“Fall, it is getting cloudy and cold, especially here in the Alps in Leogang. The dirt is getting hard, roots and north shores are getting frozen and slippery. You are looking back to a epic Mountain bike season and you are thinking, “Is it really over already for this year”? The Bikepark was already closed, so we decided to shuttle some last runs in Leogang.. The first day we came up to the top station pretty early in the morning and the fog was still lying in the valley. That was a pretty epic scenario. The riding was kind of different because the whole ground was frozen already but still a lot of fun. As well we got some shots from John hitting the 26trix jumps. That was the last shredding day of the season 2012, the next week it started snowing and the season was really over. But now the snow is melting already and we are already stoked and can’t wait for this season.”

Unfortunately the weather came in so the whole course couldn’t be used, but the tricks were still ridiculous:

The Austrian Tirol is one of those places that hasn’t quite made it on to the British mountain biker’s list of ‘places to visit’, but as Alex Evans and I found out earlier this year, there is huge scope in the area and equally large mountains.

Beautifully captured by Mark Huskisson of Reset films, this film is the second of a two-part series documenting the riding on offer in three locations: the Zillertal valley; Innsbruck; and finally Solden.

Here’s part 1.

I’ll also take this opportunity to say hello as the new editor of Bike Magic… hello!