Graham Agassiz is punk rock and he has been riding for the shop since he was knee high to a grasshopper. Kona and Sherpas Cinema started the year off with this profile video to help you understand why Graham Agassiz is on top of the freeride world.
The Graham Agassiz Profile on Pinkbike
Matt Hunter and John Gibson landed on the cover of BIKE in March.
Dylan, Matty, Aggy and Sean Melnechuk started a new camp program at the Kamloops Bike Ranch to make sure the little dudes got there wheels spinning quickly last spring.
Dylan Sherrard partnered with the boys at Pinkbike.com to produce "Life In The Loops," a monthly feature to bring his riding adventures to a bigger audience than ever before.
Matt Hunter has been changing our perception of what is possible on a bike for a large number of years. As April came around Silvia Films released a video that featured Matt pushing the envelope another notch further and starting a new riding frenzy in Kamloops
Silvia - Winter trails with Matt Hunter on Pinkbike
Anthill Films released their long awaited film, "Strength In Numbers," and our local riders stole the show. Hunter crafted another segment filled with creative lines while Aggy set a new standard for Utah segments with some of the most progressive riding the world has ever seen.
Matty Miles and Karl Heldt of Silvia Films won the Pinkbike Video Of The Year contest with a video of Matty crushing the Sun Peaks Bike Park. Shortly after, Matty and Karl signed a gig with Specialized to ensure the rest of their season would be stellar.
Silvia at Sun Peaks Bike Park - Matt Miles on Pinkbike
Dylan took us behind the scenes of a mega-mission he and Graham Agassiz were a part of in Bralorne, B.C.
One of our miniature Cafe DH Team shredders, Tristan Klausat, showed us why we should be keeping an eye on him in years to come.
Tristan Klausat rides KBR on Pinkbike
Graham Agassiz embarked on an excellent adventure to New Zealand.
Graham Agassiz's New Zealand Adventure on Pinkbike
Graham also met up with Brandon Semenuk to film a couple episodes for the new Red Bull Reality series, "Life Behind Bars."
Ian Killick suffered a nasty crash very early in the season and broke both of his legs. He Surprised us all by making an early recovery and getting back on his bike in June.
Silvia - Ian Killick riding again on Pinkbike
Dylan, Ace Hayden and Brad Stuart teamed up with some of the NSMB.com riders, as well as Reuben Krabbe and Seb Kemp to produce a huge Kamloops article that was printed in DIRT UK later in the summer. Here is a sweet behind the scenes peek of their project.
Matty Miles got loose on his fresh Demo 8.
Silvia - Spring Trails with Matt Miles on Pinkbike
Dylan went on his first international bicycle adventure to compete at the Chatel Mountain Style in France. After a week of shredding the Alps he made it home alive and with an 11th place in the FMB World Tour event.
Silvia put together a fresh Sun Peaks Video showcasing how Matt Miles and Karl Heldt get it done in the park... faster than everyone else!
Silvia - Sun Peaks with Matty and Karl on Pinkbike
Silvia also reminded us how spoiled we are to live in the B.C. Interior, close to much of the best riding in the world.
Silvia - All Mountain...All BC on Pinkbike
When the Bike Magazine Photo Annual came out in July, our Jaws hit the floor. Not only did Graham Agassiz land on the cover with a legendary Sterling Lorence photo, Dylan also had a rad two page add and Hunter made a few appearances appearances as well.
Everyone seemed to take a break from the craziness in August. Most of our riders were found crushing laps and coaching camps at Sun Peaks, shredding gravel pits and enjoying sunset sessions in Taylor's backyard.
Matt Miles spent some time at Retallack Lodge filming with the Coastal Crew for their upcoming movie. He had a pretty big crash that put him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season but not before he already had a banger segment in the bag. We can't wait to see him in a big film and back on the trails in the spring!
In September we were treated to a new Rock Shox event in the Bike Ranch, a game of B.I.K.E. between Kurt Sorge and R-Dog.
RockShox B.I.K.E. HD Trailer on Pinkbike
We also got to see a trailer for EXPOSED, a new video coming from some of our younger Cafe rippers. It's exciting to see there is another group of young shredders on the come up and we cant wait to see what they accomplish in coming years.
EXPOSED Official Teaser - Luckynugget on Pinkbike
Peopled started getting really excited about fall weather and night riding....
Where The Trail Ends was released at Interbike and our good friend Kurt Sorge stood out from the crowd while he pioneered gnarly new lines all around the globe.
In early October we shipped a crew of Brad Stuart, Graham Agassiz, Dylan and Taylor off to Utah to help Kurt Sorge with constructing a line for the Red Bull Rampage. Our crew felt pretty successful when Kurt came out in 1st place!
Ace Hayden made it into Pinkbike.com's Photo Of The Year contest with a sick Utah picture by Mike Zinger.
Back in the loops, Aggy finally got back on his bike after a broken leg and it sure didn't look like he was slowed down at all...
Silvia - Treefur with Graham Agassiz on Pinkbike
Aggy also teamed up with the Tippie bros for some old school gravel pit action like we haven't seen in years.
Gravel Pit Pillows - Aggy and the Tippie Brothers. on Pinkbike
As the season began to mellow out in late November, Dylan and Dan Barham put together and unique video to show how rushed everyone is to get there final laps in.
An Ending from Dan Barham on Vimeo.
And now were nestled into winter. Things are quiet aside from the odd spiky tire snow ride or super cross party, but everyone is anxiously awaiting spring and the plans for 2013 projects are quickly taking shape.
Thanks to everyone who continues to show support for the Bicycle Cafe and all our riders. 2012 has been the best year yet and we cant wait to see what the future has in store.
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