This is a great story with some even better pics!

"so basically, I was riding heart of darkness which was just buffed by the trail crew. they did a great job, the trail was so smooth and I was PINNING it! You ride beside the road, then dive back into the trees, over a hump and can gap over the pointy rocks on the left to right hand "S" corner. well, you used to hit the berm and gap over the rocks, but the berm was knocked down, and I hit it and just launched into the trees. I clipped a tree and remember front flipping then I woke up in the middle of the trail.

I just got back from hiking into the trail after I found out the other half of my pedal was stuck in the tree. pretty gnarly crash, and I'm stoked I'm still walking.

Kyle,"

The Bike................

The Pedal.................

And Kyle..........

We all love the Fail Blog here. This is a great failure, and an often quoted clip. It's time you get to enjoy it too... if you haven't seen it already:

Bocian of Poland made pinkbikes picture of the day with this huge supercan on his Transition.

Caleb Cambern from "The Fix" in Colorado hooked me up with some sweet shots of himself representing Transition at the Mount Sainte Anne Dh race. Caleb has been killing it this season!! Keep it up!!

Iggy at Brooklyn Bikes does a review on the Bottle Rocket. Click Here

When things really get moving here we tend to get caught up in the excitement sometimes and start tossing to phone to each other when calls come in. So as a safety measure we have spent months upon months of research trying to find that perfect balance of strength and practicality. There were many failures, but with a little can-do attitude we finally reached successville! Ladies and Gentelmen i give you the Transition Awesome-O 9000 Cell Phone Protector!

A close look at perfection

The 9000 passing Carl's crunch test

The 9000 passing Kevins Pressure test with flying colors!!

So dont be fooled by those other cell phone protectors, the Transition Awesome- O 9000 Cell phone protector is the only one that really works!

Carl and i were given the task of filming for a Transition TOP video, so this weekend we went down to Seattle to do some filming. Carl killed it, everything from flowing the Green Lake dirt Jumps to riding off the second story walkway of some apt complex over a steel handrail into the neighbors lawn. It was intense! We were able to get some pretty awesome footage, so be on the look out for Carl B in the new TOP video.

Carls crazy apartment gap

Carl boosting a HUGE table at Green Lake

Carl stalling on his buddies Car.

Carl styling it out as i watch on

I was even able to get a good pic this trip

Rocking out 80's style on a sweet ride.

We finally got our container of BlindSides in, we were out for awhile, but they are definitely worth the wait. One of the Transition owners (Kyle young) decided to build his up with a new Fox 40 for his new DH rig, and this thing looks sick! Kyle is taking this beast to Whistler this week to do some testing/stress relief :) Here are a couple shots of Kyle's new DH Assault Vehicle!!

Kyle with his new WHIP!

The BEAST!!

Cool shot of Ian Nelson hitting up the ski jump in the Whistler BoneYard.

Its been 5 months since i have been able to ride, and it has been a very long 5 months. But my shoulder is finally starting to feel pretty good, so Kyle and i went to the Burlington skate park to do a little post work riding. The whether was awesome, and it was great to get out and ride(conservatively). There was a really fun hip that i was trying relearn my tables on, so i had Kyle take a quick shot for me and it turned out pretty awesome. Thanks Kyle! Anyways, i will continue to heal for the next month then back to the hospital for a second surgery to have the hardware removed, which really sucks.  But what can ya do besides take life as it comes and give everything your best shot!

Today's photo was shot by Brad Walton in Squamish, BC over the weekend. Bellingham trail building phenom and badass rider Joel Spacman hitting a big step up gap on his Blindside. Enjoy!

This weekend I made the trip down to Mt Hood Oregon to race the third stop of the Fluidride Cup series. Due to a damaged lift tower and lingering snow, the course was a little shorter than usual. The race was run with an unorthodox “best of two runs” format to give the racers more bang for their buck. After run number one, my time was good enough for the lead in the Expert 19-29 category and unless someone made up some serious time on the second run, I would take the win.

On my second run I was feeling a little faster and more relaxed, but that caught up to me. I hit the log stepdown faster than the first run and came into the next corner super hot, lost traction momentarily, the tires hooked back up and redirected into a tree on the inside of the turn.  Ouch! From there down I just hopped on my bike and cruised down with a super jacked up shoulder. However, my first run time was still the top time and I got to stand on top of the podium. It’s a funny feeling coming home from a race with a 1^st place finish and a crash… but that is what a two run format can get you.

Cam Burns took the initiative yesterday and started working on the Transition Pump Track. Its been super dry here lately, so it took a ton of water in order to get the dirt to a state that enabled it to pack well. Everybody took some time from their day to help out a little, and by the end of the day we had something that was starting to look like a pump track. Hopefully with a little more work today we will be able to start making some laps.

Cam working hard

Cam loving the "Worm Berm"