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Photo of the Day
New Zealand’s most aggressive form of crop dusting.
Matt Jones and a one-man air show.
📷 Miles Holden behind the lens.
Video of the Day
Erik Fedko slashes, spins, and soars his way through some of the most scenic singletrack on Earth.
We’re not saying the mountains cried when he left, but we wouldn’t blame them.
⏰ Watch time - 01 min 45 sec
Bonus: Why pedal when you can let a sputtering, lawnmower-sounding beast do the work?
Nothing about it makes sense, and that’s exactly why we love it.
It smokes, it screams, and it probably already violates several local noise ordinances…. perfect.
⏰ Watch time - 02 min 35 sec
Send of the Day
When you ask Whistler 12 year olds to show you their favorite zones.
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Hardline or Headline? The Canyon Gap Saga Exposed
If you’ve been anywhere near a bike, a screen, or an argument on the internet this past year, you already know the name: The Canyon Gap.
A chasm so gaping it made riders sweat just looking at the build photos.
Born from the caffeinated brain of Dan Atherton and tucked into the brute that is Red Bull Hardline Wales, this thing was less "feature" and more "horizontal base jumping with wheels."
But right before the 2024 event kicked off (poof) the Canyon Gap vanished.
Gone.
Yanked from the course like a tooth at a demolition derby.
Cue chaos.
Was it too dangerous?
Did Red Bull get cold feet?
Did someone’s mom not approve?
Now, in a raw clip from an upcoming podcast with Dan and Gee Atherton, we finally get the full story.
Let’s get this straight.
Dan Atherton didn’t just design the Canyon Gap to be scary.
He built it to progress the sport.
It was a calculated beast, engineered with precision, tested, filmed, measured, and scrutinized from every angle.
“It wasn’t just some huck to flat,” Dan says in the video. “It had flow, it had margin. But the perception of it? That’s where things spun out.”
Translation: the thing looked like an open invitation to the ER, even if it wasn’t.
And once teaser clips started circulating, the internet did what the internet does best: panic, speculate, and misquote.
The Internet Backlash Was Instant, and Loud
Turns out a slow-mo drone shot of a rider sailing over a 70-foot gorge gets people real emotional.
Reddit threads popped off.
YouTube thumbnails screamed “DEATH FEATURE?”
Instagram reels stoked the fire with dramatic music and zero context.
Even mainstream media dipped a toe in, making it sound like Hardline had turned into a Saw movie.
“It got out of hand,” Dan says. “We had riders messaging us like, ‘Are we actually expected to hit that?’ And I’m sitting there like, dude, yes, but also no. You have a choice.”
Then came the hard question: Do we run it or pull it?
Red Bull Got Nervous, And Riders Weren’t United
Here’s the deets: while some riders were hyped to hit it, others flat-out refused.
And with no consensus, no test run from a big-name rider, and the PR storm brewing, Red Bull tapped the brakes.
“They didn’t force us to pull it,” Dan clarifies. “But they asked the question we were already thinking: is it worth the backlash, the risk, the division?”
In the end, it was a group decision.
Will It Return in the Future?
Dan doesn’t rule it out.
In fact, he wants it back.
But next time, it’ll come with a few upgrades: better visibility, rider consensus, and maybe, just maybe, a media plan that doesn’t involve slow-mo terror reels before anyone has even ridden it.
“If we bring it back, it’s gotta be for the right reasons,” he says. “Not just shock value. It’s gotta elevate the riding, not just the views.”
Gee chimes in too: “Riders are capable of hitting it. But you need the build-up. You need trust. You can’t just drop a mega-feature and expect buy-in overnight.”
What This Means for the Future of Big MTB
The Canyon Gap saga is more than just a feature pulled from a course.
It’s a mirror to the sport.
Progression isn’t linear.
Spectacle and safety are in constant tension.
Hardline remains the gold standard of big-mountain freeride racing.
But 2024 proved there’s a thin line between pushing limits and pushing buttons.
And the Canyon Gap?
It just might be the spark that lights the next era of Hardline, if the riders are ready.
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Trail of the Day
Burnt Mountain Trail Mountain Biking Trail - Cedar Mountain
Burnt Mountain’s the kind of trail that offers a mint, then punches you in the throat.
It starts like a guided meditation through ferns and ends like a backyard Rampage line gone rogue.
Clockwise is key unless you hate flow and fun.
That’s all for today folks. We hope everyone gets some saddle time out there. See you all tomorrow! 🤙
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