A huge congratulations to Division Clothing Pro rider Rich Houseman who rode hard this past weekend at Angel Fire and stood atop the podium when the dust settled. Way to go Rich you deserve it!

Read the full story here at Velo News

A class 5 Bro-Nado rolled through the Santa Barbara Bowl this weekend, and Gnar-Cal was out in force with headliners Pennywise and The Offspring. There was no shortage of Dickies shorts and sleeve tattoos.

I unfortunately (or fortunately) didn’t stay around for the main bands and mayhem. A combination of an 8 pm set time, long Sunday night ride home and a late Saturday night on State St. didn’t bode well for me. Oh, did I mention it was 100 degrees!!!

I was actually more stoked to see the Flobots. The new, break out groove-funk-hip hop-jazz band with the hit “Handlebars.” If you listen to any rock station in the LA area you’ll know who they are. They’re tight rhymed emcees, live drum beats and classically trained violinist and jazz trumpet player make for a unique and original sound, with a progressive message. Check em out.

Team Ripper John Brasko and devout short handlebar enthusiast.

The Flobots

Brer Rabit / Jonny 5 / Andy  Guerrero / Mackenzie Roberts / Kenny O / Joe Ferrone / Jesse Walker

The venue – Santa Barbara Bowl  & The pit before the forearm shivers and head butts started flying

I did get a second hand report from a few brave souls who stayed around…  it went something like this… “Dude, this chick got knocked the FU@K OUT in the pit.” Nuff said.

You couldn’t have scripted a better scenario when two of our top pro riders Aaron Gwin and Rich Houseman met up in the finals this past weekend at the Mountain States Cup dual slalom race in Colorado. It was like the Karate Kid battling his mentor and teacher Mr Miyagi in an epic battle that was decided by a wounded knee and pure determination.

For a full race report from Aarons point of view click here

Division 26 Team rider Kevin Aiello won the Plattekill Jr. Worlds Qualification Race this past weekend that earns him a spot to represent the U.S.A. at the Worlds race later this year. Kevin has been absolutely laying it down this year and his hard work is paying off in spades.

For Photos and a complete race report