Ok, how many of you remember when Canondale wanted to trademark the word "freeride"? Remember when there was a big issue about it with the rocky mountain freeride team, an they decided to change their name to the "rockymountain froriders". That is when the term was first coined, and I have no idea how the word came about, but it did by biking pioneers redefining what was possible to do on a mountain bike. Call it what you will, but it all comes down to the sport's evolution. It is constantly evolving, and the marketing guys eat it up, another why to profit from the sport. The "core" of biking in downhill races, xc races is what makes technology advance. Better materials, lighter, suspension designs, the list goes on. to be honest freeriding isn't dead, or dying, as long as there are people out riding, and challenging the boundaries of what we do on our bikes. I am a trail builder, and like to challenge what we can do with our trails. I am constantly thinking of new ways I can improve the trails, make them different from what is already out there, Hmmm maybe I am a freetrailer, or a trailrider. What I am is a mountain biker, we all are, no matter where we ride or how we ride, we are all mountain bikers.