may 21st the diablo freeride park held there 1st race in there series. it was a wet and mucky race. the rock gardens were really checking everyones skill levels all day long. and when it was time for us pros to race it started to rain huh! man,.... I thought we were gonna get lucky and then the cloud just let out a piss..... the course again became a toss of the dice.... It was nice to see everyone come out and participate. My youngest brother Paul 18 yrs old. took first place in his first dh race ever. I am psyched to have him around and into our sport. he`s a highly decorated quad racer and he is really enjoying the dh riding.
the entire race series was grat , everyone was having a great time. that`s why I keep coming to Diablo . Everyone is just so down to earth and wnating to go for a ride. By the time I leave diablo my hands are swollen . so many runs.... my favorite part of the mtn so far is breakout. that short rock section is super fun and very challenging. I can`t wait till the trail crew opens Alpine again. that slope is getting a serious facelift.

the next race is the US OPEN at diablo again. last years event was amazing and there were riders from all over the world. i can`t wait till the weekend....

Launchpad Productions will be releasing there next mtn bike video called Maedication 2 `addiction"

It has alot of good quality riding in it, and a few short interviews with some of the top riders in the world.
here are some of the spots they stopped and filmed for the video.
Crankworks Whistler, British Columbia
Links jump jam- Sparta NJ
Snowshoe,WV Norba National
Idaho Norba National
Mt. Hood , OR dh race
Slope sistair freeride race - Gale Dahlager
The Gathering, Renton, WA
street riding in Brooklyn, NY - Anson Wellington
freeriding in Stroudsburg, PA - Jim Dellavalle

www.launchpadpro.com

I was asked by Shaums March to coach for the summer as much as possible with his company Mad March Racing. I will be coaching June 21-24 at Snowshoe, West Virginia. Right along side Shaums and some other pros. We will be teaching, freeride,downhill, and setup disciplines throughout the course. Last year I was able to sit in and ride with a few of the camps. I really like to see others learn what I know and then go and explore it . It makes me feel so much more useful to our sport and culture.... Thanks Shaums.... this summer is gonna be great.

www.madmarchracing.com

Here`s the scoop., I was asked to meet up with the National reps from IMBA in Manhattan to oversee the building of a entire new system of trails in NYC. The first freeride Legal sets of trails to hit up NYC ever. I was stoked to be on the crew. The first park we have dug in so far is Cunningham Park located in Queens, NY at 209th and Oceania ave. the Noth East section of the Park is where the freeride trail is for now, BUT! the netire Park , which is HUGE will host a bit of singletrack and more features too. the line I helped design and cut and dig, came out really nice for the low attendance of volunteers we had , but they all worked really hard and everyone gave there own bit of style to the trail as well. For fotos of the new construction go to. www.climbonline.org, or www.nycmtb.org . Ther is a pump track, a freeride run and a short sprinty x/c loop for now. Mike Vitti is planning more trail building weekends for the summer and there will be a few giveaways etc for the hard working volunteers.
Everyone I met at the dig was great and somewhat knowledgable on trail building so we got alot done .

The next Park to be dug in and remodeled will be Highbridge Park. This park is in Manhattan, and is going to be totally awesome. there will be two jump runs , and a pump track. it is has easy access off the subways and is right near a bike shop. www.treadbikeshop.com. it is near dykamn st. in upper Manhattan and will be where I will help put most of my efforts into the design of the jump runs and pump track. along with the locals of course....

what makes me so excited about this is, This is the next breeding grounds for the East coast talent, in Which right now is top notch I must say..... So I feel honored to be part of this ongoing mission, and I would like to thank Nat and Rachel Lopes, Mike Vitti for seing my insight and involving me in this remodeling of NYC. thankyou....

Hey Everyone, I went down to Frederick Maryland a few days ago. There are some great trails , and great talented riders there as well.

Much Kudos goes out to Dave, Angie, Mike and Hillary, Trevor, steve and the rest .

The Watershed is located roughly about 4 hours from my home in PA south of me, It is loaded withlarge glacier rocks on steep terrain., with many delicious drops hidden by the locals. There are at least 6 freeride trails that have wooden apparatus and drops, most of them are short runs but are really fun.
The nasty tech trails were keeping me going ... I lover them the names were funny too. Pantyline, and Evolution were the best ones there. I enjoyed Pantyline myself. Steep chutes, with glacier rolling rocks to slow you up and raise the heart beats a bit. there were stream crossings and all. I totally hada grat time there and would reccomend you to try it out for yourself if your around the east and want to hit up something special....

for more info on the watershed. go to . www.sicusa.com ask for Hillary or Mike....