Cons – Manufactured Ride, Missing Soul Flow trails, with their sculpted berms, rolling jumps, and machine-built precision, represent a significant shift in the experience of mountain biking. While they have broadened the sport’s appeal and accessibility, they also raise questions… Read More ›
No bad weather. Just better gear. Bas Van Steenbergen heads up Mt. Seymour on Vancouver’s North Shore — the birthplace of freeride — to test the new Helium UL Jacket and Freewheel MTB Ride Pants in conditions only the PNW… Read More ›
Loyal to the Soil Episode 2 featuring the Treelines Crew! Known for their immaculate trail creations hidden deep in the PNW woods, the Treelines crew has been hard at work on this project to create all the wooden features throughout… Read More ›
Bear Springs Trap XC on Sunday, May 10 All About the Ride: Bear Springs Trap XC OBRA and Friends, please join us this Sunday, May 10, at 10:30 a.m. for the 24th Bear Springs Trap XC! This race is all about the ride…. Read More ›
Filmed over the past two seasons, James Curnock set out to push his riding to the max. With a freestyle BMX background, James effortlessly pilots his Insurgent LS – pulling out some of the most creative moves we’ve seen on… Read More ›
Hello Trail Lovers, We know we’ve sent quite a few emails lately, so we’re making a shift to a more streamlined approach. Going forward, HRATS will be consolidating non-time-sensitive updates into a single newsletter format. The cadence will vary based… Read More ›
📊🚴 CLIMB Rider Report is In… and It’s Big News We’ve been feeling the momentum—and now we’ve got the data to prove it. The 2025 CLIMB Rider Count Report (our first full year of data) shows strong ridership, real economic… Read More ›
A quick and very muddy test ride of the newly released Arid Spade enduro bike.
Stop Chasing Flow // Let the Trail Bring It Flow state is one of the most talked-about experiences in mountain biking, yet it remains one of the least understood. Riders often describe it as being “in the zone,” where everything… Read More ›
Spring shredding 💨 After a few months of snowy winter laps, Reece Wallace takes advantage of the primo trail conditions on his favorite local track, ‘Memphis’, aboard his Glory Advanced. 🎥: Rupert Walker
In this Earth Day edition of Levolution, Paul Stamets explores how solutions to the challenges we face can be found in nature. Through mushrooms, mycelium, movement, and the creativity unlocked by riding bikes, he points to a deeper intelligence woven… Read More ›
Aggy and Lornny’s Big Mountain Adventure When two friends set out to film a big adventure, they find just what they were looking for and then some. Join good buds Graham “Aggy” Agassiz and Eric “Lornny” Lawrenuk as they explore… Read More ›
What Pros Know About Suspension Setup (That You Don’t) The video about suspensions you have been waiting with Steve Matthews himself. Learn more about Vorsprung Suspension here: https://www.vorsprungs… and get an exclusive deal on a combo Telum + Smashpot or… Read More ›
The BendTrails website, a key resource for Central Oregon mountain bikers, is set to shut down May 31. Its co-founder says the site could continue if a buyer steps in.
We caught up with half of our Dirtbag Factory Racing crew in Port Angeles, WA for Round 1 of the Northwest Cup. A mid-weekend rain storm would keep the conditions spicy, but our crew rallied on with style. Check out… Read More ›
Hello Trail Lovers, Join us for a night of fun, community, and trail support at the HRATS Raffle Fundraiser! 📍April 19th | 5 PM – 9 PM Ferment Brewing, Hood River Every dollar raised goes directly toward building and maintaining… Read More ›
The NW Cup season kicks off with the best weekend in April—where riders, friends, and family from all over the PNW come back together after a long off-season to race some of the best trails on the peninsula. Get more… Read More ›
Hello Trail Lovers, We are sure you are growing weary of hearing about various trail closures so instead, today we have some great news! Several Post Canyon trails are now re-opened and have significant improvements. There has been an amazing… Read More ›
🚨 Call to action!!Speak NOW or forever complain about not having RAD local trails to ride! The Drift Creek MTB Trail network in the Tillamook State Forest has been planned for over 25 years. It’s time to take it to… Read More ›
Jackson Goldstone is the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Champion rewriting the sport at 22 years old. From Squamish, British Columbia — the place built to raise a downhill world champion — Jackson breaks down four straight World Cup wins… Read More ›
Pro / Cat 1 Course Preview with Luke Strobel – 2026 NW Cup Round One Aces High → Upper One-Eyed Jack → Rekluse → Upper Pro → Chunderdome → Lower Pro Cat 2 Course Preview with Logan Harrison – 2026… Read More ›
The Hood River Area Trail Stewards, or HRATS, have earned a reputation for building and maintaining some of the highest-quality trails in the Pacific Northwest. Meet the volunteers who keep the wheels turning on our revered Hood River trails.
A mountain culture film exploring an ethereal and visual journey into the inspirational and transformative power of life in the mountains. http://www.madebymountainsfilm.comhttps://www.kickstarte…
Hello Everyone, There was a flurry of trail closures this week, primarily due to some salvage logging in Post Canyon. Here is a trail status update for the weekend. There are plenty of trails with good dirt to ride. Post… Read More ›
Strike Mission is the kind of project we will always say yes to. A tight window, the right terrain, the right crew, and a rider like Marcel Hunt who knows exactly how to bring a bike to life. Shot over… Read More ›
If you like blown-out trails, crowds, and overpriced tourist towns, then Klamath Falls, Oregon, is not for you. Since we first visited back in 2023, Klamath Falls has become a must-ride destination in our calendars each year, thanks to its… Read More ›
Everyone, Message from Hood River County Forestry: The HRC Tree Farm & trails are a dynamic system, and several updates need to be communicated. Several non-OHV trails will be closed for salvage logging operations starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1st,2026. … Read More ›
“I love doing tricks and riding jibs. Even on a pedal lap, we’re always stopping to session a bank on the way up the climb, or pulling off the trail to ride an old jump. Halfway through last summer, Zak… Read More ›
A ride in the woods with my dog, Maya. Trail Dog Maya Riding, Filming & Editing Jason Lucas Music Flume by Bon Iver
Torsenn Brown spent the last 2 years building jumps and stacking footage to fully cement his transition from racer to freerider. With a background in DH racing, combined with a childhood spent on the ski slopes, Torsenn has crafted his… Read More ›
WHAT IS HUBAPALOOZA? Hub-a-Palooza is a 3 day mountain bike festival that takes place at Beacon Hill (Camp Sekani) in Spokane, WA March 27-29, 2026; past participants would tell you that it is the best way to start off your race season…. Read More ›
Jungle Hill is part of the Kettle Crest trail system in Northeastern Washington state. https://www.patreon.com/voiceovertrails Facebook
At 18, Alyana Van Horn is surging toward professional downhill mountain biking. The Medford standout has stacked regional wins and is now pushing into the national circuit, with new sponsorships easing the sport’s steep costs. Backed by a devoted family… Read More ›
𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨, our new documentary, premieres April 23 at REI Seattle Flagship Store 📽️ This film goes behind the scenes of how we build and update trails to accommodate adaptive mountain bikes (aMTB), and how we are growing a… Read More ›
Happy Spring Trail Lovers, Whoopdee Update: Currently Whoopdee is completely closed due to logging. As soon as Green Diamond notifies us that we can access the trails again we will begin to get the trail reconstructed and reopened. We do… Read More ›
We teamed up with Shimano and their Trailborn program to create a new trail on our local hill, Galbraith Mountain. Trailborn is a funding initiative created by the component company, Shimano, that provides funding to trail projects across the world…. Read More ›
Meet Reya. Forbidden’s new short-travel trail bike built for speed, efficiency, and confidence. Sporty enough for big days, sturdy enough for rough ones, and engineered to deliver far more fun than the travel numbers suggest. Designed with proportional geometry and… Read More ›
2026 OBRA Championships Mountain Bike Championships Sisters Stampede on Sunday, May 24 Road Race Championships The Dalles Omnium – Day 1 on Saturday, June 13 Time Trial Championships The Dalles Omnium – Day 2 on Sunday, June 14 Criterium Championships Portland Criterium –… Read More ›
Ever wondered what Jackson Goldstone’s riding actually sounds like? Experience how Anthill Sounds’ Sound Supervisor, Jonathan Osborne, deconstructs — and then rebuilds — audio layers to craft a rich, immersive film sound design and soundscape. Created in partnership with Shimano… Read More ›
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