Northstar’s legendary bike park and ski resort has put up a new billboard in the town of Truckee in northern Californis. The sign features Bionicon team rider Jon Widen riding his Bionicon Ironwood during the Pro Open series at Northstar in 2007.

Jon, after taking a few years off from competition, started the 2008 season as an Expert. His results soon had him bumped up to Semi-Pro where his results continued to improve, and he’s now earned his Pro license for downhill, as well as a place on the Northstar billboard for the season!

Jon Widen’s Billboard

WideOpen Dirt Bike Magazine out of the UK just released their latest issue with a review of the the Bionicon Ironwood. The current Issue #7 for August 2008 can be downloaded in electronic PDF form for free from http://wideopenmag.blogspot.com/2008/08/wideopen-issue-7-is-online.html

In it the reviewer says:

“On the trail I was surprised at how much fun the bike was and found myself chucking it into berms, off drops and through rock gardens with easily as much confidence as my familiar DH bike. I was even more surprised at how nicely the bike jumped and it felt really happy in the air, giving me loads of confidence to push it further.”

Arthur Kostron’s spectacular jump on a Bionicon Ironwood, at LeoGang Bike Park in Austria.