Mike Montgomery flips like a Boss!

 

This is the behind the scenes mini doco around Mikes infamous Roadbike flip as seen i the Spy Optics commercial.

http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/SPY-ToC-Busche-Montgomery-Bike-Flip-Behind-the-Scenes,13664/Smutok,2463

Reality Redesigned Gauntlet!

 

Straitline helped design the Reality Redesign contest while filming for our episode on EdgeFactor. Jeremy Bout the producer pitched the idea and then went over board in making the idea come to life.

The gauntlet is where we critique and judge incoming designs, super stoked at the thought put into these designs.

Click this link.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Reality-Redesigned-The-GAUNTLET-Ep4-Derailleur-Guide.html

Now that is how you roll up on the scene!

It all starts with a dream kids!

Mike Montgomery couldn’t wait for Xzibit to arrive so he went and pimped out his truck with his sponsors logos like a good pro athlete!

Drool over these.

Mike Montgomery riting letterz n stuff.

 

Mike just got back from an event in Austria and hit up Vail for the Teva Winter Games hosted by Our Mr Jeff Lenosky. Check out the links below in his update!

Sup peeps! here is a lil update of how this past weekends festivities went!

being from SD i never really ever get to be 100%freezing(thankfully) but despite the cold and really crappy snow conditions

i managed to pull out a 65ft-70ft frontflip in the big air event at the teva winter games witch landed me a 2nd. stoked cause i lost to chad kagy not just another dude i see at each event.so i couldnt complain. here are a few video and photo links! enjoi

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Teva-Games-Photo-Essay-3-2012.html (rad fronty pic)

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Teva-Winter-Games-Best-Trick-Video-2012.html

http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/Winter-Teva-Mountain-Games-Results,428

http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Teva-Winter-Games-2012,11817/970biking,307

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-Mike Montgomery-

Reality Redesigned Contest!

So as many of you know we filmed a TV show around our production facility called Edge Factor Gnarly Metal!

The Edge Factor: Gnarly Metal - Full Episode on pinkbike.com

We filmed it around our new local event called Jumpship, it was a huge undertaking and great success.

OFFICIAL JUMPSHIP CONTEST VIDEO!! on pinkbike.com

Then mid filming of our episode the Producer Jeremy Bout who's brain never shuts off and rivals mine... decided that it wasn’t enough, lets launch a global design challenge and piggy back the shows release! I was already screwed for time and mid season so why not add more to the to do list…

Reality tv style design competition Reality Redesigned!

Turns out if you want it bad enough you get it and here is Jeremy's first instalment of Reality Redesigned.

Reality Redesigned - Defined. on pinkbike.com

 

Details on the competition will be on Pinkbikes front page shortly, but enjoy the sneak peek we have partnered with Intense and Cane Creek to be your personal manufacturers.

A Sunday with Mike Montgomery

I was recently informed that Banshee would be producing a batch of Banshee Amps painted to match the bikes that I have been riding all season. I was pretty stoked to get custom painted frames and even more stoked to know that they will be available to the public.

I decided to go out with two of my friends Danny and Donnie (from NKOTB) and film a short edit to welcome the frames into the world.

A Sunday with Mike Montgomery on pinkbike.com

I am not sure how many frames will be available or when they will be available. Stay tuned to www.bansheebikes.blogspot.com for more information and go over to Pinkbike to leave comments on the video.

Mike

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

The Edge Factor show films Straitline

 

I saw Edge Factors Chilean episode when I walked in on the guys glued to the screen in awe of this new concept tv show. I emailed Jeremy with a joke slid in on how I will kill myself on Youtube if they cover a cheese factory instead of us and I guess it worked because he called the next day.

 

I talk a lot of Sh*t but this is biking and it is fun so we have fun but I’ll shut up and show you the teaser now…

Truly Honoured to be apart of this.

http://www.edgefactor.com/EF_EP2

Please watch the Chilean miner rescue, these guys were the unsung hero's of that global rescue we all watched on CNN.

http://www.edgefactor.com/ef_ep1

Edge Factor - Chilean Mine Rescue from Edge Factor on Vimeo.

Montgomery’s pinkbike bike check

Mike had a sweet ass run in the finals this weekend in Slopestyle… unfortunately his backflip barhop had his seat tap his back sending the bike the opposite direction. The trick was risky and he got deducted points just missing the finals.
But, he’ll be back and it’s no big thing, just more time to train right.
Here is Mikes Bike check with Pinkbike.com
Mike Montgomery Bike Check on pinkbike.com

Watch Freerides overview of the event, you can see Mikes backflip Barhop and tap his seat on Vital.

Red Bull Joyride - Official Event Video - More Mountain Bike Videos

World record breakdown

Mike said it so now he has to get Training to pull this off. Having Moto in the blood eases the fear of long distance flights but the water in the tube idea sounds like a tow in is definitely a must.

Mike Montgomery's World Record Plans — More Mountain Bike Photos

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.

Grommits everywhere!

 

After hosting the Jumpship festival in our back yard a few weeks back, word has gotten out that Mike Montgomery left on of his signature custom AMPS in the office.

Mike was so engorged with his Dairy Queen he forgot to take his AMP with him, and he left his garbage on my desk too.

Now kids keep riding by on their way to the local Freeride park (we helped build) around the corner. By the droves they ride through the parking lot to ask for stickers then they quickly ask to hold the frame behind my desk.

These two are beyond stoked now that they know this bike may be built up and given away at Krankworxs with Straitline and all of Mikes sponsors onboard.

Odds of winning? 1:? or a brick through my window.

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. 

Straitline @ Jump Ship 2011

There was a full crew of Straitline riders at the first Jump Ship. Mike Montgomery flew up from San Diego to help test the first Straitline Hydro Gyro, film for a TV show, win best trick and come second in a close battle with Brandon Semenuk. Jack Fogelquist made the drive up from Scotts Valley, Eric Lawrenuk and Casey Groves hopped the ferry over from the main land and even Alan Hepburn took a break from his busy rollerblading vert career to ride some bikes.

A trick Alan picked up over the winter (his summer).

Camp of Champions was on hand with their Air Bag and there was a 20 minute wait for riders of all ages and skill levels to session the bag. It was great to see the progression of the riders over the weekend and it was great to see how many youngsters wanted signatures from the riders who were lining up to ride with them.

Mike flips his bike on dirt (above) and he flips Aaron's road bike onto the bag (below).

The complete Straitline staff was on hand for the event and looked to be enjoying the show. Straitline's all around genius Dennis Paulson even managed to injure himself while learning to back flip into the air bag. Eric Lawrenuk also went down in qualifying and separated his shoulder again. I wish them both a speedy recover so we can get some Straitline A-Line Trains going this summer.

Dennis working on his back flip, put himself out of commission for a couple weeks.

Enough talk, enjoy the pictures and for more Jump Ship news see below ...

Mike wins best trick with a 720 ...

A lot of people came out to see the final.

Separated shoulder, hope Eric is back on his bike soon.

Mike and Casey on the podium.

Casey signing autographs while waiting to hit the air bag.

Mike training for a bike to bike transfer ...

While leaving the venue there was a lot of talk about next year, let's hope this becomes an annual event.

Keep Riding,

Rob Dunnet

P.S. when someone asks you "Do you want to put this gorilla suit on and hit the air bag?" the answer should always be yes!

Jump Ship 2011

Just finished up a sushi dinner in downtown Victoria after placing second in the first Jump Ship. With the wind blowing on my final run I was lucky to be able to pull off my run. I 360'd the drop in, did a superman on the first jump and then a backflip-whip. Landed pretty far down the landing and lost most of my speed, 360'd the next jump and then whipped the small quarter.


Have some more filming to do and then I am back home for a couple of days before some more travel.

Check out the Jump Ship coverage on Cheknews, watch until the end for best trick results ...



Mike

Jumpship this weekend in the harbor of Victoria!

First off FaceBook the hell out of this please!

 

Second off, if that is even a word, I was out building the booter ramps with Jordie and Laroque last Thursday with power tools and beer!

 

This weekend totally for free is Jumpship, where a massive 180ft barge loaded with jumps floats into town and the worlds top freestyle riders will compete for 1st place.

 

The Camp of Champions air bag will be on site and totally for free to ride, so you better show up and hit it.

 

Straitline also has a tv crew from www.edgefactor.com  in town to capture our robotic cnc in action then film Casey Groves and Mike Montgomery fro ma Helicopter as thy battle it out.  So show your support and come on out, face book the hell out of this please!

So, Mike also just took the TEVA games and is the man to beat so its going to go off!

 

Here is the official release for Jumpship:

Things are shaping up for this weekends first ever Jumpship Dirt Jump Invitational in beautiful downtown Victoria, BC. The world's elite slope riders will ride a floating course built upon a 180 foot barge. Tomorrow our barge moves into place for construction of the course and we'll keep you in the loop as it comes together. Get to Victoria this weekend to witness the FMB elite go head to head. Jumpship is a free event and brought to you by the Dockside Mountain Bike Society.
Here is Jump Ship's rider list:
1: Brandon Semenuk 
2: Tyler Maccaul 
3: Eric Lawrenuk 
4: Geoff Gullevich 
5: Sam Dueck 
6: Mitch Chuby 
7: Anthony Messere 
8: Jamie Goldman 
9: Casey Groves 
10: Andrew Taylor 
11: Graham Aggasiz 
12: Luke Fulton 
13: Jarrett Moore 
14: Christian Wright 
15: Jack Fogelquist 
16: Mike Montgomery 
17: Kurt Sorge 
18: Reece Wallace 
19: Evan Mccurrie 
20: Justin Wyper 
21: Scott Grant 
22: Jordie Lunn 
23: Mark Matthews
For more details on Jump Ship check out www.JumpShipContest.com or for most up to date news check out our facebook page at facebook.com/jumpshipcontest

The Mike Montgomery Show!

 

Mike runs full kit Straitline Components and without it, he can barley pull a skid!

 

Sit back, relax and go WTF?

Mike Montgomery Mayhem - More Mountain Bike Videos

Mike Montgomery in Bike Mag

Poached From Morgan Dunnet's Blog

Have wanted to post this since February when I did the illustration but waited for the magazine to be printed. Looks okay in the magazine but at a half page it doesn't quite capture the hugeness of Mike Montgomery. He's kind of a big deal.




Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Ranch Style - Mike Montgomery Wins Best Trick

In pretty much a landslide victory Mike Montgomery has won the Pinkbike Best Trick Throwdown at Ranchstyle in Colorado with 353 votes.


The event took place yesterday at the Grassroots Ranch in Colorado and was filmed by a team of videographers. The video was then posted to Pinkbike where viewers had the opportunity to vote for a winner. Mike's winning trick was a backflip barhop, something that is mostly unseen in mountain bike competition. Greg Watts placed second with 121 votes, he threw down a myriad of tricks including a flip double barspin and no handed 360 to barspin. Third place was Ben Glassen, a relatively unknown rider from Nanaimo BC. His super steezy 360 nac earned him 65 votes, while Eric Lawrenuk's decade (or 360 downside whip to some) earned him fourth place with 47 votes.


Results

1. Mike Montgomery 353
2. Greg Watts 121
3. Ben Glassen 65
4. Eric Lawrenuk 47
5. Joe Perizzo 32
6. Jamie Goldman 13
7. Kelly Mcgarry 7
8. Anthony Messere 4
8. Jack Ludlam
10. Garrett Robertson 1
10. Nick Simcik 1
10. Reece Wallace 1
10. Scott Alleyn 1
10. Tyler McCaul 1

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Ranch Style - Best Trick

For all of Devon's coverage of Ranch Style head over to Pinkbike.com. To vote for best trick click here and you will probably want to vote for Mike or Eric ... I am just saying.

Mike with a huge back flip bar hop (nicknamed Blue Steel). Mike still hasn't dropped Magnum on us, but I do not think we will have to wait long.

Also watch for Eric throwing down some huge tricks. "That jump was awesome! It would send you so high." -Eric Lawernuk

Keep your eyes posted to Pinkbike for all Ranch Style news ...

Keep Riding,

Rob Dunnet