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Fluidride Cup: Series Final

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on October 1, 2008

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The season is over. We have come to the end. The master clock has stopped ticking… blah, blah

I 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

It 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 #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:

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’

Silveroxx

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on July 29, 2008

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Last weekend’s Silveroxx Downhill Mountain Bike Festival at Silver Mountain, ID was a blast! On tap were two days filled with enough high-speed gravity action to satisfy any adrenaline junkie. On top of that, it was a great time to hang out with friends from the other side of the state who I only get to see once or twice a year — and to meet some new folks too. Continue reading ‘Silveroxx’

USA National Championships

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mark brent

on July 17, 2008

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Saturday and Sunday Racing
A small storm came into the area Saturday night and made the course more interesting for the expert racers. As the day went on, between pro and expert practice in the morning, the ruts began to show in the muddiest areas of the course. The flat, slightly up hill root section became even more impossible to navigate (see my comments below to learn how they messed me up in my race). But in the end, the racing was fabulous and the competition was stiff.

When the pros raced on Sunday, the rain threatened again, but held off and everyone got an equal chance at winning. Well, almost everyone. I counted at least 10 flats. Geritt Beytagh won by two seconds over Cody Warren. They were the only riders to break 5 minute mark. Geritt had a great week, coming in second to Eric Carter in the Dual Slalom. Duncan Riffle was third, Curtis Keene fourth and Ryan Condrashoff came in fifth. Everyone agreed that the course was a brutal mix of gnar and peddling. Kathy Pruitt flatted so she was unable to revenge Melissa Buhl for her loss to Melissa in the dual slalom. Marla Streb got second by only 2.9 seconds. The rest of the pack was way back and included Dawn Bourque, Darian Harvey and Allegra Burch.

Full Results

I’ll follow this up in the next few days with more photos and a video. Off to Mt. Saint Anne for the World Cup.

Continue reading ‘USA National Championships’

Mt Hood Racing: Fluidride #3

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mark brent

on July 12, 2008

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Sunday’s Results:
Bryn Atkinson got 1st in the Pro Men Podium. Lars Sternberg was 2nd, Bart McDaniel was 3rd, and Luke Strobel was 4th. Sunday wasn’t as hot, but it was still quite toasty and the dust made it worse. But there was racing going on, and that meant everyone was having fun. Even if they were crashing. Download Results

These Photos by Dawn Brent

Continue reading ‘Mt Hood Racing: Fluidride #3′

Upcoming Races In The PNW

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on July 9, 2008

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Silveroxx, Idaho - details
July 19th, and 20th - 2 day festival

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, BC. - details
Sunday, July 13th. They need volunteers, badly. Contact Steph Grassi

Fluidride Cup #3 - Mt Hood, Or. - details
July 12 and 13th.

Beacon Blowout 08

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mark brent

on June 3, 2008

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Once a year the freeride course on Beacon Hill in Spokane, Washington lends its rock faces and dry eastern forest dirt to a downhill race. Unlike last years race, this race had near perfect conditions, zero scandals, and smiles for everyone. It wasn’t all perfect - let’s see, Saturday was hot and very dry. For those of us not used to sun stroke, dangerous even. But then it rained early Sunday morning and drizzled during the morning’s activities making the dirt perfect! Continue reading ‘Beacon Blowout 08′

Long Live Slalom

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on May 16, 2008

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This video of the Fluidride Cup #2 Dual Slalom tells that story of grassroots dual slalom. Sure the pros are the stars, but in the local scene, even the fans yelling from the sideline get their 15 minutes. Some may claim that dual slalom is destined for “Friday nights under the lights.” Who really knows. The truth is, it’s fun and it’s making a comeback.

You can watch this low resolution version here, or you can (right click and save) and download an HD quality version here (Apple TV format playable with any updated quicktime player).

Also the podcast is always a better quality than the flash video here.

To See Video Continue reading ‘Long Live Slalom’

Fluidride Race Camp

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mark brent

on May 6, 2008

in Events, Mark Brent, News and Info and Training

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Last weekend I got the opportunity to both cover and participate in the Fluidride Race Camp. As many of you know, my love for riding is a two-headed beast. One head is for sure Bones Over Metal and the bike media I work on. The other head is my own riding and racing. Lucky for me, both of these heads want to go in the same direction and attending the Fluidride Race Camp allowed me to exercise both of these interests. Continue reading ‘Fluidride Race Camp’

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