[thad]

Powder, Surfer, Bike magazines are done.

Grant Gunderson on Instagram: "End of an Era. RIP @powdermagazine @bikemag @surfer_magazine I’ve lost track of the hundreds if not thousands of images I had published in the magazine over the years. As a young kid growing up obsessed with skiing Powder was the Bible. There was nothing that I wanted more in life than to become a photographer for Powder. Luck would have it I managed to score an internship there and then eventually became one of the Senior Photographers... A true life dream come true. So it’s with a heavy heart to learn the news of the demise of 3 of the most influential titles ever in the action sports genre. Powder in its hay day was truely a special entity always at the cusp of style, progression and culture. The sheer number of people that worked and interned their over the years that went on to greatness not just in the publishing world is a statement to its domination of print coverage of the ski world."

987 likes, 73 comments - grant_gunderson on October 3, 2020: "End of an Era. RIP @powdermagazine @bikemag @surfer_magazine I’ve lost track of the hundreds if not thousands of images I had published in the magazine over the years. As a young kid growing up obsessed with skiing Powder was the...

www.instagram.com

 

[djjohnr]

Hmmm....what's that mean for this place?

 

[Muddy]

 

[Salami]

Bike. The one magazine I still have/had a subscription to. Fuck!

Sucks for all the employees to that have lost their jobs. The Butcher is an acquaintance of mine. I always enjoyed her writing.

 

[thad]

Bike, Powder, Snowboarder, and Surfer Magazines Shut Down

Owner American Media pulls the plug less than two years after buying the titles

www.adventure-journal.com

 

[dump]

Hmmm....what's that mean for this place?

very curious about that, as we all should be.

 

[rideit]

Nick is gonna host the site in perpetuity.

 

[daisycutter]

Sadly this is not a surprise. Since its inception Bike went from a monthly to 9 times a year to 4 times a year to the grave.. As a subscription holder since 97ish I will miss it but the writing was on the wall. Dirt Rag Magazine last year and Bike this year. Is the only US print MTB magazine Mountain Bike Action? God, I hope not. 2020 really does suck.

 

[jonKranked]

we should start a kickstarter or something so we can buy RM.

 

[dump]

very curious about that, as we all should be.

I suppose nobody knows... they probably forgot it exists. One day the web bill will not be paid and we'll be 404'd

 

[jonKranked]

I suppose nobody knows... they probably forgot it exists. One day the web bill will not be paid and we'll be 404'd

the topic already came up in the tech support forum. i'm not particularly worried about that outcome.

 

[dump]

the topic already came up in the tech support forum. i'm not particularly worried about that outcome.

Oh, ok - cool.

 

[jonKranked]

Oh, ok - cool.

BV said something that we have a good amount of routine traffic, so it's unlikely we'll wind up on the chopping block.

 

[HardtailHack]

Yeah the Rona has made the monkeys go weird, new people have joined, asked questions and there have been helpful replies.

Go back a year or so and that was not the case, have been seeing posts fron quite a few people with low counts which is good.

Are the Park Ads gone yet, can I turn my ad blocker off?

The only ads that have shit me enough to turn my ad blocker on have been Park and I think it was Mountain Dew.

I think we still have four mountain bike mags in Oz, and we don't even have any mountains.

 

[slyfink]

Bike. The one magazine I still have/had a subscription to. Fuck!

Sucks for all the employees to that have lost their jobs. The Butcher is an acquaintance of mine. I always enjoyed her writing.

Same. Though I haven't really read the last few issues. I just never really bothered cancelling my subscriptions caus'... well, I wanted to support them I guess. I picked them up when Dirt folded... I hope to be able to continue reading Ferrentino somewhere, somehow.

the topic already came up in the tech support forum. i'm not particularly worried about that outcome.

Can you enlighten us?

edited to add, nevermind. Saw your response when I reloaded the page...

 

[dump]

BV said something that we have a good amount of routine traffic, so it's unlikely we'll wind up on the chopping block.

Even if they do decide it's not worth the trouble, this could be re-started independently w/ some minor effort.

 

[jonKranked]

Even if they do decide it's not worth the trouble, this could be re-started independently w/ some minor effort.

 

[4xBoy]

Well, been nice I guess.

 

[OGRipper]

Can't say it's a big surprise but still a bummer.

 

[kidwoo]

Nice knowing everyone!

Subscribe to my yootoob page! Consider my patreon! Listen to my podcast!

 

[Westy]

Nice knowing everyone!

Subscribe to my yootoob page! Consider my patreon! Listen to my podcast!

*Independent review sponsored by product's company.

 

[kidwoo]

*Independent review sponsored by product's company.

We're doomed.

I hope this place doesn't go away. Most people would be embarassed by the amount of our biking lives we've shared on here but it really has become kind of a personal log for a lot of us.

Plus I really do love the ability to pull up 'I told you so' posts of mine from literally over a decade ago.

 

[jstuhlman]

We're doomed.

I hope this place doesn't go away. Most people would be embarassed by the amount of our biking lives we've shared on here but it really has become kind of a personal log for a lot of us.

Plus I really do love the ability to pull up 'I told you so' posts of mine from literally over a decade ago.

 

[sikocycles]

I guess we will all go back to HCOR

 

[Bikael Molton]

Ridemonkey of Internet for 2020

 

[schwaaa31]

Goodbye, For Now | BIKE Magazine

Bike Magazine's operations have been suspended due to the economic impacts from COVID-19. Its future is uncertain.

www.bikemag.com

Sounds to me like RM goes away too? Re:all social channels.

 

[Westy]

Goodbye, For Now | BIKE Magazine

Bike Magazine's operations have been suspended due to the economic impacts from COVID-19. Its future is uncertain.

www.bikemag.com

Sounds to me like RM goes away too? Re:all social channels.

I assume that was directed towards paying people creating content for twitter, IG ,et al, but certainly implies they will not be paying to keep the lights on here.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

...implies they will not be paying to keep the lights on here.

over the years, it's been obvious most of you don't have the lights on anyway,...

 

[jonKranked]

I assume that was directed towards paying people creating content for twitter, IG ,et al, but certainly implies they will not be paying to keep the lights on here.

I took it to mean bike mag social media platforms also. Not necessarily rm.

Although I think we should begin contingency planning just in case.

 

[rideit]

maybe the Chinese spammers will buy it, they are some of our higher post counts these days.

 

[CBJ]

Just as I have started dreaming of a DH bike again ... nooooooooooooooo

 

[6thElement]

BV who looks after us has stated that if AMI goes away and turns off the lights, he'll post on the public Ridemonkey bookface page telling us all where to go for his rescue site:

Are we toast?

Who owns the actual rm domain name? AMI. I own the .net.

ridemonkey.bikemag.com

 

[Jeremy R]

People should pay a small fee to keep us here on RM otherwise we will just filter out and F*** up
the rest of the internet. Small price to pay like a prison tax.

 

[slyfink]

People should pay a small fee to keep us here on RM otherwise we will just filter out and F*** up
the rest of the internet. Small price to pay like a prison tax.

I would

 

[mykel]

People should pay a small fee to keep us here on RM otherwise we will just filter out and F*** up
the rest of the internet. Small price to pay like a prison tax.

Corral the Monkeys for the greater good? []

 

[Jeremy R]

Corral the Monkeys for the greater good? []

Just saying.....if ya got General Zod stuck in a prism it would be worth paying to keep him there.

 

[Westy]

RM was pay for no ads at one point

 

[jonKranked]

RM was pay for no ads at one point

proposed, never implemented.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

most of us cheap bastards have always run adblock anyway...

(edit: i'd possibly throw a few bones to keep talking trash, i mean bikes, here. but then i'd also better be immune from being reprimanded every now and again for being an unruly asshole sometimes..)

 

[canadmos]

most of us cheap bastards have always run adblock anyway...

(edit: i'd possibly throw a few bones to keep talking trash, i mean bikes, here. but then i'd also better be immune from being reprimanded every now and again for being an unruly asshole sometimes..)

I only turned it on when they started doing those full page/background mountain dew ads.

I'd chip in a few Canadian dollars to keep it alive.