World Championships 2010

Was today, and our new Champion is... Sam Hill! what a comeback from destroying his shoulder early on in the season. I dont think anyone expected Hill to come back like he did after his perormance last weekend at the world cup final in Whindam, NY. (note it was the FIRST time the season final had been on us soil, ever. In fact it was the first world cup in the US since 2005 in Anglefire, NM.)
Monster Energy made a pretty clean sweep of worlds with Sam winning mens, and Troy Brosnan winning in jr.

Surprise #2, Steve Smith. 2ND! wow. It sounded like he's been tearing this track up this week but has been struggling on keeping it together all the way down the four and a half minute course. Steve was standing 12th in the overall but this will definatley bump him into top ten for the season!

Check Vitalmtb.com for full results. Heres a great video from Santa Cruz at Worlds 2010

If I could get a new Downhill Bike..

Crankworx 2010

Cameron Zink 2010 Crankworx Champion from Taylor Sage on Vimeo.

Cam qualified 1st at Crankworx CO, showing everyone what he is possible of. I dont think anyone really expected him to come out blazing in Canada and win the biggest slope comp of the year tho! Congrats to Cam Zink!! Once again proving injuries are only minor compared to the big accomplishments in life :)

Nike 6.0 Barcelona contest

Nike 6.0 Standby Barcelona - 1st Place France from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

The wieners.

Nike 6.0 Standby Barcelona - 3rd Place USA from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

The Men.

Semenuk/Sage

Killer combo.

Brandon Semenuk- 48 Hours in Chicago from Taylor Sage on Vimeo.

Oh Canada..

why are you so awesome?

Whistler 2010 from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

The whole Eugene/Creswell crew made it up to Whistler for Jay's Bachelore party a couple weekends ago and managed to catch some of the racing action and some runs in with Jack and Rhys. Had my new GoPro Hero HD up there and passed it around for a few days, to document the semi-wet, fantastic weekend shredding. Enjoy!

Addition to the arsenal/ Ashland!

HD camera test from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Yep, got me a GoPro Hero HD on friday. These cameras are nearly indestructable with the case on (as well as waterproof), not to mention the ridiculously clear and crisp HD footage it captures in a variety of resolutions. Did I mention it takes amazing time lapses? well it does, and I will share one soon.

Get more info at GoPro.com

Not only was there the first UCI world cup DH round today in Maribor, Slovenia, but the Spring Thaw was poppin off in Ashland, Oregon!

I heard great things from Ashland including a few more podiums for the Downhill Coaliton! Way to go everyone, Sounds like everyobody was killing it! Wonder if the new jerseys have anything to do with it...?

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