new partnership

TSG supports Adrenaline Alley

 

Together with our UK partner Ison Distribution TSG supports the pioneering skatepark in Corby, UK


We are stoked  to announce that we have signed a sponsorship agreement with the incredible venue Adrenaline Alley.

Adrenaline Alley is Europe’s largest action sports venue and boasts a unique combination of ramps, foam pits and training areas catering for new riders, world champions and future Olympians alike. This great sporting facility based in the heart of the UK enables anyone from complete beginners right through to Olympic medallists to enjoy their chosen sport and develop their skills all year round.

Adrenaline Alley skate ramp

What a beauty!

Adrenaline Alley is a registered charity operating as a social enterprise. This makes it all the more attractive for us. We like to support facilities and projects that give young people low-threshold opportunities to participate in sports.

Adrenaline Alley skateboard ramp

Mandy Young MBE DL, Adrenaline Alley’s co-founder and chief executive, says: “TSG is a fantastic brand for us to partner with as our values are very much aligned. While we focus on providing a safe environment for action sports, TSG focus on safely protecting the individuals who take part in them.”

Declan Brooks TSG bmx rider

AA is Declan Brooks favourite training facility

Adrenaline Alley already act as one of the main training facilities for a number of TSG’s team riders including BMX freestyle Olympic Bronze Medallist, Declan Brooks, and aspiring Team GB athletes Ashley Finlay and Sasha Pardoe.

Watch video of Declan helping to prepare the skate park with new TSG logos:

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So go visit Adrenaline Alley skate park and by the way TSG products are available from the onsite Skatehut store at Adrenaline Alley.

Find more TSG retailer in the UK by clicking here: ISON 

Gift Guide

Gifts for Park Jibbers

Selected gifts for everyone who feels at home in the snow or bike park.


I Snow Park Riders

II Bike Park Riders

III Skate Park Riders

Want to find more gift inspiration? Check out our gift guide!

Gift Guide

Gifts for Outdoor Kids

Give your kids a reason to get outside.


Want to find more gift inspiration? Check out our gift guide!

bmx video

Good times with Paul Thoelen

flow and speed

 

We just met Paul at Northbrigade skate park on a beautiful sunny day and filmed his lines. Enjoy!


video by WOOZY BMX

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So much flow and speed in these lines. Check out more about Paul Thoelen.

Paul Thoelen bmx

TSG saved my life

Rider Down

Hannes’ story

Mountain bike team rider Hannes Klausner had a crash that could have easily ended his career. In his TSG saved my life story he tells you why he wasn’t knocked out totally.


story by HANNES KLAUSNER – photos by ROMAN KLOTZ

A Day like any other

Entrance check. Get ready. Focus. Go. A Day like any other. Been out riding and shooting. Aggressive and fast trail riding as I love it.

Mountain biker

Ritual. Last check of the trail entrance. Line choice is crucial.

aggressive mountain biking

Hannes loves to find and use natural berms. Extremely good support in loose and slippery trail conditions and a lot of fun to gain propulsion from the counterpressure. Aggressive riding the way he likes it best.

Out on trails I know very well. Trails I know every single root, every single rock and every single hole on.

Trails I really know my lines on. Trails I feel comfortable on going fast.

mountain biker in the flow

Full Speed. When you fly over bumps like roots or stones and get support and control again when the front tyre touches down. That’s where flow comes in!

A good day

A good day spending time in my comfort zone doing what I love most. A day feeling super well on my bike and being happy with my riding.

mountain biker in the sunlight

What a mood of light. Hannes loves being in the forest. Absolute happy place.

Mountain bike full face helmet

Concentrated look back at a tricky part of the trail and the question in him if another line is possible there. It’s definitely worth a try. Let’s go!

Good fun. Good times. Good day. Pretty much all perfect.

Mountain biking

Trail mode. Fully in preparation for the approaching next section.

Mountain biking

Set high to be early enough for the rest of the section and take the speed with you. This is the only way to maintain the flow. You sometimes have to accept that you have to cross higher roots.

All of a sudden everything changed

But then. All of a sudden everything changed.

I still don’t exactly know what happened.

I went down hard on a very fast section right in between the trees and it felt like one of the hardest impacts I ever had.

Not rolling down the hill after going over the bars. Not loosing my front tire and sliding down the trail. Just a very hard impact that stopped me on point and felt really painful.

A tough one.

Rider Down Hannes Klausner

Rider Down. The moment shortly after everything has taken a different course than originally planned. That’s when you have to lie still for a while. But everything was going really well.

Rider Down Hannes Klausner

After staying on the ground for quite some time to even realize what just happened, I got checked in hospital and luckily walked away with no major injuries. Scratches and bruises all over and a sore body like never before, but no broken bones and no major inner damages.

A crash that could have easily ended my career, but also a crash that left me extremely thankful to be alive and be able to come back to do what I love most.

Super thankful for the high-quality pads and helmet

Such a privilege.

TSG saved my life

Looking back, I’m also super thankful for the high-quality pads and helmet that helped a lot to protect me from bigger injuries on this one and for every single gym session to keep my body fit and be able to take slams like this without being fully knocked out.

A day that ended a lot different than planned, but happy and thankful to be alive after a crash that could have ended a lot worse.

After a crash that could have changed the rest of my life pretty much. Make sure to keep your body fit and use high quality protection if you’re keen to get out there and ride bikes properly. It’s an amazing sport that we have and so much fun to shred bikes down the hill and through the woods, but it’s also a dangerous one.

You wanna keep riding bikes a lot longer, right?

Get out, enjoy the ride but make sure to stay safe and protect yourself.

CHEERS & RIDE ON, Hannes

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Congratulation

Nick Puenter 3rd at Big Air Chur

Nick jumps onto the World Cup podium

We are super stoked that TSG’s Nick Pünter takes 3rd place at the Big Air World Cup in Chur. 


PHOTOS by Big Air Chur/ Lämmerhirt

Nick Pünter has ensured a TSG podium finish at the kick-off of the snowboarding season. The 20-year-old from Zurich jumped to 3rd place at the Big Air event in Chur. For him it is the first podium in the World Cup.

Big Air Chur 2022

It started exciting, because Nick couldn’t stick a clean landing in the first run. But after that it went smoother and he had his local crowd screaming after he landed a front double 1080 weddle on his final jump to move into second. Ruki would bump him into the third spot on the podium though, with his final jump effort.

Luckily the other competitors were not able to improve significantly and could not pass Nick. So he landed on the podium, absolutely deserved and the swiss crowd went wild!

Congrats Nick!

Japan celebrated a double victory at the top. Takeru Otsuka won with a total of 166.50 points, clearly ahead of his compatriot Ruki Tobita (140.00).

Snowboard Podium Big Air Chur 2022

The snowboard podium at Big Air Chur 2022

Snowboard Podium Big Air Chur 2022 with Nick Pünter on 3rd place

Big Air Chur Trophy

And the awesome trophy made of our Gravity helmet and Goggle Four.

Watch the best-of-snowboard showing Iwabuchi, Gasser, Otsuka and young star Nick Pünter in action.

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New product

The Hybrid Line

TSG Mountain Outerwear

We extend our tentacles of protection into active mountain wear with the creation of the waterproof, stormproof, and breathable Hybrid Line.


By dumping all ours and our team’s firsthand knowledge of riding into the design pot we believe we have created an outer shell that will make days on the hill way more comfortable and fun.

The Hybrid Jacket

The Hybrid Jacket is built from a hard-wearing 20,000 mm waterproof and 15,000 breathable fabric.

TSG Hybrid Jacket TSG Hybrid Jacket

It features waterproof zips, fully taped seams, a removable snow waist gaiter and Velcro cuffs to keep out the wet and snow even in the gnarliest of bails.

The hood is helmet compatible with two-way adjustability to also keep out the elements.

Laser cut breathing vents in the snug full zip neck lessen the chance of goggle fog and ice build-up.

waterproof zips

Waterproof zips and laser-cut breathing holes.

Outerwear breathing holes

Easy-opening underarm zipped vents regulate your inner climate between rides and hikes and a long tail cuts out the damp when sitting in the snow is unavoidable.

All these rider-driven features are packed into a regular fitting build with pre-shaped arms for unhindered freedom to shred and a host of pockets are included for all the on-mountain essentials.

climate control zip

Control your climate by zip and store your belongings in the inside pocket.

jacket inside pocket

The Hybrid Pants

The Hybrid Pants have been designed by the collective on-mountain knowledge of our team riders and crew.

TSG Outerwear Hybrid Pants

Wear the The Hybrid Pants with or without bib.

TSG Outerwear Hybrid Pants

Naturally, as mountain wear they are water resistant, windproof and breathable. But for added comfort and freedom to shred we’ve incorporated zonal hardwearing stretchable soft-shell fabric.

The waist is adjustable, with anti-slip coating and belt loops for a secure comfortable fit.

A removable stretchy bib with adjustable suspenders adds another layer protection from the snow when the conditions get steeper and deeper.

Zipped outside leg vents to let off steam between sessions and zipped lower leg openings with nylon-reinforced hems make it easy to adjust boots and customise the pants fit.

Bottom leg zip

Bottom leg zip to adjust to your boots. You can easily remove the bib by zip.

Removable bib

The pant also features zipped front pockets and bib pocket, as well as a double closure zip fly.

Available from size XS – XL.

According to the team we didn’t leave anything out but ultimately it’s down to you to test it and see.

What are you waiting for? Go ride!

TSG Outerwear The Hybrid Line

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Brand new

TSG WOMEN’S MTB APPAREL

Designed with women riders

We are really excited to announce the release of our brand new women’s bike apparel line designed in collaboration with legendary sportwear designer and athlete Heida Birgisdottir.


We have been making bike apparel since 2014 but 2022 will be the first year that we are delivering a women’s specific apparel line to all women out there shredding the trails, parks and single tracks, or just pounding the tarmac on heavy commutes to work.

The line consists of two technical long sleeve riding jerseys, the Floral LS and Race Jersey LS; two short sleeve riding jerseys, the Floral SS and Trio Jersey SS; the performance all-mountain Ridge Shorts; and the Ridge DH pants designed for race days, days out on the trails and beyond.

Kara Beal TSG women mtb apparel

Mountainbiker and YouTube star Kara Beal riding in out new women’s line.

Designed to make a day in the saddle more comfortable

Each piece is brimming with bike specific features designed to make a day in the saddle more comfortable, safer and of course more stylish. Jersey’s are built from a quick drying, moisture wicking stretch fabric with zonal airflow panels for freedom of movement and a cool comfortable ride even when putting the pedal to the metal. This is complemented by both race heritage design on the Race Jersey and Trio, while the Floral SS and LS feature a subtle pattern inspired by rain forests.

Our playground is the nature

Kara Beal TSG women mtb apparel

The Floral Jerseys come in a short- and long-sleeved version and both rock a cool rain forest inspired pattern print.

Kara Beal TSG women mtb apparel

“Most of the time when designing prints I’m inspired by nature,” says Heida. “Rain forests feel exotic, are so beautiful and diverse, home to hundreds of plant and tree species, and they are also essential to our planet but endangered. We all need to be more aware and protect and respect nature our planet. For us mountain bikers, our playground is the nature, and that’s why I felt this was the right path to go with the print.”

TSG Ridge Shorts for women

Light and stretchy with a great comfortable fit for a long day in the saddle: TSG’s new women mountain bike shorts and pants.

Both the Ridge Pant and Ridge Short are built from a toughened 4-way stretch fabric for freedom and flex, with double stitching adding to their durability for seasons worth of riding. A high-waist with an inner anti-slip band and extra stretch back yolk provide secure fit and comfort in and out of the saddle while a race-ratchet closure delivers a confident fit with on-the-fly adjustability.

We wanted to work with a women designer that rides bikes as well

Designed specifically with the needs of women bikers in mind Heida Birgisdottir was a logical choice to design the collection. As well as having over 20 years experience designing women’s riding gear – including for her own label Nikita, the vanguard of women’s snowboard gear – Heida is a dab hand on a bike as well as boards.

Throughout my carrier as a designer I’ve also been the end customer for the product.

Heida Birgitsdotter Mountainbiking women

Heida testing the new gear herself in the islandic playground.

“Throughout my carrier as a designer I’ve also been the end customer for the product,” says Heida. “I would never feel true to myself as a designer or to the brand if I wasn’t involved in the sport that I’m designing for.”

When we decided, we wanted to work on a women line, Heida was the first person who came to our mind. We didn’t want a man designing it because of the female specific cuts and fit. So an expert like Heida was the obvious choice.

Kara Beal TSG women mtb apparel

The jerseys are made from a very light, quick drying, breathable fabric.

Like all TSG gear this new women’s bike line is on the cutting edge of performance and functionality with style an evident nice addition to the package. It is also lighter and more stretchy than the men’s editions, perfectly tailored to the female shredders who are going to be blasting around in it.

The Women’s Bike Apparel line has now hit the trails, so keep your eyes pealed as it will fly out of the shops as fast as TSG rider Kara Beal points it down hill.

Kara Beal TSG women mtb apparel

Great to perform in, Kara is shredding down the trail.

In this video below, Kara talks you through each piece of the line:

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Check out the whole TSG women’s mtb apparel line


Eurobike 2022

Meet & Greet the TSG Bike Team

Signing Session at public day

Eurobike brings together our top riders and we are happy to announce that you can meet & greet them at our booth at Public Day. Or win a set of signed posters.


I. Meet & Greet at Eurobike 2022

Six of our mountain bike team riders and one bmx rider will be visiting Eurobike trade show in Frankfurt a.M., Germany from July 13th-17th. The first 3 days are reserved for business only, but at the weekend the Eurobike opens its doors for the public and you get the unique opportunity to sneak peak all the great new stuff that hits the stores next season.

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Sam Pilgrim is entertaining the crowd at Eurobike 2019.

II. Signing Session at public day

Meet & Greet UK mountain bike youtube stars Sam Pilgrim and Kara Beal, Swedish Slopestyle machine Max Fredriksson, freestyle mtb shredder Marc Diekmann, BMX young talent Lennox Zimmermann and German mountain biker Jonas Sonnenberg.

They bring new signing cards for you. And will for sure throw some TSG gear into the crowd as they did in the previous signing sessions.

Saturday, 16.7.2022
TSG Booth: 12.1 D32
13:00 – 13:45 pm

TSG Signign Cards at Eurobike 2019

The team signed posters for more than an hour.

III. Win if you can’t make it to Eurobike

Can’t make it too Eurobike? We give away 5 packs of hand signed A5 posters from our riders. Email us your address and tell us who is your favorite rider of the TSG bike team.

Send email to: info@ridetsg.com

Put into email header: I want to win!

Closing date for entries: 01.08.2022

Competition Terms: The competition is open to all European residents. All entries submitted correctly by 01. August 2922 will be entered into the draw. The winners will be selected by TSG employees behind closed doors. Prizes will be delivered to European addresses only. No cash alternative. Participants will be contacted using the contact details provided. If TSG does not receive a response within ten calendar days (based on the date of receipt by TSG), the winner shall forfeit their prize and TSG shall be entitled to draw a new winner. By entering the competition, participants agree to the data they provide being stored for the duration of the competition and used for the purposes of conducting the prize draw. Substantive Swiss law applies exclusively. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the competition. The judges’ decision is final. By entering the competition, participants agree to the conditions of participation.

The perfect surf camp

Wavetours

Offering surf camps and surf lessons since 1993

 

 

 

Wavetours represents quality and safety. With a welcoming approach, the team is always happy to offer their guests the best support finding their dream surf camp. That’s why we are proud to work with them at some of their camps.


If you are interested in trying out surfing, Wavetours is the place to go. From family surf camps in France, to surf houses in Portugal, surf hostels in Spain and even some exciting surf destinations beyond the European borders, they offer surf camps all over the world.

Foremost on the French Atlantic coast, Wavetours has been known as a pioneer since 1993 when they opened their first surf camp in Léon. TSG is proud to be the official safety partner of Wavetours. We support them in building branded skate ramps and provide their test centres with safety products for surf camp guests.

Moliet Plage Wavetours Surf Camp

Learn to surf with the specialists.

TSG has equipped 3 test centres at their camps on the French Atlantic coast with TSG helmets and protector kits in different sizes. At Moliet Plage you can find a  TSG supported mini ramp and a longboarding and skateboarding test centre. In the Wavetours area in St. Girons Plage, we set up a longboarding test centre for the 24plus and Family camps and helped to build a really cool rental station. Our third longboarding test centre is located at the Wavetours Familycamp in Biscarrosse Plage, where we as well helped to create a nice and inviting rental station.

Find out more about Wavetours and their camps by visiting www.wavetours.com

Moliet Plage Wavetours Surf Camp skateboard

Get some surfing skills…

Moliet Plage Wavetours Surf Camp skateboard

…and have fun in the mini ramp.

St Girons Wavetours Surfer

St Girons Wavetours Surfer

After the lessons the surf instructors enjoy the swell.

Want to see what gear is available at the camps?

Check out our helmets and protection for skateboarding