Ben Cruz

TDS 2016: The Buddy Newman Invitational

Hoedown at WTB's Throwdown

WTB Employee Alex Hodson getting some at Weir's pump track. Photo: Abner Kingman I guess I could see it all evolving from almost a longing, selfish jealousy - Weir's got, like, all that cool stu...

When Bikes, RC cars, a Fire Pit, The Ranch, & Beer Converge... WTB's THROWDOWN

  WTB Throwdown 2015 from WTB on Vimeo.   The plan started simple: invite media who are already attending Sea Otter up to get a little taste of the real WTB after the event.  You know, show them...

The Dirtiest Dirty Sanchez

Photo: Abner Kingman The Dirty Sanchez Enduro, probably one of the most polarizing names given to an event.  Many will not even make it to this second sentence due to outright offense at the nam...

Great EWS Crankworx Coverage on Pinkbike

Photo Credit: Colin Meagher / PInkbike Pinkbike did a great job covering the Whistler stop during the Enduro World Series this past weekend.  Team WTB riders Marco Osborne, Ben Cruz, Jason Moesc...

Rain or Shine... Victory

In Durango, it was beautiful - too hot even at times and no rain atop the ever ominous and lightning-infested Kennebec Pass, pictured above, that racers, like Marco, shredded with no relent. Shr...

Pick an event... Any event...

There are now enough enduro races happening that in one weekend, WTB athletes can take top 10 spots at three major events simultaneously.  Atop, Team WTB's Marco Osborne stormed his way to fourth...

WTB UK Enduro Team Shreds EWS Scotland

Gary Forrest and Rob Williams, the dynamic duo comprising WTB's UK Enduro team, shredded stop #2 on the Enduro World Series tour this past weekend in Peebles, Scotland.  Gary and Rob ran Trail Bo...

Another Weir Beer Gear Celebration of Merriment in the Books!

If you beer it, they will come... amazing how that never seems to fail. It's official, another Weir, Beer, and Gear is in the books.  This means group rides led by Team WTB members, pizza consumed...

Broken Hands, Anguish, this is Trans-Provence Baby!

The enduro of enduros concluded today.  Why do I say enduro of enduros?  Simple.  Most enduros are a two day event, perhaps a feisty one may spread the suffering out to three days.  Trans-Provence...

The Return of Mammoth: Marco & Ben Shred their way to the Podium

Marco Osborne taming the powdery pumice Mammoth's famous for.  Photo Credit: Ben Cruz Mammoth Mountain is appropriately named. It towers, stately, squarely, and in a wide, unapologetic stance 11,...

Marco Osborne: Team WTB's Newest Ripper

  Deep in the northern eddy of Marin County spills the oversized town of Novato, unfurling and punctuated over local geography and infrastructure – sun baked mountainous afterthoughts, a freeway, a...

Big Race Weekend for WTB Athletes

Kyle Warner, Ben Cruz, and Marco Osborne had a very strong showing at the Bidwell Bump Race this past weekend, netting 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively in the All Mountain Challenge while Jero...

Jerome Clementz Sets New Megavalanche Course Record

Not only did Jerome Clementz win the Megavalanche ahead of Remy Absalon and Dan Atherton, he set the course record.  The fastest recorded time down snow, rock, rut and mud-infested Alp d’Huez has ...

Cannondale Big Ride #2 in the Books, Tui Taken

Jerome Clementz and Ben Cruz did it again!  Another podium in the books for the dynamic Cannondale OverMountain and WTB-sponsored duo with Jerome validating people’s first place predictions and Ben...

Clementz & Cruz Crush La Bresse Despite Deep Mud

©Aurélien KNECHT  Jerome Clementz, pinning it through trees and mud to victory. “Axle deep” and “insane” were the words Ben Cruz used to describe the mud he and fellow teammate and WTB-sponsored ...

Global Weekend for WTB Athletes

The weekend of May 18th and 19th marked the first stop of the Enduro World Series in Punta Ala, Italy and the ever popular Spring Thaw Mountain Bike Festival in Ashland, Oregon.  It also mar...

Hood River Enduro... and Ben Cruz

Hot, damn hot, surprise downpour, cold, hot, dusty, little more rain, fog, dust, and moderate temps... Only "hot" was in the forecast. The rest must have followed us "WTB'ians" from the banks of th...

Two Enduros—One Winning Weekend for Team WTB!

[caption id="attachment_2171" align="aligncenter" width="685" caption="Moeschler and Weir between runs at The Dirty Sanchez Enduro"][/caption] WTB went big last weekend (May 5 & 6) with sponsor...

From Super Enduro to Short Track with a Dirt Jump in between, WTB TCS Tires Were the Tools for the Job

[caption id="attachment_2106" align="alignnone" width="700" caption="Team WTB riders giving a final pre-race inspection. Photo by Jen Burt."][/caption] It was anyone’s guess what the winning rubber...