joplin 4 / cobalt + iodine wheels / candy 11 name:
Hansjörg Rey
nickname:
“No Way Rey”
born:
June 4th, 1966/Kenzingen, Germany
nationality:
Swiss
hometown:
Laguna Beach, CA
results:
too many to list
Hans Rey. The man needs no introduction, (but we’ll give him one anyway). Hans is considered the world’s leader in extreme mountain biking. He is a former trials riding world champion, a showman, a stuntman and an adventure mountain biker and a longtime member of the elusive Laguna Rads. He has traveled the world extensively; riding his GT mountain bikes, over and through areas previously considered unrideable. All the while, capturing the cultural, scenic, and spiritual aspects of these exotic locations; and always in search of something mystical or historical. And if that wasn’t enough, he’s the founder of wheels4life.org – a charity that brings bikes to people in need of transportation in Third World countries.
Fabien Barel’s invitational URGE event has been going on for 3 years, after Mt. Kenya and Annapourna the group of hand‐selected gravity riders would invade some of the Cape Verde islands with it’s steep mountains and volcanoes. The event is mix between adventure, race and supporting local causes and charities. The plan was to have 4 timed stages on unseen trails; but the real goal was to have an adventure and to give back, while racing was supposed to be secondary. Amongst the invitees were no other than 10 time DH World Champion Nico Vouilloz, Mega Avalanche specialists Jerome Clementz and Rene Wildhaber, the current woman’s DH World Champ Tracey Moseley, former DH World Champ Sabrina Jonnier, Mr. Allround beast Mark Weir, French jounalist and Masters World Champ Sam Peridy, sweet and fast Anka Martin, Rowan Sorrell trail guru and all mountain specialist from the UK, Marco Nicoletti 24h specialist on a 29er, one leg balance wonder Greg Doucende, Doro Lindtke and Sam Normand 2 amateur riders who had to qualify out of 400 entries. Last but not least our host and former DH World Champ Fabien Barel and myself, who hadn’t raced in over a decade and who’s goal it was to survive and to not get beaten too badly.
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I have finally done, what I was dreaming about for 17 years, I turned my front yard into a trials course. I had 78,000 lbs (about 38 tons) of granite boulders delivered and precisely scattered them around my front yard as “landscaping” between the plants. Turned out way better than I could have hope for – many awesome lines and tricky moves – will be fun to session for years to come…
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Peaty and I have been planning a trip to the Scottish Isle of Skye for a long time, when things finally started falling into place we invited YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill to join us. In whirlwind fashion the Scottish native has been living the dream of every kid in the world, since his film clip debut on the internet a little more than a year ago and has become the most watched sports-clip on YouTube of all time, with nearly 18 million viewers to date…
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Hans is a man who always has a number of tire levers in the fire – and they always have to do with some sort of epic adventure, or meeting up with a celebrity to do some riding. We caught up with Hans to get the latest news bites. Here’s what he’s up to:…
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