The Misspent Summers cross-country, downhill and enduro MTB World Cup yearbooks are the best way to relive all the nail-biting action from 2025's race season.
Hurly Burly 9 and The World Stage 8 vividly depict and immortalise DH and enduro World Cup racing across 260 and 244 glossy pages respectively, jam-packed with photos, analysis features and compelling storytelling.
New to 2025's line-up is Ninety, the independent publisher's first dedicated cross-country yearbook, covering both XCC short track and XCO Olympic events from the 2025 season.
In an increasingly digitised world, these tangible and weighty books are a refreshing delight to hold and flick through, becoming dog-eared the more you thumb the pages.
The endless scroll is replaced by thoughtful page turning and careful studying of each fantastic image, shot by the world's best World Cup photographers – Sven Martin, Boris Beyer and Sebastian Schieck, among others.
Absorbing each of the pages instils a form of mindfulness a computer or phone screen cannot.
This is why I get so excited when I know Hurly Burly and The World Stage have come through my letterbox, and this sense of jubilation has increased with the arrival of Ninety.
Experience the racing
For many, the subscription-based live broadcast of World Cup racing is prohibitively expensive. In the UK, it costs around £30 a month, and if you're only a fan of downhill, that's a lot of money to watch just 10 rounds.
For the £210 cost of subscribing to watch for seven months, it costs you £21 per round for downhill, and for various reasons, enduro isn't broadcast live. This cost put many fans off, essentially disenfranchising the sport's core audience.
XCC and XCO fans will see that price decrease – the cross-country race season is longer and with more rounds, but it's still a lot of cash.
Ninety, Hurly Burly and The World Stage are the answers to this problem.
The downhill and enduro editions retail for only £24 each; they're a cost-effective way to engage with the racers, who experienced a year of dramatic highs and devastating lows against the clock – especially if you weren't able to watch any of the action live.
Ninety costs only £18 – a true bargain given how much quality reporting is printed on its beautiful pages.
And, unlike a subscription-based service, neither book vanishes or ceases to exist once you stop paying.
They're yours, will be forever yours, and will take pride of place in your house.
Deep-dive features
If the racing action isn't enough, Ninety, Hurly Burly and The World Stage are filled with features written by some of the sport's most analytical, entertaining and interesting names.
Whether that's analysis and statistics from coach Chris Kilmurray, insights from engineer Dan Roberts, takes from World Cup commentator Ric McLaughlin, or first-hand rider stories from Dan Booker and Greg Callaghan, the books are loaded with excitement.
Ninety's pages are graced with features from XC's biggest stars, including Christopher Blevins, Sammie Maxwell, Jenny Rissveds and Alessandra Keller, among a host of others.
It's jam-packed, ready to transport you back to the season's most captivating moments.
Glossy paper, delicious smell
Ninety, Hurly Burly and The World Stage's images and stories are printed on thick 130gsm paper by Cambrian Printers in South Wales.
The pictures are crystal-clear and the ink smells divine.
