2012 East Coast Downhill schedule
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I've never been there, or even heard of it. but here is a link to a website.
http://www.swain.com/mountain-biking/
http://www.swain.com/mountain-biking/
Swain is in western NY. It's a fun place for that area. I LOVE trail #5 Lil' Plattekil
I have a couple videos of swain posted on pb user name Davr
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about f-ing time. never understood the friday-saturday schedule. it's hard for me to get friday's off unless it's months in advance.
added Swain and Massanutten.
edit; and windham
edit; and windham
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dont forget Windham on July 14-15
I hope this link is of use to some of you. My site doesn't split things into east coast/west coast though, so you'll have to make do with seeing lots of west coast races as well... Still, might be useful to see things laid out in a calendar format:
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/
Has every race that's listed in this thread. If you spot anything that's missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. My OCD takes care of the rest
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/
Has every race that's listed in this thread. If you spot anything that's missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. My OCD takes care of the rest
FYI that website is fantastic. Incredible job.
can i make a motion for the mods to take down the 2011 thread and put this thread as a sticky?
Anyone know if Massanutten is a USAC sanctioned event?
For those of us who have to travel Saturday Races are way more fun IMO. I like practicing friday/saturday, racing saturdayPM, and then having sunday to ride for fun and/or get back home in time for work on monday.
Riding/racing until 3 or 4 or 5 in the afternoon on a sunday, not being able to party after the race or just relax, and having to jump back in the car to get home for work sucks, espescially considering it's usually 10+ hours back home.
Pre Registration live:https://www.bikereg.com/Net/15750
NEW PRESS RELEASE:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/downhill-racing-returns-to-massanutten
We have not committed, but have considered going with the USAC State Championship bid for 2012.
This allows more folks to qualify from each age group and catagory for NC. I need to check to see if the 2012 applications have been updated.
PM works if anyone would like to share the request to have Massanutten sanctioned by USAC. We can also create a new thread if neccesary.
Please refrain from derailing the schedule thread with usac pro and cons.
It cost a pretty penny to sanction events. In the overall pricing we feel Massanutten has offered great racing at a very fair price. Free camping, parking, and practice the day prior to race. Our races have one fee that includes the practice day lift for no charge.
We created the open class years ago for bragging rights only. We have you complete the one day license form from usac. The open class does not qualify folks for the National Championship.
If we choose to sanction our race I will try and offer the open class again for those riders that refuse to keep the yearly license up to date. We would like everyone to race at Massanutten as the season kickoff. I wish our race counted in every series on the East Coast.
Updated 2/28/2012
We are a non sanctioned event for 2012, but the price is right if you preregister.
We have a $10.00 late fee for Saturday and $15.00 for Sunday morning.
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The Friday practice and Saturday race worked for us. The chairlift was already scheduled to operate on Friday for the resort guest scenic chair lift ride. By moving our race back into April the chairs are not operating on Friday. We moved out of May due to college Graduation and Mothers Day each year falling on our race date. We also felt like it opened the schedule for more events.
We only have so many weekends in a race season.
Thanks for the info. It would be awesome to offer another race somewhat close to the SE as a qualifier, which is why I asked.
Anyone know if Herndon and company have nailed down Beech Mtn Qualifier dates yet? I would assume that they have dates at this point scheduled with the Mountain (good assumption? bad assumption?). Please share guys. 
Just had word that Snowshoe round 3 has been moved from 29/30 September to 22/23 September, so as not to clash with the GES Finals at Seven Springs.
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/216/
(This hasn't been updated on Snowshoe's site yet)
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/216/
(This hasn't been updated on Snowshoe's site yet)
I hear ya, it's tough since mountain biking doesn't have a big enough draw to open the lifts on our own very often. April is right around the corner, I'd like to hit as many races as I can looks like this year I am going to just have to take more mondays off and less thursdays.
Love the website, keep up the good work!
Now if the GES would just move the location of the Finals...
ESC have released another venue, Attitash on 3rd June.
Nine races so far, and a few more still to come!
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/217/
http://www.rootsandrain.com/series217/2012-eastern-states-cup/
Nine races so far, and a few more still to come!
http://www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2012/wc,us/217/
http://www.rootsandrain.com/series217/2012-eastern-states-cup/
I for one really appreciate your OCD. It shows.Has every race that's listed in this thread. If you spot anything that's missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. My OCD takes care of the rest
anybody know anything about the Quebec cup? Tried looking but couldn't find much. although I think Mount Saint Anne has their race on August 18-19th
Seven Springs actually has a decent course with some gnar if they run it down the north face. (anyone remember collegiate nat'ls '04-,05)
If it's the same course as last year I'm skipping the GES and racing the Snowshoe series and a few other races. I wanted to race the whole GES this year but if it comes down to racing for the overall at seven springs that's a joke.
It's an endurance downhill event I'm told. Details are still being worked out on exactly what that entails though.
that MSA race is their National championships. correct me if I'm wrong but us mericans cant race that. if you go on the velirium web site it shows they have a quebec cup on august 18th and 19th. same as killington ESC 
Do they? Link? I can see one on June 18/19 of last year, can't see any relevant 2012 dates on their site?that MSA race is their National championships. correct me if I'm wrong but us mericans cant race that. if you go on the velirium web site it shows they have a quebec cup on august 18th and 19th. same as killington ESC
http://www.velirium.com/competitions-en/quebec-cup-downhill
Its confusing because it shows results from last year underneath. but the race last year was in June, also august 19th is a sunday in 2012
Its confusing because it shows results from last year underneath. but the race last year was in June, also august 19th is a sunday in 2012
Paris Mtn (SC) Downhill 2012 State Championship Nov. 17-18
2013 National Qualifier
I also vote for thread sticky.
2013 National Qualifier
I also vote for thread sticky.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/249030288507744/?notif_t=event_invite
Clemson will be Sat March 3rd.
Clemson will be Sat March 3rd.
updated.
if anyone sees anything missing, please let me know
if anyone sees anything missing, please let me know
From the preliminary schedule, here's the list of DH events in Quebec:
-Canada Cup #1, Mont Tremblant, May 18-20
-National Champs, Mont-Sainte-Anne, July 5-8
-MTB Adrenaline Festival, Sugarloaf (New-Brunswick), July 13-15
-Quebec Provincial Champs, Massif Du Sud, September 1-2
-Canada Cup #1, Mont Tremblant, May 18-20
-National Champs, Mont-Sainte-Anne, July 5-8
-MTB Adrenaline Festival, Sugarloaf (New-Brunswick), July 13-15
-Quebec Provincial Champs, Massif Du Sud, September 1-2
Do you have an address for this race? Or directions? I went to clemsonfreeride.com and it looks like its not a functioning site anymore
Trying to upload a pic of the location.
No address but maybe this will help. Red dots are approx parking locations.... either off the main road at the top or turning off the main road and parking at the bottom. Might be out there Sat.
Google map link for Clemson: http://maps.google.co.uk?q=34.744822,-82.865367
From last year's results it seems to be quite short, winning time of about 1min30.
Few videos of the place on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clemson+freeride
From last year's results it seems to be quite short, winning time of about 1min30.
Few videos of the place on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clemson+freeride
So we hike our bike back up the trail or is there a specified route back to the top?
There is a fireroad that parallels the trail, only about 20 or 30 feet away. U can push back up that road. For a first timer, I would suggest parking at the bottom (assuming the gate is open, i think it is, there was a car on the same road over at Issaqueena on Sunday)... unless you find someone that knows or goes with someone that knows, parking at the top can be alittle confusing until you figure it out.
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