I just got home from the 3rd annual Bearclaw Invitational. For the third year in a row Darren put on a deadly competition. The course which was completely redesigned was by far one of the most progressive works of art that I have seen. I’m sure you will be able to see more pics of the course as the recaps start rolling on the web and in Magazines but I thought I would include a shot of the final drop specked out with some Red Bull signage. The weather threw a wrench in the production so the comp was wisely pushed to Friday night. Saturday proved to be too wet to run the comp so the Friday night results stuck. Read More »

The world’s best freeride mountain bikers make their annual pilgrammage this week to Vancouver Island’s Mount Washington Alpine Resort, home of the Bearclaw Invitational Slopestyle. This is the third edition of the Bearclaw event and Darren Berrecloth has cooked up some special treats in year three.
What kind of treats does Bearclaw have in store? Not including the salmon feast he cooks for riders on Saturday night, Berrecloth introduces a new Free Slalom event that kicks off the two-days of competitions on Friday night. The design of the Free Slalom is simple; it’s a slalom course with three dirt jumps. Racers are not only timed, but they’re also being judged on their airs -in a similar format to mogul skiing. This is the first competition of its type in mountain biking so be sure to check it out. Read More »

Watch Darren compete at Kokanee Crankworx during the live webcast of the VW Trick Showdown 530pm-730pm on August 14 (LIVE FEED). Also be sure to check out the Monster Energy Slopestyle 6-730pm on August 16 (LIVE FEED)

whats I am doin right now
Well I will tell you what I am up to and have been up to.
For a month i was in southern utah roasting in 44 degree weather, filming for my segment for new world disorder.
I was pretty pumped on the filming that I got done since it was mostly big mountain riding which is m favorite type of riding. We even brought the helicopter out and filmed a teaser for the red bull rampage on the obvious ridge lines on the course, with paul bas and robbie bourdon good times i tell ya.
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Its been a long winter

Well I’m sure most people don’t know that I’ve been off my bike since last October and I’m sure nobody knows that I was in serious chronic back pain all last year. So I will start from the beginning where just before the Qashqai series, my back seized up and the doctors said it would take a few months before I could see a specialist so I endured the whole season with back pain.

Come fall I learned that I had a small bulge in my disc. Not a huge deal but I needed surgery to correct the problem, so I went down to the U.S. to get immediate medical care rather than wait 16 months in Canada to get it for free. So I got sorted from my doctor friend Sten Kramer and under I went, awaking to Kyle Strait picking me up from the hospital. So I spent a month or so at Straits getting healthy.

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