Your best bet for a day trip from RI would be Highland. It's mostly groomed/bermy/jumpy but there is some raw gnar stuff too on Threshold, Maiden Voyage, Eastern Hemlock... They've also got a big air bag thing you can practice hucking into... and a foam pit as well... awesome dirt jumps and...
I agree too.
Though I think many people went to Sugarbush because it was on the way to MSA. The pro field outnumbered all the other racers put together.
Thanks for posting this! I'm not so nervous about it anymore. Though those big jumps at the bottom... what happens if you don't make it? Will there be an option to go short without dying?
Changes need to start small: Promoters, please use proper grammar and spelling in your press releases.
Also, please make sure riders' names are spelled correctly in the results - especially when the riders request that they are corrected :)
@gemini2k: sadly the YardSale section at Mount...
I know, seriously! No mountains here... just the occasional mound of rock.
Like Whiteface - 3216' vertical
and Sugarbush -2552' vertical
Actually, it would be really cool to have a race at Sugarloaf/USA. Supposedly that happened once upon a time.
Angel Fire is fun too though.
It will be fun to go back to Angelfire. I did collegiate nationals there in 2006 and the course was great. Yes, there were some pedally fire roads. There were also steep rock gardens. Everything was *big* and the course was really long. Not to mention it started at 11,000 feet. :thumb:
Do you think any of the big names might show up for the Whiteface festival race June 15-17? That would be cool. It's the weekend before MSA... could be a nice North American "warm up." If trying to get the international crowd that weekend might make more sense since the next two are MSA and Windham.
I think it's more what you're used to. Coming from BMX I'm much more comfortable with other riders on the track and I don't mind the occasional pile-up. I'd rather be doing slalom or 4x. DH is so much more sketchy/scary/gnar but that's really all there is for racing at the moment.
To sort of...
Hayes Nines - so strong and not much modulation. The ones I have are still around. They've been retired to being on my xc bike at this point but they're 6 years old with little/no service and still work great.
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