2012 Future Stars Cross-Country Mountain Bike Camp May 19-21

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Future Stars (R) Cross Country Mountain Bike Camps provide young athletes with the unique opportunity to learn from and interact with Canadian Olympians.  The program will cover all aspects including race strategy, race style workouts, technical trail riding, core strenght workouts, and nutrition and endurance riding.  It is our goal to ensure that each participant [...]

C4 Learn to Race – BC Cup Clinics

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C4 Learn to Race is holding  Race clinics at all the BC Cup Races this year! The C4 LTR Clinics include: Pre-race skills and planning clinic (Friday prior to race week-end) P.I.T Pack (handout to assist parents/guardians and athletes  in preparation for the race week-ends) Invitation to the C4 team track walk On course saturday [...]

Cycling BC DH Team – 3rd Training Camp

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Cycling BC’s Downhill Team enjoyed a weekend of hard work, learning, and laughter on April 14 & 15. The camp was held in the beautiful Canadian Sport Centre in Whistler and in various locations in Squamish. The weekend started with groups rotating through on-bike testing and mental preparedness workshops at the CSC Pacific High Performance [...]

2012 Western Open

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The Coaster – May 5/6

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The Coaster returns to Roberts Creek May 5th and 6th this year. We have a full weekend of activities! On Saturday the XC Marathon takes off at 10am, showcasing about 50kms of fabulous Roberts Creek trails including some new single track we’re still working on.  If you’re not up for the whole shot try the [...]

STEVE SMITH FIFTH IN DOWNHILL AT UCI WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA

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The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in South Africa continued today featuring the downhill races, and Steve Smith of Cassidy, British Columbia finished in fifth position to start the 2012 season. Smith stopped the clock at 4:02.364, showing a deficit of 4.384 seconds over the winning time. Greg Minnarr of the Republic of South [...]

EMILY BATTY AND CATHARINE PENDREL START SEASON WITH PODIUM PERFORMANCES

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The 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Tour kicked off today, and Canada’s women sent a strong and clear message: they are ready. Ontario’s Emily Batty of Team Subaru-Trek opened the season with her career first World Cup podium in the elite category, finishing in second place. Ranked 8th in the individual UCI World Cup [...]

Pietermaritzburg World Cup Pre-race Interviews – Pendrel, Plaxton & Smith

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Interviews in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, prior to the start of the first round of the 2012 Mountain Bike World Cup with world champion Catharine Pendrel (Luna), Max Plaxton (Team Canada/Specialized) and Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing). Catharine Pendrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h1w6KxYPm5U#! Max Plaxton http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=289JyUmzZWE#! Steve Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HO5f29-fwv0

Canadian Pacific Trials Association – 2012 Calendar Released

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Mark your calandar the CPTA dates have been selected. 2012 CPTA Schedule Squiggly Line 2012 Feburary 25th Location: Mill Bay Schedule: 10:00 AM – Beginner, Sport riders meeting 10:30 AM – Beginner, Sport competition start 1:30 PM – Masters, Expert and Pro riders meeting 2:00 PM – Masters, Expert and Pro competition start 5:30 PM [...]

Cycling BC 2012 DH Team Camp #2 Update

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The 2nd DH Camp of the year was another success with riders feeling, and showing, definite improvement in the on-bike testing. Miranda Miller tweeted that she had put in her best ever test and, when asked at dinner, all the riders reported marked improvement.  The riders were pleased to either return to, or try out [...]