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The Way Bobby Sees It

Poison Oak Productions, the two-person crew that put out the film Singletrack Minds, is finishing up a powerful documentary about mountain bike racer Bobby McMullen. Jason Watkins and Wendy Todd o...

Update From the Compound

Ryan in the belly of the beast! WTB riders Ryan Condrashoff and Brad Benedict have been hard at work rebuilding a set of dirt jumps at an undisclosed location. They shot over a couple photos just ...

Bobby Stops by the Office

WTB rider Bobby McMullen stopped by the office the other day and gave us the update on what's been going on and his plans for the upcoming season. Click on the image above for the low down from Bo...

Bike Magazine Rides WTB’s Wolverine Tires

We invited a handful of magazine editors to come out to San Luis Obispo, California and ride our new Wolverine and Prowler MX tires on Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC bikes. It was an action-packed two ...

WTB Story on Whistler Mountain Bike

Chris Armstrong, publisher of Whistler Mountain Bike.com, descended from the great white north and paid us a visit last week. We happened to be in the thick of a winter storm the entire few days t...

Weir Second in Six-Hour Super D Race

Mark Weir placed second on Saturday at the Brake Burner, a six-hour downhill race in Queenstown, New Zealand. The event was held at the Coronet Peak ski area where riders complete as many runs of ...

Cowan in the Office!

Guess who stopped by the office the other day, that's right The man, the myth, the legend John Cowan. While playing paparazzi I got a couple shots of him rummaging through our fresh display!

Southridge Winter Series Round 2

With heavy storms hitting California, the Southridge “Winter Series” was staying true to its name. As we approached the Grapevine on I-5, the reasoning for closing it the previous night was quite ...

Ride Report from Rocky Reifenstuhl

January 25, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska, -15 to -30F, 66 miles, 5,000 feet climbing: Camping trip in the White Mountains Temperature is -15 as I head out on the snow and ice covered road to the trail ...

New Skid on the Block!

WTB sponsored rider Sam Hill is undoubtedly the king of drifting on dirt. But when it comes to sliding on pavement, this guy has the two-time downhill world champion beat. Apparently the movie Tok...

Tara Llanes Update and Access Hollywood Video

On September 01, 2007 America’s most prominent female mountain bike racer suffered a horrific crash and soon realized she was paralyzed from the waist down. The WTB-sponsored rider and 2006 downhi...

Santa Rides WTB

WTB One-Two Punch at Cyclocross National Championships

WTB sponsored riders Katie Compton and Rachel Lloyd dominated the U.S. Cyclocross National Championships yesterday in Kansas City, Kansas. In the epic, icy battle Compton set a fierce pace from th...

Bucks Gone Wild

We have had our fair share of pro mountain bikers of all disciplines fighting it out on the pump track. When the riders battle there is rarely bloodshed or hard feelings. Not the case for these ...

Why I Work in an Office

There is a reason most of us will never get paid to ride bikes. It takes incredible commitment and dedication just to get a common pro license. And unfortunately those laminated cards don’t entitl...

Katie Compton Wins Cyclocross World Cup

WTB-sponsored rider Katie Compton recently stormed to victory in the third Cyclocross World Cup race of the season. The 29-year-old Colorado Springs-native spent the summer dominating the domestic...

Pump Track Progression

The possibility of a public-use pump track received a major boost last week. On Thursday, November 1, WTB employee Mark Weir and Rob Howard, director of Bikeskills, met with the Novato City Counci...

Trips for Kids 20th Anniversary

Trips for Kids celebrated its 20th Anniversary this past Saturday with a celebratory gala. The evening included a silent auction, a benefit dinner and a live auction. The event was by all means a ...

Pump Tracks for All!

From a story on mbaction.com: "WTB's Mark Weir, the seven-time champion of the Downieville Downhill and the godfather of the pump track, reports that the miniature mountain park courses that he he...

Breaking News: Dog Shoots Owner

A 37-year-old pheasant hunter was recently shot in the leg by his dog in Poweshiek County, Iowa. The Hunter set his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant and the dog allegedly stepped on...