Kelly McGarry


Kelly McGarry

Name: Kelly McGarry

Nickname: McGazza

Date of Birth: 17 April 1982

Current Residence: Queenstown, New Zealand

Hometown: Nelson, New Zealand

Sponsors: Diamondback bikes, Marzocchi, Gravity Components, Unit Clothing, Atomlab, Hope Brakes, Wide Open Distributors, Red Bull NZ, Giro Helmets, Adidas Eyewear, Camelbak, SDG Seats, ODI Grips, Skull Candy, GoPro

Year’s Riding: 15

Favorite Trail or Place to Ride: gorge road jumps, Queenstown

Best Ride Ever: Farm Jam 2009... Mad session with all the crew on sick jumps!

Favorite Trick: Big lofty flip tuck or table

Injuries: Broken femur, broken tibia, broken collar bone x2, broken finger, torn triceps, 30 plus stitches in my face!

Career Highlight: 5th 2010 Crankworx Whistler

Hobbies: Surfing, snowboarding, bass guitar, doing wheelies

Role Model: Slash from Guns n’ Roses

Favorite Band: Against me

Best “Get Pumped for Riding” Song: Rookie, by Boy Sets fire

Favorite Movie: Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrel

Favorite Drink: Red Bull

Favorite Food: A burly steak

Favorite Industry Individual: So many good people to name one!

Most Valued Component on Your Bike: 800mm Gravity bar ...ohhhh yeah!

Favorite Event: Red Bull Rampage

Words of Wisdom: Speed is your friend

Last Thoughts: Less typin’… more bikin’.

Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Name: Eric Porter

Date of Birth: 9-11-79

Current Residence: Heber City, UT

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Sponsors: Diamondback, Gravity, Skullcandy, Bolle, Manitou, Hayes, Sun Ringle, Kenda, SDG, Teva, Sombrio, XSI, Kali Protectives, Contour.

Year’s Riding: Riding professionally for 8 years, mountain biking since I was 12.

Favorite Trail or Place to Ride: Whistler as a whole is pretty hard to beat right now.

Best Ride Ever: Wow, that's a tough question.

Favorite Trick: Tail whip, probably because it took me 2 years to learn it!

Injuries: Been pretty lucky overall, but I've knocked out all my front teeth, several good concussions, separated shoulders, rolled ankles and stuff like that.

Career Highlight: Hard to name one, but getting 2nd at the 2003 Crankworx helped launch my career along with the cover of Flow Magazine. All of my magazine covers are really special as well, it's really a good feeling.

Hobbies: Family time, snowmobiling, snowboarding, fly fishing, camping.

Role Model: My dad showed my I don't have to work a normal job at an office, and that had a huge impact on the way I live my life.

Favorite Bands: Lucero, Rolling Stones, Modest Mouse, the list goes on for a while.

Best “Get Pumped for Riding” Song: Metallica - Battery.

Favorite Movie: Dumb and Dumber.

Favorite Drink: Beer.

Favorite Food: Alaskan King crab.

Favorite Industry Individual: Doug Dalton.

Most Valued Component on Your Bike: Once my bike is built I like to think of it as one piece, all working together perfectly for an amazing ride. So above all, I value having a dialed bike all around, I can't stand anything loose, bent, rattling, etc.

Favorite Event: Crankworx Whistler is always fun, the whole crew is there riding together on some of the best trails in the world, and it's fun at night too!

Words of Wisdom: Work hard at what you love to do, and enjoy life.

Last Thoughts: I'm really psyched to be a part of the Diamondback family, great bikes and great people.

Billy Lewis

Billy Lewis

Name: Billy Lewis

Nickname: Birry Rewis

Date of Birth: 5/1/85

Current Residence: Seattle, WA

Hometown: Kirkland WA

Sponsors: DB, Shimano, Pro-Tec, Gravity

Year’s Riding: Long time….

Favorite Trail or Place to Ride: 27 and Redmond Skatpark

Best Ride Ever: All the rides that end well

Favorite Trick: Invert

Injuries: Couple of small breaks, dislocated shoulder that lead to surgery, separated shoulder, blown bursa sac in my left elbow which made my arm swell to the size of my thigh, knocked out teeth, the normal stuff

Career Highlight: Wham Bam Thank You Jam and my first picture in a magazine

Hobbies: Working on bikes

Role Model: Kenny Powers

Favorite Band: Aesop Rock

Best “Get Pumped for Riding” Song: I don’t ride with music so really not picky but if I had to pick it would have to be something bad ass like REO Speed Wagon

Favorite Movie: Grandma’s boy

Favorite Drink: Beer

Favorite Food: Mexican

Favorite Industry Individual: Jonny Diamond

Most Valued Component on Your Bike: Ummmm my forks

Favorite Event: Frew Farm Jam

Words of Wisdom: I do SPORTS. Not try to be the best at exercising.

Last Thoughts: I want my shoulder to get better! Go ride your bike.

Kyle Thomas

Kyle Thomas

Name: Kyle Thomas

Nickname: PRKT

Date of Birth: September 7th 1986

Current Residence: Issaquah Washington

Hometown: Bismarck North Dakota

Sponsors: Diamondback, Spy, 5.10, Gravity

Year’s Riding: 12

Favorite Trail or Place to Ride: Doesn’t matter, I just love being on my bike.

Best Ride Ever: I’ve had so many good ones it’s too hard to pick.

Favorite Trick: It’s a toss-up between a good scrub and a big moto whip.

Injuries: I’ve broken both wrists and both hands multiple times and a few concussions.

Career Highlight: 2010 NW cup and 2010 All Gravity Series overall champion,

Hobbies: I love digging/building trails, working on cars, traveling, snowboarding, hanging out with my family, but I really would rather just ride my bike.

Role Model: I don’t really have one. A lot of people influence who I am, not one single person.

Favorite Band: I like almost all types of music and go through phases. My iPod will have Dr. Dre playing and the next song will be the soundtrack to the Little Mermaid followed by Black Sabbath and Garth Brooks. It’s all over the map.

Best “Get Pumped for Riding” Song: Run to the Hills, Iron Maiden

Favorite Movie: Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Favorite Drink: Chocolate Milk, it’s such a good recovery drink. At the bar, my favorite drink is a Smith and Wesson (AKA Colorado Bulldog)

Favorite Food: Taco John’s. It’s a Midwest taco chain that is amazing. I could live off of their meat and potato burritos!

Favorite Industry Individual: I love the promoters. Anyone who is willing to put on a race or an event is awesome. It’s really hard work and they don’t get the recognition they deserve.

Most Valued Component on Your Bike: I got some custom engraved bar-end caps as a wedding present. I thought those were pretty cool.

Favorite Event: The Moscow Arms Race. It’s the final race of the All Gravity Series on a course I built with some friends. I love the course and the attitude of the riders is great. It’s the last race of the year (usually the weekend before Halloween) and it’s just a relaxed, fun way to end the season and usually includes a big party too.

Words of Wisdom: Give back to the sport. Go build trails, teach kids, help out beginning riders, set a good example, and promote the sport.

Last Thoughts: Don’t forget why you ride. Keep it fun and you’ll do it for years!