Tees have landed...

The first batch of Wideopen tees arrived this morning... a full ad and details on how to get one from us will be in Issue 3.

In the meantime you can order them from the Fearingout shop.

Pump Comp Winner Pics

Got a great email over the weekend from our Pump comp winner Matt... It's really good to hear back from readers, especially when they're stoked on the mag and the competitions. Matt won a Pump t-shirt and a few other goodies, including some of the first batch of Wideopen stickers. We'll let you know in issue 3 how to get hold of some!

"Hi Jamie, t-shirt arrived today, many thanks, its great!

Sticker's were most welcome also, infact i've been after something like this since respraying the bike! I was so excited I even took pics (lucky you, they're attached too!)

Cheers again, I'm more than happy to support the site/mag in any way I can!

Matt"

Some bits and bobs from my inbox...

Just managed to grab 5 minutes to check my emails...Got quite a lot of Wideopen stuff which is always great. Here's a couple of little updates that might interest you all, i'll pop some more stuff up Monday:

From Caroline at TF Tuned Shox:

"Hi guys and dolls,
Just a quickie to let you know that RockShox, both parts and forks, are back in stock. Finally! We're busy today prepping the back-ordered forks, so if you've been waiting for a new toy, then this weekend you get to play in the rain. You lucky, lucky people.

Also, as most of you know by now, we no longer service Scott shocks. If you have a Genius in need of lovin', the nice people at Scott UK will be pleased to help - the number is +44 1670 712129. We will of course continue to honour our three-month warranty on TF-serviced Genius shocks - after all, a day without Genius is for Tim a day not lived to the full. No, really, honest!
He's soooooo sad to see them go. Ahem."

Also... Howies are having a summer sale. They've managed to completely outgrow the warehouse so have gotta shift some stuff before they can take any new deliveries. Click here for men's sale and here for ladies. Sounds like business is good in Cardigan Bay.

Welsh Downhill Championships

Folks, it may well seem that the DH season is not long started, but time flies and Championships need winning. This weekend (23rd/24th June) sees the Welsh Downhill Championships at Rheola.

See www.dragondownhill.co.uk for details. You can even watch a preview of the course which will also be featured for the British Championships (route to be changed a bit though), on the Dragon website, check it out.

Should be a good course and a top weekend of riding, racing and spectating. So if you're too scared, injured, bored or fed up of boring weekends, get yourself along and cheer the racers down that hill. Rheola...where champions are made.

Point to note, direct quote from Dragondownhill, "Midges up at Rheola are quite bad so bring some insect repellant."

So, take a horn to drum up some atmosphere, shout random chants and rub that insect repellant on liberally :D

Mountain Sessions at The Factory Skatepark in Dundee

Just spotted this on the Descent-World forum...

The Factory Skate Park in Dundee are running MTB only sessions from July to August. If your up that way, go check it out. Support your local skatepark folks!

Dear industry...can we have more Freeride parks please...

Another early morning at home in Scotland and I rose excited like a child to get to Glentress FR park...the met office yet again pulled a blinder and claimed rain, but it never came, so GT FR park it was (was gonna hit Inners if it had rained!). The stinky was on form, and I reinstated big time!

Whips, hips, tweaks and ultimate development for me...one handers and then no handers. The top section was getting dialled all day, and I had a different trick on every table. One run had a one hander, a no hander, whip, hip and tweak all in one. Absolutley f@*#ing mint and development for moi :D

Good craic as usual with random park chat. Also met up with Robin again, he was throwing some nice one hander-no hander-then one hander landings, bar spins, opposite whips and all. His bike still sounds like it needs some TLC tho, clunkety, clunk...LOL!

Just a few pics, and tbh I could have taken these in my car boot anywhere, but trust me, I'm buzzing from the FR park as usual, build more in the UK plllllllllllllllllease! Nice shot of the wideopen sticker on my giro remedy, as above, lol...

Empire of dirt cancelled...

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO COURSE BY HEAVY RAIN
LINK HERE

Newton Abbot, 15th June, 3pm - Kye Forte and organisers of Red Bull Empire of Dirt, are incredibly disappointed to announce that the event has had to completely cancelled for 2007.

Unusually heavy rain throughout Thursday night, and most of Friday, has damaged the course so extensively, that the hard working course crew will be unable to complete repairs in time.

Naturally, everyone involved, including Kye, Red Bull, the course shapers, event crew, and of course the world class riders, who have travelled from far and wide, are very disappointed. However, spirits are high, as planning for Red Bull Empire 2008 has already begun!

Milky will be heading down to the course in the next week to get some snaps for Wideopen. Check out Issue 3 out soon.

Final Pump Urban Wear comp winner!

Looks like the Pump Urban Wear comp is about to come to a close! We hooked up with PUW after issue 2 and we've given away a shirt every week for the last 3 weeks.... time to announce our 4th and final winner...

The weeks shirt will be winging its way over to yet another Bath local... Matt Miller. Well done mate, your shirt and some other goodies will be on the way asap!

MASSIVE shout out to Rick at Pump Urban Wear for being super bloody cool and sorting us out with lots of shirts to give away. He liked what he saw in Wideopen and took a chance in hooking up with us. It's much appreciated.

You can check out a feature on Pump in Wideopen issue3. If you like what you see, drop by their site and think about buying some of their threads.

Look out for another comp in Wideopen issue3 - out July.

Whistler baby!

Just got this from my mate Trev. He's normally a spanner monkey from Coventry but has escaped the UK for a year with Ticket2ridebc in Whistler. With a bit of luck he might make these a regular thing...


"Finally got my self into gear and decided to write a bit of a weekly/bi weekly blog about the season in Whistler!!! So here goes part 1…

Been a very mixed few weeks in the Bikepark from the swamp we had on opening day to dry dusty 30 degrees of last weekend to the torrential rain floods of the past few days. The bone yard is coming along well with lots of lines, a funky curved wall ride on to the Giro box, and lots of smaller trail type jumps packed in.

Crankworx is set for the 21st to 29th July and is going to be the year of the hardtail (could this be Lance McDermott’s year??). It looks like theirs no big mountain lines except for the drop to step up from last year, which has grown! Expect some huge airs off that one...

The 4x track looks like it might be a bit of a let down. There’s some huge tables and a nice step down, but its got no flow. Lots of berms in strange places and 3 funky ones that send you up hill killing your speed for the jumps! We’ll see how it develops through the season though!

As for the rest of the trails it’s the same old runs. There’s a new bridge on "Schleyer" but we all jump over that anyway! The best thing the trail crew has done this year is resurface the landing from the GLC drops, which was holding up super well till the rain of the last few days and now it’s rutted up big time!! The only bad news really is the trashing of the start of "Lower Joyride", so "Crank It Up" can be linked to "Heart of Darkness"… but hey we are meant to be getting two new tracks over the summer.

Away from the Bikepark, the skate park is seeing lots of action from the bmx crew of Evolution. Bruno, Jared, Sam and me are all killing it in the snake run and wishing that Bruno's trails were not all the way down at function junction and currently flooded!

Away from bikes, I’ve been watching the Stanley Cup and learning all about the finer points of hockey. I still think its just men with sticks but the fights are good, and Ticket2ride head honcho Scott (panzi)Lanzi is currently rocking a Commencial Supreme DH, in long and slack mode, but he might be fettling that! Who let that boy have a bike he can change head angle, wheel base, and bb height?!

PS I’ve also seen the proto Rocky Mountain on the trails but can’t tell u much. I followed him down angry pirate, but couldn’t see much of the bike. Will get more pics soon!! Promise. I’ve also got lots of info on the new Collective video… but I might loose my job if I tell you!"

69 for prizes at the NPS Final

RHUK as official co-sponsors of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS in 2007 are handing over an Astrix Union hardtail frame to 69th overall at the 2007 NPS Final @ Caersws!

Astrix's Union is at home on the 4X track or down the trails...or anything in between. Available in baby blue or baby blue it's certainly eyecatching.

The ride is like a big boys BMX, so easy to bust out manuals and precise through any turn.
Boasting 24" or 26" wheel, slidey vert dropouts, ISCG, custom tubeset... she won't let you down!
So get your game on...RHUK hopes this awesome prize will make you guys push harder for the rest of the Series!

Steve Parr says, "It's going to be like Christmas at the NPS Final on the Saturday night. We will be flowing a whole list of great prizes including this Astrix Union frame to a worthy rider who has competed hard and fast all year long".

For more information on the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS please checkout http://www.NPSDH.com

22nd July Rugog
12th Aug Moelfre
1st Sept Caersws (Saturday)

Ride the World Champs track at Fort Bill

From Chris Roberts at NPS4X...

This weekend is the big tester event for the World Championships tracks both DH & 4X, this is your only chance to race on this brand new 4X track this weekend.

Saturday night is Super cross, timed seeding runs and straight knockout (world cup format racing)
Sunday is the FSO National 4X race - 4 moto format.

Entry for the race closes online on Tuesday at 11pm, we will take entries on the day for Saturday or Sunday but these may fill up fast.

Full details of these race are on www.nps4x.com

We still have loads of goodies up for grabs, Marzocchi WC 4X Forks for one lucky category winner, FSO sunglasses & ODI grips for the winner of each category and the specially commissioned glass trophies.

Also with the fun of the SDA DH race taking place the atmosphere should be buzzing with excitement, with a few international 4x riders coming to race it going to be an action packed weekend of racing.

Race for free? - if you can supply a marshal for either day we will pay cash or give you a free entry.

Pearce Cycles Summer DH Series 2007 Rd2

Results are up for Bala on the Pearce site.

Sam Dale (Solid/Electric/Nike6.0) took the overall win, beating Hughsey(Syncros/Electric) by over 3 seconds! Top female was Sue Mahoney (Psyclewerx).

Check out ftmb.net for some pics and a repo. Round 3 will be 30th June/1st July at Bringewood - get on it!

Comp Winner, Bristol Bike Fest & Pearce Rd2

Morning all - two quick bits of news for Friday morning...

First up, this weeks Pump Urban Wear competition winner is Dave Blake from Torquay... well done fella! T-shirt will be winging its way over in the next couple of days.... one more shirt to go now. Send us your details using the 'Contact' form on the right to enter.

Also, this weekend is packed with racing..... You've got Round2 of the Pearce Cycles Summer DH Series at Bala, North Wales. Amazing track and an amazing series. If your on the start list your gonna have a blast. Repo in issue#3 obviously....

Check out http://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/Racing/racing.html for info.

For the XC crowd there's the Ritchey Bristol Bikefest at Ashton Court, Bristol. It's a three day XC event with a 12 hour enduro race on Saturday and a 6 hour on Sunday. There's also going to be live bands, boozing and partying from Friday till Sunday. I'll be on the case to do some heckling and getting a repo for issue#3. For more info visit http://www.bike-fest.com/bristol/

The stickers have arrived...

Yeah they've arrived...
How do you get some? Details in Issue 3!!!

Empire of Dirt

Yeah Wideopen contributor Jacob Gibbins (Milky) will be at the event for full coverage in Issue 3!

PRESS RELEASE:
15 & 16 June, 2007
Newton Abbot, Devon, UK

THE WORLD'S FIRST BMX DIRT SLOPESTYLE

FREE TICKETS SNAPPED UP!

Newton Abbot, Devon - With just two weeks to go, there are no more tickets available for Red Bull Empire of Dirt! All car tickets were snapped up within a week, when the applications opened on the MySpace profile on May 14th.

There is strictly no access to Red Bull Empire of Dirt without a ticket. But hope is not lost... Those who missed out on a ticket to see the event in person, can watch the Freesports on 4 program on Sunday 22nd July at 8.30am, on Channel 4, and again on Tuesday 24th July, late night (time TBC).

Empire of Dirt will also be broadcast on the Extreme sports channel.

Meanwhile, the world's first BMX dirt slopestyle course is looking awesome!

RedBull site
Myspace page
Progress photos and course photos

PUW Flow Comp Winner

Remember that Flow Drift frame Pump were giving away...?

Well they've announced a winner - check out their site here to see if it was you...

More good news, there should be another comp running alongside the launch of their new site. Safe!

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Xuberance Weekend

Also...Some disapointing news...The Xuberance weekend festival has been cancelled.

It was due for 9th/10th June in Llangollen, North Wales with Reel Big Fish, Pendulum, GLC and loads of bikes and boards going down all weekend.... sadly, it's no more.

The press release says:

"We are really sorry to announce the cancellation of Xuberance Weekend.

Due to unforeseen circumstances I am left with no option but to cancel the event in its entirety.

I offer my sincerest apologies for the short notice of this announcement and any inconvenience caused but please understand that this has been the hardest decision of my life and one I really didn’t want to have to make.

However the circumstances here are beyond my control, and have left me with no alternative but to cancel the event.

I have invested a vast amount of my time and money into this event over the last 14 months, but unfortunately I have been dealt a last-minute blow.

I fully intend to put on the event in the coming years and with this in mind I hope that you understand and consider supporting future events.

Thanks to everyone who has been involved & worked so hard providing time and expertise and also to those who have supported this event.

Anyone who has purchased a ticket will be contacted individually on Monday morning and will receive a full refund including all booking fees.

Please email any comments you may have to info@xuberanceweekend.co.uk

Kind regards

David Green
Event Director
Xuberance Weekend"

Competition Time

Pump Urban Wear comp - Winner #2!

Winner time again in the Pump Urban Wear comp!

This weeks shirt goes to Sam Birch from London.... well done fella. Shirt in the post this week.

2 more to go - click HERE and fill out the form to enter!

http://www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk
http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

NPS round 2 results

Top stuff this weekend, with the in-form Gee Atherton coming 1st in seeding and in the main race, ahead of Peaty, Minaar and the Honda G-Cross team. Fearingout team rider Matt also nailed a good 5th in Elite, good efforts.

Preps to Justin at Foel DH riders who got a 16th in the seniors with a time of 2:40.78. Good going.

Great to see the Junior riders nailing some top times in with the Elite riders.

Top 10 times...
1 Gee ATHERTON Elite Animal/Commencal 2:11.82
2 Steve PEAT Elite The Syndicate 2:12.54
3 Matti LEHIKOINEN Elite Team G Cross Honda 2:14.29
4 Josh BRYCELAND Junior Royal/Santa Cruz 2:15.72
5 Greg MINNAAR Elite Team G Cross Honda 2:16.06
6 Matt SIMMONDS Elite Ancillotti UK 2:17.21
7 Marc BEAUMONT Elite MBUK/Santa Cruz 2:17.45
8 Sam DALE Junior Solid Electric 2:17.73
9 Joseph SMITH Junior Ancillotti UK 2:17.83
10 Tom BRAITHWAITE Elite Giant 2:17.99


full results on www.npsdh.com and www.mikrotime.com/mtb/

Full write up and interviews with some of the names above in issue 3 of wideopen.

Chain Reaction Cycles NPS Rd 2 at Ae Forest - Heads Up!

This weekend sees round two of the Chain Reaction Cycles British Downhill Series Rd 2 at Ae Forest, Dumfries in Scotland on Saturday 26th and Sunday the 27th of May 2007.

Round 1 was a massive success with huge crowds never seen before at a British National Downhill Race. This weekend will see an even bigger show of riders and team pits with the addition of Nathan Rennie joining his team mate Steve Peat on the Santa Cruz Syndicate.

The impressive Honda G-Cross Team will be in full attendance with their full factory set up so stop by and stare!

The Ae Forest track is ace for spectating, being pretty open up top with fast straights and dangerous off camber sections the riders will be fighting to stay online. The rock garden will claim lives guaranteed as will the finish section which will offer the best views as riders traverse down to the huge step down and the largest berms on a British DH course before the 25ft near vert drop into the finish!

Bring along you XC bike and hit the famous Ae Forest trails, along the route stop by and watch the Worlds top downhill riders hauling! When you get to the bottom fly by the suspension service centres like those of TF Tuned, Stendec or Mojo and chat one to one regards your suspension set up.

Fenwicks the bike cleaner people will be running a bike wash with free use of their jet washes and cleaner. Roger from WheelPro will be on hand to true your wheels along with our two fully trained Park Tool Mechanics, all free of charge!

Schedule:
Saturday
09:00 - 14:30 Open Practise
15:00 - 18:00 Seeding
18:15 Riders meeting
19:00 Sombrio Film Festival
Sunday
09:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 16:00 Racing
16:30 Podium

What more do you need to know? Parking and spectating is free!

Catch you trackside..

Si "Superfly" Paton.

www.Descent-Gear.com
www.Descent-World.co.uk
www.npsdh.com

Pump Urban Wear comp - Winner #1!

We've got our first T-shirt winner in the Pump Urban Wear comp!

We've sorted through the millions(ish) of entries.... put them in to a hat....picked one at random and.....

A shirt will be winging it's way to Chris Mundle of Bath any minute now. Well done squire. No doubt we'll sort out a pic of him in his new kit for the news page.

Cheers to everyone who entered and especially to Rick at Pump for making it all happen.

Remember.... 3 more shirts to give away. One a week for the next 3. So get signed up!

www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk

http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

PUW comp

Folks, as detailed in issue 2 and the post a few down, we're drawing one name from all those who sign up each week for the next 5 weeks. Some people seem to be getting error messages when submitting the form, so as an alternative, email me at.... scott@wideopenmag.co.uk
and send your same details... (Name:Email:Address:Town:County:Postcode:Country:Message)

...and we'll put your name in the hat.

Cheers,
Scott|editor

4X postponed this weekend...

PRESS RELEASE

We have taken the decision to postpone this weekend's 4X event.

The track is very wet and muddy and rather then risk running event on what would be a very wet weekend we have taken the decision to postpone until June 2/3rd

We want everyone to enjoy themselves at our events and feel that spending the weekend in a very wet muddy field is not going to be fun for anyone, least of all the all spectators and riders.

I know some would of you would love the race in the rain, but with this being a new track we really want to save it and for it to be an amazing weekend on racing on a really dry and sunny June 3rd!

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and will transfer or refund any entries already received.

Best Regards
Chris
Europes Biggest 4X Series
Freerange Sports Optics National 4X Series 2007

Series Co-Sponsors
MARZOCCHI - HALO - ODI - BRITISH CYCLING - THE PPC IMAGELAB-DIRT BIKE SUPPLY- RIMOR DIRECT
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Chris Roberts NPS4X 25 Wrekin Walk Stourport-on-Severn
WORCS DY13 0LR UK Direct M 07702 826260 www.nps4x.com

Win PUW Gear!

Good news - We've hooked up with Pump Urban Wear and we've got 5 shirts to give away to readers.

Click 'Contact' on the right and fill out your details. We'll then pick a random winner every week for the next 5 weeks... It's quick and easy so get on it!

(Don't panic if the comments form gives you any funny messages... we're definately getting all your entries!)

Pump are a South West based lifestyle brand. They're all about quality, lifespan, value and choice. Exactly the sort of company we want to work with in the mag.

They work closely with the guys at Flow Bikes and have a real solid line up of team riders. On dirt there’s Rob Newman(team manager), Tom Gethin and Dylan Stone. Also, Kris Janczuk on Wakeboard and a new BMX rider coming soon. They'll be on the road this summer on a shooting their first DVD... we'll definately be all over that. Stay tuned...

Check out the links :

http://www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk

http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

http://myspace.com/tom_gethin

Freelap at the NPS

Read the latest Dirt?
Seen those fancy Freelap timing devices that Stanny is using...?

Well.... at every round of the NPS in 07 Freelap will be on hand to let riders check out their times.

SPS Events will ensure at the start and finish line of each race one of the Freelap Transmitter Poles will be located as well as an obvious mid-way point for your split times!

Tim Williams from Freelap has also promised one lucky racer at the final of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS at Caersws a complete Freelap kit of watch and two poles!

Si Paton of SPS Events says, “The Freelap system is the most innovative product of 2007 and will turn every ride into a race. Whenever you start measuring something, it improves, this will be the same for your riding, guaranteed”.

www.npsdh.com
www.freelap.co.uk

Foel-king hell

Headed up to Foel gasnach today for an uplift day with Justin and the boys. See Fearingout report fearingout.co.uk, but photo below says it all really...loving it.

Wideopen Issue 2 - out now!

Yup its out - click on the link to the left to get to the download page. Feedback as usual on the Comments page more than welcome.

PUW competion - you need to click on the 'Contact' link on the right and fill that in for a chance to win a free T-shirt!

Chain Reaction Cycles NPS - Venue Change

News just in from Paton :

Round 4 of the NPS on the 11th and 12th of August 2007 has changed from Kinnerton to Moelfre. Make a note in your diary!

The line up now is: Inners, Ae, Rugog, Moelfre, Caersws. Not bad at all.

TF Tuned Fast Track to summer

Just got an email update from Caroline at TF... good news for folks wanting their shox fettled.

"We are currently booking about a week ahead, and so we have re-introduced the Fast Track service for the summer. There will be a few spaces available for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week where, for an additional charge of 25GBP, you can effectively queue-jumpa nd get any ultra-urgent jobs turned around quickly, ready for theweekend.

I'd also urge you to plan ahead - those of you lucky enough to be off tothe mountains on holiday, don't leave it to the last minute to get yoursuspension serviced and tuned - book it in well ahead of time please.

On the stock front, we have PUSH parts available for all Fox products,and we have a few RockShox Revelation 426 U-turn Coil forks back instock. We think that these are the best value fork available at themoment at 280GBP, and it seems like the public agree as RockShox have been struggling to meet demand."

tftunedshox.com for more

Issue 2.... SOON!!

Inundated with questions of when Issue 2 is out, all I can do is say SOON!
Its in final proofing now - so I expect we'll have it online on Friday.

Trust me - its worth the wait!

I'm back...

Just back from a weeks holiday - Wideopen Issue 2 is nearing completion, and it'll be worth the wait. Sign up to the mailing list (using the Contact link) and we'll let you know before its publicised elsewhere when the next issue is ready for download.

Dragon Rd2 Mt Ash

Dragon time again this weekend at Mt Ash.... Weathers looking good so should be a fast one. ... don't forget to pack your pedalling legs for that bottom section!

Stay tuned to http://www.dragondownhill.co.uk/ for results next week and repo in WO.

PS.... Do the Dragon Team a favour and car share as much as you can. Parking is a big issue at Mountain Ash that needs your help! Share vehicles, park tidy and try not to roll up in an enormous van! See the site for more info.

Midwales Mountain Biking at Caersws

Big thanks to Ian and crew at Midwales Mountain Biking for the awesome uplift day at Caersws yesterday. It was a top notch day with short queues, quick rides up and (of course) 4 amazing tracks. Loads of riders turned up, including Tom Brathwaite and Mojo new guy Julien Camellini.

With uplifts getting a tough deal at the moment it's great to see people working hard to keep us all riding... much appreciated folks, can't wait for the next one.

'Between the Tape' premiere

Word up from Rachel Atherton, fresh from her NPS triumph (congrats), check out the premiere of "Between the tape".
Date: this saturday, 28th April.
Venue: Walkabout Pub, Broad Street, Birmingham.
Time: 8pm.
Bring ID, or you'll not be getting in! Beers, premiere's and more beers aren't for the under age.



Further news with Rachel soon in wideopen. Watch out for that.

More NPS...

Round 1 is all over and first reports sound positive! I managed to get a few updates from Justin by text over the weekend...

"Track is steep and tight as fresh meat up top with big loose rocks in the turns. Emyr Davies KO'd himself in practice and can't remember a thing! Big jumps and fast bus stops middle to bottom. Uplift went tits up this morning but is sorted now!... Fair play that Kovarik isn't slow is he?"

Also got a call to say they were treated to the Super8 2 premier on Saturday night,

We'll be dragging all the random nonesense into a repo for Issue 2. Stay tuned, due out start of next month.

MORE Chain Reaction Cycles NPS 2007 Updates

Racing the NPS at Inners this weekend? Read on...

This weekend is almost upon us already so hopefully all that training and new bike set up will pay off for you this weekend?

Big names already confirmed include Steve Peat, Athertons, Honda, Mojo, MBUK and Rob Warner!

Please bring your 2007 race license to sign on (no license, no race!) along with your deposit for your number board £2.00.

Make sure your bike has bar plugs inserted and you have a full face lid.

Please respect the Marshalls and the environment and to make sure you are fully aware of what is going on attend the riders meeting at 18:15 on Saturday.

On entering the site the hard standing car park on the right is for trade / team pitches only. Spectators and camping is in the flat green grassy field to the left.
Toilets and running water are available throughout the weekend.

The caterers will be fired up all weekend and offering an "Italian" themed menu Saturday night.
We will also be showing some films Sat night as well.

Camping at all of this years NPS will be £3 per tent/van/caravan or camper, if you have 2 tents it is £3 each tent etc.. 100% of this money is going to the Air Ambulance. This service run completely by donations and could save your life so no ducking for cover when we come around!

Above all else have a wicked time and thanks for being part of the NPS and make sure you get your entries in for round 3 at Rugog ASAP. Note Santa Cruz's Nathan Rennie has confirmed he is racing Round 2 at Ae Forest which has already sold out!

All the very best.

Steve Parr and Si Paton..
SPS Events

NPS 2007 - Press Release - NPS Riders to Win Ticket2RideBC Whistler Holidays

Hot off the press from The Superfly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE..
Ticket2RideBC co-sponsors the 2007 Chain Reaction NPS.
NPSDH.com are delighted to announce that Ticket2RideBC will be giving away a Whistler mountain biking holiday to the 4 overall winners of the Senior Men, Master Men, Junior Men and Senior Women’s categories as official co-sponsors of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS in 2007.

This amazing prize will give the winners the chance to ride the world-class trails of the mountain biking mecca that is Whistler BC. Staying at Ticket2RideBC’s unique rider centre, they’ll be just minutes away from the biggest & best lift accessed Bike Park in the world today. They’ll also be able to take advantage of Ticket2RideBC’s customised fleet of 4x4’s to hit some of the super technical trails in the Whistler Valley.

The prize includes 1 week’s stay at the luxury T2R rider centre with hearty breakfasts and 3 course evening meals, airport transfers, 3 days guiding, full workshop facilities, local discounts, demo bikes and much more.

Ticket2RideBC boss, Scott Lanzi said "What better way to reward the dedication of the best riders in Britain, than to give them the opportunity to ride out in Whistler, where they can hit the best trails in the world? A week in the Bike Park will be the ideal platform for them to build upon their success as they look to move up a category for 2008."

"I spent the best 3 weeks of my life out there in BC with the guys from T2R so know first hand the opportunity this gives to the winners, a riding holiday of a life time. Just remember, what happens on tour, stays on tour". Si Paton Descent-World..

Check out

www.ticket2ridebc.com for more info on Ticket2RideBC and the huge range of fully guided mountain bike holidays they offer.

from Si "Superfly" Paton.
www.NPSDH.com
www.Descent-Gear.com
www.Descent-World.co.uk

Weekend in the Tweed Valley...

Great fun, sunburnt, tired but happy - back from a weekend of riding and spectating at Glentress and Innerleithen...

Watched round 1 of the SDA at Inners on Sunday.
Rode Glentress, Ae and Inners as well.
Full writeup of the Fearingout roadtrip in Issue 2 out soon! :)

NPS Round 1 - Innerleithen

The all new National Points Series will begin this weekend at Innerleithen.

With the new SPSevents team at the helm, a packed start list and (importantly)a quality venue it's set to be a great weekend. After a dodgy '06 season things are looking really good for the UK's premier race series. There's not much chance of an entry at this stage but if your in the area get over and do some cheering. Check out <>http://www.npsdh.com/ for the full story....

If you've not read it yet, check out Wideopenmag issue 1 for a full interview with NPS front man Si Paton.

Wharncliffe Digging Day This Sunday

News just in from Chris Wood at smart-coaching.co.uk ...

There’s a dig day at Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield this Sunday.
We meet either at 9:50 in the top Car Park (just off Wortley Road) and then drive down the woods to the top of "Fast Track" and hook up with everyone there about 10.

We have tools. People are welcome to bring their own but it’s not essential.

Cars allowed into the woods will be limited to 5 so please check with me that there is room- otherwise parking is available either in the car park or Station Lane, Oughtbridge. We can take tools in for people to save them carrying them in.

Trail builders should really be members of www.singletraction.org.uk so they are insured. All cash goes into the tracks and you’ll receive discounts from a variety of our sponsors. We will allow people to build without membership as long as they don't make too much of a habit of it… but its vital if you come on regular basis. It also allows us to let you go in and build unsupervised on pre arranged sections.

Contact Chris Wood at c_wood2887AThotmailDOTcom or on 07876013382.

Dragon

Round 1 of the Dragon downhill kicked things off at Abercarn this weekend... Full results can be found on the Dragon Downhill website (or direct here).

Full writeup and possible interview with Jason Carpenter in Issue 2 of Wideopen (out in May).

FoelDHRiders Easter Bonanza

Last Sunday was the traditional FoelDHRiders Easter race at Foel Gasnach, North Wales. Was an amazing day with dusty trails, good BBQ and chilled out runs. Winners got Easter Eggs, Fenwicks bike cleaner, gift vouchers for On-Track in Prestatyn and some cheap fizz courtesy of Wideopen.

Top spots went to: Wayne "Sunshine" Appleby (Best Cat), Sean "Young Gun" Davies(Rest Cat) and John Whatsyoursurname? (hardtail)..also Andy Williamson for Best Crash.

Good times had by all - big thanks to everyone at the FoelDHRiders club for putting on a great day, everyone who drove the uplifts, cooked food, sorted the timing, donated prizes or just turned up and had fun. Big thanks also to Dave Liddy and the Forestry for providing such a great spot for DH in North Wales.

Grass roots racing at its absolute bloody finest... Full report and pictures in Wideopen issue#2.

Check out www.foeldhriders.co.uk to get your Foel on. It's 45 minutes from Chester and 15 minutes from Ruthin. There's 3 tracks, top to bottom uplifts and all the roots you could ever want. Get up there and support the cause.

Dragon Rd1 this weekend at Abercarn

It's Dragon time again, with Round 1 this weekend at Abercarn. The weathers looking good here in Bristol so could well be a scorcher come Sunday!

Check out www.dragondownhill.co.uk for info. Good luck to everyone whose racing - pop over and spectate if your at a loose end - guaranteed to be some awesome racing.

Also - enter the Pump competition below!

Pump Urban Wear Competition

Hit up the PUMPurbanwear site(click here) for a chance to win a Flow Drift Frame.

Simply visit the site, register your details and a winner will be chosen at random and notifed by email .

A big thanks to Steve and Tony at Flow Bikes (www.flowbikes.co.uk)

Pump are a homegrown UK clothing company with a decent range of tees, shirts and hoodies. They've even just introduced some organic t's to the line which is never a bad thing. Visit their new-look site for news and bi-monthly comps. Hopefully we'll hear lots more from them in Wideopen.