Seminuk is the world champ!

Congrats to Brandon! 2011 FMBA World Champion

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Season-of-Semenuk-in-photos-2011.html

Brandon rode our new Gyro along with McCaul and Montgomery to multiple podiums this summer and between those three we have now moved to generation 2 with apposing tech inside to see which one is the winner.

Dennis one of the Engineers sat down with Cam and Darren to go over pro’s and cons of the system for feedback after claws event, to go over the new designs. Super stoked to have all the big names on our gyro.

And if you missed the Invitational wow, best show to date, super sexy course big big big jumps. Here is Brandons 720 tail whip to win!

Straitline Gyro’s podium 1st and 2nd!

 

Pretty stoked to see a podium shot like this with Cam in 1st and Brandon in 2nd, both on our new Hyrdaulic Gyro system!

I’m sure you all tuned in or saw this but here is a recap.

Colorado Crankworxs… 4 SL riders Qualified!

Just watched the qualifying round live on Pinkbike… audio was horrible but great to see the guys get in the big event tomorrow.

Straitline Riders in main event are…

Jack Fogelquist  - Pedals

Eric Lawrenuk  - Pedals

Cam McCaul  - Hydraulic Hyro

Brandon Seminuk - Hydraulic Gyro

And Anthony Messere is getting a hyrdo asap after killing the Whistler course.

Groves is banned from the states until paper work gets filed and Montgomery is attending a family function and had to pass.

Watch the event tomorrow at 2pm west coast time www.pinkbike.com

Straitline’s Gyro on the 1st place podium!

Brandon takes first place on our Gryo system and now has more money than you and I! The first place check was $10,000 more than last years at $25,000! His precision style always ensures he hits the podium and it wasn’t a shock to see the scoreboard after his second run.

 

After the shot was taken below, Brandon was swiftly arrested for force feeding 15 year old minor Anthony Massere alcohol.  I made that up.

But what a show it was this year, super fun course to watch and the riders obviously liked it by the way they ALL threw down as apposed to every other year when only a few choose to throw down.

Big thanks to the Pinkbike crew and Redbull for letting us sit in the death star tower for the show. I was next to Brandons Mom and had to give her play by play when he did his runs because she couldn’t watch her son compete at this level of insanity.

Stoked to have Brandon on the Gyro and expect another blog on judging and our other riders Montgomery and McCaul that threw down. Montgomery got a 63.4? I guess stubbing your toe on one run deducts 30 points minimum.

Montgomery, McCaul, Seminuk on gyro’s!~

So I hear the weather sucks ***** at the Claymore challenge and it may be as late as this Sunday that they can compete, maybe even at night with lights, what ever it takes to beat out this weather.
Good news is they have time to jam in the indoor park and hit the foam pits and resi ramps while they wait it out.
Mike and Cam both have their Straitline Gryros installed and Seminuk just put his on a few days ago so we have 3 top guns helping us refine the system.

The first proto is great and we will make a secondary proto with apposing technology inside and see which one we wish to refine after the contest season wraps up.
All three (and soon Casey Groves once he gets his forks in) will be our feedback team and hitting all the comps with the Gryo installed, then off to production for the masses.
Check out the VITAL video update and watch the guys spin and flip… if you watch closely, Mike sever a testical on the backflip Superman to semi no footer landing.

Straitlines New Gyro

Super quick Gryo update…

I picked Mike up at the ferries a few months ago when he was up here designing the new Krankworxs course and we had little meeting of the minds.

Its a simple system that allows your bars to spin infinitely reducing the need to elongate the brake cables and to unspin the bars back to zero if in competition.

Over the countless emails and conference calls we produced a perfect Gryo just in time for Mikes and the Jumpship Event.

We also had Cam McCaul help us develop this system and we made it to take a beating and not leak any fluid, with the main goal of having the rider not even know it is on the bike when you pull the brake.

 

We succeeded and he ran his prototype during the Jumpship event and went through 1 frame and a fork, it’s nice to be sponsored!

So this weekend Cam McCual will be riding in 26 trix in Austria and Brandon Seminuk will compete against cam and Mike at the Claymore Challenge.

Not Much info is released at the moment, we are refining the prototype and working with Frame manufacturers to make the head tubes compliant. Do not expect this to be a pros only product, anyone with a single crown can ride it… no more 6ft of lines, throw on a gyro.