After a crazy summer of travel that took me to Europe 7 times, I found my self in heaven riding the sweet trails and high alpine terrain of my home, Whistler.

It all started with Brian Lopes coming to Whistler for a week to do some trail riding around the Whistler Valley that would be documented by team mate and photographer Manfred Stromberg from Germany.

A quick trip to Vegas for the Interbike trade show, would interrupt the riding bliss I was experiencing at home, but hey, who can say no to a wicked party with a bunch of their friends from around the globe!

Upon my return to Whistler, the weather was spectacular and the trails were perfect.

We headed straight for the alpine, which always has a bit of a short window because of snow.

Manfred and I found a bunch of new steep lines and even more pristine single track.

The next segment of my visit home would be all about love and union. Willow, my future wife and I, would be the center of attention at an engagement party, hosted by my best buddy James Collingridge. It was a total blast and was great to see all of our friends together in one room again.

The shift back to bike riding also had a love/union overtone. Twenty-one of the boys, headed to a very special secret spot in the BC mountains, to celebrate Wade Simmons bachelor party.

The 8.5 hour epic ride, was deemed as the best single track EVER! Stated by some very seasoned veterans.  The final decent of the ride was a solid hour of descending on the most pristine single track with the perfect pitch. It really was mind blowing.

The antics of the night were something to witness also, with Brett Tippie’s spectacular  living room acrobatics and Andreas Hestlers, strange, but funny displays of something or other.

I might have even gotten a bit rowdy, as did Simmons himself.

All and all it was a wicked time and only $1200 in damages.

Meanwhile back in Whistler the snow was starting to pile up, but my buddy the Dwayne (Red Dog) and I had one more fish to fry. There was one last alpine mission that needed to be hit before it was too late.

A four hour journey that would involve a shuttle, some climbing, and 2 hours of trudging through the snow, ended with yet another unbelievable decent. It couldn’t have seen more then 30 riders before us. The secrets that I am housing with all of these new rides, is killing me wanting to share them with others, but who gives away all of their secret stashes? Not I!

A short visit with my parents and on the road again.

I am riding in the fall colors in North Carolina with the Krazy Koerber Klan right now and headed to Mexico for some fun in the sun and time away from my bikes. Sad, but needed.

Stay tuned for more adventures, parties and good time.

Peace,
Richie

Freeride legend Richie Schley has been featured in more videos than most film producers have made. Having gained so much experience as protagonist over the years, it’s no surprise that Richie became avid for being in control of a project. „I was really tired of wasting time on shoots and having to convince cameramen and producers that a shot was worthy, so I thought it would be great to ultimately have the final say,“ Richie states. „I also feel that I have a pretty good sense for what it takes to get the job done. That’s why I decided to produce my own video for a change.“

Schleyer hired Darcy Whitenburg (lead camera) and Colin Jones (edit, camera), the producers of Roam and The Collective, to film him over a period of three months at his favorite riding locations in Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton. After a total of eleven days of filming and eight days of editing, the Richie Schley Chronicles were completed. “It was a very refreshing experience,” Richie remembers. “Darcy and CJ worked well with me and let me know when I was wrong about a call I made. This is a video I can really identify with because it show my favourite type of riding.“

Richie Schley’s new video has been launched on Freecaster.tv this weekend.

Well I just did my 7th and final trip to Europe for the year. It was a bit colder then expected.

So we got some face shots.

Wagrain, Austria has some really nice trails and we were showing folks the new Saint, which by the way is really sweet and worth checking out.

The brakes are really powerful and the shifting is perfect for DH and free-ride with the Shadow derailieur.

Apparently Wagrain has some amazing powder riding/skiing also. Normally I like powder face shots with skis on my feet, but this was a good start to the winter season.

Riding some fresh poweder

Not boot deep, but rotor deep

Hey Mountain bike friends. It has been a while since I checked in. I have been super busy traveling back and forth to Europe (6 times since May 1) for several different mountain bike events, spreading the mountain bike cheer.

Some of those have included, Lago del Garda “bike Festival” in Itlay , Willingen Festival Germany, Wintergerg Dirt Miester Fest, Germany, A camp in Chatel, France with my good buddy Holger Meyer, the Aoriaz Roof’n Slopestyle, The UCI World Championships and several World cups, and The Adidas Slopestyle in Saalbach, Austria, where Hans Rey and I hosted the event live on www.freecaster.com.

Between all of these Euro events, back in Whistler, I some how managed to put together my own video part for the first time ever. Well, with a lot of help from the Collective boys Darcy and CJ. Stay tuned for that one shortly.

Schley Chronicles Video, coming soon to website and videos everywhere.

Wade Simmons and I put on some camps in Whistler, to help our fellow bikers get down the mountain in a safer more stylish fashion. I can’t forget Crankworx. It went off as usual.

I just returned from Eurobike that biggest bike industry trade show in the world.
After several days in a trade show hall, I went and rode some sweet single track in Alpbachtal, Austria, with my fiance Willow. Yup, that is right, I finally got the balls to go for it. She rocks, if you didn’t already know that.

Alpbachtal, Austria. Willow and me. Can you see the rock on her left hand?

Somehow in the midst of all of this travel and excitement, I managed to have one of the best summers of riding ever. The trail up here in Gods country were all time. My buddies, Willow, her brothers and I, did a ton of single track (well, BC style, steep and deep with hits everywhere) riding and several awesome days in the Whistler bike park. As usual there are more cool new trails and stunts to check out up in the park, so if you haven’t come by lately, it is worth a ride for sure.

Alpbachtal, Austria. Love that E1, perfect bike!

If you haven’t had enough riding yet, come to Wagrain, Austria on Oct 4-5, rip it up with me and check out the new Saint from Shimano while you are at it.

Peace,
Richie

Come and ride with me in Wagrain, Austria on Oct 4-5th and check out the new Saint from Shimano. We will be launching it there.

Hey everyone out there in Mountain bike land.

Just back from my 3rd trip in Europe in the last 2 months.

This trip took me to Darmstad, Germany, Winterberg Bike Park, Willingen bike festival, Annecey, in France to check out all of the new Mavic product for 2009. Very cool stuff, keep you eyes open for the new Deemax and Crossmax SX. Not to mention their very technical soft good line.

From there I drove to Vall di Solle, Italy to watch the World championships and see some new products from Marzocchi.

The DH and 4 Cross races were so action packed it was awesome.

Below are some shots from A cool trail in Darmstad, Germany and Winterberg bike park.

Check them out.
Peace,

The Photos are compliments of Manfred Stromberg. If you are interested in using any of them, contact Manfred Directly.

Thanks

Winterberg

Winterberg

Conti trails in Winterberg

Darmstad

Darmstad

Darmstad

Big sender in Darmstad. Germans have big jumps too!

The 2008 whirlwind has begun.  I think I may be over my jet-lag, just in time to go back to Europe next week for the Winterberg Dirtmiester festival.  We will be launching the new R.E.D line of Rotwild bikes and partaking in the mandatory fun of the festival.  I am okay with that!

My last trip took me to Belgium, Germany and Italy.  For the first couple of weeks, I was supporting my girlfriend Willow Koerber in her quest for an Olympic berth.  She has never felt worse , so everyone send her some good vibes!  She did feel a bit better however, after we visited Adidas and they hooked us both up with sweet new product.  Aftter I left her to struggle alone in Spain, I lived it up in Italy at the Riva del Garda Festival.

I am lucky for a healthy liver and a fast metabolism because I ate and drank like Maximus (before he was captured).  Fueled by Italian cuisine, I railed my new Rotwild E1 and rocked some shuttles on my R.E.D. 2 with Wade Simmons, Holger Meyer, Andrew Shandro and my good buddy James.  The high action was captured by photographer Marco Toniolo.  We were also joined by a fleet of local shredders.

Somehow, I also found the time to visit the AXO headquarters in Treviso to discuss some cool new products in development.  Of course, I was treated to some spectacular Italian lunches.

This was a perfect trip to start the season.  The weather was spectacular, the vistas serene, and the dirt couldn’t have been better.  The trails are also pretty sweet here in Whistler.  I will be railing those trails until I head back to Frankfurt next week.  Stay tuned, here we go.

I’ve been doing some shuttling in Pemberton this week with some of the boys.The trails are in great condition, dry and dusty. You would never now that 20 minutes up the road Whistler still has some epic skiing.

The guys from VIO Inc have given me this head cam to use, so here is some footage of Cream Puff. Its not the best footage because its the first time I have used the camera, but its better than nothing.

Hey everyone, I have updated my Freeride Camp page with all the information for this years camps.

Check it out here.

Richie Schley Mountain Bike Freeride Camps, Whistler Bike Park