Highland Wrap Up

This year’s Claymore Challenge kicked ass. Simply put, it was one of the best events this summer thus far. If you didn’t make it to the event or catch the live web cast, well then you missed out. The course was intense, the riding was out of control and the after party was something else. This was my third year attending the Claymore Challenge, and like a fine wine, this contest has and will continue to get better and better with age. It is amazing seeing the amount of progress this contest and the mountain has made. Big Up’s to everyone at Highlands for making this event happen… 

The Results. 

1.       Brandon Semenuk – 89.25
2.       Cam McCaul – 89
3.       Logan Peat- 72
4.       Casey Groves – 71.5
5.       Darren Berrecloth – 70.75
6.       Aaron Chase – 69.25
7.       Paul Bass – 69
8.       Yannick Granieri – 68.5
9.       Adam Hauck – 68
10.   Eric Lawrenuk – 66.25
11.   Greg Watts – 66
12.   Mitch Chubey – 64.5
13.   Ryan Howard – 62.25
14.   Tyler McCaul – 59.75
15.   Paul Langlands – 59.5
16.   Andrew Taylor  – 55
17.   Geoff Gully – 52.25
18.   Kelly McGarry – 52
19.   Nick Simcik – 41.25
20.   Ben Glassen – 38.75
21.   Cam Zink – 26.5
        22.   Clint McMahon – 21.2 
Here is my take on the Event. 
Paul Bas 360 out of the 2nd Berm.
Logan Peat Tailwhip on the Go Pro Log.
Adam Hauck whip’n the Pink Bike Double. 

Aaron Chase back flip the Pink Bike Double. 
Hauck Whip’n out of the Top Berm. 
Cam McCaul Front flipping the Freebird.
T-mac using his head. 
Oh hey fire works!
On the count of three everyone go!
Cob in the line of fire.
This one time back in Nam….


Brandon Semenuk about to ruin someone. 
Firepower. 

Photo Leftovers

Hi there,

I haven’t posted any news of myself in quite a long time, so here’s a little something for you guys.

The Umag Dirt Jump Jam and 4X contest is getting closer and me and some of my friends are busy with the setting up of the event. The course will feature two new ramps (quarter and step-up) and there will also be a photo exhibit of me and my riding buddy Goran Jurica (shot by a friend of mine) – all photos shot at our local dirt course, skatepark and street spots. We also organized a demo show in the city centre: we’ll bring a box jump and we’ll do what we do best. 😀

This update is just the first one of many others and it’s about the photo exhibit that is also going to be presented on the main square of our city. The photographer is from Zagreb (capital city of Croatia) – he shot about 30 great pictures in a week. Only the best ones will be selected for the exhibit. As of now, I can’t post the ones that’ll be featured in the exhibit, because we want to keep them exclusive. As soon as it’s over, they will be online for you to enjoy them. However, you can still enjoy these leftovers. 😀










Highland Mountain.

The Claymore Challenge is underway here in New Hampshire at Highland Mountain. After a wild qualifying round, the already stacked riders list has been cut down to size. Saturday’s final is shaping up to be a high flying, heavy hitting, main event chock full of some of the best riders from around the globe. 
As it stands Black Markets very own Adam Hauck is currently sitting in 4th Place. if You can’t make it to Highland to watch the madness first hand, You can watch it live at Declinemagazine.com, HighlandMountain.com, Freecaster.com, ClaymoreChallenge.com and Pinkbike.Com






  1. Cameron McCaul
  2. Brandon Semenuk
  3. Darren Berrecloth
  4. Adam Hauck
  5. Ryan Howard
  6. Geoff Gullevich
  7. Tyler McCaul
  8. Yannik Granieri
  9. Kelly McGarry
  10. Cam Zink
  11. Aaron Chase
  12. Paul Langlands
  13. Casey Groves
  14. Logan Peat
  15. Ben Glassen
  16. Alex Pro
  17. Mitch Chubey
  18. Eric Lawrenuk
  19. Nick Simcik
  20. Paul Basagoitia- Prequalified, no score
  21. Greg Watts- Prequalified, no score
  22. Andrew Taylor- Prequalified, no score








    Here is my take from the qualifying round. 
    R-dog tuck No hander thru the Twin Lens

    Adam Hauck Shredddding the Kill Switch

    geoff gulevich

    Cam Zink 360 on the New Drop


    No Foot Can on the Hip 

    Start Gate.
    T-mac – Bee Catcher.

    Web Master Mark D at the Campsite.

    Claymore Qualifying Results Are In!!!

    This just in…

    (Northfield, NH) – Qualifying for the Claymore Challenge went down today at Highland Mountain Bike Park in Northfield, NH and the riders definitely threw down on the Dave Smutok designed course.

    6 riders went into the event pre-qualified, as they have podiumed in the past 2 years at the Claymore. Those riders include: Brandon Semenuk, Cameron McCaul, Aaron Chase, Andrew Taylor, Greg Watts, and Paul Basagoitia. There were 16 spots to fill and a stacked field of contenders.

    The results are:

    Cameron McCaul
    Brandon Semenuk
    Darren Berrecloth
    Adam Hauck
    Ryan Howard
    Geoff Gullevich
    Tyler McCaul
    Yannik Granieri
    Kelly McGarry
    Cam Zink
    Aaron Chase
    Paul Langlands
    Casey Groves
    Logan Peat
    Ben Glassen
    Alex Pro
    Mitch Chubey
    Eric Lawrenuk
    Nick Simcik
    Paul Basagoitia- Prequalified, no score
    Greg Watts- Prequalified, no score
    Andrew Taylor- Prequalified, no score
    And from Aaron Chase…

    Aaron Chase blogging from Claymore – Part 2

    Jul 15, 2010

    The sound of the day was tires exploding. BOOM! Another tire blows as the riders looks up the hill at what just happened. The slopestyle course is running so good and getting faster and faster.

    The riders are tossing more spins and tricks and the course keeps getting better.

    This is the course riders dream about, big landings, curved dirt lips and a moto ramp that never got a break from all the riders hitting it. Yeah, that Red Bull moto ramp was on fire! It took half the day for most of us to man up and trick it, but the 30ft beast was more fun then we all thought.

    Qualies came and went with a few lumps, but everyone got to take their riding up a level. I think riders were more excited to up their game because they were comfortable with what they are riding. I know that’s how it works for me. I am in the finals qualifying 11th and have more to bring to the table. The only problem is I know that everyone else does too! Wish me luck…

    And now, enjoy these photos by Chris Vanderyajt.
    Cam McCaul

    Brandon Semenuk…


    Stay Tuned for more!!!

    Adam Hauck and Aaron Chase Preview the Claymore Course for you…

    With the 3rd Annual Claymore Challenge starting in mere days… the activity on the Claymore Course and the rest Highlands Mountain Bike Park is just heating up.
    Check out the video sneak peak of the park and contest course… it’s going to be amazing. Good luck Adam as he rides his Killswitch against the best freeriders in the world.
    Can’t wait to see who will earn the SWORD this year.

    Below are the live viewing times for the Claymore Challenge on PinkBike.com

    (Northfield, NH) – Highland Mountain Bike Park is proud to bring to you the LIVE webcast of the 3rd Annual Claymore Challenge on Pinkbike.com.

    Starting at 12:45 (EST) pm on Saturday July 17th tune in to Pinkbike.com to watch to madness unfold as the top professional freeriders from all over the world compete on the Dave Smutok designed course for the coveted Claymore sword. Past champions Brandon Semenuk and Cameron McCaul will take on top ranked FMBA riders Darren Berrecloth, Paul Basagoitia, Greg Watts, and more.

    The webcast will be broadcast by Emmy award winning producer Don Hampton of DH-Productions, the creator of the Chain Reaction Series of videos and most recently “Here We Go Again”.

    Stay tuned to Pinkbike.com for constant updates and contest results. For more information on the Claymore Challenge visitwww.highlandmountain.com

    For all you time zone illiterates:
    BC/Washington/California 9:45am
    Alberta/MidWest USA 10:45am
    Quebec/Ontario/East US 12:45pm
    UK/Portugal 17:45
    Rest of Europe 18:45

    Cartel… New Zealand

    I just received a few photos from our shredder down in New Zealand, Brett Frew. They are starting their Winter right now believe it or not but here’s a taste of the New Zealand Summer and Dirt.

    Brett spins a table 3… by Grieg Howell

    Classic table by Howell

    This 180 is after a 60KPH tow in…
    By Miles Holden

    Op’O 3 by Grieg Howell

    Bank to bank barspin gap by Miles Holden

    Adam’s Summer Half-Time Report





    So far my summer is going awesome… I was just on the road for about a month having a

    ton of fun .
    I started off in Richmond Va, Jeff Lenosky has held a contest down there for the
    past 2 years now and the crowds are wild. The whole weekend was filed with
    street riding, air dogs, a cross country race and freestyle kayaking. The
    compition was strong with other riders such as Aaron Chase, Clint McMahon and
    Others the weekend was a good time. I placed first and had a great time. check
    the link to the video…
    River Rock Results
    #1 Adam Hauck
    #2 Rocco Quintiliani
    #3 Aaron Chase
    #4 Dave Smutok
    #5 Mike Kent

    Best Trick
    #1 Clint McMahon
    #2 Adam Hauck
    #3 Rocco Quintiliani

    After Richmond I came home and went right to work getting ready for a Jam we
    were going to have during the U.S open. With only three days until the jam there
    were long days of work from 7:30 in the morning until dark. So we had our hands
    full. Everything got done in time and the jam went off awesome other than the
    101 degree day out but it was still a bunch of fun check out the link to the
    web edit…
    The next stop the Teva Mountain Games. Teva has grown huge over the past 3
    years. The contest is a no joke battle with speed trials and a slope style
    contest all in one weekend . The contest field is very strong and Kyle Ebbit is
    doing a great job building the courses. The first event to happened was the
    speed trials course. This years course was the most technical yet with a longer
    course and more features. The event went off people were getting knocked out
    right and left. There were a couple injuries from people flying off the fenced
    in course but not to many.I placed fourth in speed trials narrowly loosing to
    Aaron Chase.

    1.Paul B
    2.Petr Hanak
    3. Aaron Chase
    4 Adam Hauck
    Speed trials was done and it was time to tackle the slope course. The course
    was fun and every one was getting dialed on the course. I felt awesome placed
    fourth in the qualifying but due to some bad luck my front wheel landed in the
    only unpacked part of a landing making me crash in the finals. But here’s a
    video of the slope course

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHOJNG4aPQ&feature=player_embedded#at=167

    When I came home from Teva the next morning, Aaron Chase was at my door at 9 am
    to come pick me up to go on a week long mountain bike motor cycle trip. The trip
    went through the North East with the trip ending at Highland Mountain
    bike park. The trip was awesome other than the rain that seemed to be following
    us around. There will be a 2 part webisode on vitalmtb.com see keep and eye out.

    Speaking of Highland Mountain Bike Park Im going to be some coaching there in
    August and heres a little teaser they put up. Come check this place out!

    http://vimeo.com/12812124

    And last but not least. Thrash Bike Jam in NYC. The Jam turned out amazing ! The
    turn out was huge and teaming up with the 10th anniversary of the bicycle film
    festival really putting moutain biking in the front lines. check out the 2 web edits

    http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Thrashbike-Street-Coast-Jam,2967/veeae,1262

    http://vimeo.com/12868111

    Random extra video for you

    http://vimeo.com/11561513

    Peace…
    Adam