A wonderfully composed video by my mate Mick, Better known as SamJam!
RidEOn!

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Just having fun!
I went back to the doctor and it looks like I have 3 broken ribs, 2 of which are compressed inward. I also had chest pains and with an x-ray showing a cracked sternum in 2 places. Man thats why I have so much pain,ahhahahaah
The good news is within time everything will heal and I will be a crazy monkey once again!
Please take care brothers and dont go over the handle bars!

RideOn safely into 2011!!


Just Having fun! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

 Sarah and Jax making some Christmas bouquets!!

Happy New Year!!

A Morning with Samjam...The FAT BUTCHERS MTB CLUB.Aussie Chapter.

Here it goes Mick!

Instead of compose, click on the other square that say: Edit HTML RideOn! Ricardo

Fat Butchers MTB club

I'm so proud to be a part of this club!

Even though we are miles apart. I have trully found very good friends, that not only are good with bikes, but also have good hearts!

Niko, Manny, Mick, Stephen, thank you so much for helping me to have more confidance in my riding, in my live and in my friends!

For all of you: RideOn!

A Christmas Story,
2010!


Merry Christmas 2010 from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.


Thank you everyone for a very fun and exciting year with everyones pictures and amazing videos!
Please have a very,
Happy New Year!

RidEOn smoothly into 2011!!

My friend's Sérgio "new" Mondraker Prayer 2009

My friend finally bought his first cool bike! And on top of that, he bought a Mondraker Prayer Coil R 2009 edition brothers!

Man I love this bike!!!

Can't wait to see this baby ripin' our trails!
Mondraker is getting famous in my town!!

Hahahaha!

RideOn!

Ricardo

Christmas gifts!

My Dune had some new cool presents as well...have to get something for my Scott, or she will be jealous!!
Hahahahaha!

Merry Christmas!!!

RideOn!

Merry Christmas

Mill pond at Huevener Muehle, watermill and windmill in one

Chapel of an 18th century hunting lodge in the background

Manny from snowy Germany

Sunday Freeride!

Ride On brothers!
Sunday we had a huge group of riders making for an awesome day!
Momo, had a new drop he built by his house and it was stellar!
about 2.5-3meters high! very scary but he dropped it with style!
As for me I some how hurt me calf and it cramped up on me. I was unable to ride from the last half.
Then I tried to ride again and ended up hurting myself bad!
3 cracked ribs and Im out for a while now!
I will be resting through the new years!
RidEOn!
niko



Sunday Freeride! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

RideOn!

Cool pictures!

A couple of cool pictures from Sunday!

RideOn!

Ricardo

Winter Wonderland

My classic Hot Chili Zymotic with Schwalbe Black Shark 1.95 tires on a snow-covered forest trail, lots of fun in just about half an hour! RideOn!!! Manny

A week before Christmas!

I'm planing to ride on Sunday just after Christmas, but I Consider this ride my Xmas gift!

A flow ride with 10 other buddies, and great fun brothers!

Oh yeah, and the weather was awesome! RideOn!

Saturday ride!

One week before Christmas! 12-18-10! As Sarah Jax and I played along we headed off to the post box to mail our christmas list to Santa! I found some cool little jumps and the kids found some nice spots to play on! RidEOn!



Having fun! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.


Everyone please have a very special Christmas!

A Short History of my Garden Trail

RideOn!!! Manny

X-mas Special

Some examples of my wife's annual X-mas performances!

Christmas angel

Christmas tree jumping the table

X-mas bike

Christmas bauble riding a bike

Merry Christmas! RideOn!!!

Manny

3 degrees but Sunny

Wednesday is an Awesome day to ride!


http://vimeo.com/17869722

RidEOn!!

The beautiful blue sky!

It's raining everywhere...here in Azores, in Germany,  in  Japan...bummer...but, luckly my great friend Niko had a break on Sunday and went for a super flow and awesome ride with his buddies!!!

Here's the video!



Niko, brother, hope you liked the introduction...

RideOn!

Even if it rains...

...we keep on riding!!!

Some pics from Sunday and a cool trail to!




And the pics:

And another video!



And another!!!




Hope you enjoy brothers!

RideOn!

Ricardo - Azores

Looking out of my window

 

My little playground in the snow! RideOn!!! Manny

Ajimi Trail

http://vimeo.com/17742441

This last week has been mildly cold with lots of rain!
Friday,Saturday was rain however fortune was looking our way as Sunday cleared up and we had beautiful weather!
Now the forecast for this week is looking dim with nothing but rain until Friday!
RideOn,

niko!

Magura Gustav M

There is a mild hype about new Magura brakes for 2011. That's how I got the idea to take those pictures of the classic Magura Gustav M with the rectangular reservoir as on the 1997-2000 models, which my wife  Birgit still uses on her Grossman FDT 2001 hardtail. After a decade it is still perfectly reliable and offers ultimate brake power.
RideOn!!! Manny

Twisting Time from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

Monday 2 hour ride!
Prettty cool!
RideOn!!!

niko

Wednesday windy ride...

Went riding today with two of my buddies, not a great weather, as it rained one or two times, but we got to ride some new trails anf have some fun!



RideOn!

Ricardo - Azores

Sunday Demeanor!

Sunday Demeanor says it all!

Sunday Demeanor! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

A Day of freeride heaven!

RideOn!

Niko!

Pedra Torta trail 05/12/10

I loved making this video...specialy after about half the video when I'm after my buddy, and where ripin' it!



RideOn

Ricardo

Having fun with my pets!

I love my animals! While waiting for my buddies to arrive, I entertained myself making some hilarious closeups hahahaha!!!




RideOn

Ricardo

A Local Freeride Project

The Piesberg, a hill with freeride potential. Picture taken by Dirk Baunack, source: wikimedia commons.



Today I want to show you a YouTube video by Johannes Kottwitz. The Piesberg is a hill where a group of local riders are about to build freeride trails. The Piesberg freeride project's aim is to have brand new freeride trails in 2011, also good for me!
RideOn!!! Manny from Germany

45 Seconds of Winter Fun

The teeter in the snow. I just wanted to find out how it feels.
RideOn!!! Manny

Lajes trail - Água Retorta - GOPRO version!

Enjoy it brothers! I know I did! Hahahaha!!!



RideOn!

Ricardo - Azores

Sliding around!

The top view is pure bliss!

At the top we rest and take in the beauty of which nature has provided us with!
the stunning feelings of awe rushing through us a we stand at the top peering down on the land below!
Please enjoy the top of Romance lookout point!

RidEOn!

Niko

The Winter, the Snow and the Darkness

Around here it's not only winter, it's also dark most of the time. I mounted two sets of lights and the GoPro onto the handlebars of my Hot Chili Zymotic hardtail. This video was made in my garden in the late afternoon.
RideOn!!! Manny from dark Germany

Wednesday ride with a big crash!

After checking my buddy was ok, I couldn't stop laughin brothers!!!




RideOn!!!

Ricardo - Azores

A magical indian summer on the first of December! a cold morning followed by a warm 18 degree afternoon!
I had a 2 hour lunch break so I went up to Romance Lookout point!
Its a super short tril full of jumps and drops! It also really steep so you need to watch your speed, specially since there is a layer of Autumn bliss covering the floor which is awesome but easy to slip!
RidEOn from Japan!

Untitled from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

Niko man!

MY FIRST GOPRO VIDEO BROTHERS!!!!

New camera and new trail (Lombo Gordo - Água Retorta)!!!

Check it out my friends!



The GOPRO is just awesome!!!!

RideOn!!!

Ricardo - Azores!!!

MONDAY HOPPING
Monday is usually a day to drift back into your weekly routine!
Most people dread this lovely morning but Hiro and I take it as an opportunity to go for a short afternoon ride! I usually have work until 11:30 allowing me to start riding from 12sharp. Hiro is a hairdresser most hair stuidos are closed on Monday! I then have to go back to work from 2:30 until 10pm is when I finish teaching English!
So, we have about a 2hour window to rip it up! Time is short so we went to a very local mountaian which has some cool sections making for a perfect afternoon!
RidEOn

Niko!

monday hopping from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

Gurn for mtbplanet.com

As I love Wales and the Welsh trails though a foreigner I'm a member of the Welsh forum http://www.mtbplanet.com/ and I just received one of their official mtbplanet freeride shirts under the condition that I send them a so-called gurn picture.
RideOn!!! Manny from Germany

Me, my wife, and the GoPro

A black Alutech Wildsau Hardride FR and a red Alutech Wildsau Trail XA, beautiful Franconia in Southern Germany, music by Goo Goo Cluster - Pas Pudlowski
RideOn!!! Manny

It's finally here!!!

It has arrived! My GOPRO!!!
Finally, the chance to make some cool videos!

RideOn brothers!

Ricardo - Azores

Some pictures of today's ride!

Here are some cool pictures of our nice Sunday riding day brothers!
Please enjoy!

RideOn brothers!

Ricardo - Azores!

Sunday laughs!

It rained a lot last week, so our favourite trail was in very bad conditions, bur, nevertheless, we went for a ride today in three diferent trails, but I could only record one, because, I still don't have my GOPRO :(

The guy in front of me rode this trail for the first time, so, the crashes he had are somewhat understandable!!! Hahahaha!!!!

Sunday laughs! from Água Retorta on Vimeo.

RideOn from Ricardo!!! Azores!!!!

Saturdays are always busy!
As was last saturday the 27 of november! 2010.
However after a morning of hard work and busy life all four of us were able to gather together at Laputa FR trial around 2pm for some cool end of Autumn into Winter riding!
The trail was really wet and gooey but we all sucked it up and had a ball!
RideOn from Japn!

Laputa Smash 11-27-10 from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

RideOn!!!
From,
Niko man!!

Garden Fun

The bike is my Nicolai 2MXTB, the music:
Mississippi Alligators - Quiero Beber
RideOn!!! Manny

My Nephew and the Grossman FDT

Another story from 2010. Before my 12-year-old nephew paid me a visit, some scumbag had stolen his hardtail, so we made this video with my white Grossman FDT bike. The lyrics of the song say, My Bicycle and I are Sensitive :)

RideOn!!! Manny from Germany

Wednesday slide!!

Wednesday Slide! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

A short ride upon my Rune!!
RidEOn

RideOn Wednesday!

Stephen's Cove with some cool upgrades

I just love this bike!

This is a violent work of art buddie!

RideOn!!!

Ricardo - Azores

GregBhudda's first video on our blog!

Hope you don't mind brother, but as this blog was, also, made for you, I leave here you latest criation!



RideOn

Ricardo - Azores

Happy Thanks Giving!

Here in Japan there is no holiday celebrating Thanks Giving so the family and I took our a little early! Yesterday November 24th was a holiday here in Japan so we had a wonderful Holiday feast!

In the morning the kids and I went for a 2 hour ride to Sarahs elementary school. There as the kids played and had fun I entertained myself with some school ground riding. I had not noticed until later but I had some honey and peanut butter on my camera from breakfast! That why its so blurry!


Happy Thanks Giving Ride from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.


After our pleasent ride we returned home for a delicious lunch of some chicken and vegetable stew my beautiful wife had made. She also baked some fresh whole weat rolls that blended well with the soup!



Playing and having fun is what Thanks Giving is for us!
I prepared a fresh apple pie,

While Hiroyo took care of the bird!
Here in Japan we are unable to purchase Turkey so insteat every year we rost a full Chicken. It always comes out wonderful and this year it was beautiful!

Happy Holidays from The Poetkers!

RidEOn!!

Memories of Summer

RideOn!!! Manny

Hidden Bolder

A super steep DH trail full of huge rocks and difficult lines!
However with todays bikes suspension and knoby tires its a fun FR adventure!
I give you Saidoshyo!
RideOn!



My buddy here in Japan Gumball also made an awesome video!
Please enjoy!





RideOn and enjoy November for its pure freedom of harsh weather!
niko!

Hidden Bolder from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

How to destroy your old bicycle

Don't try this at home, RideOn!!! Manny

Mondraker 2011

Just a litle peep to the new bikes from this cool brand!



RideOn brothers

Ricardo - Azores

Every 2nd Wednesday morning of the month I have some freetime!
This week so did some mates so we headed up to Koshyo mountain for some DH riding! There will be a DH race here in 3 weeks so as everyone was practicing the DH course I found some cool FR lines to ride and have fun!
The second section is at the bottom of the mountain and Mr.Osato and I were riding in pairs! He was on his brandnew transition Bank and I was on my Rune!
I had to leave early as I had work from the afternoon but I was able to ride hard from 9am to 12:30!!

RideOn!
Niko!









RideOn!
Niko man!

No bikes Sorry!
This was from last Sunday the 14th of November.
A ceremony for young kids who are 3,5 and 7 years of age.
They dress up in traditionl Kimono and head off to the local shrine to be blessed. Once there is short but fun! The Bhuddist monk prays for the children to be healthy and free of harm. With modern science and western medicine its not as necessary as it once was believed, however its a glorious day for the kids and parents as well.
Please enjoy our picture slide show!!
RideOn!
niko niko!

Freeride Tuesday

Tuesday is usually a day full of work and busy meetings.
However I usually have 4hours free on Tuesdays, I teach 2-3 hours in the morning finishing at 12pm. Then I start classes at 4pm so I have  a little leeway to play and ride!
Just so happens Hiro has every 3rd Tuesday off of work!
So Our adventure was off to Ajimi!!
Its a steep twisty trail with a nice grade making for a super fun flowy DH. Its about 8min of pure flow!!!
RideOn!!!
Niko!!