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

Bend Cyclery…

Eric @ Bend Cyclery… buy a blkmrkt or else!!!
Eric at Bend just sent over a pic of his shop and the goods he’s got on his floor right now… including 2 Killswitch frames as well as being one of the first shops in the country with Malice and Soldier completes on the floor. So, if you’re in the Bend area and looking for a BlkMrkt… Eric’s your man and Bend Cyclery is the Spot.

Iphone pics from New Jersey

Just a random collection of pics from my phone since I didn’t take my camera last week.

The Puerto Rican Schwinn Club showed up looking to hook Mondo up with honorary membership status but he was manning the office.

Spot to spot in da’ Ranger…

Nick’s dogs are rad but…

I should have warned you…

Adam icing and Sonia heckling.

Is there anything better than an summertime jam in the city???
Nope…

Al’s partner going off on the new quarter.

Any random corner of Adam’s garage is a photo waiting to happen.

The Atomlab Tongue ramp I built ( before Al and his boy got to it…) that took Adam out during a tailwhip gone array. That’s Adam’s mom in the corner… Hi Mom!
After Al got done with it…

Justin Wyper Camp of Champions Edit…

Justin Wyper has been a busy man up in Canada with training for the Free Ride season and teaching at the Camp of Champions with Casey Groves… Here’s a short edit of these 2 up and comer’s throwin’ down… Enjoy!
Justin throws a huge Super Seat over the Mulch Pit under a Canadian sky.


Another Sunset, another epic session at “The Compound”… the Private Dirt Jumps, Mulch Pit, 365 Sports Big Air Bag and skatepark at The Camp of Champions. Every night seems to be crazier than the night before. If this is the third day of camp, July is going to be scary! This time Justin Wyper and Casey Groves were pushing each other and going huge.



ThrashBike’s… Street Coast Jam Results and Video

Thrash Bike Street Coast Jam 2010
Sponsored by Atomlab, Black Market Bikes, Dartmoor USA, and Bern Helmets

The 3rd Annual Thrash Bike Street Coast Jam was an enormous success once again, with riders in attendance from across the US and Europe. This year the jam was privileged to be partnered with the Bicycle Film Festival in celebrating their 10th anniversary. With this partnership, the jam was brought to the eyes of thousands of people from around the world. All gathered around their common love for bicycles for one day in New York City.

With the support of Atomlab, Black Market Bikes and a very generous Aaron Chase. The Thrash Bike course had the look and feel of 80’s factory team on tour. A box Jump, a quarter pipe against the side of a U-haul and super technical on/off box. With the additional help of Post Bikes we had a number of grind boxes as well. Dartmoor USA generously provided prize money and hefty prize packages and Bern donated helmets for podium.

The riders took no time to attack the street course like a pack of hungry wolves. The dominance of a few quickly shined through. The jam, was a tight battle to the finish, ended with the following winners:

1st Place – Adam Hauck – Black Market Bikes
2nd Place – Billy Lewis – Diamond Back Bikes
3rd Place – David Holzer – Commencial
4th Place – Mike Demarzo – Privateer

Biggest Balls Award – David Wood

Financial Support Provided by Sambla AB’s Billån

STREET COAST JAM 2010 from yoni arava on Vimeo.

Thrash bike would like to extend a very gracious Thank You to Atom Lab, Black Market Bikes, Dartmoor USA, Bern Helmets, The Bicycle Film Festival, Post Bikes, Brennan Mcarthey, Carter Holland, Christine Hauck, Aaron Chase Rocco, Billy, and All the Riders and Supporters of Thrash Bike. We look forward to jamming with all of you for years to come.