becoming Japanese Trials Champion in 2016 and 2017, made him known within the country. However, Tomomi is not only at home on the Trials bike, his broad ability is illustrated by his win of the Japanese Downhill Series (Expert) in 2018. His switch to street trials also paid off with victory in Trials at the Ninja Games last year. Trials, downhill and freeride are among his prime disciplines all of which he combines spectacularly in his great passion - the making of videos.  Photo: Naoki Morita Thanks to the high-quality clips paired with his riding class, he also made a name for himself even beyond the national border. “Plot, jokes and above all his riding is really good. Especially in his last video “Chase Her” there were some really technical and cool things about which I can only say: “Hats off. Pretty awesome." He has a cool style and understands how to show it in videos," says his role model Fabio Wibmer enthusiastically.  Photo: Naoki Morita Next to his riding career, Tomomi works part-time as a filmmaker and consultant for social network services in Yokohama. The partnership with RASOULUTION will help him take the next step in his career. “I have some big film projects in my head that I really want to realize. RASOULUTION is the ideal partner by my side not only for this. I was also directly impressed by their extraordinary network and professionalism. I am thrilled to be part of the team that also includes my idols Danny and Fabio,” the likeable Japanese is looking forward to the collaboration and can hardly wait for one thing: “I hope I can soon go to Europe and ride with them."  Photo: Naoki Morita With his riding class and his good eye for video productions, Tarek sees great chances that the Japanese will establish himself in the global bike scene: “Tomomi has huge potential. We want to help him to spread his passion around the world so that he can inspire and motivate even more people to ride bikes.”  Photo: Naoki Morita Follow Tomomi’s adventure here: Instagram: www.instagram.com/tomomi_nishikubo/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/TomomiNishikubo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tomomi_nishikubo Website: https://rasoulution.com/athletes/tomomi-nishikubo/ #tomominishikubo #partnership #rasoulution #japan #mtbmagasia
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