Cannondale Rider and all-around good guy Chris Van Dine advances to fifth overall in the 48 Straight Jeep King of the Mountain series. Watch it on CBS October 12th.
About 23 centuries ago Aristotle
concluded that more than anything else human beings seek happiness.
Quite a few things have changed in this world since Aristotle's time,
yet many argue that we haven't made much progress in the happiness department
since then. Last month there was a major breakthrough in mankind's age-old
happiness paradox. It has been discovered that true happiness lies in
combining motorcycles and bicycles into one road trip.
I've always had a special place in my heart for Mt Snow, Vermont. It's
where I road tripped up to watch my first pro NORBA race, long before I
could drive a car. It's where all the pictures in my dad's old
magazine stacks came to life, and it's where I started my autograph
collection. It's where I met a skinny 15-year-old kid named Aaron
Chase bunny hopping picnic tables, and it's where I decided that I
wanted to be a pro mountain biker. It's where I traded a few t-shirts
and a case of beer for a re-welded bike rack on my camper van my rookie
pro season. It's the oldest running stop on the NORBA circuit and so
many legendary events in our sport have happened there, so needless to
say I was a little nostalgic when I learned that this would be the last
year our National Championships would be held there.
Aaron Chase, Chris Van Dine, Dave Smutok, Cam Zink and Adam Hauck are currently banching Harleys all over New England as they visit some of the East Coast’s top freeriding spots and hang out at the 85th Annual Laconia Rally and Race for the 1st Annual Hold on Loosely Tour.
I recently made the drive up to the FUEL TV studio in LA with a friend to film an episode of The Daily Habit show. FUEL is one of the biggest international action sports networks on television...
I recently took a trip back to the Children's Hospital of Los
Angeles with a few friends to spend the afternoon with Whitney Nifong
and see some of the kids.
"The mountain bike trip we did with you guys was the
highlight of season 3 for us.The trip
was incredible, amazing locations, the stuff you guys were doing on your bikes,
how well the crew worked together, filming with somebody of Don Hampton's
caliber.We loved it, the network guys
back in New York loved it, and we
are definitely looking forward to the next mountain bike adventure with you
guys on season 4."
We drove on to a ferry in Edinburgh, drove off the next morning just ouside Brussels, and started the 1,200K drive to Maribor, Slovenia for the World Cup finals. Dan and Diana led us out on the autobahn making the turbo in the Cannondale T5 diesel van work for it as Mick kept the pace behind the wheel of the Camper.
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