Shifting Focus The Making of ‘Sweet San Francisco’
We recently chatted with Christian Rigal and Clay Porter to hear about what went into bringing "Sweet San Francisco" to the big screen.
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Few riders possess the overall skillset of Braydon Bringhurst. The native Utahn mixes fluid, effortless style with the ability to scale inconceivably...
With remoteness comes responsibility and the residents of Terrace, British Columbia have no shortage of both. Though the small city is only about...
![“Brett Rheeder’s front flip off the start drop at Crankworx in 2019 was sure impressive but also a lead up to a first-ever windshield wiper in competition,” said photographer Paris Gore. “Although Emil [Johansson] took the win, Brett was on a roll of a year and took the overall FMB World Championship win. I just remember at the time some of these tricks were still so new to competition—it was mind-blowing to witness.” Photo: Paris Gore | 2019](https://freehub.com/sites/freehub/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/articles/Decades_in_the_Making_Opener.jpg)
In recognition of Crankworx’ 20-year anniversary in 2025, some of mountain biking’s most notable professional photographers to comb their archives in...
Adventure Features
Call of the Bedouin Straying from the Herd in Jordan’s Highlands
A group of three riders search for ancient singletrack in the storied deserts of Jordan.
Caroline Buchanan reflects on her genre-bending career.
Usha Khanal is breaking barriers both as a racer and a guide.
Through the decades, Cairns’ mountain bike scene rose from a handful of individuals modifying their fully rigid bikes and bombing down primitive...
Culture Features
Such Great Heights Women Ascend to Slopestyle’s Highest Level
Women made slopestyle history in their first premier slopestyle event in the Crankworx World Tour in Rotorua, New Zealand.
By the turn of the 1980s, it was evident that repurposed cruisers were not reliable enough for the rapidly increasing demands of off-road riding....
Paige Stuart and Andi Zolton, the only two U.S.-based women working on the professional mountain bike race circuit, pave the way for women mechanics.
The iconic Schwinn DX was one of the primary models Schwinn Bicycle Company produced throughout the 1940s and 1950s. A purpose-built cruiser, Schwinn...
Awareness Features
Pedal to the People A New Wave of Americans Discover Mountain Biking
The growth of mountain biking is leading swarms of newcomers to rush to their local trail systems amid calls to build more places to ride closer to home.
Having grown up during the formative years of Quebec’s mountain bike scene, Les Sentiers du Moulin (SDM) holds a special place in my heart....
Thanks to a stroke of genius, a triumph of reverse psychology and a leap of faith, Teton Pass survived its unsanctioned roots to become a prodigious...
Enduro-ing is so hot right now. From bike models to shoes to tires, the term is suddenly everywhere. Packs. Shorts. Trail helmet and googles? So...
Travel Features
Origin Story Crested Butte and the Genesis of Singletrack
As the location of the genesis of modern mountain biking, Crested Butte and Gunnison have a storied history worth telling.
As vast as it is varied, northern British Columbia is an area of untapped potential. Historically, value was placed on the seemingly endless natural...
On a rare rainy week in the Sonoran Desert, Kate Van Roekel juts out her tongue in concentration as she confidently navigates an upper section of the...
In the mid-1970s, when Dale Shewalter began mulling the idea of a trail that would traverse the entire state of Arizona from Mexico to Utah, mountain...
