<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:44:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Blk Mrkt Bikes</title><description/><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/news.html</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>144</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-432919862274155793</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-26T17:44:45.226-07:00</atom:updated><title>3000 miles and a sack of jerky...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/zink-3-drop-small-706349.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/zink-3-drop-small-706276.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Zink!!! You're a maniac!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/lance-frontie-773760.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/lance-frontie-773704.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lance McDermott pulling this ridiculous shitte perfectly... thankfully!!! Yes... this is a front flip!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/tron-frontie-763383.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/tron-frontie-763133.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Trond throwing the biggest frontie I've ever seen... Slopestyle is no joke!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/jamie-763491.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/jamie-763431.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jamie Goldman kicks a native American in BC... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/andreu-flip-table-711703.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/andreu-flip-table-711617.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Andreu's flip table in qualifing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/brandon-whip-711798.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/brandon-whip-711741.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brandon Seminuk has become the smoothest guy on the course everywhere he goes... 3rd &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've noticed the only time I eat jerky is in the middle of a grueling roadtrip like last week's solo journey to Whistler and back to watch Adam compete in Crankworx. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The trip started out ok and that lasted until hour 14 of straight driving where the 5 North's 2 lanes came to a grinding halt 8 miles away from an accident. We crawled along at 2-3 mph for about 30 min. where I decided it was time for a detour and as it happens every time you second guess your original plan... my detour was painfully slow and surely took more time than staying in the herd. I finally arrived in Portland at midnight and after 18 hours behind the wheel. After 5 hours of much needed rest at Aaron Lutze's house... (thanks!!!) I headed out for another 7 hour leg to Whistler.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Once I got to Whistler I met up with Adam, Kyle Ebbett, Dave Smutok and George Ryan Decline party at the GLC, where Theo's new dvd "Floatin'" was getting it's first official premiere... if you haven't seen this yet... get it!!! Sick riding and old school rock... it doesn't get any better. The rockin' didn't stop there... oh no!!! Led Zeppelin tribute band until 3 AM and a morning of puking to go with it. Don't go drinking on an empty stomach after 2 days of driving.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just an observation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately I was not allowed to ride the course because it looked like the best Crankworx course yet... Good job combining large hits with what appeared to be pretty flowy layout compared to past courses. The only real complaint I heard was how hard it was to judge speed and the rocks. Can't somebody do something to protect the riders a little better on these monster step-downs and doubles??? I heard Monster had given away over 150,000 cans of liquid crack in just over 5 days... put some of that money into 6 inches of dirt on the gnarly landings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adam was not feeling comfortable on the course and having only ridden his short travel bike a handful of times he decided to play it safe and chill during his runs. Adam is also filming for his first segment in a Freeride Ent. movie... congrats Adam!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The contest was insane and the level is just ridiculous!!! I was stoked by how hard everyone threw down and hope the guys who got hurt recover quick... Here's a few shots I caught with my Canon. I'm glad that after all those miles only to ride beat to fuk trails at least I have something to show for it. Enjoy... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;please, e mail comments, suggestions, complaints to Carter@Blackmarketbikes.com and I'll do my best to respond.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#432919862274155793</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-2373966719590483225</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-24T07:27:59.210-07:00</atom:updated><title>First photos of the Contraband prototype...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/proto6-729859.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/proto6-729805.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;seat stay detail with built in clamp and replaceable nut... threadsters. Has anybody called you a threadster?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/bb-768568.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/bb-768356.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mid BB and you can count on the bridges being shrunk down and moved in at least .75" for all you threadsters... I know it's close. Prototype...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/brake-side-768696.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/brake-side-768630.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;this is disc only but I;m looking into V brake mounts... it already has gyro tab holes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/comparison-793994.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/comparison-793906.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/together-794158.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/together-794066.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I don't think I would want to be a threadster...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mob-and-contraband-715510.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mob-and-contraband-715285.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mini me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/contrra-front-angle-715654.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/contrra-front-angle-715566.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/contr-front-713857.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/contr-front-713766.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mini-me-714197.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mini-me-714008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Contraband&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm pretty stoked right now. For years people have been asking if they could run 24's on Black Market frames and for years I've been saying yes... but it's gonna look weird in my opinion because of the massive spaces left where a 26" wheel should have been. And for years I've wanted to design a 24" specific frame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me introduce you to the 24" specific Contraband prototype (remember that when you read this and start your threads...). Today was the first time since I raced BMX that I've had the chance to ride a 24" specific frame... I said specific. I've ridden my Mob with 24's for a bit in the beginning so I could give an accurate answer to your questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first impression on the look was pretty good, I will be lowering the top tube about .75" and the rear end an as of yet undetermined amount.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ride... um... Holy shit!!! I had so much fun! It pops like mad, flickable and stable. I remember my cruiser and it was never this fun. Now I can see why so many people dig these things! It was stable enough to feel immediately comfortable on the big line and small enough to stand my turndowns straight &amp;amp; down. Enough of my bullshit... here's the pics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carter</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#2373966719590483225</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-2327653517644850947</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-22T12:30:31.852-07:00</atom:updated><title>Check out Emily's interview on Pinkbike.com</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/emily-737718.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/emily-737714.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily Johnston has a cool interview and video clip up on pinkbike.com... Check it yo! &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#2327653517644850947</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8971786738080307610</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-07T17:45:16.254-07:00</atom:updated><title>Couple of pics from Avoriaz</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/DSC_1732-725207.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/DSC_1732-724745.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/DSC_1765-725796.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/DSC_1765-725337.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The promoter from the Avoriaz Roof n' Slopestyle sent me a couple of pics from practice to share with ya'll.</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#8971786738080307610</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-4342744881350911967</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-06T10:53:23.773-07:00</atom:updated><title>Lisa's Race report</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Lisa-at-SolVista-1528-705506.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Lisa-at-SolVista-1528-705474.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Getting down the hill fast... fastest is the name of her game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/_MG_6382-707905.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/_MG_6382-707838.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Top spot podium shot # 2, nice work Lisa!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Lisa-at-SolVista-1292-741337.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Lisa-at-SolVista-1292-741301.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lisa on here way to her 2nd State title under the lights at Sol Vista. All photos  by Eddie Clark and Long Nguyen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/_MG_5903-741456.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/_MG_5903-741383.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sol Survivor, in Sol Vista, CO was one of the best events I've ever attended. Let me list the reasons (race promoters take note)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The courses were built by racers for racers. This means the downhill had huge jumps, fast corners, awesome rock gardens, and serious flow. No uphill shenanigans. The dual slalom was relentless. If you weren't riding with the next corner in mind, you were probably stacking it into a berm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Dual Slalom was under the lights!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. There were fun random events like pump-track world championships and a mustache cup, free Dales Pale Ale and a rockin' band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. The pits actually had a good vibe. No tumble weeds blowing through this venue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. No one wanted to leave the award ceremony - whowhat!!! Even with a race the next day, people stayed out and partied; it was awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On top of such a good venue, I was super stoked with my race runs. In dual slalom, I stacked it pretty hard in my first run against Christen Boyer as she took the max differential. This just meant there was no holding back in the second run. I new she was riding well so to beat the max diff meant pedal to the metal — that's when the racing got good. I met Rachel Bauer in the finals. She's been stepping it up all season and I new she was hungry for a win. Plus she qualified faster than me. The course was lined with spectators, the lights illuminated this amazing long track, and the gates dropped. I didn't see her after that. Oh it feels so good to cross that finish line first... twice;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dowhill was amazing. I absolutely love to jump my DH rig and this was the course for me. There were two step downs one was 30 feet the other was 40 and there was a sweet 15 foot double into the most delicious berm you could ever sink your tires into. By race time a huge storm was rolling in, there was crazy lightening on the horizon and the skys were about to open up. Somehow the pro women were blessed with the quiet before the storm. The air had that uncanny still feel and it was charged with energy. Jackie Harmony had qualified less then 2 seconds behind me and I new she was going to push it for all she had (actually, we both promised each other we would). I also new the course was getting extremely beat up and everyone was complaining about blowing up in the corners. This was going to be one of those races of riding a fine line between smooth and daringly fast. Game on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was the last pro women in the start gate. I looked out over the brewing horizon and I told myself to just relax and stay lose. I didn't want to go as fast as possible; I just wanted to go as smooth as possible. It worked. I hit all my lines and sailed over the jumps. It was such a good day. As I crossed the finished lined I heard Mike McCormack announce that it would be my second State Championship for the weekend. Thank God:)</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#4342744881350911967</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8448873114625290940</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-06T10:27:21.627-07:00</atom:updated><title>Shredding Canadian style</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/carson-bell-photo-792556.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/carson-bell-photo-792517.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/carson-tuck-no-792797.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/carson-tuck-no-792659.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carson Bell from Alberta has been ripping up the North and here's a couple of cool shots for you to enjoy.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carter &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#8448873114625290940</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-6945972922869363609</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T09:14:58.451-07:00</atom:updated><title>Contraband spy shots</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---3-779013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---3-778898.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---2-747649.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---2-747593.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---1-706022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/24-Contraband-frame-raw---1-705977.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the first photos of our new prototype Contraband 24" specific frame that will be released soon.</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#6945972922869363609</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-6523173408406811232</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-02T11:51:40.576-07:00</atom:updated><title>Underboss stems finally back in stock!</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/B-760398.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/B-760333.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/C-741374.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/C-741248.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/A-720048.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/A-719996.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's taken forever, the wait is over &amp;amp; I apologize for those of you who have waited patiently for the Underboss stems to come back into the building but they're here and look great!!!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are the color options available but the polished are still being finished.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stayed tuned for more 09 product releases to come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carter&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#6523173408406811232</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8594377164360882800</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-02T11:40:49.289-07:00</atom:updated><title>Fully</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/holland_highland_lookback-737374.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/holland_highland_lookback-737289.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/holland_highland_quarter-737585.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/holland_highland_quarter-737469.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harrokz just e mailed me a couple of photos from the day after the Claymore Challenge when I got my Transition Double together for a few runs before the rain set in again... I'm loving this bike.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carter&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#8594377164360882800</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-7622159637672598002</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-30T09:54:49.991-07:00</atom:updated><title>Waste not want not....</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste3-791496.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste3-791344.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Is this really important enough to be printed on every receipt??? Didn't I just read it on the screen???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste1-767172.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste1-767064.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Why???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste2-767308.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/waste2-767231.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is ridiculous...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know this doesn't have anything to do with bikes, berms or booze but... I have a gripe. Everybody agrees our planet is in some form of crisis, Whether it's the fuel shortage, over population, pollution, starvation or saving the whales, we're having issues. This is a minor complaint too but an easy one to fix that could actually make an enormous difference one printer at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, I said printer... so, here it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do part of my business thru this amazing thing called the internet, it can take you anywhere you can ever dream up, tell you how fat Britney's ass is getting and even teach use foreign languages in only 30 min a day. But why can't I print out a receipt from RayRal ( the names were changed to protect the innocent and me from being sued.) on a single piece of paper. I'm guessing about 90% of the receipts or confirmations I print out come as 2 pages and the 2nd page is 99% frivolous bullshit. Come on P... oops... RayPal, Rexpedia, Riceline... get on the program... one page receipts... save the world one printer at a time or at least a lot of paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have in fact called RayRal and spoke to someone who actually listened to my rant about the fact the only piece of information on that 2nd 1/4 filled piece of dead tree is my customers phone number... I might need that, so it gets printed and stapled together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solution... pay one of your IT guys to fix the 2 page crap and save a staple!!! and Give Blood...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that was a waste of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carter   &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#7622159637672598002</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-6726504571421969518</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-29T18:40:44.040-07:00</atom:updated><title>Claymore Challenge</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/C-mac-flip-down-740461.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/C-mac-flip-down-740361.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One more of Cam showing the way to win...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/wyper-superman-725242.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/wyper-superman-725121.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Justin Wyper stepping down or stepping it up???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claymore-crew-771008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claymore-crew-770909.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Most of the pro finalists&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/clint-flipwhip-771239.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/clint-flipwhip-771094.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Clint McMahon came so close to pulling this and finished 5th overall... not to mention the mullet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/cam-huge-3-756364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/cam-huge-3-756294.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cam in the middle of a big 3 in his winning run&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/canadians-756532.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/canadians-756436.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;These guys came to party....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/AT-superflip-736228.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/AT-superflip-736117.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Andrew Taylor throws down a Superflip on FreeBird&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/AC-hipflip-736413.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/AC-hipflip-736297.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AC hipflips into 3rd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/dave-756005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/dave-755921.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dave's weapon of choice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mark-roof-724070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/mark-roof-723987.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mark Hayes and the event namesake and trophy... the Claymore sword&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/step-down-1:4-754627.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/step-down-1:4-754546.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1/4 pipe options&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/the-wall-755040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/the-wall-754680.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Wall and Shred Shed in the back ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/total-overview-712430.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/total-overview-712335.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Overview from the Lodge... like I said... options&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/overview-712595.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/overview-712513.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Highland SS from the hip landing above turn 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoo F'n Ray!!!... 2008 has finally brought some events to the States on par with Canada and Europe! First there was the Wham Bam... more a glorified jump contest than a slopestyle... then the Teva Mountain Games... a fun low impact event but not quite a true slopestyle but getting better every year... then Crank Worx Colorado, a one line event and definitely a mountain bike course... now this... The Claymore Challenge held this weekend at Highland Mountain Bike Park in New Hampshire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Highland's crew lead by owner Mark Hayes and designer/rider Dave Smutok, built a sick slopestyle course with numerous choices of how to get down the hill both big and small. Dave built a course that traversed Highland mountain starting with 3 lips (options 1-3) stepping down of varing heights and lengths with most pros choosing the middle line setting them up for bermzilla #1 and into big 90 hip to the right with 2 (options 4-5) different lips side by side. After blasting the hip, a 25’ tall landing carried you into berm 2 which brought the rider to a dirt jump where again the rider could choose from either a 10’ or 16’ gap (options 6-7) where upon landing we had yet more options… an 8’ quarter you could choose (options 8-9) to air as a 1/4 or boost out of the top left corner into a fast downhill left hand 90 berm. If you aired the 1/4 you then hit an S turn that takes you to a beautiful 8’ dirt spine which again led to more options,  if you hit the 1/4 hip into the berm you could hit the biggest jump on the course a 25footer with a Quick 8’ lip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This brings the option count to 11 and that doesn’t include the fact you could use the spine to transfer to the dirt jump landing or attempt to blast away into a hip landing on the far left. All of these options deliver you to the wall. A huge wall with mutiple… you guessed it…Options. I’m not even going to bother naming those but our tally is easily 17 at this point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the final 2 obstacles are literally loaded with choices. Aaron Chase designed the “Shred Shed”… to be basically a building with a pitched roof 30’ wide and 50’ long completely surrounded by lips and landings for a full 360 degrees… which brings us to the “Freebird”… a giant dirt… uh… bird that again acts as lip or landing from almost anywhere you can imagine!!! The last day I was there the water dried up and the dirt was fast and tacky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This course was full of imagination and fun to ride… had it not been for the week of torrential rain days before the contest the potential for the best event ever was clearly a possibility. Dave and his crew worked long and hard repairing the rain damage and taming the 6” thick layer of “buffalo skin” that threatened to slow us to a craw in some places.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The finals were insane as tricks went down off of everything... Clint McMahon surprised everyone when he dropped in with a huge bag of tricks including hipflips in both directions and flipping the start drop &amp;amp; tailwhips... he came close to a flipwhip but never quite got it under him. Phil rode well with a big 3 transfer from the the spine to a landing of the big jump as well as big airs on the 1/4 and 3'ing the FreeBird. Aaron rode into 3rd with a beautiful hip flip, a 3 transfer on the spine earning a dagger for his efforts. AT took home the 2nd place sword with Superflips, a huge tailwhip on FreeBird and extended Indian airs on the first hip. C-Mac was unstoppable as he flipped into the course every run... dumped 270 on the hip, Superflip the 1st dub, downside whip the 1/4 step-down. His ridiculous 3 on FreeBird sealed the deal and got his dowsed in champagne, thrown in a lake/pond thing and shot in the head with fireworks... Nice job Cam!!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adam rode well in qualifying but crashes in both final runs kept him off the podium this weekend but he did stomp a 650 on the hip as well as a perfect 270 whip directly after hitting his head... the 270 made him so dizzy he had to end his run early. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m sure this event is going to be a huge invitation only event soon but at least the course is open to the public and fun as hell!!! Mark, Dave and the rest of the Highland Mountain crew pulled an amazing event… can’t wait to come back next year or in Oct. for their jump jam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Cameron McCaul&lt;br /&gt;2. Andrew Taylor&lt;br /&gt;3. Aaron Chase&lt;br /&gt;4. Phil Sunbaum&lt;br /&gt;5. Clinton McMahon&lt;br /&gt;6. Tyler McCaul&lt;br /&gt;7. Jamie Goldman&lt;br /&gt;8. Justin Wyper&lt;br /&gt;9. Adam Hauck&lt;br /&gt;10. George Ryan&lt;br /&gt;11. Dane Berke&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#6726504571421969518</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-7873308181830705593</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-23T18:51:44.901-07:00</atom:updated><title>Post Office Photo Jam this weekend...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/pbpic2282539-739358.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/pbpic2282539-739351.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up and coming photog Jason Peters is sending a message to all... read on and ride on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am calling out to everyone who rips post office to a photo shoot Sunday July 27th.&lt;br /&gt;That's right, this is all about the up and coming riders, come hang out with your friends and fellow riders all while getting some sick pictures and footage! This shoot is open to everyone, photographers, filmers, riders and there is no charge for anyone. But I would like to know how many people are coming down. So if you plan on riding with us let me know! Also if you have any questions feel free to contact me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who: You the rider's and us the photographer's &lt;br /&gt;What: Post Office Photo shoot &lt;br /&gt;When: Sunday July 27th at 2PM until sunset&lt;br /&gt;Where: Post Office Dirt Jumps in Aptos, CA</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#7873308181830705593</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8262117533501686850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-23T18:37:39.209-07:00</atom:updated><title>Familia...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/blue-741687.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/blue-741635.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/gabel's-riot-741883.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/gabel's-riot-741760.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a few more rides sent in recently by Black Market family members far and wide.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#8262117533501686850</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-2216014816538075580</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-21T13:08:33.963-07:00</atom:updated><title>Adam's Beast</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/CIMG1247-732555.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/CIMG1247-732499.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the break down on Adam's dominating Mob for 2008&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frame: Black Market mob 21.5&lt;br /&gt;Fork:  X-fusion Velvet R 60mm&lt;br /&gt;Stem: Black Market&lt;br /&gt;Bars: Black Market uncut&lt;br /&gt;Grips: Adam Hauck grip&lt;br /&gt;Brakes: Saint with a custom Danger boy lever&lt;br /&gt;Wheel: Mavic D-max&lt;br /&gt;Tires: Tioga&lt;br /&gt;Cranks: Diety 08&lt;br /&gt;Sporket: Black Market 28tooth&lt;br /&gt;Pedals: Animal sealed&lt;br /&gt;Seat: SDG  Sky Lite&lt;br /&gt;Post: SDG&lt;br /&gt;Bar ends: Diety&lt;br /&gt;Rotor :4inch Avid&lt;br /&gt;Chain: KMC light weight&lt;br /&gt;Extras: drilled holes in one layer of the rim between each spoke, 2 small spacers under the stem, torex rear axel bolts, cut post, piece of grip between sproket and bottom bracket so cranks don’t spin.</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#2216014816538075580</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-6400290165114124745</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-21T11:04:11.109-07:00</atom:updated><title>Cool Sea Otter video from Theo... stolen from Littermag.com stolen from...???</title><description>&lt;embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1494779147" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="videoId=1527779979&amp;amp;playerId=1494779147&amp;amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&amp;amp;servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&amp;amp;cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&amp;amp;domain=embed&amp;amp;autoStart=false&amp;amp;" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#6400290165114124745</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-4695258573166915761</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-20T11:19:13.856-07:00</atom:updated><title>Adam's winning speed trials at Teva</title><description>&lt;object width="480" height="288"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://play.freecaster.com/v3/FCPlayer.swf?id=cEtleT0yJmFwSUQ9MTAwMDAwNiZjSUQ9MTAwNTI1MiZlSUQ9JnhpdGlJRD0xMw=="&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="autoplay=0"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://play.freecaster.com/v3/FCPlayer.swf?id=cEtleT0yJmFwSUQ9MTAwMDAwNiZjSUQ9MTAwNTI1MiZlSUQ9JnhpdGlJRD0xMw==" width="480" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="autoplay=0"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This rocks!!!!</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#4695258573166915761</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-908757116194565602</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-21T10:56:12.689-07:00</atom:updated><title>Avoriaz Roof n' Slopestyle results... finally</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/080714mv_-753-735708.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/080714mv_-753-734761.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/080714mv_-782-754275.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/080714mv_-782-753120.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Avoriaz Slopestyle Podium 2008!!! And JIJI&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/yannick-tuck-flip-712011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/yannick-tuck-flip-711425.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yannick with a big tuck no hand flip during the best trick event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Braun Roof’n Slopestyle Avoriaz 2008 :&lt;br /&gt;1 - Sam Pilgrim 8,4&lt;br /&gt;2 - Cam McCaul 7,9&lt;br /&gt;3 - Yannick Granieri 7,8&lt;br /&gt;4 - Amir Kabbani 7,7&lt;br /&gt;5 - Tom Cauquil 7,3&lt;br /&gt;6 - Darren Berrecloth 7,1&lt;br /&gt;7 - David Desnoes 6,9&lt;br /&gt;8 - Johan Duchaine 6,5&lt;br /&gt;9 - Pierre Edouard Ferry 6,4&lt;br /&gt;10 - Anthony Tomassi 6,3&lt;br /&gt;11 - Carter Holland 6,2&lt;br /&gt;12 - Christopher Hatton 6,1&lt;br /&gt;13 - Ben Boyko 6,0&lt;br /&gt;14 - Carlo Dieckman 5,9&lt;br /&gt;15 - Simon Bonicel 5,5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;spots 16-30 something till unknown&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#908757116194565602</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-7148994647470744305</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-19T07:55:02.574-07:00</atom:updated><title>Avoriaz video</title><description>&lt;div style="font-size:80%; text-align : center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="549" height="351"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.zapiks.fr/share/vttfreeride.swf?file=18442&amp;amp;lang=fr"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.zapiks.fr/share/vttfreeride.swf?file=18442&amp;amp;lang=fr" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="549" height="351"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- Merci de soutenir notre projet en laissant ce petit lien! --&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vttfreeride.com/videos/roof-an-slopstyle-avoriaz-20.html" title="Avoriaz Roof&amp;#039;n slopestyle 2008"&gt;Avoriaz Roof&amp;#039;n slopestyle 2008&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://www.vttfreeride.com/videos/" title="Vid&amp;eacute;os de vtt"&gt;Vttfreeride.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#7148994647470744305</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8606369300072191084</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-24T15:32:54.588-07:00</atom:updated><title>Lisa's Race report for July</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/myklak_deervalley08_0072-761269.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/myklak_deervalley08_0072-761262.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/myklak_deervalley08_0057-770299.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/myklak_deervalley08_0057-770283.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the 2006 Single Slalom World Championships made a mockery of NORBA's gated racing in Deer Valley, the race promoters decided to adjust the format a little bit. They re-instituted dual slalom - enough said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The course was short but fun, fast and turny. It started with some brake-bump rollers into a double and set of fast berms into some awesome flat corners. From there you had a double to roller or triple or any combination of manual/jump there within. It slammed you pretty quick into a left-hand berm. From there you had a lip to table then a fast right-hand berm. You finished up on a series of 7 or so haggard rollers. If you messed up, there was no time to recover — the finish came quick. The course can always be better and bigger, but it challenged me and I didn't want to stop riding it, so I'll take it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Goldie" my Black Market slalom race frame was by far the bike of choice for this course. Some riders were digging suspension bikes, but that hardtail railed the corners and manuals so good that there's no way I would want to run suspension. I had the Fox Float set up at 90-mm travel and fairly stiff — it tracked beautifully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The racing went by quickly. Jackie Harmony put up a brilliant race, but malled here shins with her pedal and tweaked out an already bummed knee. The closest race of the evening, had to have been between Leanna Gerrard and I. Hundredths of seconds separated our cumulatively time. But Goldie took it by a tire knob;-) Then I got to race world-champ Buhly. She got me both rounds, but it was fast heated racing and I was closer to catching her this year then last.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the best riding didn't even go down at the race venue. The local jump park, partially built and maintained by Eric Porter, saw an awesome evening session Friday night. Racers came out to throw down their best whips and scrubs and we all shredded till the sunset — such a good break from the race scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the results:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro Women:&lt;br /&gt;1. Melissa Buhl&lt;br /&gt;2. Lisa Myklak&lt;br /&gt;3. Leanna Gerrard&lt;br /&gt;4. Joanna Petterson&lt;br /&gt;5. Jessica Vogt&lt;br /&gt;6. Jackie Harmony&lt;br /&gt;7. Leslie Slagle&lt;br /&gt;8. Darian Harvey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro Men:&lt;br /&gt;1. Cameron cole&lt;br /&gt;2. Petr Hanak&lt;br /&gt;3. Chris Boice&lt;br /&gt;4. Aaron Gwin&lt;br /&gt;5. Mike Haderer&lt;br /&gt;6. Ryan Condrashoff&lt;br /&gt;7. Logan Binggeli&lt;br /&gt;8. Orlando Martinez</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#8606369300072191084</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-778921845590117037</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-23T11:28:10.387-07:00</atom:updated><title>2008 Avoriaz Roof n' Slopestyle results and photos</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2131-709842.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2131-709274.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is getting redundent with Sam... but this is huge! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/yannick-flip-713265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/yannick-flip-713251.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yannick sticking one of many flips during the weekend &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/roof-step-down-732528.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/roof-step-down-731715.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This gap drops you from one roof to another then to the street for the final 2 jumps. Unknown Frenchy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/roof-gap-706987.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/roof-gap-706324.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gap on to the roof... this got tricked most of the time but this was the only shot I got of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/rope-bridge-708412.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/rope-bridge-707219.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Carlo Dieckman braves the cable bridge leading to 2 step- downs in a row bringing the riders back to the street level... a total of 13 possible obstacles to trick either up or down as we rode thru the Avoriaz Village.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/SAM!-726366.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/SAM!-725291.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sam Pilgrim rode ok... I guess. 1st in best trick and slopestyle... if Sam is one of your mates... make him buy the beer... he can afford it!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/SCENERY-727484.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/SCENERY-726668.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The French Alps were amazing to see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2083-705643.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2083-705638.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pom Pom girls shakin' that ass...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/riot-dance-705958.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/riot-dance-705898.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Simon and his Riot... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claw-drop-3-787372.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claw-drop-3-786676.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Claw 3 drops on the JumboTron and into 6th place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/hub-757965.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/hub-757170.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hub Drop...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/ti-flip-whip-744083.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/ti-flip-whip-743239.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Flip whip by Rodolphe Legendre during the best trick event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/superwhip-745069.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/superwhip-744290.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;super whip during best trick... sorry I don't know some of the French riders names but they killed it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/bs-trading-747423.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/bs-trading-747356.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;BS Trading's booth and their BlkMrkt display&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2056-747459.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/IMG_2056-747452.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jerome and his french crew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/hub2-766330.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/hub2-765545.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;riders contemplate the effects of dropping into mud and hitting a slick quarter at mach 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/boyko-spin-729453.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/boyko-spin-729389.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ben's choice of taking a 5" bike probably kept him from scoring higher but this 3 drop was perfect. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claw-1-hand3-730292.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/claw-1-hand3-729686.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Claw...1 hand 3 tables the last set during SS&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just got home from an incredible trip!!! Avoriaz mountain in the French Alps. First, I'd like to thanks JIJI for inviting me and putting on an amazing event. It had its rough spots though... mainly due to Mother Nature raining and snowing on our parade but it cleared up just in time and was beautiful for the actual contest. Practice was limited and sporadic because of rain and the crew working their asses off to repair the damage.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first event was the best trick jam held at 11 pm on the last jump in front of thousands of French bike fans and it was out of control... fireworks, dancers (in booty shorts) and shredders... what more could you ask for??? Sam Pilgrim managed to hold off the slew of international talent as they threw everything they had at him. Three whips, double whips, no foot can flips, tuck no handed flips, flip whips, superman flips... the trick list was stacked to say the least and the level of riding was crazy.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roof n' Slopestyle took place the following day under bluebird skies and once again Sam Pilgrim showed everyone what's up. Sam's winning run went something like this... 1 foot x the Mavic Hub Drop... flair on the 9' quarter... tailwhip the scaffold step-up... tuck no down... something I didn't see on the hip... t whip the roof step-up... nada on the little roof top dirt jump... missed a tuck no on the roof to roof step-down... 1 foot x the roof to ground step-down... big flip on the first set and 3 table the last.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Top three Slopestyle&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1st Sam Pilgrim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2nd CAm McCaul&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3rd Yannick&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This was an awesome event barring the rain and mud...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As soon as I retrieve the full results I'll post them&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;carter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;photos by carter holland&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#778921845590117037</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8660750047390640041</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-13T04:11:31.255-07:00</atom:updated><title>Arena Mountain Cross in Vegas at I Bike</title><description>One of the things I am most looking forward this year at I-Bike is Don Jackson's newest creation... Arena Mountain Corss racing at the South Point Hotel and Casino in bright and shinny Las Vegas. This will be the first time mountain cross has taken center stage in the U.S. that I know of... so get a ticket and bring your cow bell. Here's the link... www.arenamtn-x.com</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#8660750047390640041</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-4874585875005240866</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-18T13:33:43.347-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>roof'n slopestyle</category><title>Bon Jour from the French Alps...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-748508.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-748487.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-2-777671.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-2-777654.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-3-718962.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-3-718939.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-1-755583.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Unknown-1-755569.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After 22 hours of travel and no sleep for almost 2 full days, I've made it to Avoriaz in the French Alps for the Braun Roof'n Slopestyle that will take place in the ski village almost 2000 meters in the French air. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's a quick look at the course which we will drop into after riding thru a giant Mavic Hub... this will take the rider to a 9' quarter with a wall ride or hip... from here we will hit a 7' kicker to a scaffold with 2 options... #1 pedal straight to a small kicker with 9' drop and 20' gap or #2 is a 4' street spine with wall ride to a 8' drop... this directs the rider to nice right hand hip then into the roof'n part... here a kicker will put the rider on the roof section on top of the tourism building where there are 2 small dirt jumps, a cable bridge to a small step-down with a dirt landing to a drop sending the rider back to the ground and into the final obstacles... 2 wood kicker to dirt landing jump&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the first time a course has looked exactly as shown in the flier... and it looks pretty damn good. We're just hoping for the rain to stop and the sun to come out and dry the course before Monday and Tuesday. Those are the days of the event. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So far I've seen Boyko (who is still waiting for his clothes and bike to arrive from the airport or whereever it ended up), The Claw, Chris Smith, Sam Pilgrim and a few others roaming around the village waiting for sun. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh yeah... once again I failed to bring a jacket because when I left Slo Cal it was 95 and summer!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you're all having a good weekend riding your bikes...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;carter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#4874585875005240866</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-1256887132677614124</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-10T10:23:24.129-07:00</atom:updated><title>Reader photos...</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Blk-Mrkt-Riot-Leaf2-769018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Blk-Mrkt-Riot-Leaf2-768913.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/tuckmo-769070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/tuckmo-769059.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mo tuck No...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a few pics from Mo in Germany and his custom painted Riot in action.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#1256887132677614124</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-8008717251666168790</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-10T10:14:16.531-07:00</atom:updated><title>Adam is blowing up!!!!</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Adam-Hauck-Portrait-746539.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/Adam-Hauck-Portrait-746433.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adam has been absolutely slaying shit this year and its paying off!!! He started the year as part of the winning team at Ray's BIKE contest... He's finished well in the Nissan Qasqui event in Europe... came back to the states where he would dominate both the slopestyle and the speed trials race at the Teva Mountain games... then, back to Italy the the RedBull Bike Night where he and his team mate Mike Kien would finish 3rd overall and Adam would win Best 26" trick with a clean 720 on the big box... It's only July!!! Good job Adam and thanks!!!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Carter&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#8008717251666168790</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8982007166472255426.post-5622814120908468066</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-08T17:52:45.102-07:00</atom:updated><title>German Riot</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/blkraw-781334.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/uploaded_images/blkraw-781242.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a slick machine from Thomas in Germany</description><link>http://www.blackmarketbikes.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#5622814120908468066</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carter)</author></item></channel></rss>