Here’s a pretty sweet downhill race video off of PinkBike.com. Looks like a super fun course.

Beech Mountain in North Carolina is hosting a combination mountain bike race and mountain board event. The mtb race is the final segment of the Triple Crown Downhill Bike Competition. The event is also the inaugural High Ground Mountain Board Competion.

The event is scheduled to take place over the Labor Day Holiday weekend (September 5-6) at Beech Mountain, NC.

For more details check out this blog post at the Citizen Times.

Spectators can enjoy scenic lift rides, food, craft vendors and music, in addition to watching the thrilling competition. The resort is also offering overnight camping for a small fee.

This really has nothing to do with mountain biking but I felt I needed to add my commentary. I’ll spare the photo as the whole nation has seen it and don’t really want a picture of him my website anyway.

Who cares that he isn’t wearing a helmet.  Most states that have helmet laws only apply to people  under 18 years old.  He’s riding around Martha’s Vineyard.. I don’t think they have a whole lot of cars there. and to top it off, they appear to be riding a sidewalk or bike path.

According to Politico

On Babble.com, a website for parents, Josh Loposer write, “Truly despicable isn’t it? What kind of example is he setting for the nation’s youth?”

It amazes me that people of so much time on their hands to  criticize him on a helmet but not on his reckless spending or the fact that he still hasn’t disclosed his long form birth certificate.  Legally, he shouldn’t even be President.

Found this new event via my Google Alerts.. A new mountain bike race as part of Galena Fest 2009.

Quoted from the original post:

Galena Fest 2009 is bringing competitive mountain biking to the hills above South Reno, taking advantage of one of the region’s best-kept secrets – the Galena Creek Regional Park – and giving racers another reason to visit the region.

The race takes place Sept. 27, from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. with tons of events for mountain bikers of every age and skill level, including: The Bloody Rose Mountain Bike Climb to Relay Peak; The Thorn Mountain Bike Climb to The Wall at Sky Tavern; Kids’ Mountain Bike Race through Galena Creek Regional Park, and Big Fish Contest at Marilyn Pond.

The event will raise funds to keep Galena Creek Regional Park accessible and safe and re-establish outdoor programs at the Park.

For more information, or to register for this great event go online to www.renogalenafest.com

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The Red Bull Exodus is a mass start downhill mountain bike race. The event is scheduled for September 4-5 at Whistler Blackcomb. This is the first-ever mass start downhill mountain bike race in Canada.

On September 4th and 5th, 200 mountain bikers will gather at the peak of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia and will descend more than 2,182m and a vertical of 1,530m in order to cross the finish line in the Whistler Village. All riders will need constant physical and mental effort to maintain control during the entire descent, which will take approximately 35-45 minutes for the fastest participants.

For complete details visit Redbull Exodus.

The annual Michigan Mountain Bike Festival is happening again this year at Hanson Hills in Grayling, MI. this coming Laybor Day weekend.

According to the Michigan Mountain Bike Associating forum, this years event is  FREE.. including camping.

For more details check the MMBA Forum.

There is also some pretty good information in the Portland Examiner.

Food will be served at the “Dollar Diner” Friday and Saturday.  Visitors are welcome to bring their favorite beverages in a cooler.  Grayling also has several restaurants that provide affordable dining.

The bike festival will include a mountain bike cross country race starting on the trails at Hartwick Pines State Park.  The race will move along the non-motorized pathway to Hanson Hills Recreation Area where riders will complete one lap on the mountain bike trails.  The race distance is 28 miles.  Entry for the mountain bike race is $10.

The new D3 mountain biking helmet by Troy Lee Design’s looks sick. Talk about state-of-the-art. TLD is calling it he safest mountain biking helmet on the market. For some great deals on other Troy Lee Design products like helmets, shin guards, jerseys and more… visit Jenson USA

Found this little nugget of info via MTB Trail Review… Ride a free Specialized Stumpjumper FSR mountain bike plus get travel expenses to ride in cool places. The catch is you have talk about about much fun your having riding the FSR on Facebook and Twitter.

The details.. copied directly from the source.

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Mountain Bike Oregon in Oakridge as Guide in Training. What an awesome experience… great people, great food (thank you Chris King) and outstanding beers. Most importantly the riding in Oakridge is incredible, I guided on Alpine Proper both days… I just love the Jedi Section above Windy Pass.

I got to meet Francis, the man behind MTBR.com. We sat and had dinner together on Saturday night and talked about Wordpress of all things. If you are interested, here is a link to an MBO photo thread on MTBR.

I’m already looking forward to MBO 2010 as I plan on guiding again next year in both July and August. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS Feed to keep up on the latest mountain bike news and events.

The July Mountain Bike Oregon festival has past. Word is… it was a great gathering and everybody is pumped up for August MBO.

Just got word that Mountain Bike Oregon  has assembled nearly 70 guides for August MBO and are about to cap the application / registration.  So if you want to be an MBO Guide for August… today is probably gonna be your last opportunity.

See you at August MBO.