2014 was a ripper year and we are not just talking about the world cup series! Across the board there was some great racing, we thought we would relive some of the highlights. Furthermore it is a way we can say thank you to our contributors, they are what powers the site. So a big thank you to them all, specifically JBPhotomedia and RFphtographics. Finally we need to say a massive thank you to Jason Stevens Photography who brought us a range of coverage but most notably the 2014 world cup series. Enjoy our review;
January and Round 1 of the Nationals Series, held in the hills surrounding Adelaide at Eagle Mountain Bike Park was a big event. Won by Connor Fearon on his birthday none the less…The end of January saw Mount Baw Baw host VicDH and the weather went from fog to sun over the course of the weekend.In February we talked to one of Australia’s up and comers, Andrew Crimmins.Round 2 of the national series was at an iconic Australian venue, Mount Buller and it was won by Troy Brosnan.February was all about the nationals as round 3 was on in Thredbo.March was all about Bright, it hosted the national champs and a Vic Dh round.April saw the world cup season kick off in South Africa won by Aaron Gwin.One of the highlights of the year was the return to Australia for the world cup series. Cairns was the host and the weather played a large part but regardless it was a great event.May saw some of the other state winter series kick off.We also covered the Australian national enduro series.June saw us head west for something different, the Albany urban downhill race.One of the highlights of the year was Troy Brosnan taking his first world cup win in Fort William.In what was a sign of things to come June saw Josh Bryceland take his first world cup victory.July was our third birthday!July also saw a muddy race in Ballarat.August was an extremely busy month that kicked off with the Mont Sainte Anne world cup and a return to the top step for Sam Hill.Followed by the Windham world cup, won by Josh Bryceland. The juniors were also on board getting some experience before the world championships.Crankworx finished off the North American adventures.Capping off August was the Meribel world cup where Sam Hill took his second win for the year. Josh Bryceland was also crowned the overall winner along with Manon Carpenter.September saw Norway host the world championships and Gee Atherton grab win number 2.Back in Australia during August we headed to New South Wales for their state series.October saw the South Australian state championships and a vintage race be held.November saw us head to Bali for one of the best races of the year, the Asia Pacific Downhill Challenge.November also saw us get our enduro on.December saw the kick off for the new national downhill series in You Yangs.Cannonball festival was a nice way to head into Christmas.
