2009 Schedule Posted

What do you think of the new look?!

http://www.mnscs.com/

MNSCS Announces Eleven Races for 2009

Hillside Park in Elk River is added to the schedule.

5/17/2009 Erik's Spring Cup, Inver Grove Heights, MN

5/31/2009 Afton Avalanche, Afton Alps, Hastings, MN

6/14/2009 Dirt Spanker, MT Du Lac, Duluth, MN

6/28/2009 Bluff Riders Charge - Mt Kato, Mankato, MN

7/12/2009 Memorial Classic, Red Wing, MN

7/26/2009 Hillside Park SingleTrack Attack

8/09/2009 Buck Hill Birch Bump, Burnsville, MN

8/16/2009 MNSCS/WORS Border Battle,
White Tail Ridge - River Falls, WI

9/06/2009 Laddie's Loppet Stage Race, Maplelag Resort, Callaway, MN

9/13/2009 Powder Monkey, Spirit Mountain, Duluth, MN

9/26/2009 Revolution's Single - Track Escape, St Cloud, MN

Old news I know, but I'm using it as an excuse to get back to posting here.
The biggest news however is the addition of Hillside Park. I've done that race several times, albeit on a smaller scale, and it's fun. The course is tough; Almost all singletrack, hills, and some technical sections that you wouldn't expect at first glance. It will be interesting however, to see how the venue handles the numbers that MNSCS draws to a race. We all know that our numbers pale when compared to WORS, but 250+ at Hillside? Can you say hole-shot? It should be a great event though. The guy putting it on knows how to promote/run an event (and he's fast) so I'm looking forward to good things.

It also sounds like the minimum number of races will remain the same.

I'm also getting the ski bug. It might due to the fact that I left my gloves and hat at my in-laws and have had to use my ski gloves for everyday use. The thing about them that's weird is they need the ski poles to work. The gloves have a piece of strap that sticks out about 1/2" right between your thumb and pointer fingers. That nub then has a small hole in the end. The poles have no strap for your hand. Instead, there's a pin at the top of the pole and an access slot on the grip for the nub on the glove. You lift the pin, insert the nub and drop the pin into the hole on the nub. Viola! Tighten the integrated wrist strap on the glove and you're good to go skiing.

Since I've had to wear these for the last week, my mind has been on skiing. Well, that and the fact that I'm slide-skiing in the parking lot at work whenever I leave/go to the MINI.

So - if any of you out there want to go skiing, get in touch with me and let's make something happen.

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Belated Happy Congratulations

In which I make an attempt to get caught up on past events by adding the words belated and sorry for not posting anything in a long time. Not that you really care....

First up - happy belated Thanksgiving. I trust that you ate a ton and had fun with family. Maybe even went for a ride. I didn't.

Next up I meant to congratulate our fellow BCR member Dan for having a wildly successful MNSCS season long ago. He managed to score himself a 2nd place finish overall this year and podiumed almsot every race he entered!

1 Jeff Colbert North Branch MN 1256 40 1031 13:13:05.4
2 Dan Inderieden Bloomington MN 1211 44 930 12:09:22.1
3 Todd Nesvold Forest Lake MN 1295 42 908 12:37:03.8

What happened at the races he didn't podium at you ask? He was late. Due to construction or a last minute decision, he managed to comletely miss his start. But still passed people and finished kinda well.

Here's Dan at the MNSCS awards ceremony back in November collecting his medal, along with a "podium girl".

Well nevermind...I don't have those photos uploaded yet...so instead, enjoy a recap of Dan's season this year.

MNSCS#1


Cable OffRoad Classic




MNSCS#3


MNSCS#6




Party Face


MNSCS#10


"You can't catch me suckas!"






And then he hit the cross races










Congratulations Dan! It's been great having you on BCR over the years (plus, we have access to cheap cabins in WI) and I appreciate the help you've given me with the team and as a riding partner. I look forward to riding and skiing and UFC-watching and beer drinking in the future. Here's to always finding the best lines through the woods and not being late to any races next year.