Check it out guys, rolled up to Giant’s Ridge with a crew from MFC yesterday to check out the new DH trail they’ve built! Incredibly fun trail. Take Red Wing flip it on its head, add about 8 billion rocks, a fine dose of roots, then toss in some loamy dirt for good measure. Makes for a about 2:15 second run top to bottom at a pretty good clip! (Thor speed)

We’ll be hosting a race up there the weekend of Sept 10-12th. So come on up and check it out! More details on that coming in the next day or so.

Top to bottom video of Giant’s Ridge DH trail!

Talk about it!

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

Woman’s Podium

Men’s Beginner Podium

Men’s Junior’s Podium

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!

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?

wooooooooo

Of course you’re all going to be busy competing in the 1st race of the 2010 Jolly Roger DH Series on June 6th, but if you’re looking for something to do on the Friday before or the Sunday after, Shad Holland will be holding a build session for the Maple Plain dirt jumps.

According to Shad:

“The build dates are June 4th, 5th, and 6th. The project was supposed to get done late last fall, but delays caused us to have to put it off until 2010. So this is it, it’s all been approved by the city and is ready to go and the dates are set!

Most of the updates for this project will be happening in the f-bom blog at http://f-bom.blogspot.com.”

More info in the forums. »

Nordic Mountain DH is back this year. The race takes place June 19th & 20th. Racers will be able to put down one timed run on Saturday and one timed run on Sunday. The lifts will be running so you should be able to put in plenty of practice runs.

More info including entry fees and race times can be found at the Subaru Cup website.

Sounds like there might be an MFC contingent at the race this year. Will you be there?

“The Sub-9 Super D will be making it’s debut at Brown County State Park on Sunday, August 8, 2010. This is a family-friendly, action packed weekend. Join us for bike demos, pre-race clinics, bonfires, camping, and more. Check back soon for more information and frequently asked questions.”

More info at http://www.sub9superd.com/.

Comment here.

Last weekend saw the first running of the Biker-X race at Buck Hill hosted by the Midwest Freeride Community. It was a beautiful day to be out on the hill. While the warm temperatures were welcome after a long winter, it made for a soft course. But that just meant that no one got hurt when the inevitable carnage that follows sending four riders hurtling down a steep course happened. The riders navigated ten foot berms and rollers, all the while trying to keep it between the gates — and oh yeah, everything was made of snow — soft, slushy snow.

The Results

Men’s Beginner
1. Luke Baenish
2. Justin Roberts
3. Brian Paulson
4. Ray Osowski

Men’s Open
1. Thor Shellum
2. Rich Ohmdahl
3. Shawn Sheely
4. Zach Osowski

Media

Video

Helmet cam footage from the race. Rider: Josh Abrahamson

We even made the local news. Maybe next year we can tell them it’s pronounced Biker-Cross and not Biker-EX.

I myself shot a bunch of video, which I’m working on editing. Given my usual video timelines you should look for that sometime in the next 6 months.

Photos

We had almost as many photographers as riders at this race, which was great because they got some excellent shots.

More of Thomas Dunning’s Biker-X Photos

More of Michael Boehnlein’s Biker-X Photos

More of Buck Hill’s Biker-X photos

More of Peter Ryan’s Biker-X Photos

More of my Biker-X Photos

Thanks to Shockspital, Buck Hill, ODI, Kali Protectives and Spank for sponsoring the race.

Thanks to all the riders and spectators who came out to support gravity racing.

Thanks to Larry Martin for manning the starting gate, Kos for manning the finish line and Richzilla for helping Tony makes sense of double elimination brackets with four riders per round. Also thanks to Josh Sweet, Nick Ice and the dude in the blue t-shirt whose name I don’t know for keeping the last two jumps groomed throughout the race.

And finally thanks to Buck Hill for allowing us to run a race there and for all their work in getting the course ready. Special thanks to Jason the snow cat operator who let Tony and I ride along and give input on the course construction.

Did you manage to stay on your bike during the race? Share your stories here.

Richzilla will once again be putting on the BullRun Moto during the 2010 PugFest at Hillside Park this Sunday, Feb. 21st.

From Richzilla:

“Here’s the lowdown on the showdown. We are once again having the FREE moto event before the XC gig. This time it will be much earlier though, so that anyone who is racing both will have a bit of time to recover before the start of the XC race. The first heats will begin at 11:00am sharp, so don’t lolligag in the morning. We plan to be done with the Finals by 11:30 so you can change gear or pedals or whatever if you need to, before the XC start. There is only one class, OPEN. No entry fee. Primo prize for the fastest wheels. The race will be run like a 4x race. Four riders start each heat from random draw for lane choice. Top two riders advance to the next round. Run as many heats as necessary until we get to the final round of 4 riders. This will be a fast paced event with back-to-back rounds. No rest for the wicked. Save some for the final…”

More information on PugFest 2010 can be found here.

The smack talk happens now »

Josh Abrahamson (aka wildkona) is putting together a skatepark session for QBP’s Frostbike event on Feb. 20th.

In connection with QBP’s Frostbike, dealers, vendors and the local community are invited to a skatepark session at Showcase.
Feb 20th from 9-midnight bikes only. Respond if you are planning to attend as discounted admission will be available with a larger group. Demo bikes from Spank and other vendors jumping on board.
See you there

Post up if you’re planning to be there