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Gravity's 2012 Team

by Mike Lawless
Jan 21, 2012 at 21:13

Freeriders and BC natives Mike Hopkins, Garrett Buehler, and James Doerfling will join Gravity's Pro Team along with Andrew Taylor, Kelly McGarry, Eric Porter, and Casey Groves. Gravity's Pro Team will be hitting up many stops on the FMB tour, as well as Crankworx, Red Bull Rampage, and Sea Otter. These guys are always killing it and you can expect to see a ton of coverage featuring Gravity’s Pro Team in 2012.

Pro Team

1. Mike Hopkins – Rossland, BC
2. Garret Buehler – Nelson, BC
3. James Doerfling – Williams Lake, BC
4. Andrew Taylor – Santa Cruz, CA
5. Eric Porter – Midway, UT
6. Kelly McGarry – Nelson, NZ
7. Casey Groves – Kelowna, BC


Knolly - James Doerfling

Knolly - Garett Buehler


Gravity’s flow team is stoked to include the new additions of Gravity employee and all around NW bomber Scott Kemp, along with Keystone Bike Park’s designer, builder and local shredder Shane Sorenson. They will join Seattle’s own Phil Sundbaum, and jumping legend Randy Spangler from Sacramento, CA.

Flow Team

1. Scott Kemp – Seattle, WA
2. Shane Sorenson – Dillion, CO
3. Phil Sundbaum - Seattle, WA
4. Randy Spangler – Sacramento, CA


Gravity's Race Team is made up of all Northwest riders including Kyle Thomas - WA and Charlie Sponsel - OR. Be on the lookout for these two guys tearing up the All Gravity Series and NW Cups this season. Their "charge it" attitude will play a key role in their podium quest this season. Gravity is also proud to announce the partnership with the local Everett, WA DH Team "Ministry of Decent."

Race Team

1. Charlie Sponsel - Lake Oswego, OR
2. Kyle Thomas – Issaquah, WA
3. Ministry of Decent - Everett, WA
4. Atherton Racing

FSA / Gravity is very excited to be working with Atherton Racing. The Atherton's DH bikes will be set up with FSA's new Orbit Option Angle Adjust Headset that allows the riders to change the angle of their headsets by 1.5, 1.0, and .5 degrees.


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37 Comments

  • + 10
flag shawnyholdup (Jan 24, 2012 at 8:01)
 holy stacked team batman, 3 of my favorite riders on the same team? hopkins, buehler and doerfling damn
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flag danhillracer (Jan 24, 2012 at 17:19)
 and the athertons!
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flag bobsten (Jan 24, 2012 at 11:56)
 TEAM ROBOT CRUSHING YO DICKSSSS
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flag lmbngtracer7975 (Jan 24, 2012 at 17:29)
 Yeahh sponsel! lezzgo team robot!
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flag bikerboywill (Jan 24, 2012 at 4:24)
 Atherton racing? Wonder what will happen to their "pro" stuff
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flag Sir-Dirty-BIker (Jan 24, 2012 at 6:13)
 But isn't "Pro" Shimano?.. So should be interesting to see whats going to happen with that!
  • + 10
flag moleman (Jan 24, 2012 at 6:52)
 Athertons are still using Pro for handlebars, stems, seat and seatposts. They're only using the FSA Orbit angleset.
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flag mikehogan (Jan 24, 2012 at 10:35)
 i would be sad if they stopped making the atherton bars i just got some and i love them
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flag A-Bunnah (Jan 24, 2012 at 16:04)
 Look at all those BC boys, dam good to see.
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flag tdubb (Jan 24, 2012 at 19:50)
 Nice Chaz. Team Robot!!!!!
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flag vanaroo458 (Jan 24, 2012 at 9:52)
 athertons are still riding for Shimano/PRO components. Just using the Headset from Gravity/FSA.
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flag smike (Jan 24, 2012 at 7:34)
 Is "Ministry of Decent" a typo? Or did they use the word "Decent" on purpose (as opposed to Descent)?
  • + 4
flag hankyman (Jan 24, 2012 at 8:40)
 the world may never know...
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flag snl1200 (Jan 24, 2012 at 8:40)
 That would be a funny and humble team name were it not a typo. Like calling yourselves the Organization of Mediocre.
Overall a great list of riders. Nice to see a mix of big flashy names and muddy, solid riders with less flash. Lets hope it leads to continued progression in design and quality.
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  • + 1
flag melonhead1145 (Jan 24, 2012 at 2:04)
 When will the Orbit Option headsets be available to buy? And what price will they be?
  • + 1
flag PatMan69 (Jan 24, 2012 at 3:48)
 If you find out elsewhere let me know buddy, i've been looking for that all week
  • + 2
flag melonhead1145 (Jan 24, 2012 at 3:55)
 Hopefully they will be more reasonably priced than the Cane Creek Angleset. I'd really like to slacken the head angle on my bike but i can't justify paying like £200 just to make it ride a tiny bit better.
  • + 2
flag JoeyBratten (Jan 24, 2012 at 6:08)
 you can pick up workscomponents headsets or k9 ones that adjust it by a set amount they are cheaper but do lack the adjustability.
  • + 0
flag DJumperNick (Jan 24, 2012 at 12:11)
 Also you can get offset bushings from burgtec which slacken out your bike, they are like 20 quid, but they do also lower bb height and reduce rear travel by a bit...
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flag FearTheReaper (Jan 24, 2012 at 13:01)
 @DJumperNick offset bushes do not alter travel, they will slacken the head angle by a degree and the bb by quarter-half an inch. Travel is indicated by the stroke of your shock and not the eye-2-eye
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flag JonwithoutaH (Jan 24, 2012 at 11:48)
 I like those bars n stem Big Grin
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flag thevondals (Jan 24, 2012 at 14:25)
 thats one hell of a team there Gravity- nice job....team manager- robbie bourdon ( just food for thought ) .....
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  • + 1
flag EarthWindFire (Jan 24, 2012 at 11:28)
 if i was doubting going to sea otter... i'm not any more
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  • + 1
flag bigruss (Jan 24, 2012 at 11:19)
 Aint heard that name for a while.
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  • + 2
flag p-gorephoto (Jan 24, 2012 at 7:58)
 so sick!
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flag dillonchamberlain (Jan 24, 2012 at 10:32)
 Yay KT!!
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flag fenderdude345 (Jan 24, 2012 at 0:08)
 2012 season is gonna be sick im stoked for all the competitions
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flag gtrider01 (Jan 24, 2012 at 11:18)
 santa cruz native woot woot. can't wait!
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  • + 1
flag BloodnoseThePirate (Jan 24, 2012 at 7:51)
 *****(SPANGLER)******
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  • - 1
flag Chancho19 (Jan 24, 2012 at 7:39)
 Is Hopkins just posing with that Norco for the picture or is he riding norco this year
  • + 1
flag AdamLaycockPhoto (Jan 24, 2012 at 8:05)
 There was an article a few Weeks back. He's on norco
  • + 1
flag AdamLaycockPhoto (Jan 25, 2012 at 18:13)
 And as im reading this again, I realised someone beat me by a few seconds in posting that...
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flag matko-cro (Jan 24, 2012 at 13:27)
 what about Mironovic?
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flag jonnydunc (Jan 25, 2012 at 9:46)
 Gravity/FSA sponsors Norco's Factory Team including Mislav. Gravity also focuses on some specific key athletes to add to their personal team.
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flag doctorwot (Jan 24, 2012 at 1:25)
 Phill sundbaum is on flow. That's rediculess
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flag ASPOCKALIPS801 (Jan 24, 2012 at 12:07)
 What happened with that? That guy is a ripper now he's bumped down to flow!
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