Take a Kid Mountain Biking 2011, a set by Rob Harrison on Flickr.
On Saturday, 230 kids and adults took over Duthie Hill Park for Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. We dodged the rain, rode the trails, ooooed and aaaahed to a great jump show with lots of junior riders, had and tons of fun. Thanks to Rob Harrison for taking photos.
On Saturday, rain or shine, kids (and their grown-ups) will be taking on the trails at Duthie Hill Park for Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. Kids, grab your grown-up and get out to Issaquah!
Schedule:
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Registration at LDS Church Parking Lot
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Trail Rides
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Jump Jam
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Drawing for Prizes
This event is for kids age 6 and older who are riding a two-wheel bike. It’s not a drop-off, so adults, plan to get out on those trails, too. Just think! Kids who start like this may end up doing this.
Thanks to our community partners: King County Parks, IMBA, Gregg’s Cycles, Bicycles West, Clif Kid, Team Dirt Corps, Project 529, and the Sturdy B’s.
The Way Bobby Sees It
Friday, July 15, 7 p.m.
REI – Seattle store
Bobby McMullen is a legally blind downhill mountain bike racer. He has a guide who rides in front of him to shout out turns and obstacles, and from what I’ve heard from people who have ridden with him he’s not only an incredibly talented rider, but more aggressive than many who have the benefit of seeing the obstacles coming up on them.
Bobby lives in California and will be in town on Friday, July 15 on his way up to Crankworx, so this is is a pretty rare opportunity to meet him in person. We’ll also be showing a film about Bobby’s preparation for and competition in the 2007 Downieville Classic Mountain Bike Race, a 17-mile course said to be the country’s most challenging downhill race.
We’re putting this on in partnership with Outdoors for All and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Let me know if you’d like more info. What this guy does is so incredible that I can’t imagine anyone who shows up not being completely amazed by it. People can pre-purchase tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Life Cycles OFFICIAL Trailer from Life Cycles on Vimeo.
The Bicycle Film Series continues this Friday, March 18, 7 p.m. with a special screening of Life Cycles at REI-Seattle. Tickets are on sale online and can also be purchased at the door.
Long have mountain bikers ripped up hills, traversed back roads and jumped fallen logs, but never have these events been captured so effectively. Life Cycles, a Stance Film in association with Shimano, Scott Bicycles and pinkbike.com is an artistic masterpiece, offering every viewer a chance to feel the heart and soul of dirt-riding.
Life Cycles offers the cycling community a new view of mountain biking through time-lapse photography and slow motion, emphasizing the adrenaline associated with taking on nature in its purest form. While riders fly through the seasons, the vivid colors and scenery changes are captured on film. From the early spring greens to the winter golds and whites, senses come alive inspiring riders of all forms to appreciate the outdoors from behind handlebars.
According to our own Kat Sweet, “You don’t have to be a mountain biker to appreciate this film. The cinematography is amazing.”
This special film showing is a benefit for the Washington High School Mountain Bike League & Cascade Bicycle Club youth programs. We will also be featuring an auction and drawing tonight for many great items, all to benefit programs that get high school students out riding the trails.
About the Washington High School Mountain Bike League
The Washington High School Mountain Bike League was founded in 2010 to promote personal development and teamwork through bicycle racing, and encourages the formation of teams at public and private high schools. With the cooperation of local race promoters and our sponsors, the League will organize a first-class series of races to commence in 2011, designed for high school aged student-athletes. The League makes high school racing the easiest route for youth to get involved in the challenging and exciting world of competitive cycling.
The league is funded primarily by individual donors who see the value of encouraging our youth to participate in this healthy life-long sport. With the help of your donation, we will continue to provide the best and safest cycling programs for young athletes in our high schools.
The league is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, all donations are 100% tax deductible. For more information on the League, visit www.washingtonmtb.org.
Come dig in the dirt with the Trips for Kids volunteer crew and the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance at the Diggin-Pizza Party!
The party takes place this Sunday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore. We’ll be removing excess gravel from trails, raking leaves and fixing the trails up for winter. You will be rewarded with hot pizza and plenty of karma points. Please bring rain gear, sturdy shoes, work gloves, and water. If you have tools we could use shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows.
We’ll meet in the upper north parking lot next to the ranger office. Thanks to Ranger Moe and Seattle Parks for letting us ride at the park and introduce kids to mountain biking who wouldn’t otherwise be able. Here’s the registration link. See you there!
There’s a lot of fun to be had on a bike beyond just riding on the road, and in May Major Taylor students had an opportunity to experience this first hand. Through partnerships with Trips for Kids and the Marymoor Velodrome Association, we were able to take students on weekend field trips that exposed them to kinds of riding many had never even considered, let alone tried.
Speaking of their experience mountain biking with Trips for Kids, students said, “It was pretty hardcore, but it was an experience I’ll never forget”, “I like how I didn’t let fear get in the way of having fun and jumping over logs and just going after new challenges. I feel accomplished today”, and “I hope more trips like this happen”.
Another student, commenting on her experience riding a track bike at the Velodrome, said, “At first it seemed pretty scary, but once I started riding it was a lot of fun! It’s just so good to get out of the house and try new things”. Following our ride at the track, some students are even thinking they might be interested in getting into racing.
Many of our students come from families with limited resources. Through these field trips we hope to expose them to new opportunities and help them expand their passion for biking. If you have ideas of other cycling opportunities our students may enjoy, email me or call 206-957-6960.
Tammy's backyard.
Mountain bike movies are fun, and they get you amped to ride, but it’s rare to see a woman riding in them. I know there are ladies out there who are killin’ it on their bikes, catching rad air, riding elevated skinnies, and pushing the envelope. And to be totally honest, nothing motivates me more than seeing a chick kicking butt on her bike. The fact that Mark Brent from Bones Over Metal had the vision to make an entire movie dedicated to the women of the sport completely stokes me out.
Dirt Divas from all over the Greater Seattle area and beyond are coming out to celebrate tonight at the world premier of Awesome Land Women of Dirt, which is showing all week at the North West Film Forum. There’s a girl posse from Bellingham driving down, and starlet, Tammy Donahugh is flying in from Colorado.
On Saturday, the ladies are getting together for an Awesome Land Jump Jam at Duthie Hill park, from 12 to 3 p.m., highlighting some of the amazing riders from the movie, including two of the best slope style riders in the US, Tammy Donahugh and Stephanie Nychka, along with local riders.
Awesome Land Women of Dirt
North West Film Forum
Premiers tonight
8 p.m. Sold out
9:30 p.m. show added
Showing all week at NWFF
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