Coastal Comeback Pacific City's Trail-Based Reinvention
Pacific City, Oregon reignites a spark as the area becomes a destination for riders, breathing new life into the local economy and giving the community an altogether new identity and purpose.
Progression can be a slippery, fickle concept. Defining what it means among mountain bikers is a difficult task because we all interpret from our...
Recently, I had a full-circle moment in the most unlikely place. Pacing nervously, I waited for my teammates to arrive on a canoe at Bellingham,...
Tell me about the biggest wave you’ve ever ridden, I said. Tell me what it felt like to stand on top of the world, feel the rush of water under...
Most American kids dream of the day they turn 16. It’s the day they can finally escape the wrath of their parents by having the freedom to...
When I consider community within the context of mountain biking, I tend to think in broad strokes. We bond around the shared exhilaration and fun the...
There is a place, in the furthest corner of the world, where 12-year-olds will have you reconsidering how good you actually are at mountain biking....
Jen See details her ceaseless pursuit of finding ride buddies within her community.
Recently, while conducting research for this Freehub Arkansas Photo Book, I learned about Bruce Walker, a man who owned Flying Possum Leather on...
This February, the Ozark Off Road Cyclists (OORC) celebrated its 19th running of the Buffalo Headwaters Challenge, an annual bike bash based in Red...
In early October 2023, Freehub senior photographer Riley Seebeck shuffled through his camera gear in the dark at the summit of Mount Nebo as he...
As is tradition at Freehub, our final issue of each year centers around the theme of “adventure.” It’s often our toughest edition...
When listing the top 10 brain-melting moments in the history of freeride mountain biking on your fingers, Josh Bender’s four jumps off the...
When settlers first came to the Pacific Northwest, they began an initiative for deforestation. The forest held many valuable resources, but it also...
Crankworx's Open Enduro, a grueling five-stage race, pushes the world’s top racers to their outer limits.
I emerged from the desert at the trailhead, riding through the parking lot, avoiding eye contact with everyone. I was fuming and nobody needed to...
Valerie Naylor is the Rock Queen. At least, that’s what Randy Conner of Contour Trail Design Company calls her. He’s seen her move rocks...
Since getting my first mountain bike in 1990, I’ve seen the ill effects of what ambulance chasers have done to our sport. Closed trails, helmet...
Within a week of showing up in Bellingham, Washington in 2012, it was made very clear to me that I needed a mountain bike. I had moved for a five-...
We’re living at a time during which the pace of change is unprecedented in human history. And each year, when we start to create this issue...
It was October 1992 in western Pennsylvania, and autumn was in the air—brisk temperatures, leaves sporting hues of yellow, orange, and red, and...
I hate group rides. Just the thought of them fills me with anxiety and nervous energy. I don’t want to spend my ride chasing someone faster...
Mountain bikers love the word community . It’s a catch-all term that, while imperfect, does the tidiest job of describing the real reasons so...
Second grader Nora Recker is known among fellow riders for her quiet confidence and serious skill.
The girls next to me are giggling. Turning to find the source of their elation, I’m greeted by two big grins. Noticing my curiosity, one of the...
Pacific City, Oregon reignites a spark as the area becomes a destination for riders, breathing new life into the local economy and giving the...
Chris Reichel contemplates his time living in the Centennial State, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly.