Beech Mountain DH and DS Qualifier
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Pure SICK!!!!
I normally will send just about any jump, but that last jump was bucking me way bad!!!! To steep of a take off for the speed we were hitting it with. I wasn't going to take the risk!!! My hats off to those that did take the risk!!!!!
Cecil
I normally will send just about any jump, but that last jump was bucking me way bad!!!! To steep of a take off for the speed we were hitting it with. I wasn't going to take the risk!!! My hats off to those that did take the risk!!!!!
Cecil
Also what about some of the results that don't have the norba license # listed next to it? I assume its because I bought it the day before and had to put "Pending" in as my license when registering online.
i tried sending it once and since it was my last run of practice i wanted to get loose and try to style everything. came into a near inverted moto whip and didnt quite have the boost to clear it. i nose cased it by just a few inches which when i rolled down the lander casued my front to wash out and slammed down on my hip rather hard. needless to say i never tried it again.. slacking out the take off would make it a much more friendly jump that i would love to hitPure SICK!!!!
I normally will send just about any jump, but that last jump was bucking me way bad!!!! To steep of a take off for the speed we were hitting it with. I wasn't going to take the risk!!! My hats off to those that did take the risk!!!!!
Cecil
I reminded myself that I am not 19, nor can I jump well and elected to just hammer through it like it wasn't there.
Will, however, wins the award for most mega/uber/gnar huck to crush upright rolling almost wreck of the day on that bad boy.
Will, however, wins the award for most mega/uber/gnar huck to crush upright rolling almost wreck of the day on that bad boy.
I totally forgot to leave my feedback like Chris requested but it would have been ALL positive anyway. I really think that was the best race I've ever participated in.
One idea I'd love to present to the trail builders for their consideration...I think if the lip of that last table were a little flatter, it would probably make for better spectating just because more people would be able to clear it.
One idea I'd love to present to the trail builders for their consideration...I think if the lip of that last table were a little flatter, it would probably make for better spectating just because more people would be able to clear it.
Thanks Matt! I had a blast out there for sure. I have to give a huge THANK YOU to Andy DeVault for lending me his bike for the race. Took me a couple laps to get it under control, but it felt great after that. He also let me keep it until the Championships so I can get some practice in on it. Cant thank him enough for that. He is my official Sponsor for the Championships!
Where are those Joe Haley pics hitting the pro section!?
Who won the raffle? I must have missed it. Gotta be present to win?
I looked on USA cycling and the age group for Cat 1 are still just 19 to 39. Are they hopefully going to be broken down further? like 35 to 39 would be good. Then I could qualify and be able to race again.
There's a qualified riders list if you dig deep although I'm guessing it will take a few days to get updated. Best I can figure, I qualified but am not listed yet.
The qualified list for cat 1 35 to 39 is updated. Not on it though. It looks to me like they did not split out age cats on the results...
The link to the facebook photos says content is currently unavailable for me.
Go to Vital and you will find some great pics from Kristian Jackson....
https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbnationals/qual_list.php?disc=DH&sex=M&cat=03&age=30-39
The way this qualified riders list has the age's split up different
https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbnationals/qual_list.php?disc=DH&sex=M&cat=03
15-18
19-29
30-39
40+
Does anyone know if the nats are gonna have the age split up the way the qualifiers were or like it is on the links I posted?
Cat 1 Qualified riders
https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbnationals/qual_list.php?disc=DH&sex=M&cat=01
The way this qualified riders list has the age's split up different
https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbnationals/qual_list.php?disc=DH&sex=M&cat=03
15-18
19-29
30-39
40+
Does anyone know if the nats are gonna have the age split up the way the qualifiers were or like it is on the links I posted?
Cat 1 Qualified riders
https://www.usacycling.org/events/2011/mtbnationals/qual_list.php?disc=DH&sex=M&cat=01
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I finished 6th in Cat1 19-39 and I see riders that finished 11th & 12th that are on the qualifier list from Beech Mtn race that would be in my age group 35-39 class...
What i was trying to say was if they broke out our age classes at the race instead of doing 19-39 everyone would have qualified...not too fair putting us all together. I got 19th but if we were broken up I would have gotten 4th or something. You have to be in the top 15. I just want to ride there again this year. Called USA cycling to clean this up. I hope.
It looks like the riders in Cat 2 and 3 who didn't buy annual licenses aren't listed on the qualifiers list. Maybe that's just being processed? I dunno but that seems to be the consistent factor.
Video from The Beech!!! 
This course was awesome. Would be very happy to get to race this course again..My brother starts of in front and then Chuck Pitts cuts in.
This course was awesome. Would be very happy to get to race this course again..My brother starts of in front and then Chuck Pitts cuts in.
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If you don't have an annual license and just got the one day then you cannot race national finals. I bought the annual so i could hopefully qualify and get to race twice. Not happening if they do not break out the race ages like they should. It was for sure fun and lots of good peeps there...
The USA Cycling rep mentioned at reg before the DS on Sunday that if you qualify on a one day, you'll need to buy an annual license and then have USA Cycling connect your qualifying result to it. Otherwise they don't have a way to link the rider to the result. You also had the option of filling out paperwork for annual license on qualifying day and they would link your results together.
If anyone who bought the one day license wants to race finals, just finish paying the rest of the annual license fee. USAC used to apply any money from 1 day licenses during the season toward your total. So if you bought 3 one day licenses at $5 each, you'd only have to pay an additional $45 with your paid receipts.
Bummer that cat2 races Friday. Kinda ridiculous to force us to pay for a license that we'll hardly use.
In October?? Do they have an event scheduled for Oct??
We all knew this day would come months ago. We should have all ponied up, slapped on the spandex and terrorized some XC races by pushing the climbs and sending it off the steep stuff (take the inside line away) to get the most out of the license.
But hey, I paid because next year I get to rag doll a friggin' NC bike park with 4 up DH racks!!!
I like this except the bolded part that is just wrongWe all knew this day would come months ago. We should have all ponied up, slapped on the spandex and terrorized some XC races by pushing the climbs and sending it off the steep stuff (take the inside line away) to get the most out of the license.
But hey, I paid because next year I get to rag doll a friggin' NC bike park with 4 up DH racks!!!
Did you have mud spikes on? The lip is not really steep at all, its just a big ole tabletop.
Yep, agree 100%. Spend some time on proper DJs and that lip is very mellow.
That tabletop is a skill jump. IMO, a jump is not too lippy if you can hit it at full speed and stay low and that is what I was doing. You can't have a super mellow lip and expect to clear 35 feet on a jump that size. To clear it, you had to boost it and that is where the risk/skill comes in.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came out to the race.
I realize we have a long way to go, but we are trying and appreciate all the positive feedback.
This is a new endeavor for our resort staff, and frankly a little scary, when you come from a predominately ski background. It is a large investment, when you are unsure of the return, but this weekend proved that people are excited about the mountain. This event gave us the opportunity to test the tray system and work out some of the kinks before nationals.
A lot of you don't know me, as I am not on the hill on the bike, but I have been pushing my staff and the town to embrace MTB. I wanted to let everyone know that our staff and management was very excited after the event.
Some of the comments I hear:
"wow, I wish skiers were this nice"
"everyone says thank you, I don't hear that much in the winter"
"this really is something"
"I wouldn't mind working more weekends, if people are this nice"
So, I just wanted everyone to know that we really we have something special and we are going to capitalize on it. It means a lot all the thank you, even to the guys running the lifts. It goes a long way. The town and resort are very appreciative, and though we are moving into this slow, we hope to improve and make it better.
A big thanks to herndon, mike, and danny, because we would be nowhere without their wisdom and hard work..
My email is tfreeman@skibeech.com, if anyone has any questions or comments...
Thanks Again,
Talia Freeman
I realize we have a long way to go, but we are trying and appreciate all the positive feedback.
This is a new endeavor for our resort staff, and frankly a little scary, when you come from a predominately ski background. It is a large investment, when you are unsure of the return, but this weekend proved that people are excited about the mountain. This event gave us the opportunity to test the tray system and work out some of the kinks before nationals.
A lot of you don't know me, as I am not on the hill on the bike, but I have been pushing my staff and the town to embrace MTB. I wanted to let everyone know that our staff and management was very excited after the event.
Some of the comments I hear:
"wow, I wish skiers were this nice"
"everyone says thank you, I don't hear that much in the winter"
"this really is something"
"I wouldn't mind working more weekends, if people are this nice"
So, I just wanted everyone to know that we really we have something special and we are going to capitalize on it. It means a lot all the thank you, even to the guys running the lifts. It goes a long way. The town and resort are very appreciative, and though we are moving into this slow, we hope to improve and make it better.
A big thanks to herndon, mike, and danny, because we would be nowhere without their wisdom and hard work..
My email is tfreeman@skibeech.com, if anyone has any questions or comments...
Thanks Again,
Talia Freeman
Having a 38 year old motor running on an empty tank in the 50 feet of sprint leading up doesn't help either.
These are the results from the dual slalom. I am breaking them down by age category in order to submit them to USAC so that pretty much everyone will qualify. I will post those shortly so that age groups can be double checked before I submit the results.
Cat 1 Team
1 162 Will Murray
2 156 Clayton Omer App State
3 151 Alexander Dawson
4 143 Thomas Wilkinson
5 142 Andy Devault SEI Racing
6 163 Brandon Hopkins
7 154 Dave Bethea The Bike Shop
8 161 Jerry Mailloux
9 149 Andrew Ingram Lunar Cycling
10 160 Tripp Bagnal
11 159 Asher Blackmore Brevard College
12 147 Gary Bethea
13 139 Micheal Cobler Cycletherapy
14 153 Todd Plessel
Cat 2
1 244 Kevin Quillan
2 225 Kurt Dressler Capital Investment Companies
3 224 John Shane O'Shura
4 226 Jimmy Awad Pual's Racing
5 227 Chad Banner Pisgah Area Cycling
6 241 James Wittwer App State
7 231 Will Washam Dirty Bird (R.I.P)
8 248 Diego Ramirez Cycle 4 Life
9 247 Drew Dickson
10 228 M-P Spoerer Clark's Bike Shop
11 246 Trey Cassell Brevard College
12 240 Bradley Smith Chainsmoke Racing
13 229 Doug Tate Chainsmoke
14 230 Randy Arnold GT
15 239 Edwin Cowan
16 242 Eddie Mcelyea TCRI
17 243 Kyle Stallings Brevard College
18 245 Duncan Miller
19 299 Kevin Martin
Cat 3
1 317 Bryan Morgan
2 316 Shayne Jordan
3 310 Ryan Kramer Georgia State University
4 313 Christopher Otterness
5 314 James Wray
6 148 Caroline Westray
7 312 Trey Cooke App State
8 315 Cory Diamond
Cat 3 JR
1 324 Caleb Baity Cycletherapy
2 311 David Dressler Specialzied/Grom
3 233 Craig Stewart RAS
4 323 Miles Hubbard Pedal Power
Pro
1 9 Treven Newpher
2 8 Joe Haley
3 12 Chuck Pitts
4 13 PJ Noto
5 11 Juan Ashworth
Cat 1 JR
1 138 Luca Shaw Specialized/Grom
2 137 Walker Shaw Specialized/Grom
3 146 Jimmy Leslie Specialized/Grom
4 144 Eric Vest Specialized/Grom
5 141 Reid Dressler Specialized/Grom
6 145 Mathew Fitzgarald Cycle Youth
7 157 Will O'Brien East Coast Gravity Pros
8 155 Richard Pedigo Gravity Pirates
9 140 Ben Calhoun Specialized/Grom
10 152 Ace Savarese Bicycle Experience
Women
1 179 Olivia Hawkness
2 158 Katelyn Weisenfulh
Cat 1 Team
1 162 Will Murray
2 156 Clayton Omer App State
3 151 Alexander Dawson
4 143 Thomas Wilkinson
5 142 Andy Devault SEI Racing
6 163 Brandon Hopkins
7 154 Dave Bethea The Bike Shop
8 161 Jerry Mailloux
9 149 Andrew Ingram Lunar Cycling
10 160 Tripp Bagnal
11 159 Asher Blackmore Brevard College
12 147 Gary Bethea
13 139 Micheal Cobler Cycletherapy
14 153 Todd Plessel
Cat 2
1 244 Kevin Quillan
2 225 Kurt Dressler Capital Investment Companies
3 224 John Shane O'Shura
4 226 Jimmy Awad Pual's Racing
5 227 Chad Banner Pisgah Area Cycling
6 241 James Wittwer App State
7 231 Will Washam Dirty Bird (R.I.P)
8 248 Diego Ramirez Cycle 4 Life
9 247 Drew Dickson
10 228 M-P Spoerer Clark's Bike Shop
11 246 Trey Cassell Brevard College
12 240 Bradley Smith Chainsmoke Racing
13 229 Doug Tate Chainsmoke
14 230 Randy Arnold GT
15 239 Edwin Cowan
16 242 Eddie Mcelyea TCRI
17 243 Kyle Stallings Brevard College
18 245 Duncan Miller
19 299 Kevin Martin
Cat 3
1 317 Bryan Morgan
2 316 Shayne Jordan
3 310 Ryan Kramer Georgia State University
4 313 Christopher Otterness
5 314 James Wray
6 148 Caroline Westray
7 312 Trey Cooke App State
8 315 Cory Diamond
Cat 3 JR
1 324 Caleb Baity Cycletherapy
2 311 David Dressler Specialzied/Grom
3 233 Craig Stewart RAS
4 323 Miles Hubbard Pedal Power
Pro
1 9 Treven Newpher
2 8 Joe Haley
3 12 Chuck Pitts
4 13 PJ Noto
5 11 Juan Ashworth
Cat 1 JR
1 138 Luca Shaw Specialized/Grom
2 137 Walker Shaw Specialized/Grom
3 146 Jimmy Leslie Specialized/Grom
4 144 Eric Vest Specialized/Grom
5 141 Reid Dressler Specialized/Grom
6 145 Mathew Fitzgarald Cycle Youth
7 157 Will O'Brien East Coast Gravity Pros
8 155 Richard Pedigo Gravity Pirates
9 140 Ben Calhoun Specialized/Grom
10 152 Ace Savarese Bicycle Experience
Women
1 179 Olivia Hawkness
2 158 Katelyn Weisenfulh
Here are the results by USAC age category. Under this breakdown everyone should qualify.
Cat 1 19-39
1 162 Will Murray
2 156 Clayton Omer App State
3 151 Alexander Dawson
4 143 Thomas Wilkinson
5 163 Brandon Hopkins
6 154 Dave Bethea
7 149 Andrew Ingram The Bike Shop
8 160 Tripp Bagnal Lunar Cycling
9 159 Asher Blackmore
10 147 Gary Bethea Brevard College
Cat 1 40+
1 142 Andy Devault SEI Racing
2 161 Jerry Mailloux
3 139 Micheal Cobler Cycletherapy
4 153 Todd Plessel
Cat 2 19-39
1 244 Kevin Quillan
2 224 John Shane O'Shura
3 226 Jimmy Awad Pual's Racing
4 227 Chad Banner Pisgah Area Cycling
5 241 James Wittwer App State
6 231 Will Washam Dirty Bird (R.I.P)
7 248 Diego Ramirez Cycle 4 Life
8 247 Drew Dickson
9 228 M-P Spoerer Clark's Bike Shop
10 240 Bradley Smith Chainsmoke Racing
11 239 Edwin Cowan
12 243 Kyle Stallings Brevard College
Cat 2 18-Under
1 246 Trey Cassell Brevard College
2 245 Duncan Miller
3 299 Kevin Martin
Cat 2 40+
1 225 Kurt Dressler Capital Investment Companies
2 229 Doug Tate Chainsmoke
3 230 Randy Arnold GT
4 242 Eddie Mcelyea TCRI
Cat 3 19-39
1 317 Bryan Morgan
2 316 Shayne Jordan
3 310 Ryan Kramer Georgia State University
4 312 Trey Cooke App State
5 315 Cory Diamond
Cat 3 18-Under
1 313 Christopher Otterness
2 314 James Wray
3 324 Caleb Baity Cycletherapy
4 311 David Dressler Specialzied/Grom
5 233 Craig Stewart RAS
6 323 Miles Hubbard Pedal Power
Cat 1 18-Under
1 138 Luca Shaw Specialized/Grom
2 137 Walker Shaw Specialized/Grom
3 146 Jimmy Leslie Specialized/Grom
4 144 Eric Vest Specialized/Grom
5 141 Reid Dressler Specialized/Grom
6 145 Mathew Fitzgarald Cycle Youth
7 157 Will O'Brien East Coast Gravity Pros
8 155 Richard Pedigo Gravity Pirates
9 140 Ben Calhoun Specialized/Grom
10 152 Ace Savarese Bicycle Experience
Cat 1 Women
1 148 Caroline Westray
2 179 Olivia Hawkness
3 158 Katelyn Weisenfulh
Pro
1 9 Treven Newpher
2 8 Joe Haley
3 12 Chuck Pitts
4 13 PJ Noto
5 11 Juan Ashworth
Cat 1 19-39
1 162 Will Murray
2 156 Clayton Omer App State
3 151 Alexander Dawson
4 143 Thomas Wilkinson
5 163 Brandon Hopkins
6 154 Dave Bethea
7 149 Andrew Ingram The Bike Shop
8 160 Tripp Bagnal Lunar Cycling
9 159 Asher Blackmore
10 147 Gary Bethea Brevard College
Cat 1 40+
1 142 Andy Devault SEI Racing
2 161 Jerry Mailloux
3 139 Micheal Cobler Cycletherapy
4 153 Todd Plessel
Cat 2 19-39
1 244 Kevin Quillan
2 224 John Shane O'Shura
3 226 Jimmy Awad Pual's Racing
4 227 Chad Banner Pisgah Area Cycling
5 241 James Wittwer App State
6 231 Will Washam Dirty Bird (R.I.P)
7 248 Diego Ramirez Cycle 4 Life
8 247 Drew Dickson
9 228 M-P Spoerer Clark's Bike Shop
10 240 Bradley Smith Chainsmoke Racing
11 239 Edwin Cowan
12 243 Kyle Stallings Brevard College
Cat 2 18-Under
1 246 Trey Cassell Brevard College
2 245 Duncan Miller
3 299 Kevin Martin
Cat 2 40+
1 225 Kurt Dressler Capital Investment Companies
2 229 Doug Tate Chainsmoke
3 230 Randy Arnold GT
4 242 Eddie Mcelyea TCRI
Cat 3 19-39
1 317 Bryan Morgan
2 316 Shayne Jordan
3 310 Ryan Kramer Georgia State University
4 312 Trey Cooke App State
5 315 Cory Diamond
Cat 3 18-Under
1 313 Christopher Otterness
2 314 James Wray
3 324 Caleb Baity Cycletherapy
4 311 David Dressler Specialzied/Grom
5 233 Craig Stewart RAS
6 323 Miles Hubbard Pedal Power
Cat 1 18-Under
1 138 Luca Shaw Specialized/Grom
2 137 Walker Shaw Specialized/Grom
3 146 Jimmy Leslie Specialized/Grom
4 144 Eric Vest Specialized/Grom
5 141 Reid Dressler Specialized/Grom
6 145 Mathew Fitzgarald Cycle Youth
7 157 Will O'Brien East Coast Gravity Pros
8 155 Richard Pedigo Gravity Pirates
9 140 Ben Calhoun Specialized/Grom
10 152 Ace Savarese Bicycle Experience
Cat 1 Women
1 148 Caroline Westray
2 179 Olivia Hawkness
3 158 Katelyn Weisenfulh
Pro
1 9 Treven Newpher
2 8 Joe Haley
3 12 Chuck Pitts
4 13 PJ Noto
5 11 Juan Ashworth
Hmmm, I'm missing from your list. I was bad Sunday, but I was there at least! A mix up with Randy Arnold maybe? - as I was #230, running Cat 2 19-39.
Reid Allred USAC# 335314
Reid Allred USAC# 335314
I meant end of Sept. sorry
I sure do hope so. Contacted USA cycling to see if I can get anything done about it.
We will get it taken care of. Bare with us today, and we will get you more information.
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