Thank you Mike Hecker, for all you do for for all of us that race. What would we have on the Central Coast without you.

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Thomas Flinchbaugh sends it accross the rock garden. Would you jump it or go around? The next race is June 13-14, 2009. Check ridesb.com to see Hecktones schedule.
DOWNHILL VOLUNTEERS, JOIN "DOWNHILLERS ALLIANCE", A SECRET UNDERGROUND SOCIETY. OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE HELD IN SECRET.

A fun, very low pressure, gravity weekend. If it's going to be warm, bring plenty of water as the closest shade is not there. Downhill, Dual Slalom, and Super D coming June 6-7, 2009.
Details at TeamBigBear.com

Karpeil run, named to honor the famous bottom-feeder trout fish of Lake Tahoe, will open the Northstar's 2009 downhill season.

2009 DOWNHILL SCHEDULE:

June 21, All Classes, Upper Karpiel. Then Pro/Expert class to lower Dogbone, to Vietnam, to Stadium jump finish. Sport/Beginner class to Phodogg, to Stadium Jump finish.

July 26, All Classes, Gypsy.

August 9, Pro/Expert, Dogbone top to bottom, to Stadium Jump finish.
Sport/Beginner, Upper Karpiel, to Speed Control, to Phodogg, to Stadium Jump finish.

September 20, All classes, Boondocks top to bottom.

October 4, 3rd Annual Livewire Classic.

RACE SCHEDULE:

May 30-31, Woodward West / Tehachepi

July 11-12, Fontana

September 4-6, Mammoth, The "Kamikaze" is back

November 21-22, 18th Annual November Classic

Downhillers are a rare bunch. Out of 160 head of cattle there seems to be only one downhiller cow. She's dedicated. She would hit all the jumps within 24 hours after I groomed them. Her distinctive hoof marks, with that one cracked nail, would be all over the jumps and lips after her sessioning. Ryan Osborne caught her hitting the little table at the end of the first big berm within two hours of it being prepped for the race.

Desperate to get on the podium, this guy tried to beat his own bike to the finish line.

I chaired our first meeting. Nobody showed. We hope for more participation, but the members don't know who they are. I'm sure we have a great plan, but it's unknown to any of us. We want to seek the help of the Race Directors, but we can't reveal anything to them so what's the point? We need help here. Support Downhillers Alliance. You can email your applications to *******, sorry can't tell.

After an extensive local search for a launch vehicle, we finally found a sick deal on Gregs List. We saved so much money on line rather than dealing with our local businesses.

Oops. Next time, I'm not going with the low bid.

Are the Michelin Man and the Pilsbury Doughboy related?

Are spider eyes unidirectional?

Are Eric Carter and Sargent Carter related?

Does the existance of Cross-Country and Downhill at the same race venue at the same time prove Velikovskys' theories? Would that mean manna is just space debis?

Are Davey Lopes and Brian Lopes related?

Does the resurgence of antidisestablishmentarianism signal the end of NORBA?

Following their charismatic leader known only as "Bossy", downhiller cows mass in protest blocking access to the race course. Demands include cow worthy step ups, step downs and hippers.

If you lose a contact lens, for gosh sakes just continue your run and come back and look for it later. Can't you just close one eye and it's all good? Come-on people!

The salesman said "What we need is a real cow dog to deal with Bossy and her unruley crew". So we invested in Sassy. Look at her. She's terrified of cows. What a rip.

Although quite laid-back on the dashboard, the salesman said "Ozzie rules the range". Our cow problems will soon be over!

This collision resulted in a official protest and some venom spewed on the race course. The far rider goes down, then demands the other rider come over to him to be beaten up. When the winner declines the down rider spews "Your as dirty as your hair!"

We we have some nice old pics from SRC and the Firestone/Walker race venues, mostly circa 2005. Just email a request if you'ld like us find and post an image.

This league has nine years of expirience and it shows on race day. Well orginized and attentive to the needs of the young atheletes, their final race of the season was held at the Chamberlin Ranch home of the Stump Grinder Dirt Club. With on site EMT, a traveling photographer, food service, and as many course marshalls and volunteers as I've ever seen, all was in place for fun, safe event for the student racers.
Go to www.norcalmtb.org to learn more about this league.

All the young racers should proud of their efforts. Local race promoter Mike Hecker was annoucing as the racers circled Charlottes Meadow and headed out onto the course. I think he was crying. I may exaggerate a smidge, but it was truely something to see,... and hear.

Racing teaches in many ways. This student-racer is about to get a lesson in velocity, angular momentum, and surface tension, all at the very same time!