Hey there bike nerds. You know who you are... You log on to pinkbike several times a day during Interbike in hopes of getting the first glimpse of new products, technology, athlete signings, and gossip for 2006. As usual the pinkbike team will be conducting interviews and taking pictures of all they can and uploading stories after writing them all night. This year Rip.TV will be on hand to do the same but all you'll have to do is sit back and watch the video! The Future is here bit by bit

The Crankworx Shootout will begin right here on pinkbike starting the weekend after Interbike, brought to you by Rip.TV. There will be 3 videos created by amateur film makers posted each Friday for three Fridays starting the 7th of October. The Films will go head-to-head-to-head and your votes will decide the winner of each round with the finalists showdown taking place Oct. 28 for a week.

On July 2nd of this year I turned on the tv to see something that blew my mind. Usually that's reserved for depressing world events like Tsunami's and Hurricane's and the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show but this time it was the Live 8.

So you aren't quite as talented on two wheels as Darren Berrecloth? You don't have cahones the size of Cam McCaul, not quite as pretty-boy as Wayne Goss? That's fine. This contest is for those of you who's talent lies behind the lens.
The 2005 Crankworx Shootout.

We had our fair share of challenges getting the Season 3 DVD out there this year. Now it's time to aplogize for our replicator and forget the pain-in-the-ass hurdles that we've had to get through and tell all that the DVD's are shipping again!

Hey Everyone. Come and check out the new Drop In - International season 1site. Ya I know, Season 3 of Drop In is still airing all over the world but you can still see that site too. The new series (Drop In New Zealand) is shaping up to be out of control and we needed to launch the new site early to let you know about some of the developments as they happen. Go to the New Zealand site and see what all the fuss is about.

Go to your local magazine rack and pick up a copy of the July / 05 issue of Mountain Bike. Go directly to page 40 after a brief stop to see Shawn Denny (yes, a trials rider) fill up the entire "July" introduction page (page 5).
Once you found yourself on page 40 you'll see the first images from the most recent Drop In - International tour of New Zealand to grace any North American magazine.

Pedal Magazine's story on the making of the first 2 seasons, the uncertainty of season 3 and the future plans for the next series - Drop In New Zealand, straight from the mouth of the Producers.

Brand new [R]evolution magazine in Australia has managed to get the low down from a first hand perspective on the Drop In - New Zealand tour (season 1).

Months ago I started to see home made versions of Drop In season 3 posters popping up on the forum submitted by random Drop In fans. I thought it was pretty cool and I admired their creativity as more and more showed up so I made a little contest out of it. Well that morphed into a bigger contest - The prize? The winning poster would be printed and signed by the entire Drop In - International Crew in New Zealand and returned to it's creator. We have a winner. Graydon Stead from Sorrento B.C.

Here we are -- The final DROP IN Episode of season 3. Hope everyone enjoyed the last episode in Vegas at Interbike. Planning the season I would have never guessed that we would actually make it the entire way! Every season we enter into we plan not to return home with the bus. Who would have known that she would make it as far as she did and deliver us all home safely? Amazing. Another thing that's amazing is the "Best-of Season 3" episode! You do not want to miss this! Steal a TV, quit your job, if you always sleep in and miss Drop In - STAY UP ALL NIGHT! You won't regret it.

After killing Christchurch the season 1 - International crew travelled south to Twizel near the base of New Zealand's tallest mountain - Mt. Cook. The tour is going better than planned with tonnes of amazing footage and riding, no injuries (besides the producer - dumb ass), and ahead of schedule hitting the road towards the places where all the pictures on the travel brochure's are taken and where they shot a lot of the Lord Of The Rings.

Vegas?
Well the bus made it as far as the rampage site in Utah so why not just go another 10 hours to hit the biggest event in biking - Interbike in Las Vegas. Episode 12 is technically the last episode of the tour so things kind of get wrapped up for the year in this episode but there's still episode 13 which sums everything up and rounds out season 3.

Things are starting to get a little jumbled up in the old brain. I'm in New Zealand working on episode 4 of season four and I'm trying to remember some highlights from episode 11 which airs this weekend back home in Canada... Here goes.

I bet you're all wondering how the International season 1 tour is going... I've taken some time away from the crew to sit here in an internet cafe in Queenstown so that I can quench your thirst for information about the biggest adventure in mountain biking yet.