Sam Pilgrim's Bike Check.

Halo's Sam Pilgrim has just had a bike check feature in MBUK.

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Sam Pilgrim Wins Again!!!

Continuing his domination of International Slopestyle events, Halo's Sam Pilgrim won the Adidas Slopestyle in Saalbach, Austria at the weekend with his trademark smooth style and big tricks.

Huge Flips, Double Tailwhips, One foot X-up flips.....were just a few highlights of his impressive runs.

Sam was using his signature Purple colourway Halo SAS wheels which will be available at the end of September.

For video of his winning run check out:http://freecaster.tv/1000006_1005513

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Sam Pilgrim Doubles in Avoriaz!

Halo's Sam Pilgrim came away from the Roof N' Slopestyle comp in Avoriaz, France with a double win!

Sam won Best Trick on Monday with a double whip pulled clean.
He followed that up with the overall win in the slopestyle comp on Tuesday!

Sam was up against some of the very best slopestyle riders in the world including the USA's big guns - Darren Berrecloth and Cam McCaul.
The rest of the international riders included: Christopher Hatton, Yannick Granieri, Anthony Tomassi, Tony Rocci, Pierre Edouard Ferry, Thomas Genon, Cédric Gracia (oui oui), Carlo Dieckman, Simon Bonicel, Richard Delaunay and Carter Holland.

Sam is still using the same pair of signature colourway Halo Purple SAS wheels that he used to win the Qashqai London and film his section for the new Kranked DVD - proof that Halo SAS wheels are built to perform and last!

Best Trick Results:
1 - Sam Pilgrim
2 - Fred Austruy
3 - David Desnoes
4 - Yannick Granieri
5 - Rodolphe Legendre
6 - Tom Cauquil
7 - Rob Jauch
8 - Amir Kabbani
9 - Anthony Tomassi

Roof N' Slopestye Results:
1 - Sam Pilgrim
2 - Cam Mc Caul
3 - Yannick Granieri

Halo Riders Blitz Red Bull Bike Night!

Halo Team Riders Lance McDermott and Sam Pilgrim finished first and second respectively at the weekend's Red Bull Bike Night which was held in Trieste, Italy.
Each paired with a Pro BMXer they completely dominated the comp.

After their success at the recent Qashqai London event both Lance and Sam have proved themselves as possibly the best mtb jumpers in the world at the present time.

Pat C-J thanks his employers!

We often forget that many top riders have full-time jobs in addition to their biking careers and Pat Campbell-Jenner is one of these.
This can sometimes be a problem as riders need so many days off during the year to compete at International events.
Luckily for Pat he works for a great company who allow him to continue with his bike career.
Pat and all of his sponsors would like to say a big Thank You to Andy Hobbs (Manager) at:

www.pine-oakfurniture.co.uk

21 Ware Road
Hertford
Herts
SG13 7EB
0870 333 0235

Without their understanding Pat's fantastic rookie season at Pro/Elite level wouldn't be possible.

So next time your thinking of purchasing furniture - support the companies who support our riders!

Halo Team Riders have another great weekend!

Halo Team riders continued their dominance of UK comps at the weekend.
On Sunday at NASS the Pro King of Dirt comp saw Halo's Chris Smith take 1st place and Halo's Rory Backshell take 3rd! Chris was back on top form and blitzed the cream of the UK's Dirt Jumpers with amazing and consistent runs which included 360 whips, superman seatgrabs and suicide 360's.
Rory's smooth trails-style was evident and his bag of tricks has been expanded over the winter months.
Sunday was also the date for the NPS4X series at Chicksands. Halo's Bernard Kerr (Junior) and Matt Jones (Juvenile) both won their categories whilst Pat Campbell-Jenner came 6th in the Pro/Elite section (only a slipped pedal away from a top 4 finish!).

Halo's Fionn Griffiths Doubles at US Open!

The 2008 US Open was a great success for Griffiths Racing and the Norco World Team. With two 1st place finishes in both the DH and the Slalom events Halo Team Rider Fionn was stoked on her weekends racing.

Here is Jill Coleby's (her Team Manager) account of what happened:

DH practice on the Friday went well although conditions were extremely un- predictable. “with the track as rough and rocky as it is here at Diablo Freeride park, the conditions in practice were unforgivable, just finding yourself slightly off line in the wet rocks will more than likely end in tears or at least with a quick nature appreciation visit to a near buy tree.”
Fionn escaped a fairly big crash on the wet rocks without major injury, just a couple of bumps and bruises to show for her efforts.
Friday afternoon slalom qualification went as well as it could. Fionn had good runs on both courses and took the qualification win convincingly. The 2nd place Kathy Pruitt and 3rd place Joanna Petterson were both riding well. It was a milestone in events for the crew here at Diablo Mountain with their first Dual Slalom event being held here this weekend.

Saturday was literally a whole new day, with Blue skies and a constant breeze both tracks were drying up quickly. DH qualification went off without a hitch, and made for some close racing. With a time of 3.13, Kathy Pruitt nudged Fionn out at the line by 1/10th of a second for the lead and less than a second from that was the South African Joanna Petterson in 3rd.

Slalom Finals got underway fairly late in the evening, with the sun setting it was becoming more and more difficult to see but racing was tough fought to the line every time. In the semi finals Fionn met Katie Holden the 4th place qualifier and easily advanced to the finals where she met Kathy Pruitt. Both Kathy and Fionn charged out of the gate in hopes of opening a time margin which Pruitt did taking the win in the first run. Even with Kathy’s time margin it would not be enough to hold off a frustrated Griffiths in the second. The end result would turn out to be the same as qualification.

Slalom
1st Fionn Griffiths
2nd Kathy Pruitt
3rd Joanna Petterson

Sundays Downhill event took place in front of large crowds lining the rock sections of the track and the lower portion of the mountain. With the Pro’s racing for the top prize of $5000 everyone looked slightly nervous.
“ I was all good at the start, got focused and went for it out the gate but in the second turn I noticed Jo walking back up the side of the track, she had left the start house only one minute before me so I thought it was kind of weird but carried on anyway. I got maybe another 45 ft before an official jumped into the track and stopped me.” After having a re -start due to an accident on course it came down to who could get their head back in the game. Joanna Petterson had a great run beating the fastest qualifying time from the previous day in 3.12, but it was not enough to hold off Fionn who followed with a time of 3.03. Fionn anxiously awaited the arrival of Kathy at the finish but it was not to be Pruitt’s day as she rode in with a time of 3.06.
“The Norco was working really well for me on this rocky track today, I loved every second of it. I just had fun riding my bike and the rest came together for me.“

DH
1st Fionn Griffiths
2nd Kathy Pruitt
3rd Joanna Petterson

Next stop is Andora for round two of the World Cup tour.