By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 10, 2009
It’s the biggest mountain-biking week of the year in Whistler, building to the prime Slopestyle competition in the bike universe, and August being August, we have to keep our fingers crossed on the weather. They keep moving the dates of Crankworx around, sometimes early in the summer, sometimes late. I’ve never liked August as a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged B.C., jill kintner, Kokanee Crankworx 09, whistler
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 28, 2009
Ibis has announced a 6-inch version of its killer Mojo carbon fiber frame. The geometry is slacker but I can’t imagine a ton of difference between this and the 5.5-inch Mojo, other than weighing half a pound more. Both still spec’d with air shocks. So where’s the weight diff? I’ll be intrigued to see one [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Ibis Mojo DH, jill kintner, Luke Strobel
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 20, 2009
Seattle native Jill Kintner, continuing a remarkable comeback year after knee surgery following her Olympic BMX medal last season, won the national 4-cross title late Saturday at the Mountain Bike Nationals in Sol Vista, Colo. Kintner bested arch-rival Melissa Buhl for the title, with Kathy Pruitt placing third. Congrats once again to Jill, who with [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged jill kintner, mountain bike championships
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 24, 2009
Seattle native Jill Kintner smoked the field, including arch-rival Melissa Buhl, in the giant slalom competition at the US Open this weekend in Vernon, NJ. When boyfriend Bryn Atkinson finished first in the downhill qualifying rounds, there were dreams of a Domestic Double. Alas, the amazing Sam Hill rose to the occasion in the downhill, [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged evil bikes, jill kintner, Mountain Biking, sam hill, us open downhill, us open giant slalom
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 20, 2009
One of the toughest mountain bikers in the world is not a guy. Last year she gave up a dominating career in mountain biking to train for the BMX event in the Olympics, tore out her knee, put off surgery and gutted it out to a bronze medal. She’s Jill Kintner, born in Seattle, 1999 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged dual slalom, jill kintner, Mountain Biking, Sea Otter
