Images: Sourced from various sites with thanks! GBHQ would like to take the time to acknowledge the president of the IGSA (International Gravity Sports Association) Marcus Rietema for his tireless contribution and support of Gravity Bikes over the past 15 years! Marcus has recently become a father and has decided to take a step back from running the IGSA to spend more time with his new family. In his capacity as both ambassador, promotor and rider Marcus supported all gravity disciplines over i...

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Image: Gravitybike HQ, Circa 2010 Ok our fast friends, it’s on again! The second annual Collingrove Cup will be held at the Collingrove Hillclimb track, Angaston South Australia on October 29th - 30th 2011. Although it’s only 800m long the narrow technical track will be sure to test the skill and patience of many of the countries best downhill racers over 2 days of racing. All disciplines will be catered for including Downhill skateboard, Classic luge, G-Bike and Streetluge. The be:...

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Image: Salva Alarcon, Circa 2010. Salva Alarcon is a Motorcycle racer, BMX and Gravity Bike rider who is passionate about building and riding anything with two wheels. An impressive and successful rider he has won several major titles including third in the Championship of Spain in 2010, Champion of Mijas in 2009, and 2010 and first in Higueron in 2010. We welcome him on board to GBHQ and look forward to seeing more of Salva!

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Images taken from multiple blogs and sites without permission, circa 2011! We were going to bring together a write up on our trip to Beat the Bastard in Townsville Queensland last week and talk about all of the wonderful people that we met and had the privilege to ride with. We were also going to thank the organisers for putting together what was one of the best events that GBHQ has been lucky enough to attend. That was until we read Andy (Sakamoto) post earlier in the week. It says everything...

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A big thanks to DK for posting some cool Gravity Bike compilation of footage of from 2003 - 2006! A very cool custom bike from one of the best!

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Images: Courtesy Tracko/GSC!, Flickr, Circa 2011 Ok so, the staff at GBHQ are sitting around on a lazy friday afternoon surfing the web and trying to figure out how to kill the last three hours of a crazy working week, when all of a sudden out of the corner of an eye, someone spots this little puppy! Sitting there in our google search all stealth, sleek and seriously cool a little piece of makers magic comes our way. And yes, before you email us telling us that the wheels aren't race and the is...

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Ok Gravity Bikers, its time to dig deep and have a little fun all in the name of charity! Beat the Bastard is a charity ride organised by the awesome crew in Townsville with proceeds going to support the Leukaemia Foundation. The event is held at Mt Stuart in Townsville Queensland. Adrian ADO Alderson talks about the history behind Beat the Bastard... "Beat the Bastard came about from a discussion at breakfast one morning following our regular Sunday morning luge run on Mt Stuart. There a...

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Image: Courtesy of Aji, Circa 2011 Since the dawn of time, the fuzz have been trying to take the 'u' out of 'fun'! In their latest attempt to keep the little gravity bike man down, they have been snapped testing their latest gravity weapon. That's right people the Mad Max inspired, orange Interceptor has been screaming down indo hills with silent, deadly newton force! It won't be until you hear the screams of the nightrider that you will realise what's hit you. So keep building em fast and low...

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Image: Courtesy of Fortune Hanebrink, circa 2010 For those of you old enough to remember, Mr Dan Hanebrink is not only a six-time MTB National Class Champion and a NASA aerospace engineer, he just happens to be one of the most influential figures in the history of Gravity Bike development. He is the godfather of gravity people! That's right, amongst his long list of motorbike and cycle innovations, Mr Hanebrink teamed up with Hutch in the late eighties to produce the Hutch HPV Superbike (which...

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Image: Courtesy of Gravity Sports Events, © David Brittain 2010 Ok you crazy kids, Registration for Bomb the Snowies is now open!! Bomb the Snowies has 125 spots available across 6 disciplines of gravity sports. Inline, Street Luge, Downhill Skateboarding, Gravity Bike, Skullboarding and Classic Luge. Bomb the Snowies will use electronic transponders that you will attach to your ankle that will be used to time your runs.  This means no 'one by one qualifying' and more runs for as...

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