New Zealand native Kelly McGarry, Diamondback DF5 team member, touched down on North American soil this weekend, ready for the upcoming race season. We’re stoked to have him back and just a little envious of his “winter” in his homeland.

For those of you wanting to elevate your riding in short order, here is a quick drill you can do with a pretty simple hill, on flat ground or even on your local street. 

You read about the birth of the Mason FS here from Eric Porter directly. Now get ready to hear about it from the rest of the world. Starting right now with this killer review from Pinkbike.com.

This past weekend new Diamondback shredder, Jay Trautman and Billy packed up the Mission 4X bikes and headed east towards Spokane Washington for the Double Down Hoe Down.

We are missing our good friend and DF5 team member Kelly McGarry while he's down in New Zealand escaping winter, so we thought we'd check in and get his thoughts on "winter."

Check out this nifty little piece on Scott Markewitz Photography that recently profiled Eric Porter on Outside Television.

Nineteen-year-old Bend, Ore., native will round out this season’s DF5 (Development Force 5) Team. Carson is fearless, skilled, and ready for his best year ever.

DF5 Pro Rider Eric Porter gives us a mid-winter update of the hard work that he's been putting in durring the off-season in Midway, UT. Does this kid have a great life or what?

Our South By SouthWest Media Blitz trip started in SLC on Tuesday and we quickly made our way to Moab Utah for our first ride. An early morning rip down Amasa Back to Jackson, enjoying some of Moab’s finest. We then hit the road and made our way to Durango, CO where we hooked up with Verde PR’s Kristin Carpenter-Ogden and Bicycling’s Matt Philips. A nice afternoon ride around Horse Gulch testing the Sortie Black 29 added to an already awesome day of riding.

South By South West - No, not the music festival although that would be rad too. Tomorrow my day will start with a flight to Salt Lake City Where I will get picked up by DF5 team rider, Eric Porter. We'll then proceed to Moab for some riding before blazing out to Durango, Santa Fe, and Sedona in the impending days.

After a 6 month trip of globe bouncing, huck sending ,couch surfing, comp riding mountain bike madness... I've finally made it back to good ol New Zealand. Its good to have a place to live , a car, and to catch up with all my Kiwi buddys who have been freezing their butts off while I was enjoying the northern hemisphere summer ...suckers haha!

About a week ago, I drove down to Santa Cruz to stay with my buddy R-Dog for AT’s Showdown in San Francisco. First day on the course was a little off… The course was pretty wet from rain, no one had guinea pigged any of the jumps yet, and it was cold. For a few hours everyone helped dig to get the course dialed, and before I knew it I was one of the first to drop in. My first run went incredibly well, got through it to the end first try. Then it was on.

The DF5 Team took a team trip down to Oregon in late May to shoot some of our new 2013 Knuckle Box product. We spent some time in the towns of Bend, Blue River and Hood River, OR. The result was a collection of awesome shots, amazing riding and of course... your typical road trip shenanigans. This video is a documentation of the journey.

Diamondback DF5 riders Kelly McGarry and Eric Porter took an epic adventure last fall through the cavernous Green River in UT. The team navigated 68 miles between the towns of Green River and Mineral Bottom armed with a map, their bikes and a camera crew.

Diamondback riders, Eric Porter and Kelly McGarry, take you on a tour of the trailside bike park flow trail in Park City, Utah. Wallrides, table tops and berms await riders on this fun, gravity-fed trail.