Tagged "mountain bike"

The Long Road: A Candid Interview With Ryan Nyquist

Long Nguyen

Catch a candid conversation with 4-time X Games gold medalist Ryan Nyquist. The 38-year-old has been riding BMX professionally since 1995, but a chance encounter in Puerto Rico got him on a mountain bike for the first time. After flying over the handlebars, Nyquist told himself, “Never am I ever going to do this again.”

But more than a decade later, he found himself competing in one of the most prestigious mountain bike competitions in...

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Rolling with the Punches

Long Nguyen

Words & Photos by: Long Nguyen

Photography is a funny thing to me. Every time I go to a shoot, it’s as though I’m opening a brand new box of cereal in order to find that special prize at the bottom. When I receive a job, I will sit down and visualize everything before leaving. I ask myself, how will I shoot this assignment? Do I bring flashes...

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Get well soon Greg Watts

Team Custom SLR

Over Super Bowl weekend, friend and world renowned mountain bike Freerider Greg Watts suffered a compound fracture to his right humerus bone. We spoke with him today and he is well, out of the hospital and in good spirits. He said, “injuries are an inevitable part of our sport.”

We thought we would support him with one of our Medical Arm Slings. Greg said, "So much better than the hospital sling. Amazing and Thank you.”...

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