We would go huck off sketchy rock drops and wood work that we would build, seeing who could do the biggest drop...

Name Joseph Mullan

Nickname Joey

Age 21

Current Town Bellingham, Wa.

Home Town Tacoma, Wa.

Favorite Trail? Devil’s Gulch. Wenatchee, Wa.

Sponsors/Supporters? Traitor Cycles, Powercordz.

Favorite place to ride? Lake Padden, Bellingham, Wa.

Favorite place to compete? South SeaTac, Wa. Exit 151 off I-5.

Name: Rebecca Rusch

Nickname: Reba or The Queen of Pain

Age: Do you really HAVE to put this?  If so, 42!  DAMN!

Current Town: Ketchum Idaho

Home Town: Originally Chicago, IL, but that was a LONG, LONG time ago

Favorite Trail? Anything that I can access straight from my house.  There are miles and miles of single track right out the door and that’s why I live here.

Nickname: Lornny

Age: 20

Current Town: >  North Vancouver, British Columbia

Home Town: >  North Vancouver, British Columbia

Favorite Trail? >  Cabin Trail

Sponsors/Supporters? >  Cove Bikes, Sombrio, Smith Optics, Five Ten, Geax Tires

Favorite place to ride? >  B.C.

Favorite place to compete? >  Jordie Lunns Comps

Age: 32

Current Town:
Corte Madera, CA

Home Town:
Ashland, OR

Favorite Trail?
The Rabbit Hole, it’s just a short trail…maybe 1/4 mile, but you come into it so fast off Roller Coaster ridge, airborne, and then it is just a fun Mach 10 ride.

Name:
Daniel Franks

Nickname:
D Franks

Age:
16 (DOB: October 2, 1993)

Current Town:
Christchurch, New Zealand (in the South Island)

Home Town:
Christchurch, New Zealand

Favorite Trail? > I love any place I can ride my bike. I couldn’t single out one trail, but we have many great tracks in the Port Hills above Christchurch – they’re rocky, steep, really challenging and lots of fun.

Nickname: D-Sapp

Age: 23

Current Town: Boone, NC

Home Town: Kernersville, NC

Favorite Trail?
Canyons, besides that, anywhere I’m riding with good buddies.

Sponsors/Supporters?
Transition Bikes, Cycletherapy, Boone Bike

Hometown: Revelstoke, BC – the best mountain town EVER!

Age: 34

Birthplace: Vernon, BC

Favorite Trail:
Hmm, probably Olleros in Peru.  Imagine descending a super fun, fast and flowy singletrack trail for almost 12,000 vertical feet!

Airtime or speed?
I love quality airtime!  My favorite is sending high-speed booters like the Crabapple Hits in Whistler and Pipedream at Silver Star.

Sponsors?
Rocky Mountain, Raceface, FOX, WTB, Hayes, 5.10, ODI

Nickname: McDreamy

Hometown: Brighton, MI

Age: A young 25

Birthplace: Ann Arbor, MI

Favorite Trail: Pisgah, NC…all of it! But if I had to pick only one, Black Mountain for sure.

Sponsors?
Bell’s Brewery, Quirring Cylcles, Louis Garneau, SRAM, Stan’s No Tubes, my ever-loving parents.

Favorite place to ride?
In a Land Before Time

Favorite place to race?
West Virginia holds a special place in my heart.

Nicknames:

>Nick: Nickel
>Ryan: Meyers? I don’t really have one…

Birthplace:

Vancouver, BC

Hometown:

Tsawwassen, BC

Ages:

>Nick: 22
>Ryan: 21

Sponsors?