also about saturday practice. since I think you said up top the lifts weren't running? is there going to be a shuttle for saturday or is it going to be kind of up to your self to shuttle to the top?
Hawksnest 2010
- Thread starter Mulestar
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Beech #1 is cancelled from what I have been told. Shuttle will be provided on practice day. It will likely be a uhaul again.
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are all the beech races cancelled or just this first one where they were gonna have a race on the date that you had earlier predicted would be cancelled at the bird
Beech cancelled? Well that sucks, I was hoping the SE was starting to produce some decent grassroots races. I'm starting to wonder if that we'll ever get to the point where we could actually have a SE race series.
Hey Mulestar, did you get my PM?
Cheers,
Brian
Hey Mulestar, did you get my PM?
Cheers,
Brian
Just race #1 from what I've been told. Long winter didn't give Ryan much time to get the track back in rideable shape. Nobody has even seen it since the destructive december ice storm as far as I know. Hawksnest took a lot of work to get back in riding shape, and we didn't even have manmade snow to deal with.
Got your PM I'll be in touch.
-Andrew
Yep, all day practice on Saturday and brief morning practice and afternoon race on Sunday.
Times:
Saturday practice: 10am-5pm
Registration opens at 9am
Sunday practice: 9-11:30
Race starts at 12, High noon
Race day registration opens at 8am
Good Times: All weekend long
Times:
Saturday practice: 10am-5pm
Registration opens at 9am
Sunday practice: 9-11:30
Race starts at 12, High noon
Race day registration opens at 8am
Good Times: All weekend long
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A little raw footage from some shredding last weekend. The track is sick right now! Its gotten really rough since last year.
How noob friendly is this place? I'm considering going as my first race but I'm afraid of traveling almost 5 hours to find I'm in over my head. Except for snowshoe agesss ago on a 4.5" bike, the only real downhill I've done is at Windrock a couple of times so how does it compare? The only thing I haven't worked up the nerve to do are the larger rock drops and the big "road gap" at the rock, and I probably won't until I get a fork that doesn't blow through the travel.
You'll be just fine at Hawksnest. It's not as rough as windrock so you'll be ok on your bike. It gets harder the faster you go, but lots of people ride it on short travel bikes and love it..
You'll have no problem making it down the track. Everything big is either rollable or has a go-around. There are plenty of opportunities for fast guys to step it up but the trail is also fine for most people with less experience.
Sweet, sounds like a perfect first race for me.. Hopefully I can decide what fork I want in time to get it before then.
the very first and last part of the vid
48 sec mark), is that part of the new pro course you're working on 'cause i don't remember it from last year?the original rock garden looks solid now!
Hey all you fellow mountain bike enthusiasts, hopefully you are getting pumped up for the race next weekend.
To help you, check out some on course action featuring Steven T and Craig, courtesy of the Go-Pro HD.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/140530/
To help you, check out some on course action featuring Steven T and Craig, courtesy of the Go-Pro HD.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/140530/
the very first and last part of the vid
the original rock garden looks solid now!
Good eye
That last berm before the triple is mocking me...I just know it. 
Stokage. The brats, beer, and bourbon will be making the trip.
Ha, that whole course is mocking me.That last berm before the triple is mocking me...I just know it.
In the first race there, I lawndarted an oak tree, and the second race there,
I did a "Romancing the Stone" style 25 foot butt slide in the middle of my race run.
0 for 2.
3rd time is the charm.
The course looks great from that video. You can tell it is alot rougher.
Its hard to see, but I got a pole up the boot on this rock berm wipeout.
http://www.highcountrypress.com/weekly/2010/05-27-10/dirty-bird-downhill.htm
Our buddy Eric Crews just wrote this sweet little article for the first race. Eric writes for the high country press and he also produces videos for high country adventures (a t.v. show that airs on the mountain tv network as well as online)
Wach out for Eric and his video camera at the race, he might just make YOU a star!
Our buddy Eric Crews just wrote this sweet little article for the first race. Eric writes for the high country press and he also produces videos for high country adventures (a t.v. show that airs on the mountain tv network as well as online)
Wach out for Eric and his video camera at the race, he might just make YOU a star!
Its hard to see, but I got a pole up the boot on this rock berm wipeout.
Wasn't there a closeup cropped version floating around last year? Hilarious.
Someone needs to give JR a go-pro if he's gonna continue his streak of epic off-trail excursions this year.
Don't know that anyone could afford that many cameras.
You know what's kind of funny about the races from last year. Now everyone is trying to put in some of the 'whoop' lines, but they are building them comppletely wrong. The ones over at Roswell were lined out and then they dug the dirt from the two sides and piled it in the middle. So, instead of having 'whoops', you have ditches with big piles of dirt in the middle. They don't work well, they are really rough, and a lot of people endo going through them.
I thought that was one of the best features of that whole track, and the peanut butter mud.
I thought that was one of the best features of that whole track, and the peanut butter mud.
Can somebody help me out with some info on the best campground to stay at for the race?
I'd like to know too, I was just about to ask the same thing.
Grandfather Campground is right at the bottom of the mountain.
How much will camping run for two people for Friday and Saturday nights?
Also is there a chance of walking the course before practice? I'd like to walk it with some people who know the course just to help build up some confidence..
Also is there a chance of walking the course before practice? I'd like to walk it with some people who know the course just to help build up some confidence..
Looks like between $20-30.
http://www.grandfatherrv.com/grandfathermtn3.htm
http://www.grandfatherrv.com/grandfathermtn3.htm
Wish I could race "bro-Pro" and Masters too. how about a $10.00 upgrade to do both?
What are the classes? The website appears to be down.
Saturday: registration opens at 9am
practice 10am-5pm
Sunday: registration opens at 8am
practice 9am-11:30am
racing begins at 12, high noon
Good Times: all weekend long!
2010 Race registration information
On site registration for all races: $45
Online Pre-registration for a single race: $40
Online Pre-registration for all three races (race the first two and get Hawk-o-ween free!): $90
Racing classes: Male-Pro, Masters (35+), Amateur, Intro, Junior (under 18)
Female-Pro, Amateur, Junior (under 18)
Online Pre-registration info
-All online registration transactions will take place using PayPal
E-mail us dirtybirddhrace@gmail.com
-in the E-mail please include: your name, age/date of birth, gender, address, emergency contact, sponsor, and racing category
practice 10am-5pm
Sunday: registration opens at 8am
practice 9am-11:30am
racing begins at 12, high noon
Good Times: all weekend long!
2010 Race registration information
On site registration for all races: $45
Online Pre-registration for a single race: $40
Online Pre-registration for all three races (race the first two and get Hawk-o-ween free!): $90
Racing classes: Male-Pro, Masters (35+), Amateur, Intro, Junior (under 18)
Female-Pro, Amateur, Junior (under 18)
Online Pre-registration info
-All online registration transactions will take place using PayPal
E-mail us dirtybirddhrace@gmail.com
-in the E-mail please include: your name, age/date of birth, gender, address, emergency contact, sponsor, and racing category
..and judging by times/rankings last year compared to USAC Cat classes, (please correct me if i'm wrong but this is my personal observation)
Pro = Pro - fast expert (Cat Pro-Cat1)
Amateur = mid level expert/fast sport (Cat 1-2)
Intro = mid level sport - beginner (Cat 2-3)
Website is down for some reason, I just talked to godaddy and it should be back up in a couple hours. Thanks for posting the info Butch
As far as camping goes grandfather campground is your best option, it's right at the base of the hill that leads up to the lodge.
There are also some cool houses and condos up on the hill in Seven Devils that you can rent. I'm not sure who to rent one through but a little internet searching could probably yield some prospects.
Also check booneweather.com for Seven Devils weather forecast. Lookin good so far but I'd still pack the jacket and the mud spikes just in case
Edit: Website is up!
As far as camping goes grandfather campground is your best option, it's right at the base of the hill that leads up to the lodge.
There are also some cool houses and condos up on the hill in Seven Devils that you can rent. I'm not sure who to rent one through but a little internet searching could probably yield some prospects.
Also check booneweather.com for Seven Devils weather forecast. Lookin good so far but I'd still pack the jacket and the mud spikes just in case
Edit: Website is up!
No Bueno dude, but you gotta pay them bills. Tell the shop your takin off August 21st-22nd so you can make the second race!Not going to make it.Looks like I will be at the shop this weekend. Any Charlotte guys need a quick check up let me know.
Serious question.
Is Masters 35+ for everyone 35 and up?
I just turned 35 and was wondering what class to race in.
I don't care either way.
Is Masters 35+ for everyone 35 and up?
I just turned 35 and was wondering what class to race in.
I don't care either way.
I think it is AM 35+
^^
Sorry Jeremy, but 'Masters' is only for dudes with comb-over bald spots, so you should stay in 'Pro' (i.e. you will smoke me by 20 seconds or more and make me feel sad, blame my equipment, then start takings PEDs in obscene quantities).
But for a *serious* answer, you could obviously go either way. You're certainly fast enough to race Pro, but it could be fun to stomp the old guys. But if you pass me I will throw my colostomy bag at you
Sorry Jeremy, but 'Masters' is only for dudes with comb-over bald spots, so you should stay in 'Pro' (i.e. you will smoke me by 20 seconds or more and make me feel sad, blame my equipment, then start takings PEDs in obscene quantities).
But for a *serious* answer, you could obviously go either way. You're certainly fast enough to race Pro, but it could be fun to stomp the old guys. But if you pass me I will throw my colostomy bag at you
Pro it is then.^^
I will throw my colostomy bag at you
Now I just need to decide if I will hit a tree or do a mud butt slide.
I'm personally gunning for a repeat of my previous awkward, slow motion yard sale in the lefthand rock garden. Hopefully the guy in the banana suit will kindly walk my bike back to me as well. Speaking of which, is there a UCI penalty assessed for unsolicited aid from Fruit-of-the-Loom characters? I mean, Sam "got away" with entering the course below where he exited, so I think friendly trailside fruit should be copacetic.