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Fluidride Cup: Series Final

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on October 1, 2008
in Events, Mark Brent, News and Info, Race Results, Shovelpick and Video
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The season is over. We have come to the end. The master clock has stopped ticking… blah, blah

FRCUP6_115.jpgI don’t know about you, but I can’t get racing out of my head. The competition was getting better. The courses were dialed. The fun was not done! Alas, the final Fluidride Cup race had been run. The series’s final rankings were known. The best riders had won.

Bart McDaniel set a standard for us all. He won again and broke the virtual tie he had with Lars Sternberg in the overall placement. Lars took third in this sixth race. Luke Strobel off the World Cup circuit took third. Eric Loney and Charlie Sponsel laid down some sick times to take fourth and fifth overall. I look forward to seeing these two as Pros next year.

Everyone stepped up their game. The talk in the parking lot and on the lifts, was not of a season ending, but the talk of riders still looking to get their best run of the season. And many did! You wouldn’t have known that the season was coming to an end. Check out the DH Photos by Dawn Brent

A special note, for Eric Loney: here is one of the greatest competitors. He hit the ground twice on Saturday during the Dual Slalom. He was giving it his all. In the parking lot he showed me the dent in his helmet and said, “Imagine if that was my head!” Actually, I think he broke two helmets. But, after taking a beating and wearing himself out, he came back on Sunday and took 2nd in the Semi-Pro race taking the overall for the series. Long live Dual Slalom! Check out the DS Photos by Carl Warren

FRCUP6_76.jpgIt was really great to hear Mike Estes on the mic keeping us all happy and in the moment. Mike is a great competitor, friend and cheerleader of the sport.

Healing vibes to all that got hurt this weekend and this season. We look forward to seeing you healed and fresh on the trails this winter. Peace and go ride!

Video By Miles “Shovelpick” Sullivan

Watch Video By Andy Tran of The FRCUP 6 DH

Check Out All The Galleries For The Series

FR Cup 1 by Carl Warren
FR Cup 2 by Carl Warren
FR Cup 3 by Carl Warren
FR Cup 4 by Carl Warren
FR Cup 5 by Carl Warren
FR CUP 6 by Carl Warren
FR Cup 6 DS by Carl Warren
Fluidride Cup All Races by Mark and Dawn Brent

Check out the Fluidride Cup Blog Archive.

Fluidride Cup #5

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on September 18, 2008
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Bart McDaniel did it again! He narrowly beat Lars Sternberg by 2 seconds in a combined time for two runs. That’s cutting it close. Nathan Riddle and Simon Lawton were back a small step in 3rd and 4th respectively. Another honorable mention is Jared Hobbes, a semi-pro rider, who took 4th overall. It was a great weekend of racing. With so many riders tightly together in the overall points, many duals are set for the last weekend. Bart McDaniel and Lars Sternberg are virtually tied a top the pro ranks. This scenario is replicated through out the classes. See you all on the 26th and 27th of September.

Video By Miles (Shovelpick) Sullivan

Gallery by Carl Warren (Go To Gallery Page)

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Read Simon Lawton’s Great Write Up.

Fluidride Cup # 5 Results
Fluidride Cup Overall Points
The Overall Points can be seen here in a web app that Matt Patterson created. While the results should be the same, Matt Patterson uses a slightly different way to calculate the points. Greg of Huricane Racing (Skibowl) waits until the last race to drop the lowest results. Remember a riders gets to drop their two lowest results.

Fluidride Cup #4: Port Angeles

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on August 26, 2008
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Sunday’s lesson came in the form of a rain storm. Everything we had practiced seemed doomed to be irrelevant. Saturday was dry and fast, Sunday threatened to be fast and slick. Even if you stuck your line, it seemed that you’d quickly go down. However, the riders who won, ran the same race in the wet as they had practiced in the dry. The word is that Bart McDaniel’s time from the qualifying when it had just begun to rain, was the same for the finals when the course was drenched. So, the lesson is, “Ride the rain just like you ride the dry.”

FR Cup #4 Results

This Video From Miles Sullivan


This Gallery From Carl Warren:

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Bart McDaniel took the pro race with Lars Sternberg and Curtis Keene of Decine/Team America in 2nd and 3rd. Derrick Chambers and Kieran Bennett were 4th and 5th. Katie Holden and Joy Mutoli were the pro women podium. The Semi-Pro podium was Nick Tuttle, Bo McGee, and Mountain Man Keith Thompson. Brian Guse with a pro time, bested Even Gilsdorf and the newcommer Andrew Widman in Junior X. Andrew first raced in Beginner at the start of this year, now he’s getting on the podium in Junior X. He’s a product of Simon Lawton’s Fluidride Race Camps. Great future!

For more photos and text… Continue reading ‘Fluidride Cup #4: Port Angeles’

Fluidride Cup #2 Recap

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on May 12, 2008
in Events, Mark Brent, News and Info, Race Results and Video
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Pro Men: 1) Lars Sternberg 2) Andrew Mitchell 3) Bart Mcdaniel

Pro/Expert Women: 1) Katie Holden 2) Leanna Gerrard 3) Dawn Lambert 4) Joy Mutoli

Full Results: DH 2 Results DS 2 Results

This weekend was supposed to rain in Port Angeles, WA for Fluidride Cup Race #2. We got rain. At night while we all slept and dreamed of fast lines. We woke each morning to sunshine and perfect dirt. A perfect weekend for speed. In fact, I heard many racers talking about dealing with the speed of the course. “I feel I’m a little behind my bike.” “I’ve never felt faster” It was fast and the final times showed this. It also is possible that this is why there were so many injuries. But, we won’t dwell on this. Healing Vibes All. Now, there are three things that I must share about this weekend with you all… Continue reading ‘Fluidride Cup #2 Recap’

Fluidride Cup #1 Video

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on April 15, 2008
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After Watching the Video, check out the full post on the event for results and photos.

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Fluidride Cup DH/DS #1 Results

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on April 7, 2008
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Boop, beep, beep, beep, beeep!
FRCup159.jpg Racer brain takes over on that last high pitch beep and like a snapped rubber band the racer is pushed toward the finish line. The weekend began for some riders on Friday the early practice day. The rain was coming down when we arrived, and after the first practice run every hole and crevice of bike and rider was covered and packed in mud and water. But, then the rain stopped as practice ended. The blue sky portended of the great weekend to come. By the time the rain came again, Luke Strobel and Katrina Strand had taken the top spot in the podium for the pros. Continue reading ‘Fluidride Cup DH/DS #1 Results’