VitalMTB celebrates the opening of shred season each year by inviting their friends to ride at Snow Summit for a day of jumps, scrubs, trails and whips. Here, Kirt Voreis gets after it on his RIP 9 RDO on the Party Wave trail with VitalMTB staffer, Josh Nevelson. https://youtu.be/OBeKA6BcTio A...
Niner Blog — trail bike
Jackalope? What's that? As a kid on my first drive across the U.S. with my folks, there was talk about something called a jackalope. Postcards at Wall Drug showed images of a rabbit with antlers. Did this thing really exist? Or shall we ask, "Does this thing exist?" All you...
On a recent road trip along the California coast with Kirt Voreis, we forced him to stand in the direct sunlight, without his Smith shades, and take pictures with his JET 9 RDO and his RIP 9 RDO. (He loved every minute of it.) Both frames use Niner's Carbon Compaction...
A 5 a.m. casting call? Are you kidding me? When a mountain bike legend like Kirt Voreis shows up in town to shoot video and photos, an early morning isn‘t out of the question, even if your role is to be the driver and the videographer's lackey. You just do...
What type of mountain bike rider are you? In this guide, we discuss the differences and talk about what type of bike might be best for your style of riding.
NINER: Does riding a bike ever feel like a job? KIRT: Umm, no, not really. I‘m proud of my job. I‘m stoked to be doing what I‘m doing and I take it seriously, like a job but it doesn‘t feel like a job. Maybe when I raced World Cups back...