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**Gravity East Series Schedule**
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DH mike was actually contemplating having a race from the top of big Whiteface, I think they will already run a shuttle up there if you ask them to.can we do shuttle runs from the top of Big Whiteface? that'd be sweet!!
They better, b/c they are losing their a$$ this winter! Great to see the east coast schedule. Does anyone know how many of the events will have slalom?
Butch, you know there are a few of us down here that would be welling to help build up there. Let us know and good job man!!!!
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Yeah....you can pretty much always count on me to help at Wolf---love that place......so steep and moist.
Yep, me and you built a berm one time in 10 minutes.Yeah....you can pretty much always count on me to help at Wolf---love that place......so steep and moist.
Gotta love moist dirt.
I am just excited that a local resort around here is interested in a bike park with lift accessed riding. Even more excited that it is an hour and fifteen minutes from home.
Interesting reading for locals:Yep, me and you built a berm one time in 10 minutes.
Gotta love moist dirt.
I am just excited that a local resort around here is interested in a bike park with lift accessed riding. Even more excited that it is an hour and fifteen minutes from home.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/BLUEMOUNTAINLIVING13/51129010/1078
Here's some skim-reading:
There is a hiking trail from the summit of the mountain to where the summit quad drops you off in the winter. I'm not sure if that trail is even rideable. From there it would be pretty easy to make it to where our race started last year.can we do shuttle runs from the top of Big Whiteface? that'd be sweet!!
It's a great idea that I have thought of before. If we ever do that you could veer left on your way down and end right at the flume(30 foot cliff diving spot) only 1.2 mikes from the base of Whiteface.
Total vertical would be 3,676 feet. You could also end up right at the base. The flume option would add a few miles of trail. Epic!
The potential we have here is world class!
Snowshoe has Race #1 on June 30-July 1
Race#2 on August 4-5
Race #3 on 7-9
Sweetness... no conflicts!
Race#2 on August 4-5
Race #3 on 7-9
Sweetness... no conflicts!
awsome thanks for the update profro.
count me in on that one thats awsome
Any further updates?
Classes? Prizes?
Classes? Prizes?
We are waiting to hear back from u.s.a.cycling. I expect our next conference call (between all race promoters) to happen soon. Especially since the Duryea race (Gravity East # 1) is up and posted.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=276726
As soon as more is figured out for this great series it will be posted here.
Downhill Mike
www.whiteface.com
Size does matter!
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=276726
As soon as more is figured out for this great series it will be posted here.
Downhill Mike
www.whiteface.com
Size does matter!
Any word on the July 14/15th yet?
2 weeks before the Sugar National.
It would be cool if it's in the same area or possibly a nearby mountain in Tennessee....
hey butch what is the update on wolf holding the race. mr cecil scared me last saturday and said there was a good chance it wasnt happening. so i figured id ask the man that had it all planned.
I have heard rumors of some venues backing out...can the dates be confirmed?
And if so, will the series totals for points standings be dropped (for example, from 7/9 to 5/7 races if the overall amount of races drops)?
And if so, will the series totals for points standings be dropped (for example, from 7/9 to 5/7 races if the overall amount of races drops)?
http://www.laurelvalleywatch.org/history.htm
This is Wolf's biggest issue right now. They're trying to force a septic plant on the local citizenship and put it in the heart of their waterways. They're also trying to put in a "airstrip" of some questionable nature. Locals and government are fighting them pretty hard. Can't say I blame the locals if you do the research on all of it.
Talked to them today and they can't commit to anything. Their stance is if they do something, they want to do it full bore and won't commit (recurring theme over their history). Bottom line. I'm pulling my event of the Gravity East schedule. No Wolf.
okay cool man. thanks for the update and well im deffinatly glad i did. ohh and i had a nice little conversation with tp on friday. he had some very intersting things to say.
Too bad Wolf - But the series looks more like a New England/Mid Atlantic
series than an East coast series if you live in the SE or near around Wolf.
series than an East coast series if you live in the SE or near around Wolf.
Haven't you heard Chuck. What with all the winter snow we get piled on here in the South East...the resorts do just fine without those silly mountain bikes. Nobody needs 'em here.
Props to IH, Todd and props to M.J.
Yeah they make soo much more $$ off the ski season it's just not
worth foolin with us hunh?
Is this a DH only series? are there any 4X races any where anymore? or did i miss that event quietly going the way of the buffalo? Can we get an update on races and dates that are still part of this?
The Whiteface 2nd annual 5 K DH is part of the Gravity East Series.
9-2-07 same course as last years (winning pro time of 6:36).
Same $5,000.00 pro cash purse and category 1 points on the u.s.a.c. national calendar.
See ya at the face
Downhill Mike
www.downhillmike.com (under constuction)
Size does matter!
9-2-07 same course as last years (winning pro time of 6:36).
Same $5,000.00 pro cash purse and category 1 points on the u.s.a.c. national calendar.
See ya at the face
Downhill Mike
www.downhillmike.com (under constuction)
Size does matter!
I do know that the TBA race will have Slalom. I think 4x may be dead in the US though...
murphy man have no fear i think most of those venues hold some sort or 4x event. i know that sugar deffinatly does. last year was there first year holding it and from what i could tell it was a major success so its comming back for all you 4x guys.
yo. It was slalom, not 4x..and it got made fun of. Not the locals fault either. They wouldn't let me design it. They wouldn't let Chuck and Juan touch it? So I offered Herndon's knowledge up. They called him up and he was even willing to do it, but they wouldn't grant him control of layout. So he just flat out didn't help. He didn't want his name associated with something that he couldn't design. Don't blame him either.
4x at a ski resort requires earth moving equipment and thinks like "cubic yards". Now, if you could build luxury sky boxes courseside with liquor and fine food...you'd get your 4x.
so TBA is still waiting "to be announced."
or do you have some beans to spill. :biggrin:
i'm guessing it's going to be another NE venue...
I am cooking the beansso TBA is still waiting "to be announced."
or do you have some beans to spill. :biggrin:
i'm guessing it's going to be another NE venue...
Jeepeater???
ohh thanks for the clarification butch. i wasnt exactly thinking at the top of my game when i wrote that last night.
Jeepeater???
Yes, I just secured a loan to have a double chair that the ASC donated installed, and the Grand Summit construction is going along nicely.
O.K. - I posted this in the Diablo forum but was looking for a bit more info:
...a question: Gravity East Series runs concurrently and as a part of other races, for example Duryea DH is Gravity East #1 and Diablo Domination #1 is Gravity East Series #3...
So on the Duryea site they ask you to register w/ BikeReg.com for the race... I'm assuming this puts you in the system w/ USAC for points.
Now, I won't be able to make it to Duryea, but I will be racing Domination #1 / Grav. East #3 but I didn't see any directions to register with USAC or BikeReg. on Diablo's website...
So if I register through Diablo's site, does this automatically mean I'm in USAC's system and that my points will show up in the Gravity East Series???
What's the deal? What's the situation here? What's the score?
...a question: Gravity East Series runs concurrently and as a part of other races, for example Duryea DH is Gravity East #1 and Diablo Domination #1 is Gravity East Series #3...
So on the Duryea site they ask you to register w/ BikeReg.com for the race... I'm assuming this puts you in the system w/ USAC for points.
Now, I won't be able to make it to Duryea, but I will be racing Domination #1 / Grav. East #3 but I didn't see any directions to register with USAC or BikeReg. on Diablo's website...
So if I register through Diablo's site, does this automatically mean I'm in USAC's system and that my points will show up in the Gravity East Series???
What's the deal? What's the situation here? What's the score?
It is up to the promoter to submit the results of the event.
edit:deleted b/c nobody sent me the latest email.
I just got off the phone with another local ski resort. They've not had an MTB event since 93, but said I'm welcome to submit a proposal. One big problem. They have no access road to get to the top of their ski hill. So if I held a DH, people would have to push up a 700 foot mountain.