Hello Bike World!
I hope everyone is having a great winter and is ready for a new bike season. Coming
off one the most important seasons of my career, I am more excited than ever
about 2008. My goal last year was simply to bring some attention
back to the “Big Mountain” side of freeriding. I spent the majority
of last summer working closely with The Collective crew on a segment for
their new film SEASONS coming out in the spring of 2008. Watch for
some of the photos to start showing up in your magazines soon.
2008 has also
brought about a lot of changes for me. I have recently had a lot of questions
about my situation with long time sponsor Rocky Mountain and I want to say
we will no longer be working together. I enjoyed
my time with the company very much and would like to thank Rocky for their
support and growing with me as a rider to this point. Over the last
seven years I worked hard to represent the company positively and remained
committed to the brand until the last day of my contract. Working in
product development, design, and marketing has given me valuable experience
and insight into the mountain bike industry. I had many great experiences
with long time teammates Wade Simmons and Richie Schley, as well as everyone
within the company who I worked with.
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That said I am only looking towards
the future. My focus will remain
on filming strong movie segments, and collaborating on photo projects with
the industries top photographers. I will still compete in select slopestyles
but I can’t wait until there’s a big mountain event back in the
mix. The rest of my summer will be spent riding at a variety of bike
events across the globe including coaching at the Summer Gravity Camps in
Whistler, BC.
Over the last few months I have been working on putting
together my own program and I am happy to announce the companies I will be
working with for the next couple years, Marzocchi Suspension, Fox Clothing,
Shimano, Oakley, WTB, FUNN, Dakine, Troy Lee Designs, EThirteen, Acros, and
Maxxis.
At this time I am not announcing a new bike sponsor. Ill be back with
an update as soon as possible.
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There we have the word from the man himself. We'll have to be patient
to find out what bike he'll be riding though. Place your bets here...
