Watts wins Crankworx Subaru-Fisher freerider, Greg Watts wins the 2009 Crankworx Slopestyle event
It was a great weekend for the Subaru-Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Team and in particular, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger who are now US National Cross-Country Champs.
The Subaru-Fisher MTB team races in Alabama, rolls out a new full-suspension carbon 29er, a 10-speed drivetrain, and JHK collects his 100th podium.
The Subaru-Gary Fisher team kicked off the 2009 season in style in Chile at the Pan-Am Championships. Subaru-Fisher teammates Sam Schultz and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski finished second and third respectively for a great start to the season.
Below, Sam Schultz recounts his second place ride, the challenges of peeing in a cup and adventures in air travel.
Four Subaru-Gary Fisher team riders were chosen to represent the USA at this past weekend's Pan American Mountain Bike Championships, in Santiago, Chile.
Subaru-Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Team rider Greg Watts took the top prize in the second session of this year’s VW Trick Showdown event at the Kokanee Crankworx festival in Whistler, British Columbia. Just a few weeks earlier at the Colorado edition of the Crankworx festival, Watts again won the Best Trick contest, executing a Backflip Double Bar Spin to take home top honors.
Ken Onodera of the Subaru-Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Team won a recent Japanese National Mountain Bike Race. In addtion to that accomplishment, Ken made history by winning the first Japanese National race on a 29er.
Greg Watts is the Subaru-Gary Fisher dirt jump rider. Over the winter he's been tuning up his tricks and style in anticipation of the summer competitions. Last season he had the opportunity to participate in an exhibition in Puerto Rico. It was fantastic. This season he went back with a host of other top dirt jumpers. The following is his recap.
The annual Iceman Cometh race this past November 10-11 in Traverse City, Michigan was amazingly popular. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger of the Subaru-Gary Fisher team interrupted their off-season and pulled the bikes out for one last race. Heather Irmiger gives a recount.
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2007 was a banner year for Willow Koerber, XC racer for the Subaru-Gary Fisher Mountain Bike Team. She's now sitting as one of the top American female riders headed into 2008 when the Olympic mountain bike roster will be decided. Willow took a minute to send in a recap of the long season.
