Elevated Reflection Moments of Repose on Colorado’s Tallest Mountain
Chris Reichel contemplates his time living in the Centennial State, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
When I consider community within the context of mountain biking, I tend to think in broad strokes. We bond around the shared exhilaration and fun the...
There is a place, in the furthest corner of the world, where 12-year-olds will have you reconsidering how good you actually are at mountain biking....
Jen See details her ceaseless pursuit of finding ride buddies within her community.
Recently, while conducting research for this Freehub Arkansas Photo Book, I learned about Bruce Walker, a man who owned Flying Possum Leather on...
This February, the Ozark Off Road Cyclists (OORC) celebrated its 19th running of the Buffalo Headwaters Challenge, an annual bike bash based in Red...
In early October 2023, Freehub senior photographer Riley Seebeck shuffled through his camera gear in the dark at the summit of Mount Nebo as he...
As is tradition at Freehub, our final issue of each year centers around the theme of “adventure.” It’s often our toughest edition...
When listing the top 10 brain-melting moments in the history of freeride mountain biking on your fingers, Josh Bender’s four jumps off the...
When settlers first came to the Pacific Northwest, they began an initiative for deforestation. The forest held many valuable resources, but it also...
Crankworx's Open Enduro, a grueling five-stage race, pushes the world’s top racers to their outer limits.
I emerged from the desert at the trailhead, riding through the parking lot, avoiding eye contact with everyone. I was fuming and nobody needed to...
Valerie Naylor is the Rock Queen. At least, that’s what Randy Conner of Contour Trail Design Company calls her. He’s seen her move rocks...
Since getting my first mountain bike in 1990, I’ve seen the ill effects of what ambulance chasers have done to our sport. Closed trails, helmet...
Within a week of showing up in Bellingham, Washington in 2012, it was made very clear to me that I needed a mountain bike. I had moved for a five-...
We’re living at a time during which the pace of change is unprecedented in human history. And each year, when we start to create this issue...
It was October 1992 in western Pennsylvania, and autumn was in the air—brisk temperatures, leaves sporting hues of yellow, orange, and red, and...
“So, what do you do?” “I’m a mountain biker.” “Oh really! Are you a professional or something?” “Nope...
Bill Hasenjaeger started building trail for dirt bikes. It was the late 1960s, he was 16 and a member of a motorcycle enduro club in Southern...
As auteurs of mountain bike motion pictures, Anthill Films has long heralded the role of community in the sport. Local riders, clubs and trail...
The word “progression” gets bandied about a lot these days, from the realm of scientific research to the ever-evolving world of action...
The durability of aftermarket bike products rarely lives up to advertising hype. Bombproof? Bulletproof? Nukeproof? Hardly. Simple fact is, we as...
My good friend George VanDercook and I grew up on the Beaverkill River in upstate New York, where besides boasting world-renowned fly fishing, the...
Our tires skid to a halt under the piercing North Dakota sun. As the dust settles, we focus on the steady movements of two dung beetles, carefully...
It is often said that the devil makes work for idle hands, and Vallée Bras-du-Nord is one place where the truth in this phrase is abundantly...
If we've learned anything during more than a year of stay-at-home restrictions, it's how fundamentally important human connection and community are....
Polo. The singular word conjures up images of Jaguars, Grey Poupon, make-shift picnic tables on the tailgates of Range Rovers, children stomping...