Thanks to everyone who showed up to round 1 of the Fluidride Cup in Port Angeles last weekend. The race went off amazingly well, with super competitive categories for everyone. The Pro Men’s division saw the first ever Pro tie (to the hundredth of a second) between Curtis Keene and Lars Sternberg, with Keene coming out on top due to his being the fastest qualifer in the stacked Men’s Pro category. In the women’s Pro Division, Miranda Miller took the win over Katie Holden and Danice Uyesugi in a very fast field of 7 pro women. Nearly 400 riders showed up when all was said and done – making this the biggest race in NW Gravity history!

Big thanks go out to: Petr, Greg, Tom and crew from Hurricane Racing – Scott, Lars and Casey from N’Dub Productions – Greg Norman for his tireless work throughout the weekend – Mike Estes for his help with announcing and his race report on pinkbike.com – Carl Warren for his photos – Todd Olson for being the glue that binds us all – The great folks at Brasher’s Auto Auction for their generous donation to the series – Brad from Shiloh for his generous raffle giveaway – Jimmy from Kona – Kevin, Todd, and Gabe from Evil – Fitzy and Elayna from Fox – Dave and Michael from e13 – Steve from Mace – Tyler from Pinkbike – James from Rockstar – Simon from Red Bull – Chico from Dakine – Max from Gravity – Adrian at Scott – Mike from Jones Soda – Tyler Crow at Green Crow and Wayne Fitzwater at DNR for the use of their land – Mark Brent of Bones over Metal for his continued coverage of Fluidride events  – and thanks to anyone else who helped or came out in support of the event. If you see one of these people, be sure to give them a heartfelt thanks. With three days of riding for not much more than the cost of a lift ticket, you can be sure nobody is walking away with anything more than great memories – so reach out to these people to keep them doing what they do.   fluidride-cup-1-2009-final-results.xls