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.

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?

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!

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.

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.

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!

Bikes - Rotwild and Rocky
Forks - Marzocchi
Cranks
Wheels - Mavic
Brakes
Chain Guides
and much more

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.

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.