Just a quick reminder that the Summer Sprint Series XC & DH race is on tonight at Highbridge. Check out the flyer for more info:

Conditions could not be worse for riding this past weekend, with biblical rain in the week preceding and heavy rain Saturday night. Still, riders soldiered on with the Darkhorse Gallop race at Stewart on Sunday and a Father’s Day trip to Diablo Freeride Park…

Our official race photographer, Specimage.com, have posted their photos of all the racers up on their site. They’ve got tons of images of every racer- check it out!

After years of hustling and fighting the good fight, longtime MTB advocate and former NYC IMBA rep Matt Lebow finally got the go-ahead to open the trails of Wolfe’s Pond Park to mountain biking. Now he and a crew of dedicated volunteers are re-building the long-standing but not-previously-legal dirt jumps in the southwest corner of the park. Check out the great coverage in the NY Times of their efforts:

Our buddy J-Lo is making an appearance at the new EMS flagship store down in SoHo on Friday, June 19th at 7pm. Some of you have worked shoulder to shoulder with Jeff on the Highbridge jump park, others have just marveled at his mad handle during his trials demos at the US Open or JORBAfest. Come get some face time with one of the world’s top mountain bikers, right here in NYC.
The EMS SoHo store is on the corner of Spring and Broadway in SoHo. Take the N/W to Prince …