July 7, 2010
The weather forecast is calling for 70-80 degrees and sunshine all weekend at Mt Hood Ski Bowl in Government Camp for the Fluidride Cup Technical DH Round #3, presented by Fat Tire Farm in Portland. The top of the track is now open after hours of shoveling snow banks courtesy of Todd Olsen, Eric Loney, [...]
July 1, 2010
Blue Bird Skies and perfect dirt made for some great riding at Fluidride Cup Round 2 at Mt Hood’s Ski Bowl. Congratulations go out to Keith Thompson on his big win in the Evil Men’s Pro Division. As one of the hardest training NW riders, Keith’s win was long overdue. In the two run format, [...]
June 23, 2010
Our follow up to our first instructional film Fluidride: Like a Pro is now in post production. We finished up our last day of filming on TURN yesterday with Awesome Land’s Mark Brent and Miles Sullivan. TURN gives riders an in depth breakdown of how top riders use footwork to elevate their riding to amazing [...]
June 9, 2010
Round 2 of the Fluidride Cup Technical DH Series is coming up this weekend! There is still plenty of room at the starting line, so come on down and register on site if you haven’t already registered online. Lots of local riders have been up at Ski Bowl helping the Hurricane Crew prep the track [...]
June 3, 2010
The first ever international round of the Evil Bikes/Fluidride Cup has come and gone, and by all measures it was a great success. 187 riders showed up to do battle on the slippery and technical courses featured for Round 1.
Pink Bike/CBR rider Tyler Gorz ended up taking the overall in a blazing fast Pro Men’s [...]
May 31, 2010
Here are results! More to come…Fluidride Cup 1 whistler
May 28, 2010
Whistler is epic as usual. We had a few rain showers today, but the mountain is still in excellent shape, with dryer weather expected tomorrow and Sunday. Pro/Cat 1 Junior Qualifiers are at 4:30 tomorrow after practice. All riders in these categories will qualify, so if you don’t make the qualifier, you will still race. [...]
May 26, 2010
Online registration is now closed, but we’ll be opening registration in the morning. The trails were perfect today…actually super dry for this time of year. We are due for some rain tomorrow, then better weather each day throughout the weekend. Everything is lining up perfectly for a great event!
On Site Registration Hours: Friday 9am-6pm. Saturday [...]
May 14, 2010
Hello Racers! We’ve got the tracks for the race pretty much sorted. Pro/Cat 1 racers will ride Upper Whistler Downhill to Detroit Rock City to Lower Canadian Open, while Cat 2 and 3 riders will ride Upper Angry Pirate to Crab Apple Turns to Samurai Pizza Cat to Ho Chi Minh to Monkey Hands. These [...]
May 4, 2010
The first Fluidride Cup Enduro DH is now history, and racers are still smiling thinking about the epic singletrack they played on throughout the weekend. Fluidride Enduro DH races are part DH and part Super D – think Super D without the climbing, and Downhill without super technical cruxes. Dog River served up a perfect [...]