Mountainbike Chronicles

The Freeride Mountainbike World Tour goes into it's second round and we meet up with World Champion Cameron Zink. He gives us an overview on his life as a professional Mountainbiker and his success at the competitions of last season.We also follow him to the first tour stop of 2011 at the "Vienna Air King" in Austria.

For this episode of MountainBike Chronicles, we head over to South Africa where we follow Gee Atherton as he goes at it once again but this time defending his 2010 world championship. We also hook up with the well-rounded Rocky Mountain Freeride team in Kamloops, Canada for some great fun at this mountain bike playground.

Whistler, BC is an action sport mecca and home to mountain bike rider Alex Prochazka. Alex Prochazka is the second rider to land a double backflip in a competition and one of the best freeriders out there and that not just on his bike but also with a pair of skies.We also take a look at the famed Ranch style contest, the third stop of the freeride mountain bike tour, which boasts some spectacular man-made hits.

Hop on as we follow Sweden’s Martin Söderström at the freestyle mountain bike tour stop in Winterberg at the iXS Dirt Masters, where he compete in the downhill, 4cross, and slopestyle events. Three competitions whew!

We're in Scotland for the Fort William UCI event as we catch up with the first family of mountain biking: the Athertons. As well as all the best action from the men's and women's events, we have a look at the technical specs of the Athertons' bikes.

On this episode of Mountainbike Chronicles we are in Leogang, Austria for another UCI event on the tour. We catch up with Steve Pete and Greg Minaar who fill us in on the event itself as well getting to grips with carbon fibre tech in the bikes themselves. Also we follow the routes of freeride mountain biking in Canada.

On this episode of Mountainbike Chronicles we are in Leogang, Austria for the annual 26 Trix event. We also catch up with FMB rider Robbie Bourden as well as Andreu Lacondeguy in one of the best mountain biking regions - Nelson, Canada.

We catch up with Darren Berrecloth as he makes his return after a brutal back injury into the competitive season. We then check out the Claymore Challenge at Highland Mountain Bike Park in Northfield, NH for some serious style.

n this high flying, action packed episode of Mountainbike Chronicles we head to Colchester with Sam Pilgrim as he gears up for the 1st big mountain event of the year and gets the cobwebs off his downhill bike. Then its off to Chatel, France for the 2nd Gold event of the FMB World Tour, Mountain Style. Ben Walker, builder and head judge of the event takes you through what is necessary to do well and post high scores with the judges. At the end of the day its 2010 FMB World Tour winner, Cameron Zinc who stands at the top of the podium, moving up to 10th place in the World Tour standings.

We are in Mount Sainte Anne, Quebec for the Mountainbike World Cup Festival as the world’s best hurl themselves down the tricky downhill track. We have all the best action from the event plus we catch up with the Athertons as they try and relax between events. You even get a peek at the build up for the Red Bull Joy Ride course at Whistle with course designer and builder Paddy Kayne. So sit back and enjoy the ride!

Another stop of the gnarly UCI Downhill World Cup in New York, where the best downhill racers fight for the win. We follow Troy Brosnan at the race and get to last year's junior's world cup champion aswell as Kurt Sorge and his innovative filmer Ralphie.

Crankworx is one of the largest gravity-fueled mountain bike festivals in the United States. FMB Riders compete to climb up on the world ranking list and get ready for the final stops. Tom Prochazka will introduce us to the art of building and designing state of the art mountain bike parks.