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YEAH! Bike Attack is my new favorite event! It’s on my for-sure list for next year and I’ll tell you why. The Trek Bike Attack is a 20km enduro downhill race with 2000 meters of descending and 140 meters of climbing. Starting at 2861 mtr at the Rothorn and arriving at Churwalden at 1240 mtr.

After being run over from behind during the Megavalanche in 2007, I was kinda ‘cured’ from this mega event. I still think it’s some of the best riding ever, but with over 2000 participants it’s to much for me. I’ve heard a lot about the Bike Attack in Switserland, it’s low profile and they have [...]

Last Sunday we had a unique event in our hometown, a mini downhill race! A short track, about a minute, with some hand built obstacles and about 70 riders! Among them world champ Anneke Beerten! She took the first place for the women without much competition. I came in 3rd and proved myself VERY unfit [...]

Sunday october 21st Redbull hosts a downhill/slopestyle contest in Liege (Belgium), with 32 selected riders, including me! Around 11hrs the training and qualifiers start, 14hrs the races, 16hrs the final and 17hrs the award ceremony. It’ll all take place on the longest stairs in Europe. I’m stoked.
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Freecaster.tv will be capturing this weekends races and he’s todays fourcross race. They’ve hooked up with Steve Peat as a co-commenter. For the dutchies is was a good round. Silver for Anneke Beerten and bronze for Jurg Meijer. All of us would have loved to see eighter of them on the highest step though, but [...]

It’s sunday, I just witnessed the Megavalanche from a spectators view. I didn’t race after a crash yesterday in the qualifier. I was about 10 minutes on my way, good position, well in front with some girls in sight I was going to overtake… when I got run over by a guy that was trying [...]

In mijn Flickr set Biking staan meer foto’s van Mariska Kolk.
Moet ik dan toch maar zo’n stoer glas ook voor mijn nieuwe Oakley halen?
4e plaats iXS Winterberg
Met Hemelvaart werd er in Winterberg een groot freeride-festival georganiseerd met een downhillrace, een slopestyle contest en een fourcross race. Zelf deed ik mee aan de [...]

Afgelopen zondag in Winterberg ben ik 4e geworden met een kleine 3 seconden afstand op de nummer 3. Iets harder moeten trappen! Ze hadden het parkoers op diverse plekken verlegd, waarschijnlijk om bepaalde gevaarlijke punten te omzeilen. En op sommige plekken was dat een erg leuke verandering.
Na een regenachtige ochtend op zaterdag, was het zondag [...]