Stephanie on the Pro Podium

Stephanie raced the Prot GRT/Eastern States Cup this past weekend at Plattekill.  Battleing the shale with her trusty Morewood Izimu and iXS helmet the infamous Red Izimu Bandit had this to say:

"Awesome weather and a crazy fun course at the Eastern States Cup and PRO GRT at Plattekill last weekend! My Little Red Izimu felt great over the roots and loose shale, sticking the berms. I'm really excited about a 4th place finish...my first pro podium! Off to Attitash in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire this weekend, one of my favorite courses from last year! Wheeeee!!!!"

Photo Nicolas Barry

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Tracey wins, Mick 3rd

Womens Results:

1st - Tracey Hannah

2nd - Manon Carpenter

3rd - Emeline Ragot

4th - Jill Kinter

5th - Miriam Ruchti

Mens Results:
1st - Greg Minnaar
2nd - Aaron Gwin
3rd - Mick Hannah

Ride along with Mikey Haderer in Chile

Mikey takes us down the course at VCA...


Unofficialnetworks.com:

"Telluride local Trevor Martin takes a journey down south to South America to take part in an international urban downhill mountain bike race known as the Valparaiso Cerro Abajo in Valparaiso, Chile. Unfortunately, after confronting a handrail at the bottom of a set of stairs, he had to forfeit the event. (great crash footage in the credits) Thanks to Mikey Haderer for sporting the camera afterwords for Unofficial! Better luck next year!!"

Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 2012 - Trevor Martin from UnofficialNetworks.com on Vimeo.


Ouch Trevor!  We wish you better luck next year!

Podiums, Loss of Shorts...iXS Morewood Factory Report

The iXS Morewood Factory Team attacked two races in two countries over the weekend.  Mikey Haderer hopped onto a Morewood Izimu and headed South for the Valpariso Cerro Abajo Urban DH race in Chile while the Harmonys headed to Boulder City, Nevada to compete in the Reaper Madness Super D and DH.


Valpariso Cerro Abajo
In Chile Mikey made go with a bike that had been assembled hours before departure.  Mikey is known for his red, white, and blue bikes.  When the red, white, and blue frame arrived the red Deity bar, stem, and grips were icing on the cake!  The bike was lacking the teams standard rear shock, the ultimate in adjustment, the Cane Creek Double Barrel.  Unfortunately, the bike was a bit under sprung for giant leaps to flat.

Mikey Haderer:

I survived but not exactly any sort of result...had a near death in qualifying that actually pulled my pants all the way off and then same spot in finals and a massive bottom out bounce that sent me into the guard fence.

After qualifying Mikey gave an interview to the live feed of 88,000+ viewers who got to watch Mikey butcher the Spanish language.  This was a bit of a dry run for Mikey on the Izimu but he is confident about the future.  Soon Mikey will be aboard the Morewood Makulu, for you fans out there we will also get Mikey tighter shorts.  Stay tuned!



Valparaíso Cerro Abajo 2012 from VCA on Vimeo.


Reaper Madness
Meanwhile in Bootleg Canyon, Jackie and Dante Harmony were about to hit the DH race at Downhill Mike's Reaper Madness!  Shipping and other issues delayed the arrival of the Harmony's team bikes.  Some sponsors like Marzocchi and MRP carried over from last seasons bikes.  The Harmony's ran their newly acquired VP-69 Pedals and iXS Slope EVO guards.  Like Mikey, the Harmony's will be decked out ready to go on the next outing.  


Dante had gathered up a 6th in the Pro Super D on Saturday while Jackie has suffered some issues on a borrowed bike.  Fellow iXS rider Josh Bender lent Jackie his 29er for the Super D.  Out of the gate things appeared to be going fine when Jackie heard an awful sound from the derailleur.  Looking down she saw that the chain had just ate the rear derailleur.  To no avail she wrestled the chain to make the bike coastable.  This was not her race.  On the other hand she eventually crossed the finish line and earned enough money to buy Bender a new Rear Derailleur!  Doh!


In the DH Jackie went to business as usual and took both the Womens Pro DH and the Womens Unchained DH.  Dante pulled a 12th in the Unchained DH out of 52 entered riders.  

Photo by Leslie Pitts

Pro Racer Ben McClelland took 10th in the Pro DH.  You may remember Ben from his Fontana race where he broke his chain.  Read that post HERE.   Ben put his chainless DH skills to the test in Boulder City in the Open Chainless race where he ended up in 6th place.  Awesome work Ben...can't wait to get you in full iXS gear!  Ben is also adding the smoothness of a Cane Creek Double Barrel to his already sick Morewood Makulu.

Photo by Kris Burke

Morewood Bikes at 2012 Sea Otter...

The iXS Morewood Factory Team will be joined by the Hutchinson UnitedRide Team, iXS Grammo Enduro Team, and a few privateers.  That is a LOT of Makulus...Makuli?  Of course maybe we will just break out a Sukuma or two.


iXS Morewood Factory
Jacqueline Harmony (Can/USA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Mikey Haderer (USA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Dante Harmony (USA) - Pro DH - Makulu


Hutchinson UnitedRide
Mick Hannah (AUS) - Pro DH - Makulu
Tracey Hannah (AUS) - Pro DH - Izimu
Fabien Cousinie (FRA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Guillaume Cauvin (FRA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Timothy Bentley (RSA) - Pro DH - Makulu


iXS Grammo Enduro
Jared Hobbs (USA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Avery Morin (USA) - Kalula
Wyatt Morin (USA) - Izimu


iXS Morewood 
Ben McClelland (USA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Ryan Sholes (USA) - Cat 1 DH - Makulu
Scott Punt (USA) - Cat 1 DH - Makulu
Ned Kajko (USA) - Cat 1 DH - Makulu


Privateer
Kyle Davids (RSA) - Pro DH - Makulu
Danny Mendoza (USA) - Cat 1 DH - Makulu


Wishing we could add...


Melic Bros Racing
Richard Santana Ramos (ESP) - Pro DH - Makulu