Yeah, you make a very good point. Although the DH trail is VERY spectator friendly!Damn True said:
yee-haw! '05 NORBA & WC Schedule
- Thread starter Dylan
- Start date
They will probably race the beg/sport at the same time as the experts like they did this year. I don't know how that will work at a mountain like Mount Snow though where the courses use 2 different lifts.DHanamal said:
Oh, I hadn't noticed that 3-day thing. That's cool; if you don't wanna miss much work you can leave Thursday nite and still get a full schedule in, and only have to take off Friday. That rocks. 
Jeez, two things that rock? Who's in charge over there now?
Jeez, two things that rock? Who's in charge over there now?
SinatorJ said:
Phhhffftttt. :mumble: You didn't even race it this year.
I agree.DßR said:Oh, I hadn't noticed that 3-day thing. That's cool; if you don't wanna miss much work you can leave Thursday nite and still get a full schedule in, and only have to take off Friday. That rocks.
Jeez, two things that rock? Who's in charge over there now?
That is going to keep me from complaining about the back to back stuff.
I was looking foward to moving up to semi-pro just because the first practice is not until Friday. Now its like that for everybody.
There is some positive changes going on for sure!
Semi-Pro....you? you'll just do like every other semi-pro over 25 and get fat and lazy and lose your motivation....Jeremy R said:
ink: ink: ink: ink: ink:
TheInedibleHulk said:
but then again, even though Team Big Bear has taken over all the day-to-day & logistics of the series....
THIS IS STILL NORBA!
can u say "Crystal Mtn!!! Washington!" hahaha j/k
DV is back. Does this mean the return of Chopper Nationals?
About the three-day thing, isn't that how Snowshoe has done it for the last couple of years? Are you guys taking into account that the published schedules are usually for the event days, and do not reflect practice-only days?
Will there be a '05 NORBA & WC Schedule for free riding?
I talked to a female course marshall that was very friendly.Motionboy2 said:
From the Velonews.com Article:Repack said:
Next year's NMBS events will be slightly streamlined. There will be no downhill qualifying ("It's a waste of time," said Frost. "We'll do seeding based on series rank."), and event schedules will be shortened from four days to three.
That can still mean one of two things. Snowshoe has had a 3-day race schedule. This does not take into account Thursday pratice.DHanamal said:
I am guessing that things will still go from Thr-Sun at all the races this year. I do not remember much happening on Thursday racewise anyway. If all the mountain run the DH races-Snowshoe style, and then do not have pro DH qualifying, then things will go MUCH faster.
I wonder if they will just use this years final standings to fugure out seeding for the first '05 race.
damn i was really hoping to race durango next year.
definitly a step in a good direction. West Virginia should be sick! Even if they run that same course that one flat section probably wouldnt be 'that' bad if it was dry.
definitly a step in a good direction. West Virginia should be sick! Even if they run that same course that one flat section probably wouldnt be 'that' bad if it was dry.
Well I'm going to keep complaining about it. WTF is with the back to back weekend sh!t on the East Coast???Jeremy R said:
Cheaper for pro teams.Matt D said:
I can fully understand it from the perspective of attracting riders from other parts of the country b/c they could hit both venues in 1 weekends time. A few years back the biggest complaint from everyone following the Nationals was that they had to go back home after a cross country trip.
If you're a privateer putting in the effort to compete in this series, it is the most travel friendly schedule ever. You could basicly hit each National in geographic clumps and knock out 2 at a time. If they were more spread out, you're talking a BOATLOAD of either downtime between venues...or cross country trips playing catchup.
It still sucks for me to have to go to Snowshoe and Mt. Snow back to back b/c I have to drive back and forth twice...but for the privateer, it's an easy 2 week road trip.
If NC is added, you're talking getting to drive straight up connecting dots and "BANG" you've knocked out 3 of the 6 Nationals without putting more than 1500 miles on your car. That's a good thing.
If you're a privateer putting in the effort to compete in this series, it is the most travel friendly schedule ever. You could basicly hit each National in geographic clumps and knock out 2 at a time. If they were more spread out, you're talking a BOATLOAD of either downtime between venues...or cross country trips playing catchup.
It still sucks for me to have to go to Snowshoe and Mt. Snow back to back b/c I have to drive back and forth twice...but for the privateer, it's an easy 2 week road trip.
If NC is added, you're talking getting to drive straight up connecting dots and "BANG" you've knocked out 3 of the 6 Nationals without putting more than 1500 miles on your car. That's a good thing.
The August race and the National Championships are still undetermined. I have heard NC for August - what do you think about the championships? I noticed Mammoth and Durango are not there.
Threepointtwo said:
NC in August, that sound like fun.
what's with the roll eyes? you do realize we have 1500 foot elevation ski resorts here. The snow sucks in winter but the elevation is there!buildyourown said:NC in August, that sound like fun.
as for Durango or Mammoth for the US Championships, my gut tells me Mammoth...location, size, attractiveness, amenities, ridership attendance, nostalgia. But there was a big "IF" of having Mt. Snow host them at the start of the year...looks like that is not going to be the case if they have the finals of the series.
Let's see- my calender for next year....Mt. Snow, Snowshoe, Sugar, US Open, Snowshoe Mayhem, Windrock, WOlf Laurel twice...yeah..that rocks!
And then US Championships where EVER they are.
hopefully mammoth gets the august date and durango gets the nationals
hater...heikkihall said:
just to fuel things, I just read this in the email I got from Sugar a while back about Frost's visit in mid-october
"We will host a National next Aug. pending the site inspection approval."
"We will host a National next Aug. pending the site inspection approval."
bizutch said:
OMG, I hope we do whats necessary to make it a sucsess. I'd talk with lots of folk including those at Snowshoe and YES I'd even talk to Joey about getting an awesome course in shape by then. Not the same old bottom trail. I like the sound of the top section, maybe more?????
What about the lift? Can it be fixed by then?
dude, they've got 2 side by side lifts that run the full length of the mountain. There's nothing to "fix". They run that one lift off a diesel engine in the summer basicly as a courtesy and to give the winter help something to do in the summer months.
Come National time, they would just run both lifts off electric and "get 'er done".
Come National time, they would just run both lifts off electric and "get 'er done".
bizutch said:dude, they've got 2 side by side lifts that run the full length of the mountain. There's nothing to "fix". They run that one lift off a diesel engine in the summer basicly as a courtesy and to give the winter help something to do in the summer months.
Come National time, they would just run both lifts off electric and "get 'er done".
Cool, I didn't understand that was why they were so slow. :dancing:
But seriously, I hope Sugar takes this seriously. I know they run a great 'local' race (expect the Saturday 10:00am DH race time
) and it would be rad to have a yearly national so close to home. Lets do what it takes to keep this thing on the schedule year in and year out.
Ha, I just hope Norba brings their own timing.profro said:Cool, I didn't understand that was why they were so slow. :dancing:
But seriously, I hope Sugar takes this seriously. I know they run a great 'local' race (expect the Saturday 10:00am DH race time
"You have one minute." (5 seconds later)
"You have 30 seconds." (about 40 seconds later)
"Uh umm, uh 5,4,3,2,1 GO! " said in about 2 seconds.
Thx.
I am going to be waiting all winter, just to unleash a hurricane like fury on that mountain next time I ride it. :devil:
Nothing like a little pent up rage to get ya through the offseason.
profro said:
Contact Mike Hartlove at the RacersEdge about building a MTX Course
Not my department bro. If it were up to me, I'd reccomend Juan Ashworth and Hartlove both work on it. Hartlove's resources and Juan's design....but luckily, I don't have to worry about that.
Mammoth is now shown as the site for the US Nat Championships again
Mar 4-6 National Mountain Bike Race Series #1 Tapatio Springs Resort
Boerne/Comfort, TX
Mar 11-13 National Mountain Bike Race Series #2 Waco, TX
Mar 18-20 National Mountain Bike Race Series #3 Phoenix, AZ
May 13-15 National Mountain Bike Race Series #4 Snow Summit Resort
Big Bear Lake, CA
June 17-19 National Mountain Bike Race Series #5 Deer Valley, UT
July 15-17 National Mountain Bike Race Series #6 Schweitzer Mountain Resort
Sand Point, ID
July 22-24 National Mountain Bike Race Series #7 Snowmass Resort
Aspen, CO
Aug 12-14 National Mountain Bike Race Series #8 TBD
Aug 19-21 National Mountain Bike Race Series #9 Snowshoe, WV
Aug 26-28 National Mountain Bike Race Series #10 Mt. Snow, VT
Sep 22-25 U.S. Mountain Bike National Championships Mammoth Mountain, CA
Mar 4-6 National Mountain Bike Race Series #1 Tapatio Springs Resort
Boerne/Comfort, TX
Mar 11-13 National Mountain Bike Race Series #2 Waco, TX
Mar 18-20 National Mountain Bike Race Series #3 Phoenix, AZ
May 13-15 National Mountain Bike Race Series #4 Snow Summit Resort
Big Bear Lake, CA
June 17-19 National Mountain Bike Race Series #5 Deer Valley, UT
July 15-17 National Mountain Bike Race Series #6 Schweitzer Mountain Resort
Sand Point, ID
July 22-24 National Mountain Bike Race Series #7 Snowmass Resort
Aspen, CO
Aug 12-14 National Mountain Bike Race Series #8 TBD
Aug 19-21 National Mountain Bike Race Series #9 Snowshoe, WV
Aug 26-28 National Mountain Bike Race Series #10 Mt. Snow, VT
Sep 22-25 U.S. Mountain Bike National Championships Mammoth Mountain, CA
heikkihall said:
Cant agree here. Durango's DH is great but their 4 x has been pathetic 2 years in a row
no hype, no announcement, no fanfare...just "doink, there it is..." I guess they'll save the fanfare and hoopla for when the full schedule is set.
Anyway, I got my eye on a National course down the center of the mountain at Sugar so if they say yes, I'm gonna be like a man possessed. Think "Yard Sale" in about the first 100 yards of the course.
Anyway, I got my eye on a National course down the center of the mountain at Sugar so if they say yes, I'm gonna be like a man possessed. Think "Yard Sale" in about the first 100 yards of the course.
Did anybody notice that stop #7 TBD has been dropped?
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=97
Bummer, I thought we were going to get a new venue.
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=97
Bummer, I thought we were going to get a new venue.
yeah....apparently Jeff Frost "missed" his flight to Sugar Mtn....I haven't found out if he has rescheduled it. Something stinks about it. I even emailed the webmaster to ask why it was removed and he just said he was told to. That I should probably email the guys at www.norbanationals.com since they are the "for profit" promoters for the series.
I've got an email in to them now.
I've got an email in to them now.
Latest breaking news:
Six weeks after the news broke that that there would be no more gravity racing or riding at Snow Summit Resort in Big Bear Lake, California, word came Tuesday that the NORBA national mountain bike series event that was scheduled there for May 13-15 has been moved to Brian Head, Utah, where it will take place on July 29-31.....
Article at: http://www.velonews.com/race/mtn/articles/7422.0.html
Six weeks after the news broke that that there would be no more gravity racing or riding at Snow Summit Resort in Big Bear Lake, California, word came Tuesday that the NORBA national mountain bike series event that was scheduled there for May 13-15 has been moved to Brian Head, Utah, where it will take place on July 29-31.....
Article at: http://www.velonews.com/race/mtn/articles/7422.0.html