A wild twilight sprint under the lights, a MUST-WATCH video dropped, and who’s wearing headlamps? Strap in and get ready to hit the dirt with us. LET'S SEND IT 👇
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Photo of the Day
Simon Andreassen looking like he just stepped out of a sci-fi epic, ripping through Rude Forest under a sky that only exists in the infrared spectrum.
📷 Esben Zøllnerb Olesen behind the lens.
Video of the Day
Kálnica’s Dusty Days freeride event is a masterclass in chaos management.
Watch as Sam Marzetti and Andy Lehmann surf dirt waves, whip through dust clouds, and somehow stick landings that defy all logic.
Spring might mean flowers to some, but in Slovakia, it’s all about the dirt bloom.
⏰ Watch time - 08 min 09 sec
Bonus: DMR Bikes delivers the ultimate antidote to grey skies and cold mornings.
It’s sunrise sends, singletrack bliss, and more airtime than your average red-eye flight.
⏰ Watch time - 07 min 45 sec
Send of the Day
A 360-degree reason Erik Fedko is probably your favorite rider.
Hans Rey Says Goodbye to GT After 38 Years of Riding, Ripping, and Risking It All
38 Years on One Bike Brand: The Impossible
Hans "No Way" Rey has officially ended his 38-year love affair with GT Bicycles, and in a sport where riders switch sponsors faster than you can say "limited edition collab," that’s nothing short of sorcery.
Since 1987, Hans has ridden GT bikes through jungles, volcanoes, deserts, Hollywood sets, and probably through at least one airport terminal (unconfirmed).
Now, as GT takes a corporate timeout (read: massive pause button), Hans isn’t sulking in a garage full of prototype bikes.
He’s charging into the next chapter like the living legend he is.
No brakes, no regrets, and definitely no PR consultant holding his quotes hostage.
“No reason to feel sorry for me, guys. I had an incredible run living my dreams, and I’m not done yet.”
From Trials God to Global Bike Wizard
Born in Germany, raised in Switzerland, and spiritually reborn on every continent multiple times over, Hans got his start doing trials before most people even knew what a mountain bike was.
By the mid-80s, he was stacking trophies like a German IKEA shelf: German champ, Swiss champ, U.S. champ, UCI World champ.
Trials wasn’t a discipline, it was his playground.
But Hans wasn’t content being the guy who won.
So instead, he became the guy who rode volcanoes, bunnyhopped taxis in gridlock, bungeed with a bike attached to him, and hopped a bike down a skyscraper in New Zealand.
His idea of a chill afternoon includes doing a wheelie along a 600-foot cliff while a drone plays the theme to Mission Impossible.
The Adventure Team: Sponsored Mayhem With a Passport
When Hans retired from competition in the ‘90s, he didn’t ride off into the sunset, he invented a new sunset to ride into.
Thus was born the Hans Rey Adventure Team: a one-man global expedition fueled by questionable logistics and carbon wheels.
He rode in over 70 countries: searching for headhunters in Borneo, navigating the Sinai Desert “in the footsteps of Moses,” summiting Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro back-to-back, and filming a lost civilization in the Andes.
Hans was the original influencer, you know, back when that meant doing cool stuff instead of eating protein powder on TikTok.
GT: The Longest Bike Relationship Since Dirt
While other riders churn through sponsors, Hans stayed with GT for nearly four decades.
That’s longer than most marriages, most careers, and definitely longer than any pair of mountain bike shoes has ever lasted.
GT gave Hans the freedom to be Hans: wild, curious, innovative, and completely unfiltered.
He returned the favor by turning every ride into a story, every story into a photo, and every photo into another kid begging their parents for a GT.
It was a match made in shred heaven.
Still Sending, Just Sans GT
Now living in Laguna Beach, California, Hans is still out there putting most 20-year-olds to shame.
He rides constantly, dabbles in eMTB trials like some kind of electric goat, and runs his charity, Wheels 4 Life, with his wife Carmen, donating over 15,000 bikes to people who need them.
He’s also neck-deep in his Urban Adventure series, doing bike traverses through cities like Hong Kong, LA, and Mexico City with fellow maniacs like Rob Warner and Brett Tippie.
It’s chaos with purpose, and somehow, it works.
A Legacy Etched in Lava and Legend
Hans Rey didn’t just ride for GT. He kinda was GT.
And now, as he opens the next chapter, the message is clear: stop scrolling, get outside, and do something so ridiculous it makes your knees hurt just thinking about it.
Because if Hans taught us anything, it’s this: the trail doesn’t end when the sponsor logo fades.
The ride goes on.
Woolley Fest 2025 – The Wildest Show on Dirt Heads Stateside
Pack your stoke and leave your inhibitions at home because The Fest Series is making its long-awaited return to North America with Woolley Fest 2025, landing in Bellingham, WA, on August 30th.
Yes, the rumors are true, big bikes, bigger air, and absolutely zero room for subtlety.
If you’ve got plans for August 30th, cancel them.
If you don’t, buy your tickets NOW at heshmtb.com/woolley-fest-2025 because this event is selling out faster than a fresh batch of limited-edition grips.
With a lineup featuring 30+ of the world’s gnarliest athletes, Woolley Fest is set to be the ultimate playground for freeride fans and adrenaline junkies alike.
See you at Woolley Fest. 🤘
Dream Rides ❤️
This looks like the perfect combo of ‘yeet it off a drop’ and ‘thread the needle through rocks.’
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
Pamplemousse Mountain Biking Trail - Squamish, BC
Something different for you guys: Pamplemousse is a classic trail that’s as complex as its name.
Expect steep corners, exposed lines, and an optional gap that’s as tempting as it is daunting.
First-timers should take it easy, this isn’t the place to send blind. Respect the land, the trail, and the forest that hosts it.
That’s all for today folks. We hope everyone gets some saddle time out there. See you all tomorrow! 🤙
For the ❤️ of two wheels.
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