Red Bull Burner wrap up

Clayton Shank here with a report from the first annual one of its kind, "Red Bull Burner" hosted in Angel Fire, New Mexico.
Angel Fire had three courses to pick from. a new trail "supreme" featured huge jumps, STEEP sections, big flowy berms, and an epic 250 ft bridge. if you have ever seen the movie "seasons" it would be like all of those trails put into one. i gave it an OG 5 star rating.
the second trail was the original hold on for dear life "World Cup DH" which had huge gnar rock gardens, and super fast sections. this trail was the trail of choice for most people in the race. not only was it fast, but it wore you down.
the third trail was pretty much the cool down "super D" trail the trail is pretty easy and long, not much to say about it.

One ghost had some killer results in the open division we took home 4th with Clayton Shank, Riley Strickland, Dillon Duke, and Hunter Stuwart.
6th with Josh Barnett, Scott Polly, and (i totally forgot the other guys name ill give it to you once i find out.)
also the Gromits, Riley Farrar, Jayce Heatly, and Brady Heatly took 8th
all in all I believe One Ghost did an awesome job in angel fire. we stuck it out till the end like true samurai's. I'm proud of the team and how much each individual has done weather it be first or last place.

Never Give Up,
Clayton Shank

The long and the short of it..

Not sure if these came out like I wanted them to but here is the long and short front triangles of the Katana.
We'll be at Interbike for the rest of the week and maybe, just maybe, next week We'll have a new podcast.
Peace.

Wakazashi in the Hizzouse

first generation prototype/Test Wakazashi frames are done, here is a sneak peak..







No, you didn't just see things.. 5" travel, concentric bottom bracket pivot, hydroformed tubeset, yeah, we got game (and these are just our prototypes!)

only a matter of time

Hey all, been a while. Working everything out here at Lunch Box Labs and getting ready to get the CNC machines rolling. The numbers are crunched and the computers are programed. We will have some actual images of the Wakazashi SS and the Katana here real soon. I know you all have been patient with us and it takes time to start a (re)evolution, especially one like what we are doing. Now I know there are other companies out there doing a floating shock and using fancy names and terms and some have huge marketing budgets and lots of hype, but they don't have what we have: love.
yeah, love of our sport and supporters. Over 20 years rolling duce-six and here it is time to show what racing is all about. Not just winning, not just the technology, not the hard work or the training. Not the preparation, tire pressure...
It is the trip to the venue, the stopping to fill the tank in some run down 3-leg dog town, it is the smell of the crisp air at 6AM on race day after a night of not sleeping. It is that first sip of bad coffee you paid too much for...
Racing is the experience, the bright green leaves in the summer, the smell of fresh dust or deep, dark soil, the "competition" you hang out with each weekend as you develop life-long friends. The warm beer and cold coffee, the faces in the truck stops and all night diners, the camp stove explosions and the can of beans you are left to clean up off your tailgate at 10 PM the night before your "perfect run."
Racing is all this and so much more.
This is the experience and joy One Ghost Industries is going to bring to you. It isn't about the bikes or the CNC this or high speed compression that. It is friendship, brother and sisterhood. Sharing scars, tattoos, beer and inner tubes. Meeting your "Johnny T" for the first time or finally beating him. Racing is life and many times we do get caught up in the techno babble of it all and we don't stop to look around the pits and take it all in. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose, sometimes you flat, sometimes you get to stand on the box but you never, ever give up.
I have had that lesson handed to me too many times to count and this...One Ghost Industries.. is my way of teaching that lesson to all of you; Never give up, stop and listen, and most importantly....
"Flow like water, my friend."