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Paris Mt DH Race Makes the News in hopes to help the sport grow.

FCLinder

FCLinder

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The Greenville News put together a nice article for today’s paper to help get more spectator attendance out to our race this coming weekend. I have been doing my best to help make our event one that all DH Racers would want to attend this year with pulling in a lot of great Product Sponsors and Title Sponsors. I sat down on the side of the trail Sunday to explain our sport and what makes it so fun. I also did my best to explain the history of our sport and its ups and downs. You know why it’s not as big as it was in the late 90’s and how its dropped off the main stream in the US. I then explained to him why the X Games is as big as it is now, when it was so small back in the late 90’s. Because it was brought to the main stream through being hosted in larger metropolitan areas. This is what I am trying to do with this race. Greenville is a smaller city than say Atlanta GA or Charlotte NC, but we are a very large county. The biggest in the State. We are also a great staging area for big outside events. We have played host to the USA Cycling Road Companionships the last few years and will have it again in 2009. Paris Mt is one of those reasons why. It is a lonely Mt sitting right in the middle of our city. It provides about 1000+ft of elevation change. By bring this race to Greenville I hope to do the same with our sport in the South East. Hope it opens more doors for our sport and its local Pros or future biking talent. Future plans for the event is to add Cross Country Racing, a Super D race along with the DH Race at the Park. Maybe have Road racing downtown during that weekend too. I could see it growing to a like Sea Otter event, but a End of the Year event to celebrate cycling and all that has happened in that year of cycling.

I hope you guys enjoy the article and below are two of the pictures that where in the paper:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880916010




Cecil:cheers:
 
drkenan

drkenan

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Cecil - you've done an incredible job organizing and promoting this race. Don't let that comment on the article or those guys over at MTBR discourage you. It sounds like instead of being happy that our sport (Mtn Biking as a whole - not any one discpline) is getting local press, these people choose to be angry because they were not featured. I've seen XC featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times several times over the past few years and I don't recall being at all discouraged because they didn't say anything about DH riding or ask for my opinion. :crazy:

You can't please everyone and in reality unless they have political influence at the park, it probably doesn't matter what they think anyway. :thumb:
 
bizutch

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Kenan if you're talking about me...I was just giving Cecil a hard time and the joke can't come through the keyboard. No vengeance, grudge, blah, blah and so was BKQuill. geez.

Just to be nice, I'll post a link for all the threads that have information about the race. Yeah, I'm sarcastic. Yes Cecil is excited about the race. I'm excited about it too. But can I give him a ribbing about that enthusiasm...YUP! :D

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209070&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209071&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208691&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208694&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208692&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208213&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208215&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208214&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206712&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207965&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207742&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204763&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206711&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205877&highlight=paris

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206710&highlight=paris
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

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Mar 6, 2002
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Greenville, South Carolina
Sorry guys for all the post..... The way I look at it is it's all Marketing your product (being the Race). I want it to do well... You would too if you were helping out with it. (I am in no way yelling at you for not or anyone that has not)!!!! Its ok, I have had great help and we are all very proud of what we have done so far. If it were your or anyone elses race, you would have done the same thing. Its not about self love or anything like that or to get credit for this race. Its about making the race a success so we can have future races here and provide funds for trail building at that park.

Self Love, is posting your picture of you making the biggest jump you have ever done a dozen or more times on Ridemonkey showing that you did it!!!!! :brows::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: I still love you man!!!!
 
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JohnBoy

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Just wanted to see who all was already registered and what class? Post up if your already or planning on. I entered the 30+ beginner. Its my first race, I am a beginner in racing so shuteeee (you know who you are!!)
 
FCLinder

FCLinder

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Mar 6, 2002
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DRB said:
I remember back in the day when Cecil and Butch would disappear off into the woods together.
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Yes we still would be if it wasn’t for these damn Gas prices. Can someone get Bush out of the office already!!!! Butch and I are like Arch Enemies on the web and lovers in the woods!!! It’s a great relationship…..
 
demolition dave

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bizutch said:
Kenan if you're talking about me...I was just giving Cecil a hard time and the joke can't come through the keyboard.
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I don't think Kenan was referring to you.

At the end of the article on Greenvilleonline.com an anonymous person who calls themself "H8r4Evr" made some negative comments about Cecil because he wasn't happy that the article didn't mention Upstate SORBA.

I'm assuming that H8r4Evr must be pretty high up in the hierarchy of the local SORBA chapter because this person claims to be withdrawing any volunteers to help out with the event due to this article. :huh:



JohnBoy said:
Just wanted to see who all was already registered and what class? Post up if your already or planning on. I entered the 30+ beginner. Its my first race, I am a beginner in racing so shuteeee (you know who you are!!)
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I plan on racing Expert......I love reality checks!:happydance:

Should be good times...weather looks good too! And I would recommend to anyone coming to also bring their trail bikes if possible for a RIP down Kanuga!
 
drkenan

drkenan

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Oct 1, 2006
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JohnBoy said:
Just wanted to see who all was already registered and what class? Post up if your already or planning on. I entered the 30+ beginner. Its my first race, I am a beginner in racing so shuteeee (you know who you are!!)
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Hhmmm...something smells a little sandy around here...



Beginner??!??!? Seriously???
 
drkenan

drkenan

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bizutch said:
Kenan if you're talking about me...I was just giving Cecil a hard time and the joke can't come through the keyboard.
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I know you're not posting here anymore but just in case you read this...


Nope, not talking about you in any fashion. As Dave said, I was referring to the negative comments left on that article and [as I said in the original post], the people at MTBR. I don't know why you would even think that I was talking about you.
 
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