Mountain bike 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.