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Well here we go again

As you know,…I went to London for a Mountain biking UK Bike Radar Live festival,..

It was my first time in London and it was great. Soon as I arrived to a Location I saw a event magazine with Norco Ad in it and I was on it,..I was everywhere,… every kid had his own event magazine,…we went to see Jumps where we will have demo show, and a competition.

Jumps where pretty big, big drop in ramp and a jump with 8 meters gap, followed by 3 more jumps, also big and tricky !

It was time to ride those monsters, and they where really monsters,..It was hard to keep up the speed and trick any jumps but at the end I manage to ride thru it and put a show for a crowd !

Next day we had a whole day demo shows for a crowd and it was wild, all the kids where asking for autographs and Event magazines where perfect for that !

Tricks where crazy,.. I did few double tailwhips, few supermans, barspins, 360 unturndowns, superman tailwhips, and also few crashes !

It was a good day !!!

Next day was a Comp day and I was pretty beaten up from a day earlier, so I tried to do save runs,…didn’t want to risk at all because I didn’t really liked the jumps to go crazy.

First run was superman on a big jump but I lost a speed for a next jump,…Second run,..was full of tuck no handers, barspins, and tailwhips,…And Third run I lost speed again on a second jump and missed the finals !

But I was happy because It was amazing experience and great people everywhere,…good training for sure !

Flew back home and went strait from a plane to a bus for a Island Brac where was biggest summer extreme sport & film festival in Croatia “Vanka Regule” where was a premiere of Dh Productions ” HERE WE GO AGAIN” movie where I have small part inside!

Movie was amazing but I was speeding strait to Switzerland,…for a Freestyle Night water jump competition !

10 hours of driving and I was there,…

THOSE JUMPS WHERE HUGEEEE !!!

took my bike and went for a training !

first few jumps where pretty cool,..until I smashed my face on surface of the water and got my brain shock ! I was dizzie all night but finished qualifications first and made it to the finals,…

Finals where head to head battles with just one try, one jump,….won first one with double tailwhip, won second one with double backflip,,..and I was in finals !!!

For the final run I did backflip doubletailwhip and I win the comp It was amazing and just perfect, I was so happy and wet

and yes,..10 hour drive back home,…and here I am

Next week UMAG DIRT JUMP COMP !

Cheers

Mislav

Hey Everyone, I just came from a tour around Croatia,..

First I went 2hours away from my home to Slovenia Trzic to ride some dirt for a day,…It was perfect day and riding was so fun.
Had to go home fast because next day was Red Bull X-fighters Jam in Bosnia and Herzegovina in town Banja Luka,..My friends and I had a demo jump show before a FMX show and in the half time !


It was awesome,.. thousands of people and best crowd ever! They where running beside me while I was riding towards jump ! After the show we went strait to bed because next day we woke up at 6 and went strait to Hungary for a Balaton Bike Fest- Monster Energy Dirt comp !

Soon as we arrived there, we putted our gear on and went for a training. Qualification started and we had 3 runs 2 count !
My run was: super indian first jump 360 tabletop second, wallride and hip whip. Second run was Super flip, 360 x-up, tuck no hands and tailwhip the quoter. Third run was indian seat grab, 360 tailwhip-fall,..wallride, tuck no hands,…
It was enough and I finished on 9th position,..I was in Finals!

Next day! Finals!

I was super relaxed and went for a training,..did my runs in training and Finals started:
First run : barspin drop, superindian, 360 tabletop, wallride, hip whip,
Second run : super flip, 360 x-up, tailwhip on the hip,..
Third run: Superflip, tailwhip, wallride, tuck no hands, tailwhip the qouter.
Best trick run: I did Backflip super can indian, but another guy won it with 360 double tailwhip.

It was great, I was in one piece!

Finished on 6th position, got a medal !

Went home and tomorrow heading to Pitomaca for another DEMO JUMP SHOW !

Cheers

Mislav

The past few weeks have been a little on the busy side for members of the Norco Team. From racing to demos, teaching to event hosting there has been a little bit of everything from the team’s diverse members.

The Canadian race crew has  been showing what they are made on the national circuit where two weeks back in Mt Tremblant at, Catherine Vipond took the win for the Elite Women while Andrew Watson was 2nd for the Men. Coming out of XC#3 in Hardwood Ontario, both Catherine and Andrew are wearing the leader’s jerseys for the both Pro XC categories. On the gravity side of the race circuit, junior Norco rider Nick Geddes had a near flawless race in  Tremblant finishing second for the junior men with an overall top ten finish for the day. Heading back to Whistler for the First Fluidride Cup, Nick took home the Junior win with the second fastest time of the day.

Trials sensation Ryan Leech is well into his Cross-Canada Trials of Life Tour. having passed through nearly every province it is now nearly time to head up north to Whitehorse for some riding, yoga and well deserved relaxation. If you want to spend some time relaxing with Ryan and riding with Boreal Mountain Biking check out borealmountainnbiking.com

Jay Hoots, or should I say Dr. Hoots has finished up teaching the Mountain Bike Operations Certificate program with Capilano University and is now back building bike parts across Canada. Dylan Korba, our resident economist has found time before heading back for his Master’s Degree to meet up with some friends at Decline Magazine, and get out riding his all new 2010 bikes. Darcy is busy preparing for her event this summer at Silverstar resort called “See Jane Jump” and Mislav has been busy winning competitions in Europe such as the recent “Bike Days” in Switzerland.

On the road side of things Team H&R Block competed in the BC Championships this past weekend in Victoria BC. Norco was out to support the team for Sunday’s Bastion Square Grand Prix where riders Justin Kerr and Jacob Schwingboth took second and third place after a grueling 75 lap race. Check out some photos of the race at flickr.com

The Dirt Norco Race Team has been touring around at the First World Cup in Maribor Slovenia where Ben Reid through the intense slop to finish a respectable 26th place. The Norco Dirt Team is currently sitting in 18th place on the World Cup Circuit. Check out a video from the race here. With Fort William coming up on this weekend The race will be as tight as ever. We should see Ben doing his best to climb the ranks while teammate Dan Stanbridge should be recovered from injury and back to racing. Check the blog next week for an update on the Dirt Team’s weekend of racing.

The Norco World Team was back in North America racing the US Open in New York this weekend where Fionn Griffiths again fought through the elements to finish with a time quick enough for 6th place. Along side the Norco Dirt Team, Fionn and Bernard will be heading over to Scotland for this coming weekend’s World Cup in Fort William. Results from the weekend will be posted as soon as they come available.

The Team is off to quite the season, for updates as they happen on the whole team check out the Norco Blog at http://norco.com/blog

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