IXS European Cup - Monte Tamaro

European IXS series kicked off the season in Switzerland – Monte Tamaro. It seems to be the most prestigious European race serie. 300 racers from 16 countries were the indicator of that.

First race of the season is always different feeling. No-one knows how the others are going to ride after the winter break.

The track was really difficult, long and challenging what was enhanced by rain on the begining of the weekend. It was my first real wet riding this year, but I felt amazing on Friday. I made some more practice on Saturday before quali and I also felt that I’m fast. I simply did a whole run and finished 3rd (1st Nick Beer, 2nd Marcus Pekoll) in qualification what really motivated me for Sunday.

Sunday, the race day was full of sun. The track began to dry a bit, but some slippery rocks came out. I was really confident and I knew that I can do some good result. I rode well with some small mistakes almost the first half of the track, but than a fatal mistake happened. I slipped a bit from my line and hit the rock by my front wheel what catapulted me over the bars. I hit another rock with my head and knee and the race was over for me.

Resuls:
1st Markus Pekoll
2nd Joshua Button
3rd Lorenzo Suding
4th Marcel Beer
5th Brook McDonald
Matej Charvat – DNF

It was a shame as I felt that I can do it, but this is not the end..



I've already been to doctor and my knee seems to be just badly bumped. A week of having a rest should make it.

Matej took 1st place this weekend

Hey guys.
Second round of Moravskoslovensky DH Cup was held again in slovakian Kalnica, but this time on a different track. This one is a bit longer with more jumps. Thanks to the super dry weather before and during the weekend the track was super fast and dusty. Actually, it made the times much closer.
I was simply having fun and enjoying the weather and training. I had to stay a bit back because I had a bad wrist sprain last week. It didn’t pain too much what I was really happy for.



The times were really close on Sunday, but I managed to win both – semi and finals.
It was really good training for some bigger races as it is always good to ride with timing and some racing attitude.



You can also watch a GoPro footage from my training run:

Matej Charvat - Kalnica (SP) from CharvatBros.com on Vimeo.

GoPro Headcam - Moravskoslovensky DH cup #2 - Kalnica (SP)

Matej Charvat - pre season training.

Matej has been living the good life doing some pre season riding in the beautiful area around San Rena in Italy.

Hey Guys!

Another short video edit from Matej Charvat's training in south Italy.

„I just came back from sunny south of Italy. Due to a freezing cold here in the middle of EU I had to travel about 13 hours to the coast of Mediterian sea. It is really popular place for training in the stack field of worldcup riders. High concentration of DH tracks around San Remo gives you pretty good training options in pre-season.I’m really looking forward for the season already.“

Matej is one of the guys, who will ride for Banshee Bikes World cup team with Adam Brayton. Both will use their brand new Banshee Legends Mk2 to achieve the best results.

Here you can find the video:

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/183451/

If you like our video or you want to know more about Matej, you can also follow him on his Facebook FAN page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matej-...28079093896638

or our Pinkbike.com: http://charvatbros.pinkbike.com/

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Thanks for watching!!!

Matej Charvat world cup 2010 review

Matej Charvat has had a great year onboard his banshee Legend MkII this year... here is a little overview of how his WC season whent down.

World Cup Season 2010 - Overview_en

Next year Matej will be teaming up with Adam Brayton on the 2011 Banshee factory team. I can't wait to see what these 2 talented and driven guys can achieve next year.

Matej winning another National Level DH

We have been proud to have Matej Charvat racing the legend (both MkI and now MkII) at national and WC races for a couple of years now, and even raced Scythe to top 30 at worldcup before that... this guy is a real talent, and humble personality.

Here is a video of him winning at the latest national race In the Czech Republic.



Matej has had a really solid start to the 2010 world cup season, and is currently sitting 54th in the overall world cup standings. So if your going to be at any of the up and comming WC races, be sure to chear him on!

Please visit his facebook page, and website for more videos and information. Keep it up Matej!