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NISSAN Qashqai Challenge Round 1, Munich

May 11th, 2008: Martin Soederstrom wins a captivating final in Munich’s Olympiapark as the biggest crowd of the year was treated to a nail-biting final on the biggest Qashqai course of the year!  It was an amazing event across the board, and the final round at London’s famous Tate Modern Gallery is sure to provide a culminating final to the 2008 Nissan Qashqai Challenge.

KISS and Freeride teaming up?

Picture Gene and the rest of the boys from KISS throwing down their hottest licks and rocking the crowd in a NWD intro segment. We sent our boy Cody Swansborough in to negotiate the deal. He may have been a bit star struck and really wanted to hang it all out with one of the heaviest hitters in the rock game. "The God of rock meets Freeride." states Swany, "He loved the shirt. Yeah buddy." The outcome of the negotiations? We'll have to wait and see. 


NWD 9 Morocco Shoot Week 1

 It's kind of like a revisited piece, Bourdo, Big D and Axl going back to the original big trip spot.  NWD 2 featured a segment with Cowan, Schwartz and Robbie discovering the landscapes of Morocco and the culture of Marakech complete with performing plaza monkeys and snake charming hustlers. Once again Marakech was the meeting point for the crew with some interesting changes in the line up. Ben Boyko and Fabien Barel would be joining Robbie in a pretty well rounded freeride dream team. Read more.....


Leogang White Style 2008 presented by Kona

Last Saturday, February 2nd, the third anniversary of the Nissan White Style presented by Kona showcased sizzling international mountain bike freeride action in Leogang, Austria. The riders ripped the perfectly shaped slopestyle course until the late evening. Trond Hansen from Norway won the contest by showing the crowd a trick loaded run with lots of style. But also the other competitors surprised the spectators with amazing riding performance.

Andreu Lacondeguy backflips a snow big air ramp!

Andreu Lacondeguy is the first one to land a backflip jumping a snow big air ramp on a mountain bike. Exactly a week before his 19th birthday, Kona-Teamrider Andreu made his way into mountain bike history.  About 7.000 visitors of the Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Graz paid tribute to the courage of this uprising young Spanish athlete.

NWD8 premieres in Germany generated a huge support for Tara and Stephen

During the German New World Disorder 8 “Smack Down” premieres in Munich and Cologne a total of 20.732 Euros had been raised. Tara Llanes (www.tarallanesroadtorecovery.com) and Stephen Murray (www.stephenmurrayfamilyfund.com) can look forward to a real nice pre Christmas present: the two former Bike-Pros will obtain 15.000 Dollars each!
 
The premieres went just great. Like the years before, the atmosphere during the screenings was a combination of thrill and chill. The after-parties did rock hard like they always do. But this year the charity aspect took a center stage, too. Tara Llanes and Stephen Murray suffered spinal cord injuries this year. To support these outstanding professional riders, money was collected in various ways.
 
First there were two auctions to their benefit in Munich and Cologne. Kona, Mavic, Camelbak, Fizik, Oakley, Andreu Lacondeguy, Timo Pritzel, Hans „No Way“ Rey, Cedric Gracia and Steve Peat made a lot of bike stuff available. Many thanks for that, like to Red Bull and SRAM for spending decent amounts during the auctions. These two auctions gathered over 16.845 Euros or about 25.000 US Dollars.


BC/DC and NWD 8 Team up to Smash Calgary, Wed. Nov. 21st

Freeride Entertainment's latest installment in their New World Disorder freeride mountain bike film series, NWD 8 "SMACK DOWN" will screen next Wednesday November 21st at the Roadhouse in Calgary with special musical guests BC DC. Together again for the first time this year, BC DC and NWD 8 promises to make Calgary the penultimate stop of the "SMACK DOWN" tour.

Freeride Entertainment introduces the Freeride Core Jersey

08 Core Jersey

 After months of testing with the world's top freeriders, we have developed the ultimate MTB jersey. Featuring the highest-tech moisture wicking materials, and our custom "dynamic"cut, this garment will have you going bigger and looking good while you do it. The patented fabric is the same as used by the U.S. military and all of the top Everest-summiting mountaineers.