Monthly Archives: December 2008 - Page 3

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Dirt Competition winners

Here’s a quick who won what in our two recent competitions. Sean Sweeney from Durham won the Limited Edition Gamut P30 by matching his counting skills...

Dirt Competition winners
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O’Neal signs Lacondeguy brothers for 2009

O’Neal protection gear signs Lacondeguy brothers for 2009 – Munich, Germany, December 9th – O’Neal signed the Spaniards Andreu and Lluis Lacondeguy for the season 2009. The...

O’Neal signs Lacondeguy brothers for 2009
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Christmas goodies-Manitou Dorados

Jonesy is going to be a busy bee testing over Christmas. The Manitou Dorado hasn’t been around for a while but is being relaunched for...

Christmas goodies-Manitou Dorados
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Subtle TATTOO

Just saw this BMX tattoo over on the Ride site, pretty bonkers, eh? I thought maybe he should have tried to blend it in with...

Subtle TATTOO
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Florent Payet Top 3's

Who is Florent Payet? He’s a 22 year old French World Cup rider, who rode a Mondraker for the Subaru team this season. Here are his...

Florent Payet Top 3's
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Rachel Atherton wins top BBC award

Rachel Atherton has won the prestigious BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year award. Her acceptance speech was 3 minutes 26 seconds long which Atherton said...

Rachel Atherton wins top BBC award
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Dublin Christmas Jam

Word up, the Gnar Fest 08 is going down at St Annes, Dublin on the 21st. Dublin Christmas Jam

Dublin Christmas Jam
Racing

Forest Of Dean Mini Downhill

Downhill racing returned to the forest of Dean yesterday with the 661 Mini Downhill event.Chris Roberts did a fine job organising the event which ran...

Forest Of Dean Mini Downhill
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Winter Digging

Just had an email from World Cup 4x rider Joost Wichman telling me about his winter digging project. Take it away Joost: At this moment we...

Winter Digging
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Christmas goodies-The Morewood Makulu

Jonesy had an early Christmas prezzie. A big shiny black box arrived this morning containing a Morewood Makulu. Stay tuned for a test. Morewood Makulu downhill mountain...

Christmas goodies-The Morewood Makulu
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Friday Randoms

Today it’s Phil Collen’s birthday, so he can kick off the randoms. Who’s Phil Collen? He was the guitarist in poodle haired British rockers Def...

Friday Randoms
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Fifth Day OF Christmas

We’re patiently waiting for a Christmas cake to arrive at Dirt HQ, but in the meantime Albert from Madison sent us this ace Ogio videobag....

Fifth Day OF Christmas
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Winter Digging

This weeks digging shots come from Zach Dank and his crew out in California. You might remember Zach from an article by Spomer in Dirt...

Winter Digging
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howies open new shop in Bristol

howies have opened a new shop in Bristol, or Brizzle as the locals calls it. Why not pop in for a mooch around if you’re...

howies open new shop in Bristol
Racing

Johnny Waddell 12 hour race

Ex-downhill world cup racer Johnny Waddell has just completed a 12 hour race in Western Australia. Here’s his story: After 12 hours of racing and completely...

Johnny Waddell 12 hour race
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Dirt Facebook

The Dirt Facebook group now has over 1000 members, so a big thanks to all who have joined. If you fancy joining our gang then then...

Dirt Facebook
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Break The cycle

We posted news of Break The Cycle up a while back, (clickety your mouse here to read and see actuall pictures). But now Honcho has...

Break The cycle
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howies tee of the week

This week’s howies T-shirt of the Week is ‘Polaroid’. Unfortunately, Polaroid has announced that after next year, there won’t be any more Polaroid film. A sad loss...

howies tee of the week
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Thursday Random

I know it’s not Friday but here’s a Thursday random. Chris Ball from DirtSchool just sent me this Napoleon Dynamite thing. I kinda half know about...

Thursday Random
Racing

Empire Test Day

If you’re going to the 661 Mini Downhill this weekend at the Forest Of Dean then you’ll be able to test out a selection of...

Empire Test Day
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Kovarik wins round 2 of Australian National Series

Chris Kovarik takes the win at the 2nd round of the Aussie National Series. Looking down the results list there’s a few big names missing...

Kovarik wins round 2 of Australian National Series
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Kona & The Track Announce 'Digger of the year 2008'

It was 1990’s kings of grebo, Pop Will Eat Itself who proclaimed “Can U Dig It?”, young West Country digger Sean Herman has just answered...

Kona & The Track Announce 'Digger of the year 2008'
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Meta 55 UK Ltd Edition

Okay so this is the second day of December and nobody has sent us any Christmas goodies today. So instead here’s something that you might...

Meta 55 UK Ltd Edition
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Greg Minnaar's Top 3's

Check out Greg Minnaar’s top 3’s. Films? 21, Departed and Blood Diamond. Tracks? Monte st Anne, Arai and Jugs in Santa Cruz. Things to eat? Sushi, Italian and...

Greg Minnaar's Top 3's
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