Searching the Champ of the slopes At the Red Bull Skills event, a mix of Super G, Slalom, Downhill and Giant Slalom, I go the possibility to ski the first time in my life on a real Nordica race ski and in a race suite. It was great to get in touch with the…

Link to the first Buffalo Soldiers Episode René Wildhaber takes us to his home town Flums in the canton of St. Gallen where he finds inspiration for his Buffalo Soldiers trip in the old house of his uncle. Bike legend Hans Rey had once told Wildhaber about…

Pumptrack Race The Greenhouse Pumptrack Race Event in Ostermundigen bei Bern was great. Compare to 2012 the track was three times longer but also in a good shape. At one spot of the track the organizer and builder dug such a big hole in the ground that it…

Time for looking back and organise 2013 Hopefully you had a good start into 2013. Time for me to do a short personal look back into 2012 and outlook for 2013. Another year has gone by. When I look back on it, I see some important happenings. The premiere of…

Making of Buffalo Soldiers In March 2013 I will present my four web episodes from the Buffalo Soldiers project. I will explain the story of those cycling soldiers and the state of the art of mountainbiking. Here you can see a summary of the making of photos…

René Wildhaber The Swiss mountain biker is exploring the roots of his sport in the United States. It is something that world class marathon downhill biker René Wildhaber has often wondered about: "Where are the roots of mountain biking?". He wasn't thinking…

Nepal Segement The full Nepal segment with Andrew Shandro and me of the bike film "Strength in Numbers" of Anthill films is now available. Enjoy! Film 21,650,350

Review: Trek Bike Attack, Mégavalanche and Crankworx Last weekend I did the long distance-downhill race Trek Bike Attack in Lenzerheide (Switzerland). I could celebrate a victory – my seventh at this race. I had a good qualification run at Saturday, but the…

A crashed favourite at the Mégavalanche Alpe d'Huez Amongst long-distance downhill races with a mass start, the Mégavalanche Alpe d'Huez is considered as the grand prize. And Onza Tires has one of the favourites in its team with six-time winner René…

Season Review: From Sea Otter Classic to Dakine Trailfox The weather was as changing as the events I joined in the last few months. After a winter with heavy snowfalls in the Alps, I started the 2012 bike season in California. A perfect place to go riding…

Making the step across the pond This year, Onza Tires was at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California as an exhibitor for the first time: René Wildhaber was ripping the local trails, and the brand's new tires were on display at the booth and on a…

Filmpremiere In spring 2012 The teaser gives some impressions about our bike trip in Nepal. Local Bikers showing their trails and explaining the nepalese culture to us. Anthill Films presents: Strength in Numbers. An unforgetable adventure in my life! Andrew…

Onza Tires Team Riders get Their hands on the prizes In mid-January, Adrian Kiener invited to the «Bergamont Greenhouse Urban MTB Race» on the outskirts of Bern. In one of the greenhouses of the Kiener market garden, the invited pro riders competed on a pump…

Indoor Pumptrack & Gold Sprint Race The urban mountainbike race in Bern was a nice possibility to switch from my skis to the bike. 32 riders from Switzerland and Germany were invited to this pumptrack race. We raced with full power on the little, but nice…

More than a touch of exotic at the end of the season At the end of the season Onza Tires team rider René Wildhaber treated himself to a whole load of exotic: After staying in the Himalaya to shoot for a movie, Wildhaber travelled to Réunion where he finished…

Last race of the season 2011 At the Mégavlanache in Alpe d'Huez I reached the third place. For this reason I won a flight ticket to the Mégavalanche on Reunion Island. Therefore I traveled on 19 November to the French island east of Madagascar. First I rode…

Anthill Film Project in Nepal I had a great time during my four-week stay in Nepal. With the Canadian Anthill Films crew. I traveled to different places in Nepal from lowland rice fields and jungle to the glaciers of the high mountains. Different native…

With Ross Schnell and Marco Toniolo in the outback of British Columbia My first ride on the brand new Trek Slash! Ross Schnell and me had the possibility to do a trip in the on the Chilcotins. Together with the photographer Marco Toniolo, we rode in British…

Wildhaber a class of his own The Bike Attack is one of Switzerland's traditional long-distance downhill races. And Onza Tires team rider René Wildhaber once again lived up to his status as the race favourite: He won the classic event for the sixth time. The…

Wildhaber on the Podium despite crashing René Wildhaber is further chasing his seventh win at the «Mégavalanche Alpe d'Huez»: After having crashed twice and catching up again, the Onza Tires team rider finished in third. Alpe d'Huez is a magical place not…

Freeride Rallye Flims Back in Switzerland I could win the Dakine Trailfox and there was also a report on Swiss television. It is very hard to get into this station! Here is the link to the report:…

Great trails in Bolivia End of May did we start the adventure „Rock Shox Experience" in Bolivia. The crew was the rider Jérôme Clementz (France), the filmer and photographer Marco Toniolo, organizer Alistair Matthews (http://www.gravitybolivia.com) and the…

Podium Finishes for onza tires Just one week after the Worldcup opener, Onza Tires' team riders René Wildhaber and David Graf both finished on the podium. And David Graf showed that he's as swift as an arrow even without a starting gate and competitors to…

Shooting in Maui - Hawaii At the End of February I flew with my Trek C3 Projects teammates to Maui (Hawaii). The first ride on my new special painted Trek Remedy, in snow leopard design, was along the ocean. I saw whales jumping and also hearing them making…

Invitational Race With humanitarian background My bike season 2011 has started with the adventure "Urge Cabo Verde". This invitational race by Fabien Barel has a humanitarian background. We were 15 riders and had to do four different race courses on two…

Onza tires' team riders go island hopping René Wildhaber's mountain biking season already started in February this year: From Paris, he flew to the Cape Verde Islands where Fabien Barel hosted 15 riders and photographer Sven Martin for the «Urge Cabo Verde».…