Matt Macduff stole a couple clips in the City 8 Highlights. Check out the truck diver on the big drop!
Mad hop barspin by our Octane One team mate Matt Macduff at the annual The Rise Jam in Montreal last weekend! 36inches! Can you even hop that high?
Matt Macduff finished 7th at City 8 event in Quebec. Congrats mate!
Qualifying Results:
1 – Martin Soderstrom
2 – Brayden Barret
3 – Anton Thelander
4 – Sam Reynolds
5 – Mitch Chubey
6 – Cameron Zink
7 – Adam Hauck
8 – Matt MacDuff
More photos from practice and qualification round at Pinkbike:http://www.pinkbike.com/news/City-8-Qualifying-2013.html
Freestyle mountain biker Matt Macduff is one of the most motivated athletes out there. Not only is he extremely motivated on his bike, he also puts a lot of efforts giving back to the sport as a whole. Over the last couple years, he released countless insane web videos with nothing but his will to get kids stoked on riding bicycles. This year, he decided to dedicate himself to a project he had in mind for a long time: Project Breathe Easy
Project Breathe Easy from Louis Lhomel on Vimeo.
Project Breathe Easy is a fund raising campaign for Cystic Fibrosis Canada through the promotion and distribution of a full length film featuring some of the world’s top, most innovative freestyle mountain bikers. Cystic Fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease affecting Canadians including Matt’s younger sister Caitlin and approximately 4000 people in Canada. With one person passing away weekly the disease is no joke. Currently 18 years old, Caitlin is already halfway through the average life expectancy along with hundreds of others.
For the last couple months, Matt has been hard at work in Nova Scotia, spending countless hours building a one of a kind slopestyle course packed with unique features that are guaranteed to get everyone stoked!
Once the course will be ready, invited riders Sam Reynolds, Pavel ‘Vishneviy’ Alekhin and Sam Pilgrim will fly their way to Nova Scotia to ride the course with Matt, while videographers Nic Genovese and Aaron Larocque from Mind Spark Cinema capture the action. They will produce a movie that will be available for purchase through iTunes with the objective of raising over 50 000$ for Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
Last year’s “Dreams” was just the point of the iceberg for Matt and the S.O.F.
Sick tuck over the rail by Matthew Macduff during the shooting for “For the Kids” vid in Montreal!
Here is a fresh bike check of the steed owned by one of our Octane One team riders – Paweł Turno.
From this season Paweł decided to switch from his cro-mo Void to brand new alloy Zircus frame.
Frame: Octane One Zircus Raw LTD
Fork: Marzocchi 4X 2010
Stem: Chemical Pro 31.8 blue
Handlebar: Chemical Pro 31.8 blue
Grips: Octane One Bolt-On
Hubs: NS Bikes Rotary 20mm / SS Pro soda blue
Pedals: NS Bikes Aerial Pro soda blue
Rims: Octane One Solar 31/34
Tires: Kenda SBE
Brake: Hope Tech X2
Chain: Octane One Single Pro
Crank: Octane One 2PCS Pro
Sprocket: Mutiny Sprizzocket
Seat: Octane One Combo
Photos: Staronphoto.com
It’s no secret that NS and Octane One brands are connected. Both of them are designed and developed by the same teams. And as many of you have probably noticed, Sam Pilgrim runs some Octane One components in his bikes.
These include the Chemical Pro stem and 2PCS Pro cranks which he has been using since the prototype phase.
What’s cool is that Octane One is not really Sam’s sponsor, he just happens to like our parts. This speaks a lot.
The Chemical Pro stem, with its low stack, works great with Sam’s Trickstuff Trixxer hydraulic rotor.
2PCS Pro cranks – light, yet durable enough to last a whole season of training and competing.
Sam Pilgrim has taken podiums at World’s most prestigious events like Crankworx L2A Slopestyle, Red Bull Bergline and District Ride, 26Trix, FISE, Vienna Air King and many other.
The LamaCycles Distribution / NS Bikes crew are on the road this year, hitting various cities and visiting specific bike shops throughout the summer! Come and ride and most importantly have fun with Louis Lhomel, Sam Croteau, Parappa, Kent Woods and more! We will be giving out stickers, t-shirts and a couple NS Bikes, Octane One & KHE components to some lucky ones!
Events:
STOP #1 – ZM CYCLE & FITNESS
STOP #2 – THE BICYCLE SHOP SARNIA
If you’re still hesitating, check out last year’s Shop Stop videos, everyone had a blast and we’re making this year even better!
Shop Stop #1: ZM Cycle & Fitness on Pinkbike
Shop Stop 2+3: To Wheels + The Bicycle Shop on Pinkbike
Our young Octane One team rider from Poland – Kuba Grudziński on his Zircus in Warsaw this Weekend.
For more great shots and edits head over to his official fanpage – Kuba “Grudzin” Grudzinski
photo by mzawadzki
Matt Macduff (Official Fan Page) has been so busy lately that there was no better time to finally do an interview with him. His buddies from The Rise have asked our Octane One team rider about a lot of essential and interesting things. A true inspiration!
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Matt has been popping so much lately that there was no better time to finally do an interview with him. I’ve known Matt for about 5 years now, and no need to say he’s one of the best people to have around. Not only do I have a lot of respect for his riding, but especially for his attitude towards life in general. He is the most motivated, open-minded and optimistic person I know and I am extremely happy to see him succeed in what he loves because he absolutely deserves it. Hit the Read More link to find out more about his roots in biking, his accident, dyslexia, his thoughts on the sport and much more. A true inspiration!
Name: Matt Macduff
D.O.B: April 11th, 1991
Hometown: Claremont, Ontario
Current Location: Barcelona, Spain
Years riding: About 7
Sponsors: Octane One, The Rise, Fox Suspensions, Ns Bikes, GoPro & The Mountain.
Q: Let’s start this with the typical questions. How did you get into biking?
A: I used to skate way back in the day, then my mom sent me out west to go visit my uncle, I guess thats when everything changed. He lived on the Island and there wasn’t too many spots to skate, so I started going with my uncle on All mountain rides, and I guess thats where it started. I Fell in love right away and almost instantly found myself biking in the driveway instead of skating. When I got home I decided that I needed a bike, so I saved up all my money for a year and on my 15th Birthday I bought my first bike. One of the best days of my life.
Q: Who did you look up to as a kid that just got into riding and why?(I bet this will have to do with NWD)
A: At first I looked up to my uncle Rob, he was a destroyer and always kept things fun. Haha to tell you the truth it took me a while to discover NWD, At first a good friend of mine gave me a bootlegged copy of Cranked 5 (if you haven’t seen it check it out) and thats when I first discovered ‘Super T’ and ‘The Claw’. Later I discovered Cam Mccaul, Aaron Chase, Jeff L, Dangerous Dan, all theses guys where my heroes, many of wich still are to this day.
Q: Since you were riding 24’’ wheels back in the day, what made you switch to 26’’ wheels?
A: I think for me it was my size, when I was young I wasn’t so big and I found it really tough to throw my bike around. Also at the time I saw a lot of street guys riding 24s and even Darren Berrecloth had a 24 in the back so it was pretty cool. Then as I got older and bigger I started to feel almost cramped on my bike, a switch went off in my head and next set of wheels I got where 26s. A lot of people hate on 24s but I’m still a supporter. I mean, hows a 14 year old supposed to hop 360 a 30 pound 26 inch mountain bike…
Q: What motivates you to ride your bike everyday?
A: I’m really not sure man, there’s just so many little things and I guess when I add them all up, thats what makes me wanna get out and shred. I Mean right now when I look at each day and I try to make it the best I can, that just doesn’t seem possible without my bike.
