PUBLISHER:

Brandon Watts

EDITOR:

Silly Anne (Priscilla Watts)

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

Nick Meyer
Ryan Meyer
Lars Sternberg
Brad Walton
Hunter Buck
Josh Poulsen
Hans Rey
Brandon Watts
Mitchell Buck
Matt Noe
Lars Thomsen
Lee Rogers
Zeb

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:

Carmen Freeman
Jay Sinclair, JaySinclairPhoto.com
Brad Walton, www.BradWaltonPhoto.com

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:

Photos by Carmen Freeman
Words by Josh Poulsen and Hans Rey

If you had the power to change the world, what would you do? Some people build homes and give blankets. Some bring fresh water and food. And others choose to give bikes that change lives.

Rider Owned for Life
Words and Photos by Brad Walton

Quitting a stable job to pursue the dream of creating mountain bikes is the big move that very few of even the most accomplished riders would ever have the balls to do. For Transition Bikes owners Kevin Menard and Kyle Young, they didn’t just want to escape their 9-5 corporate grind, they felt the necessity to fill a void in the most important market in the bike industry:  their own.

Hunter Buck has been creating art ever since he could grip a crayon.  It had always been highly valued in his family and the way he was raised.  He grew up watching and working with artists as parents, and couldn’t really imagine doing anything else. “Like mother and father, like son.”  Hunter was never pressured to attend art school or make art, but it was an inspiring experience to see loved ones in his life making a living with their passions. “Someday I will have that same passion.”

Nicknames:

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

Birthplace:

Vancouver, BC

Hometown:

Tsawwassen, BC

Ages:

>Nick: 22
>Ryan: 21

Sponsors?

Age: 32

Hometown: Sparks, Nevada

Birthplace: Truckee, California

Favorite Trail: Whichever one I am riding today

Sponsors? Transition Bikes, Fox Racing Shox, Dakine, Crankbrothers, KORE, Maxxis, Jagwire

Favorite place to ride?
I don’t have a favorite right now. I am having so much fun riding new places and trails lately there’s no way I could pick just one. I ride a bit of everything. I guess anywhere in the mountains is acceptable.

Photo by Joy Armstrong, taken of Scott Miers at the Gravity Experiment Cruiser Downhill Race in Washington.

Philadelphia, PA
Words and Photos by Lee Rogers

San Jose, California
Words by Lars Thomsen
Photos by Ross McMahon