Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

Shultz creek trail. Takin the anthem out for a shred.

Photo of the Day

Trees are changing, weather is changing.....winter is heading in :(

Photo of the Day

The Morewood awaiting its next thrashing.

Photo of the Day

So I've been thinking of cool ideas to keep the blog updating on a regular basis. I realized that some advice I got a while back, will be a cool addition to the content of this page. So please welcome the new addition; "Photo of the Day".

I will try my best to post an image of something I deem cool or interesting on a daily basis. Enjoy!

Contour

As a present from my amazing girlfriend, I received a brand new contour vholdr HD camera today. Time for some long awaited helmet cam footage from all our favorite trails and riding spots. Hopefully I get to put it to the test here in the next few days!

The project

So I planned on making a lengthy riding video, but due to fast approaching winter weather it looks like it won't be turning into that after all. However, I will be trying to film when I can.

Here is a short edit fro the other day when I went out to a local elden trail.

One Fall Day from wes mendel on Vimeo.

Thanks to Teva for the hook up on the Links shoes.

New Project

Well I've decided to start on a self edit video project. I will be filming, editing, and riding in the entire video.

I went out today for day one of filming, and found myself on a trail that I didn't even know existed. Heres some pictures from the day.

A little fun at the slalom course with erik the wolf

Well nothing really new in my biking world to report about. Just waiting to race Fontana in November. Although some news about Erik; he was chosen to race for the US team and the world champs in 4x. However, in an early round of practice suffered a crash which found him with a fractured tailbone and dislocated hips. Hopefully he's back shredding soon and off the old man cane.

Hopefully we get some DH runs in in the next few weekends, I need to ride!

The DH bike

Went and checked out a new riding spot here in town today with Nate. Its pretty much a slalom run but with a bit of DH thrown in. Hopefully I'll get out there to ride it some more.

With the winter headed in, I'll be going over and racing in Fontana as much as possible, in the southridge challenge, and the winter series. With that said I've been in the gym training for the first race in November, with any luck pedaling "the wall" won't kill me....

My XC thats been giving me good times all summer long.

Holy crap its been awhile. Ive been so busy this summer that my last post was in May.

Where do I start....Well I've been riding quite a bit of DH and some XC but i'd like to have ridden more over the summer. Elden and sunrise have been the primary riding spots. I didn't make it to any races this summer, mostly due to the fact that I didn't have much money. But I plan on racing In Fontana this winter since its close and not too expensive of a weekend. I got a new bike about a month ago, a Morewood Izimu, which I'm totally in love with. I feel that I'm riding better on this bike than I ever have before.

School has started so its back to the grind of school and work, but plan on getting more regular updates as the days go on.