In case you haven’t seen it!

For those of you looking for one last race this season, the Riven DH crew will be hosting a race at Blackjack Ski Hill in early October.

The Details:

It will be 2 days of riding; Saturday will be a practice day. There will be addtional practice on Sunday morning before the race. Sounds like they’ll have a shuttle back to the top and they plan to give out cash and product prizes.

Check out riven downhill on Facebook for more details.

It is with great disappointment that we must announce our final race of the season, on Sept. 10th in Marquette, is cancelled.

In four years of running the Jolly Roger Series, this is the first time that we have had to cancel one of our races. Unfortunately, the land owner at the Marquette venue decided he was no longer interested in hosting the event. Within such close proximity to the event date it is both difficult and cost prohibitive for us to re-permit the event at a different venue.

We’d like to thank Phil Ott from Quickstop Bike Shop in Marquette for all of his work trying to get this race off the ground.

Once again, we apologize to all the people that were planning to come out to this event.

The State of Minnesota came through for us in a huge way and the Giant’s Ridge race will go on as planned.

Here’s the low-down:

The Lodge at Giant’s Ridge is offering Racers 30% off of accomodations and if you book 2 nights they will throw in a 3rd night for free. Just let them know that you are racing when you call to book.

Riding will be available on Friday, as the trails are open to the public. We will be doing a bunch of course prep this day and any extra help will be much appreciated.

Registration and preriding will begin at 9:00am Saturday and the Race will start at 12:00pm.

A bunch of us will probably stay over after the race and ride on Sunday although I’m not sure what the shuttle status will be since it’s not officially part of our event. I’ll post up if we find out that the Lodge will be providing a shuttle.

Map to Giant’s Ridge and other race info here.

Below is a video preview of the course in case you are wondering what to expect. I hate to recycle old content but Buck knocked it out of the park with this edit, so it’s all good.

Giant’s Ridge DH trail! from Buck on Vimeo.

Downhill Trail at Mont Du Lac POV from Spencer Johnson on Vimeo.

Some of the details are being finalized for Mont du Lac so I wanted to share the specifics with everyone.

Riding will be available on Friday for small charge (yet to be determined).

Camping will be available Friday and Saturday nights for $5 per night.

Registration and pre-ride will open Saturday at 10am and will go until 12:30pm. The race will start at 1pm.

As usual, Shockspital has contributed huge and we have some other great giveaways in addition.

I hope you guys are getting stoked…just over a week away!!

As most of you know, Minnesota is experiencing a partial goverment shutdown because a budget agreement could not be reached by our political leaders.

Unfortunately, this means that the downhill trail at Giant’s Ridge is currently shutdown as well. We won’t be able to ride or maintain the trail until the goverment is back up and running.

As you know, we have a race planned for August 20th at Giant’s Ridge. Depending on how long the shutdown lasts, our ability to host that race may be effected. We will keep everyone updated about the status of the trail and Jolly Roger Race #3.

In the mean time, we will be posting a bunch of info about the Mont du Lac race in the next couple days; so stay tuned.

I’ve been working feverishly to get everything updated and linked properly on the MFC website relating to this year’s Jolly Roger Series. Below is a link to the main series info page:

www.jollyrogerdh.com

There are still some details trickling in, so keep checking back for things like preregistration, start times, and event results.

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Nordic Mountain Race. If you had a good time in at Nordic then you should check out what the rest of the races in the Jolly Roger Series have to offer. We should have more swag to give away at the next races as we are still finalizing sponsorships.

Also, each of our races is a qualifier for Nationals. So if you’re still chasing an entry spot, you’ve got several more opportunites in the region before the big show!

There has been a good amount of confusion surrounding the upcoming Nordic Mountain Race, so I’d like to clear the air and provide some details.

When the race was originally scheduled it was intended to be a two day race, the same as it was last year. It would have started on the 18th which is what we originally posted. Since the original discussion and permitting, it has been decided to change it to a one day race in order to make it easier for racer’s to attend. Unfortunately, that change has not been communicated very well.

Saturday the 18th will be a practice day, and the lifts will be open. Sunday the 19th will be race day. Registration will start at 10am and the race will start at 1pm.

The details for the rest of the races in the Jolly Roger Series should be posted soon, so as to avoid similar confusion in the future.

See ya out there!

Big Announcements!

Below is the official schedule for the Jolly Roger Series for 2011. Before you skip down and check it out, let me hit you with some knowledge. At this point, it looks like we are going to be directing the Nordic Mountain Race this year. In turn, the two WI races will comprise a WI state championship series. We are excited to work with the Riven crew and Nordic Mountain on this project; I think it will be a great event.

Race 1

Date: 06/18/2011
Location: Nordic Mountain – Mt. Morris, WI

Race 2

Date: 07/16/2011
Location: Mont Du Lac – Superior, WI

Race 3

Date: 08/20/2011
Location: Gaints Ridge – Biwabik, MN

Race 4

Date: 09/10/2011
Location: Marquette Mtn.- Marquette, MI

Each race will be a qualifier for nationals.

More details for individual races to follow!

Talk about the 2011 series here

Phil Ott from Quick Stop Bike Shop and some of the other Marquette crew have been working really hard to get the lifts back up and running at Marquette Mountain. They’ve made some tremondous progress but they need your support to finalize everything.

The quick and dirty verison is that Marquette Mountain has tenatively committed to being open with lift service on a number of weekends this summer provided that they can pre-sell enough season passes and advanced tickets to make it financially viable.

Click here for all the details

I am asking you to show your support by purchasing either a season pass or advanced lift tickets by May 15th. I have been informed that they have sold a number already, but they still need your support to make it a sure thing.

Oh yeah, and we are planning to host the 3rd and final Jolly Roger of the season there on September 10th!

Talk about it!!!!!!!!!!!!