Darren Berrecloth

My name is Darren Berrecloth and i live in a small town called Qualicum Beach

I originally started riding bikes when i was a kid well what am I kidding everyone rode bikes when they were kids because we had no cars. The first real bike i had was a specialized rockhopper hard tail, and it didnt take me very long to destroy it, before i knew it the wheels

were bent the bars were bent and i did not have enough money to keep fixing it.

So my local bike shop convinced me to buy a bmx if I wanted to keep doing jumps So I did then I started racing and one thing led to another and here i am.

A professional freerider for specialized, travelling the planet searching for the sickest terrain and riding comps. I am currently tavelling a ton and am super excited to have the opportunities to explore the unkown and push my own limits everyday. I keep pinching myself to make sure its not a dream but yes it is reality and yes I do ride for the best bike company in the business.

hobbies; Snowboarding, snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, skiing, bmxing, motoxing, quading, wakeboarding, and building trails and stunts.

Stats

Achievements

Monster park champion 2 times in a row
Crankwerx whistler champion
Nissan qashqai tour champion
Adidas slopestyle champion three years in a row
Voted rider of the year 2 years in a row at the bike magazine awards
Voted rider of the year 2 years in a row by freeride germany magazine.
Voted best segment of the year at the bike magazine awards
Red bull rampage I have two 3rd place finishes
2 2nd place finishes at the chatel mountain style
This current year was the first year we had a world tour and I ended up in 3rd place for 2010.
I've been featured in magazines from outside to mens fitness and of course hundreds of pages have been ran in mtb magazines across the globe
I was nominated for alternative sports person of the year at the Laureus sports awards in portugal
Voted as one of the 25 coolest people now by Outside magazine

What a buttkicker of a trip!

June 15, 2010

I am now back in north america jet lagged as usual, if u read my blogs you would already know that I get severely jet lagged, since I woke up at 3am my girlfriend kicked me out of bed. I wasn't sleeping and wanted snuggles. But shes like come snuggle in 5 hours lol! So after another full day of travel across the pacific I am stoked to say I am home once more for like 2 weeks I think till my next trip to europe.

The last couple of days were definitely the hardest of the trip since everyone was feeling the physical drain from the heat.

We ended up getting winded out of the big airs we had lined up but I am pretty sure the viewers will be entertained by the big lines we did that ranged from tight chutes to huge open faces like a skiers dream and endless runout.

So all in all the china experience was a for surely unforgettable one, The sights, the people and faces of the very different cultural based country make it a very pleasurable and unique experience.

Stats for Darren Berrecloth are coming soon.