The LAST edition of the week. Foggy forest sends, gas-station-lot friendships, emotional wheel drama, and a $100K MTB gauntlet—plus dream bikes, rowdy trails, and the kind of chaos you’ll replay in sl
1161 words of pure stoke.
Read time: 4 min 14 seconds.
Photo of the Day
In Oregon, the trees are tall, the shadows are deep, and apparently, the riders come pre-installed with cool fog machines.
📷 Caleb Ely behind the lens.
Video of the Day
The plot is: there is no plot.
Just bikes, lakes, and the kind of friendship forged in gas station parking lots and trailhead coffee breaks.
Dylan, Desmond, and Seth film a summer edit that smells like trail dust and unwashed jerseys.
⏰ Watch time - 02 min 42 sec
Lake, Ride, Repeat. | Feel-Good Summertime Fun with Dylan and Desmond
Bonus: Every once in a while, a rim rolls into your life and changes everything.
You start riding faster. You start making riskier decisions.
You stop talking to your other wheels.
This video is that moment.
Welcome to the most emotional wheel content you’ll watch all week.
⏰ Watch time - 02 min 34 sec
Support The Send It Daily - Get The REAL Newspaper 🗞️🤙
Edition 1 - The Send It Daily
The Send It Daily runs on good dirt, good vibes, and support from readers like you.
If you love what we’re doing, consider backing the crew whether that’s grabbing the newspaper or joining as a Serious Sender.
Your support keeps the content flowing and the ride going!
Send of the Day
A perfect ending to a hot day!
Send or Suffer: The Hard MTB League Throws Down a $100K Gauntlet”
Well, well, well.
Look who’s cracking open the prize purse like it owes them money.
The Hard MTB League, that raggedy band of masochists with a love for two wheels and no fear of ligaments, just pulled off a full send into the future.
They’ve announced a $100,000 prize purse for the 2026 showdown, and if that doesn’t get your palms sweaty and your shock pressure re-checked, you might already be dead inside.
Let’s get one thing straight: this ain’t your daddy’s UCI circuit.
No bib numbers.
No measured watts.
No podium bouquets.
This is four savage courses, each one custom-built to chew riders up and burp out chain lube. It’s got everything you love and everything your physical therapist hates.
💀 Course One: Technical Rhythm Trail
Think trail riding on methamphetamine.
It’s not a question of can you hit the doubles, it’s which line will get you over the line without a full-blown breakdown.
Multiple timing lines, mandatory flow, and the kind of rhythm section that punishes indecision with an over-the-bars somersault into the bushes.
🐍 Course Two: Raw Slalom
This isn’t some groomed berm fairyland.
We’re talking off-camber logs, untrimmed shrubbery, and apexes that dare you to turn.
This course doesn’t care about your feelings, your tire pressure, or your suspension settings.
It just wants to see you try.
⚡ Course Three: Gnar Downhill
You know the “fun” part of most DH courses?
Yeah, they deleted that.
Instead, they loaded this sucker with rock gardens, log drops, and the kind of sketchy compression that turns forks into folding chairs.
It’s 30 seconds of controlled chaos, or uncontrolled carnage if you blink.
🫠 Course Four: Technical Climb
And just when your legs are screaming for mercy, they hit you with a climb so brutal it could be banned by the Geneva Convention.
Dabbing isn’t just frowned upon.
It’s basically a walk of shame.
PC: John Webster
But here’s where it gets spicy: this is all timed.
Each course runs under 30 seconds, but every tenth of a second matters.
It’s like slopestyle and enduro had an angry child who grew up in the backwoods and eats titanium for breakfast.
According to Adam Pishl and Braydon Bringhurst (two of the unhinged geniuses behind the League) it’s not about being the fastest in one lane.
It’s about being the most versatile, fearless, and borderline unstable rider across the whole mountain.
Think you’re that person? Prove it.
Or just go back to pumping out FTP data in your garage.
The 2025 season is already locked and loaded:
- A Women’s Camp in October to scout the fiercest female talent.
- An Invitational Throwdown to kick off the bloodsport.
- And come December, a course reveal that’ll either get you hyped or send you back to road biking.
Then in 2026, things get real:
- Qualifiers in May.
- Dev Camps in June.
- Finals in October—complete with the six-figure prize purse and probably a few medics on standby.
And yes, 2027 is already being whispered about like the sequel to a cult horror film.
Bigger, gnarlier, and probably illegal in three states.
So, what does this mean for the world of mountain biking?
It means there’s now a place for riders who don’t fit neatly into “enduro” or “XC” or “DH.”
This is a League for the weirdos.
The hybrids.
The senders who clip in for the climb and clip out for the chaos.
If you’re fast, skilled, and just a little broken in the head, this is your moment.
Just remember: the trails don’t love you.
But the camera will catch your crash in 4K.
And that $100K? It’ll feel even better with a couple stitches.
See you at the bottom.
Maybe.
Get Your Content Featured!
Snapped an epic trail shot? Caught your buddy mid-air (or mid-crash)? Have a story you want to share?
WE WANT IT!
Submit your best photos, videos, bikes or stories and get featured in The Send It Daily (bragging rights included).
Shoot us an email at editorial@thesenditdaily.com!
Dream Rides ❤️
It’s a threat, a mood, a celebration, and possibly a hazard to national security.
It’s got cake confetti paint, red hardware, and enough squish to flatten your landlord’s car.
If you see it on the trail, just pull over and let it pass.
You’ve already lost.
We wanna see your bike in The Send It Daily? Shoot us an email at editorial@thesenditdaily.com, and maybe your ride will be the next superstar.
Trail of the Day
Butcher Ranch Trail Mountain Biking Trail - Downieville
This trail’s got teeth, and they’ve chewed through more derailleur hangers than a TSA line with pocket knives.
Butcher Ranch delivers A+ chunk, high-speed lines, and the kind of rock rolls that make you whisper your will mid-ride.
Bring full squish. Bring focus. Leave your dignity at the shuttle drop.
That’s all for today folks. We hope everyone gets some saddle time out there. See you all tomorrow! 🤙
For the ❤️ of two wheels.
We write The Send It Daily Monday - Friday (we’re out riding on the weekends). We do not proofread our material before sending and did not get A’s in English.
Our mission is simple: To advocate and bring awareness to the athletes that Send It and the media teams that capture it.
If you’re looking to feature content on The Send It Daily, reach out to editorial@thesenditdaily.com.
For more information, visit us at thesenditdaily.com
