Fluidride will once again be offering multi-day riding camps in Whistler in the summer months of 2012. This is your opportunity to take your riding up a few levels under the watchful eyes of some of the best instructors in the industry. Katrina Strand, Claire Buchar, and Chris Kovarik along with others professional rider/instructors will [...]

As of the beginning of June 2011, I officially became a Diamondback DF5 Team Rider. Check out the video below to hear a bit more and see my DH steed!

Fluidride / Diamondback from Jan Balster on Vimeo.

Katrina Strand
2011 Camp Dates have been posted, and camps have been selling fast!
Fluidride Whistler Camps are a great way to transform your riding in just 3 days with Simon Lawton and guest instructors, including Whistler Legend Katrina Strand, who is confirmed for camps A, B, and C.
More info on the camps can be found here

The Final Round of the 2010 Fluidride Cup Technical Downhill Series at Mt Hood’s Ski Bowl is just around the corner. Come out and ride one of the last races of 2010! We’ve changed the practice times a bit since the mountain will be open just for us! Here’s the Scoop…
On Site Registration: Ski Bowl [...]

A week’s worth of rain and clouds all parted on Friday September 10th, for Stage 1 of the Fluidride Mt Hood 3 Day Enduro, giving racers access to some of the best ground conditions I can remember. The dirt was perfect, and the stage was set for a showdown between some of the best endurance [...]

Hello Racers. The first annual Mt Hood 3 Day Enduro Downhill is just around the corner. We’ve updated a few things, so be sure to read below about Free Lift rides and awesome lodging deals for the event. We know it’s tough to have racing on a Friday, so we’ll be sure to get you [...]

I had a chance to work with long time NW ripper Jim McCracken and his son recently. We worked on corning and footwork, and even talked about using foot work to pull the bike across the trail off a jump. We worked specifically on the jump shown at second 23 in this video. Jim sent [...]

Blue skies and a full tilt track greeted riders at round 3 of the Fluidride Cup Technical Downhill Series. The top half of the mountain was open for the first time this year, bringing a riders a truly challenging track for every category with over 1400 feet of descent per run.
Sunday mornings race started off [...]

The weather forecast is calling for 70-80 degrees and sunshine all weekend at Mt Hood Ski Bowl in Government Camp for the Fluidride Cup Technical DH Round #3, presented by Fat Tire Farm in Portland. The top of the track is now open after hours of shoveling snow banks courtesy of Todd Olsen, Eric Loney, [...]