THE SYNDICATE - Quali Day Shenanigans in Val Di Sole
Video | 4 years ago
"It's just like a staircase the whole way down, but some of the stairs have got five-foot gaps in between them" The Black Snake is not giving riders an easy time. Extremely rough and with very little in the way of rest, it's definitely one way to ensure tha...
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THE SYNDICATE - Team Bondage on The Black Snake.
Video | 4 years ago
"There's still more in there for sure. And, I still think there is a couple of tweaks to be made" A complete new rider/mechanic pairing for 2022, Jackson Goldstone and Benjamin Wood (Woody) are now a hard-to-beat duo. Woody's calm and laid-back nature match...
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THE SYNDICATE - Pit Challenge - Bob Ross who?
Video | 4 years ago
"You can't be good at everything, ARR Lass" There isn't always a lot going on on pit set-up day and we don't want the riders to spend all day enjoying themselves and riding their bikes, so we make them do challenges they really don't want to do. For the fin...
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THE SYNDICATE - Taste The Rainbow - World Champs Quali and Practice
Video | 4 years ago
A day in the life of The Goat and Big Lyle: "He's not going to risk life and limb, but he's looking for a good run" What is it actually like going into World Champs week as the current World Champ? There is no doubt that there is added pressure on the shoul...
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THE SYNDICATE - A day in the life of Gazzy B - Worlds Practice Day
Video | 4 years ago
Gazzy B, is an enigma, "the man who can" and just an all-around good egg. We are very lucky to have him as part of the team and without him, the wheels would most definitely fall off (pun intended). From driving Big Red all over Europe to being mechanic sta...
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THE SYNDICATE - Quali Day Shenanigans and Shimano
Video | 4 years ago
"Another day in the life of my 23-minute work life" - Laurie Greenland It was another eventful day on the hill with wheels getting taken out all over the show - the rocks in MSA are no joke. Unlucky for Jackson, he was one of those whose wheel got chewed up...
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THE SYNDICATE - New Bike, Bud?!
Video | 4 years ago
This is the prettiest bike I have ever seen in my life, period." For 2022, each rider gets a custom V10 at some point during the travelling circus and of course, Jackie's was always going to be at his "home race." There is a lot about this vessel tha...
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THE SYNDICATE - Greg Minnaar Q+A
Video | 4 years ago
Ask and you shall receive. We set Greg questions from the great fountain of entertainment, the ol' Instagram DM's, and the kind people of the said platform did not disappoint. Moustache mascara, pushing Loic Bruni, Amaury and Loris off a cliff and what Greg...
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THE SYNDICATE - A day in the life of The Hoff
Video | 4 years ago
"She had everything else before she had all the best parts and all the best bikes" Nina Hoffmann is a tough cookie and has always paved her own way in the DH world, but luckily now she has the team and more importantly her right-hand man, Ethan, to help tak...
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THE SYNDICATE - Snowshoe Cometh At Us
Guide | 4 years ago
West Virginia has definitely not given us the warm welcome we had hoped for, but we are getting stuck in regardless..literally. On top of the full lowdown from track walk and some insight into the 2022 iteration of the track, we also take a full look at eve...
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THE SYNDICATE - Mary Berry Who? - Snowshoe, 2022.
Video | 4 years ago
What else is there to do on a blustery day 0 here in Snowshoe but get the oven cranked up and see what culinary wheel-based delights Laurie Greenland and Jackson Goldstone can conjure up. Challenge of the day: recreate a Reserve X Maxxis wheel using cake mi...
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THE SYNDICATE - What Do Goats Do On Quali Day?
Video | 4 years ago
How does the Goat get into the fighting spirit, you ask? Well, for the most part a shot of espresso and half a banana is the springboard to success. That and a routine warm up, that is pretty much unchanged since he started racing, seem to do the trick. If ...
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