It's all about MUD....

So far, the weather has treated us quite kindly. The trails were getting dusty and fast, and there were smiles abound. The problem with living in the mountains, is that the weather can change quickly. Also, it can stay the same for days on end. When it's sunny it's good. When the rain starts to pour and doesn't really stop for a while, spirits get dampened.

I think that one great thing about being a mountain biker, especially a British one, is that we are used to a bit of mud. In fact we really rather enjoy it. And when you are on holiday, you need to make the most of your available riding time. So it's great to see Brits out and about on their bikes on days like these. The lift operators think we are all crazy, but I feel quite proud when Brits are the only ones out in all weather conditions.

It's been raining for the past 4 days, with a couple of drier afternoons mixed in. Here are some snaps I took up in Lindarets to get you in the mood.

This is the lovely Alex from Mamo's Cafe, she's the one that cooks the burgers.

MMM....echanics

It's almost a week since the last post, so what has been going on here in the PDS?

Well, it was busy at the start of the week as people stopped by before going on to the Mega. Tuesday was especially busy, and then Wednesday, dead. It was pretty much the same for the rest of the week, with a few more people about at the weekend. Now that the mega is over, it's busy again, as people stop by on their way home! It's good to see people out and about with big smiles on their faces because they are riding bikes.

Chatel Mountain Style

As I'm sure a lot of you will be aware; the results, videos and pics are already up of the Mountain Style contest held at the weekend. It was a busy day in and around the Chatel bike park, with around 1200 people passing through the Lindarets Express lift. I went in the morning to watch so only caught a few of the early runs. Sam Pilgrim was first man down and stayed ahead for quite a while. Gareth popped over in the afternoon to have a gander, and got stuck in a lift queue for hours on the way back! Cam Zink won in the end, with a good mix of tricks and some really smooth riding. Check the videos online to see some crazy back flipping of the massive step-down and double jump at the end - Cam Zink's winning run 

Here are some of my shots, hopefully they give you an idea of how steep and gnarly the course is:

The Mountain Style event is part of the Freeride Mountain Bike Associations World Tour

Friday Round Up

It's Friday afternoon, the sun is shining and here at MMM it's been a good week. It started off with blue skies and sun for the Passportes at the weekend, which was a great success with at least 5000 riders attending. The first half of the week was a bit slow for us up in Lindarets, there was sun and a bit of rain. Thursday and Friday brought more sun and therefore more riders over this way. The tracks dried up nicely and were running well.