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Paris Mountain DH 2009 - Registration OPEN

brado1

brado1

Monkey
Jan 2, 2008
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On Saturday, October 17th 2009, Greenville, South Carolina's Paris Mountain State Park will be the setting for this second annual downhill mountain bike race. Upstate SORBA (Southern Off-Road Bike Association) chapter is teaming with Greenville County Recreation District and Title Sponsor St. Francis Sports Medicine to bring this event to Paris Mountain.

Friday night the 16th we'll have our Pre-Race Party / Register/Check-In at Barley's Taproom (upstairs) downtown Greenville. There will be a raffle and this party is open to all area cyclist; all ages welcome, must be 21 to drink! 1 Raffle ticket per registered rider... Additional Raffle tickets will be available for $5. (last year we had a lot of stuff, and we're working to top last years prizes)

Entry Fees:

- Pre Registered $50 via Active.com ( Now Open) (closes 10/14/09)

- Night Before Party or Day of Race (if available) $60. Cash only!
Registration does not include $2 per day park use fee

Note: there is a Rider Cap of 100 for this event - Event will be held rain or shine.

Cash pay outs for Pro Classes and Prize pay outs for all other classes.

Last year's event we had 89 riders (2 national champs) with nearly 600 spectators


Website is Up & Running but going thru a few tweaks here and there...

http://www.parismountaindownhill.com/


We are still looking for Volunteers to help make this race happen. Feel free to contact me, Jay, Cecil or Renee if you are interested in helping out. Last year's event was huge.... actually it was a little bigger than we expected for a first time event. Almost too big for our small group of volunteers, so we would appreciate any help you're willing to give. we're working on food and swag for the volunteers -


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j2d013

j2d013

Monkey
Jun 28, 2005
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Count me in, whats up w/ the Dig Days...... Us G'Vegas riders are stoooooked about this race being held again in our backyard. Please let me know what I can do to help. I'm sure I can get Josh to help also. I'm not speaking for him but we have talked about this a good bit.
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
j2d013 said:
Count me in, whats up w/ the Dig Days...... Us G'Vegas riders are stoooooked about this race being held again in our backyard. Please let me know what I can do to help. I'm sure I can get Josh to help also. I'm not speaking for him but we have talked about this a good bit.
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Sorry, been slack on the work days. I have been very busy lately. I will be going to NJ next weekend, but plain to do a work day the Next Saturday after that, the 8th. Plan to get the guys ready for it. I have been in touch with Josh and he is ready to help too.

We plan to make this race much better than last years race and the course will be longer this year so be ready for it!!!!

Cecil
 
j2d013

j2d013

Monkey
Jun 28, 2005
131
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G' Vegas,SC
FCLinder said:
Sorry, been slack on the work days. I have been very busy lately. I will be going to NJ next weekend, but plain to do a work day the Next Saturday after that, the 8th. Plan to get the guys ready for it. I have been in touch with Josh and he is ready to help too.

We plan to make this race much better than last years race and the course will be longer this year so be ready for it!!!!

Cecil
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Sweet just let us know, we have been training hard all summer. Been riding at Wilson and Canyons. My new favorite places to ride, and spending a lot of time at Paris, of course.
 
brado1

brado1

Monkey
Jan 2, 2008
248
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Man, could you whine a little more Butch, damn... you know that little stretch you rode anyways with the sharp right down to get to the road & shelter for the shuttle? yeah that is now part of the course. we're putting the finish on that trail before the road.... so yeah that makes two small uphill pedal sections....

If we ran the course to the Amphitheater yeah that'd be a SuperD
 
drkenan

drkenan

anti-dentite
Oct 1, 2006
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west asheville
Super D or not, I'm excited as heck about this race. I had a rough time last year but it was still really fun.

I'm surprised no one is talking about how incredibly awesome the image ad looks.
 
bizutch

bizutch

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Dec 11, 2001
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brado1 said:
Man, could you whine a little more Butch, damn... you know that little stretch you rode anyways with the sharp right down to get to the road & shelter for the shuttle? yeah that is now part of the course. we're putting the finish on that trail before the road.... so yeah that makes two small uphill pedal sections....

If we ran the course to the Amphitheater yeah that'd be a SuperD
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...hmmm, I thought it was to the ampitheatre....maybe I'll just delete my post. How much time will that add to the course?:p
 
Mulestar

Mulestar

Turbo Monkey
Sep 18, 2007
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Still thinking about building new sections towards the bottom Cecil? Let me know if you need any help with that. I'll try to make some of the dig days if I'm in town.

Really psyched the scene in my hometown has come so far since I left!
 
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steve owens

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May 22, 2008
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Hendersonville,N.C.
Looking forward to the race this year. I fractured my wrist just before last years race and now feel ready for some good,fun downhill. Let me know if you guys have any workdays on tuesdays or saturdays.
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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Maybe next year. Lots of Red Tape there and a lot of time to just get an ok to do it. Not going to happen this year. Its to much for anyone of us to handel right now in our lifes. Making sure the Race still happens is enough for us right now.

Mulestar said:
Still thinking about building new sections towards the bottom Cecil? Let me know if you need any help with that. I'll try to make some of the dig days if I'm in town.

Really psyched the scene in my hometown has come so far since I left!
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FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
I will be holding a Work day on (Edit: New Date on the 15th). Let’s meet at the Top Circle around 9:30 and work till about lunch, then go get Beers. We will be working our way form the Top down the DH course.

Feel free to E-Mail me if you have questions:
cecil.linder@gmail.com

Cecil
 
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FCLinder

FCLinder

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Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
The Dig Day at Paris Mt. will be pushed back till the 15th of this month due to the Beach Race and another SORBA Dig Day was already scheduled this weekend. Please come out to help us make the DH course even better for you to race on this year.

On a Second note I would like to welcome a new Sponsor for the 2009 race:

MRP, they are putting up a lot of nice stuff for us to give out to you guys!!!!

Check out thier site:
http://www.mrpbike.com/

Thanks,
Cecil
 
brado1

brado1

Monkey
Jan 2, 2008
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G'Vegas SC


Trail Work on Sulphur Springs Trail (DH Course) from 9AM - 3ish
Tools will be provided, bring gloves, water/lunch/snack

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=greenville,+sc&daddr=34.931471,-82.384243&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&sll=34.900081,-82.389479&sspn=0.081235,0.115099&ie=UTF8&z=14][b]Directions Here[/b

We'll be working on the Paris Mountain Downhill Race Course sections.
Location : Sulphur Springs Shelter 5&6 -Paris Mountain State Park , Greenville SC
Contact : Brad or Cecil
 
NCrider5

NCrider5

Chimp
Jul 9, 2008
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Asheville NC
so are there any practice runs scheduled? never ridden the track before and wondering if i need to get down there to practice myself or do it on race day?
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2002
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NCrider5 said:
so are there any practice runs scheduled? never ridden the track before and wondering if i need to get down there to practice myself or do it on race day?
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You can practice the day before the race on Friday the 16th. Course will be marked then. You will have to shuttle yourself or shuttle with friends on Friday. The only shuttle that will be provided will be on Race day for practice and race. Insurance for races is too high to pay for it two days to cover the shuttle on Friday. I am sure there will be plenty of people shuttling friday that you can get in with.

Cecil
 
Jeremy R

Jeremy R

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Nov 15, 2001
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Metal Dude said:
So the course will go down to the road? I thought the poll showed peeps wanted the same course as last year? Takes the big bikes out I guess.
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Nah Chuck,
The start and finish line is going to be in the same place.
The parts we are changing were the straightaways that are eroded root balls.
Just throwing in some s berms to give the trail more flow, while keeping in the tech sections. It will be as big bike friendly as last year.
 
brado1

brado1

Monkey
Jan 2, 2008
248
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G'Vegas SC
Metal Dude said:
So the course will go down to the road? I thought the poll showed peeps wanted the same course as last year? Takes the big bikes out I guess.
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Jeremy speaks truth, i just forgot to change the event map on the site, my bad...

Trail work day this Saturday if anyone want to help us create some more berms,



we'll provide lunch and beverages :cheers:afterwards, prolly over at Titos Pizza again like last time.
 
Metal Dude

Metal Dude

Turbo Monkey
Apr 7, 2006
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Smackdonough, GA
Sorry- I was confused by earlier post saying something about extending it to near the road and Cecil saying times would be longer at 3.00+

So you're saying it will be the same start-finish as last time just changing some
straits in between?
 
brado1

brado1

Monkey
Jan 2, 2008
248
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G'Vegas SC
Metal Dude said:
Sorry- I was confused by earlier post saying something about extending it to near the road and Cecil saying times would be longer at 3.00+

So you're saying it will be the same start-finish as last time just changing some
straits in between?
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same course as last year Start at the top, finish is just before the last (3rd) bridge. Only change is some of the straight fall line sections of trail are getting carved into switched back bermed turns, and one or two more rock sections added.

3min times would've been if we had ran the course down to the Podium / shuttle pick up area.
 
Metal Dude

Metal Dude

Turbo Monkey
Apr 7, 2006
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Smackdonough, GA
Kool thanks for clearing that up for me, hope I didn't create more confusion.
Yeah, I saw the pics of the switch backs you guys added so far and they look great!
Keep at it, I am sure after last year's event it will be nothing but, Awesome!
 
bradical

bradical

Monkey
Dec 9, 2003
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G-Vegas SC
Could be the perfect opportunity to come out of retirement/ enter my first race...

Excited by the progress out there.. Great job guys
 
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