Whip over the spine to wall transfer first try… nice.
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Spine tuck…
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Mike Montgomery from San Diego… like I said… Watch. Spine to Wall transfer.
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wall ride to toboggan from landing to lip…
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Jim’s local wall ride is amazing!!!
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Jimbo t bog 180 … if you didn’t know this by now Jim kills it!!!
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Carter hits the wall at 7 am Sunday morning aboard the Contraband prototype
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For the 2nd time in 2 weeks i made the 6 hour trek to Aptos for the Post Office Jump Jam. The jumps were dialed and kids were shredding hard from 9am until dark. I didn’t take very photos there because I wanted to ride more but I went out riding with Jim Tharp, Rick Nolte and Mike Montgomery. Mike is a ripper in every sense of the word… just watch.

carter

You can bet this Post Office local dreams of knocking Cam McCaul off the podium…
Watts has got the Bubba Scrub down!!!
Adam
T Mac gets whippy wit it…
Jim Tharp gets nasty at the Post Office
I made it out from behind the lens this time… thanks Jim
Mr. Hauck whips the famous Santa Ana Civic Center banks while laws are studied in the back ground

Brandon Schmit’s Colorado Riot… check that Deity shit Eric… who loves you???
Nadia sends it over the big box at Ray’s MTB in Cleveland.
Fast plants are cool! Chicks doing fast plants… come on, does it get better?
Nadia Steinbrecher’s tricked out Riot and matching kicks… what?
Liam built this Riot in Ontario, Canada

Here’s a few more builds sent in by you…

Adam T Bogs at 8 AM
If you’re not at the jam next weekend… you lose!!!
Ryan Howard throws a signature shoulder buzz

T Mac dives into the hip.
Jim Tharp is so steezy its not fair.
Hauck 3’s the PO trails…
Adam feels out the new hip in the desert heat and wind… early sessions are pretty much mandatory.
Hancock with a heated invert
With Adam in town its time for some serious miles on my Tacoma so we started with old faithful… Gavilan, A.K.A. Nasty’s in the 909. Thomas Hancock joined us in what turned into the hottest day of the trip. From here we headed up to Nor. Cal. in an attempt to escape the heat.

Adam and I made it to Aptos where I finally got to ride the Post Office when it was good… and it was good!!! The city and development company that own the lot have really helped the locals get the spot dialed with a new roll-in and water… Jamie Goldman even bought a Bobcat to build with and can leave it on the property… DAMN!!!

We got there at about 4:30 and the shred fest went until dark. Local rippers Ryan Howard, Alex Reveles, Jesse Nickel, Greg Watts, Jim Tharp and Brian Miller all showed up to ride with us. I mainly shot photos due to a massive dehydration headache after about an hour. After that we followed Brian to Marin to ride 101 and Ramp Rats. Unfortunately 101 let me down again and with the water source and potential that place has to be sick but… NOPE! Here’s some of the action.

All photos by Carter Holland

Adam wall to whip in the San Diego sunset

Taylor stepped out from behind the camera for a minute to ride Home Ave. photo: Carter

Carter at the Home Ave. ditch in SD shot by photobug Adam Hauck

Adam came into town for InterBike and a week of riding anything and everything we can find from So. Cal. to Santa Cruz and then Nor. Cal. We’ll be filming clips and shooting photos for the web. Here’s a few from the first 2 days in So. Cal.

More to come…

Carter being chased by Greg Minnar and Cody Warren into turn 1.

Here’s a quick update with a couple of new things now available at your local shop.

Adam Hauck’s signature grips now available in hunter orange and gray to go along with the orange mobs that are arriving this week.

I’ve also got a limited number of Black Market Pint glasses to enjoy your frosty beverage of choice. E mail for glass Carter@blackmarketbikes.com for info.

The Mob makes the “Big Time” at Shimano… Thanks to Dustin Brady and Chad Roberts

Shanannigans
Proper booth this year…
Bros. broin’ down

Adam’s 09 mob… bright and shiny… 26.2 lbs

Another IBike has packed it’s shit and left the building. It was a damn good show too!!! I had the honor to race in the first ever Arena Mtn-X in front of 300 sort of screaming race fans. Although the race took place on the busiest night of InterBike against the likes of Lance Armstrong racing cyclo-cross and the world premiere of New World Disorder: Never Enough at the Playboy Club with an VIP open bar… the racing was still awesome!!!

I did pretty well winning my first round, 2nd in the 2nd round. I’ve been training for this race for the past 4 weeks and it paid off. I holeshoted a few rounds only to make mistakes in the first turn… over and over again. In my 3rd round I pulled Minnar to the first turn but let him inside and he hit me hard enough to pop me out of my pedals… I hate flat turns!!!

Everyone who attended was treated to fast exciting race action with lots of bumping and passing. The course had a fast technical first straight with a 20′ step up in to a 15′ log double into a 3rd set of doubles landing directly into the first left hand 90 with lots of flat on the inside to protect. As you came out of the turn 1 you hit a tall, tight set of rollers into another semi-flat turn to a wierd roller hump that you used for speed to hit a gnarly rock garden with rocks so sharp they make you want to punch a baby… Many pinch flats were issued here with out warning or prejudice. Just as you exited the mound of razor back rocks we ran head long into 3 12″ logs in “Z” formation sticking 8″ out of the ground for your pluse raising enjoyment. UCI 4 Cross World Champion Rafael Alvarez felt the sting of this particular form of torture on 2 occasions… one of them leaving a welt on his head after the scorpion he performed on the log floom. Then a quick left bank into a 3′ high pile of logs to bump jump you across the finish line to flat. It was pretty cool and looks to be a hopeful addition to gated mtb events in the future.

The show was great… our new products were a hit I think…. the booth looked great… the Mob was voted Best of the MTBR.com by the readers for dirt jump/ 4 crosser. The copycats were out in force… complete with bb mounted bottle openers and lots of Mob inspired geometry and style.

Here’s a couple of links to check out too.

Carter

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/interbikes-ba-6.html

http://www.mtbr.com/cat/bikes/dj-mtnx/black-market/mob-frame/PRD_417422_1575crx.aspx

Thrashbike.com ‘SIN CITY JAM’ – Las Vegas – Saturday, September 27

– Thrashbike.com – Atomlab – Black Market – NJDirt.com – Profile – Hoven – Deity – Dobermann Bikes – Tonic Fab
– with more sponsors to be added –

Questions? contact nbrandreth@gmail.com

We’re doing it again – the Saturday after Interbike! Come ride one of the best skateparks ever. It will be a ‘down-and-dirty’ morning session with coffee and donuts. There will be a ton of cash and swag.

Entry fee is $25 and includes coffee and donuts. Don’t forget to pre-register. Registration will be $30 on Saturday morning. Register for the event at Thrashbike.com or at the Atomlab/Blk Market Interbike booth (#2459) www.thrashbike.com/miregistration

Practice will be 9am-10:45am and the comp will start at 11am. Sorry for the early times, but Vegas gets very hot in the afternoon.

We will have a Pro Class, Expert Class, Womens Class – Women will session with the Expert Class.