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 [...]
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 [...]
The first real race of the year is traditionally the Sunshine Coaster, and once again we will use this race as an initial selection race and the core of our first training camp of 2012. http://www.sunshinecoaster.net/ Sunshine Coast Team BC XC Camp, May 5-6, 2012 Saturday May 5, race the Coaster, short course for Team [...]
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 [...]
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
Catharine Pendrel and Steve Smith were named Canada’s top cyclists in late December. Pendrel, the mountain bike world champion from Kamloops, B.C., took the women’s top honour as well as the award for best individual performance of the year after taking the world title in September. Smith, from Cassidy, B.C., was named top male rider [...]
We had a great season of racing last year. A lot of racers took in some inexpensive and fun low key racing. Over the five events we hosted, FVMBA learned what worked and what needed to be improved upon. We have also listened to the feed back from the racers, what they liked and wanted [...]
- May 19: Coupe Canada Cup (Cross Country) – Mont-Tremblant, QC – May 20: Coupe Canada Cup (Downhill) – Mont-Tremblant, QC – May 27: Coupe Canada Cup (Cross Country) – Baie-Saint-Paul, QC – June 3: Coupe Canada Cup (Cross Country) – Hardwood Ski and Bike, ON – June 16-17: 2012 Canadian Mountain Bike Championships (Cross [...]
The Red Truck Racing Team is pleased to announce that it has finalized its roster for the 2012 season. The team will continue to focus on being dominant presence in Pacific Northwest, particularly BC Super Week, the National Championships, and selected NRC races in the US. New additions to the men’s roster for 2012 include [...]
SCOTT Sports announced today the formation of a new XC team based in North America. The Team, named SCOTT- 3Rox Racing Team, will include Geoff Kabush who will target the UCI World Cup series, the 2012 Summer Olympics and select North American events aboard the SCOTT Spark and Scale mountain bikes. Geoff commented, “Changing programs [...]
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