Check it out guys! Brad has got a crew together and permission to build some trails on Mont Du Lac ski hill…check out the video, if you are up in Duluth post up and see if he won’t show ya the trails he’s buildin’! Awesome Brad, be looking to see more as work progresses! Thanks to Spencer from 14Degree for the video!

After a couple months of planning with the State of Minnesota and the owner of the The Lodge at Giants Ridge we are excited to announce that MFC will be building a new downhill trail at Giants Ridge.

This is a huge opportunity to expand the quality and quantity of downhill trails offered in Minnesota. The trail will be on State land and will be open to the public at no charge. Initially, it will not be lift access but there may be several days of shuttle riding yet this year.

Trail planning and preparation has already begun, and there will be a major build effort on the weekend of July 17th and 18th. We are looking for volunteers to join us for this weekend. Our goal is to build a course in time to add a final destination to the Jolly Roger Series on September 11th, and we need your help. If you are available that weekend and interested in volunteering please contact me via e-mail, t.benusa@mfcmtb.com.

Pictures and more info to follow!

Discuss new trail here

The weather threaten to turn the first race of the 2010 Jolly Roger DH series into a mudfest much like last year, but the rain held off until the awards ceremony. The weather kept some away but those that showed up were treated some of the best conditions I’ve seen on the Red Wing course. The dirt was so tacky that even the flat corners felt like they were bermed.

More of my photos from the race can be seen here.

Post your stories and photos from the race here.

Men’s Open Podium

	First Name	Last Name	Bib #	Run 1	Run 2	Best Run
1	Thor	Shellum	3.14	1.31.00	1.42.26	1.31.00
2	Erick	Kyllonen	40	1.36.88	1.36.02	1.36.02
3	Jed	Olson	44	1.36.07	DNF	1.36.07
4	Nick	Ice	1185	1.38.88	1.38.73	1.38.73
5	Collin	Gavic	33	1.41.20	1.40.00	1.40.00
6	Jeff	Thorp	42	1.42.54	1.40.40	1.40.40
7	Daryl	Miller	27	1.42.75	1.42.36	1.42.36
8	Patrick	Miller	45	1.43.37	1.42.53	1.42.53
9	Matt	Riley	51	1.45.62	1.44.01	1.44.01
10	Nils	Hempel	21	1.50.10	1.45.20	1.45.20
11	Jason	De Coux	29	1.47.35	2.00.34	1.47.35
12	Luke	Boenish	7	2.00.12	1.48.16	1.48.16
13	David	Tait	22	1.50.75	1.49.28	1.49.28
14	Christian	Castillo	13	1.58.61	2.15.55	1.58.61
15	Chad	Dean	81	2.01.63	1.59.98	1.59.98

Woman’s Podium

	First Name	Last Name	Bib #	Run 1	Run 2	Best Run
1	Camille	Lore	62	2.37.72	2.36.67	2.36.67

Men’s Beginner Podium

	First Name	Last Name	Bib #	Run 1	Run 2	Best Run
1	Dave	Grenwis	654	1.57.92	1.53.68	1.53.68
2	Curtis	Schuler	30	1.56.44	2.07.68	1.56.44
3	Michael	Mullaney	99	1.58.11	2.11.95	1.58.11
4	Brad	Masche	-8	2.05.01	2.07.72	2.05.01
5	Andres	Dominguez	9	2.12.83	2.08.53	2.08.53
6	Chad	Deraps	28	2.18.08	2.19.17	2.18.08

Men’s Junior’s Podium

	First Name	Last Name	Bib #	Run 1	Run 2	Best Run
1	Nate	Sievers	66	1.46.37	1.44.64	1.44.64
2	Nick	Bither	222	2.07.66	1.53.52	1.53.52
3	Andris	Delins	100	DNF	2.26.17	2.26.17

Pulled this from one of Shad’s posts! Great work Shad and crew! We’ll do our best to keep people posted but for the most up-date stuff check out http://f-bom.blogspot.com

From Shad:
This is what we got done so far. We had a major delay (about 8 hours) due to a long midday rainfall on Saturday. It was so bad that the skid steer could not even drive Sunday morning……it took until about noon before we were able to fully get use of the skid steer. We did have a big Cat front end loader to move dirt around, so that helped. We stuck it out until 9pm this evening and the image above is the near finished product. We were not able to get the pump track in, that will go in next weekend if the weather cooperates.

More updates as this project progresses on the f-bom blog.

If you want to go check it out and ride it……have at it.

Thanks to Behind-Bars Bike Shop, Twin Six, and Red Bull for their swag and support of the volunteers.

Holy hell those guys sure know how to dig fast! First build day at the bike park went off with out a hitch it looks like! Ben Blitch is in town for the week building. In two days they got a beautiful looking pump track already done and rideable! Props to the guys at CORP for doin’ this! I’ll be headed up there from Chicago this coming weekend. Be sure to check back for some video of the pump track!

More photos from the build day are at this link! Grabbed it from Quattro over on www.madcitydirt.org!
Pics here!

Some videos to keep you occupied on this rainy Thursday.

Just a Reminder
All tickets that are purchased in advance will be entered into a drawing to win one of several great prizes! Presale tickets will be available for purchase online until Friday May 7th at Midnight. After that, you’ll have buy your ticket at the door.

If you have already purchased your ticket, it will be waiting for you at the ticket window; please bring either your receipt or an I.D. to redeem it.

Tickets

Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door

More stokage comin’ at ya courtesy of Anthill Films! If you haven’t got your tickets ya better get on it!

Been a minute since Alex has shot any biking footage and I got really excited when he fired it over to me! Check it out!

Comments

Location: Pleasant View Golf Course!
Time : 8:00am – 1:00pm Saturday May 15th
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May 15 is our community work day. We will build the pump track and plan to ride it when we’re done.

8 AM is standard club work day time but we will be working all day (and week).

We will have club tools but you may want to bring a shovel and/or clippers for pruning if we have a large turnout.
——————————————————-Get out and lend a hand guys!

Tickets are now available at: http://mfcmtb.com/followme

Presale tickets are $10
Tickets at the door will be $12

Prepaid tickets will be handed out at the main window the day of the show. Also, all prepaid tickets will be entered into a drawing for a sweet piece of swag!

People started buying them before I got a chance to post. Raise your hand if you’ve already got yours?

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