birthday : april 1, 1980
hometown : jim thorpe, pa
current home : Balneário De Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil
racing since : 1988
fact : father galen van dine is regarded as an east coast mountain bike pioneer
influences : “I get a lot of influence from my snowboard background and friends…. and a little from Bruce Lee”
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Santa Catalina, Brazil
Chile
Honduras
Brazil
Columba
Sea Otter
Peru
Afghanistan
“I’ve been told that variety is the spice of life and I think that holds true with riding bicycles. There is so much you can do on a bicycle and for me changing terrain and styles is a big part of staying inspired. No matter what type of riding it is, going fast always keeps things more interesting for me”. We couldn’t agree more. This guy can truly do it all and we love that about him. You just can’t put a label on CVD, from all things gravity related to incognito all-mountain prowess, he continues to evolve. Rugged backcountry rides high up in the Andes, wild urban dh, Redbull Rampage, and progressive jumping, he is a living example of our iodine philosophy. Chris has been a long time crankbrothers athlete, being one of our key World Cup Downhill racers during the development of the Mallet pedals years ago and he’s continued to grow with us – now being one of our key riders during the development years of the Sage, Opium, and Iodine wheels. Be on the lookout for amazing videos and photography capturing CVD’s restless exploits.
Right after the Sea Otter Festival, CVD flew down to Peru with Bike Magazine to cover this unique enduro event and put to use some newly released Iodine Saddles and Opium Bars. Having spent considerable time in South America, Chris is already a ‘pseudo local’ and the defending Inca DH champ.
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Cannondale’s Chris Van Dine and Aaron Chase recently starred in a Mountain Bike episode on AT&T’s U-verse Sports Channel. U-verse is AT&T’s cable service provider with over 3 million subscribers nationwide. Van Dine shot his segment on the Claymore during the peak foliage of New England’s autumn season at Cannondale’s new partner, Highland Mountain Bike [...]
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