Maribor, Slovenia
May 16, 2010

Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate/SRAM/RockShox), starts off the UCI World Cup downhill season with a big win. He put together a brilliant run to win the season opener in Maribor, Slovenia in the most dismal conditions on a course Greg would describe as “the hardest course I’ve ever ridden because of the mud and rain.” Teammates Josh Bryceland and Steve Peat strung together less than optimal runs for disappointing 16th and 45th positions respectively.

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Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) broke a streak of bad luck in Maribor, becoming the first World Cup Downhill leader in the 2010 series.

Full repo to come when we get it

Portugal
May 11, 2010

Wow, what a busy trip in Portugal for the Santa Cruz Syndicate this has been! Landing in Porto, Portugal last week and having 20 pieces of baggage (large baggage at that), all arriving with us started the trip well. With Ricky Bobby and the brand new Peaty Syndicate van waiting curbside for us, we stuffed the van full and hustled down to Lousa to meet up with Cedric Gracia and his new Brigade rig. The mechanics and Santa Cruz engineers, Joe Graney and Josh Kissner went right to work to get the new Santa Cruz Carbon V-10’s ready to test. Jon Cancellier from SRAM/RockShox was also there to keep things top notch in his department.

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Liverpool’s Apposing has teamed up with Steve Peat, the reigning world champion in his field, to release what they believe is the first downhill mountain biking game app designed for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad.

Sheffield-based Peat, a well-known figure in the death-defying sport of downhill biking, is the first rider to be featured in the game, with further real-life professionals to be added after its launch.

This has been planned to coincide with the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup event at Fort William, Scotland on 5-6 June.

Apposing’s game has built in courses from across the globe, a 3D virtual bike shop (so users can buy the latest kit and customise their steeds) and a wide variety of music.

David Brown, the agency’s MD, commented: “Being the first App of its kind, ‘Steve Peat – Downhill Mountain Biking’ takes full advantage of Apple’s technology by providing players with unique interactivity capturing the fast and frantic game-play derived from this extreme sport.”

Peat himself added: “We are confident that this game will raise the bar within the extreme sports genre, while appealing to new and existing fans including the mountain biking community.”
www.apposing.co.uk