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- Wilder Slow(er) RideWilder Slow(er) Ride
Time: 10:00 am
We would like to welcome beginner or slower mountain bikers on our monthly slow ride every 4th Saturday of the month. This ride will be at a more leisurely pace. We may not cover as many miles but it will be a beginner friendly ride. There will probably be an intermediate/advanced group for the regulars and fast people as well. The slow ride is beginner friendly but does require fitness and controlled off-road bike handling skills. at 10:00 am - Ride @ WilderRide @ Wilder
Time: 10:00 am
We meet every Saturday at 10am, weather permitting, for a ride starting at Wilder Ranch State Park. at 10:00 am
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Aptos
Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival!
April 5th, 2011
The Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival is this weekend The Expo hours are Saturday April 9th and Sunday April 10th from 10am to 4pm.
Directions and Parking
The approximate location of the event venue is 417 Trout Gulch Road Aptos, CA 95003. Please use that address to get directions.
There are a limited number of parking spots available to the general public. Vendors and some volunteers will have parking at the venue. We are encouraging people to ride their bikes to the event (this is a bike festival) and to carpool to reduce the parking requirements.. We will have secure bike valet parking at the venue provided by People Power of Santa Cruz.
Events
There are many events for athletes, enthusiasts and spectators alike. Many of these are still open for registration.
Fox Racing Shox – 831 Jump Contest
Black Market Bikes/Epicenter Pump Track Pandemonium
Specialized/Scotts Valley Cycle Sport XC Short Track
Trek Epic XC Challenge (free event)
Bike Skills Clinics with Tammy Donahugh
Bike Clinics with Epicenter Cycling
Shuttle Rides to Soquel Demonstration Forest
Demo Bikes
Expo and Vendor Tents
Beer Garden featuring 6 Santa Cruz County Brewers
Fund Raising Events including Raffle
Beer Garden
The Beer Garden features some tasty brews from several brewers from the county. It will be a great place to enjoy an adult malted beverage and watch the events. We will feature a selection of ales from:
Boulder Creek Brewery
Corralitos Brewing Co.
Santa Cruz Ale Works
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Seabright Brewery
Uncommon Brewers
Fund Raising
The Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival is a benefit towards a permanent bike park in Aptos. The existing Post Office Jump Park and the Epicenter Pump Track are on land which is designated for the expansion of the Aptos Village. As part of the project, an “active recreational use area” (a.k.a bike park) will be developed from land donated by the landowner (Barry Swenson Builders). The County of Santa Cruz is Responsible for the design, financing and construction of the park and operational and maintenance costs.
We have a number of raffles including a Trek Remedy 8, GoPro Hero HD Camera Package, Black Market Jump Bike, Felt/Troy Lee Cruiser, Kuat NV Bike Rack and plenty of other items. You can pre-buy your raffle tickets online at the above links.
We hope to raise funds to donate to the County for the design and construction of the proposed permanent bike park. Construction of the new Aptos Village may begin late 2011 or early 2012. The Epicenter Pump Track and the Post Office Jumps as we know it today will be gone. The Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival may be the last big celebration of mountain biking on this property until the new bike park is completed.
These items will be featured at the Expo/Vendor area at the Festival but you may buy raffle tickets online with WePay until April 8th.
Please support the mountain biking/dirt jumping/pumping community by donating generously to this cause. You may be rewarded for your good karma by winning some shiny new things of pure bike lust.
This is a grass roots event put on by volunteers to celebrate the mountain biking in Santa Cruz County. We have all worked really hard to put this together and I hope you will come and join us!
For more details see http://www.santacruzmountainbikefestival.com.
Hope to see you there!
Our Awesome Festival Poster
March 17th, 2011Thanks to Michele Lamelin and Megan Zemny for making it happen. Thanks to Clutch Couriers for printing and distribution.
http://www.santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Our Truly Wicked Festival Promotional Video
March 14th, 2011
The organizational committee for the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival is really stoked on this promo video. This was shot entirely with GoPro Hero HD cameras and captures the essence of what we are trying to accomplish for the festival.
We would like to thank GoPro for editing and production. Fox Racing Shox for being title sponsor and event sponsors Black Market Bikes”Epicenter Cycling”, Specialized Bicycles”Scotts Valley Cycle Sport” and Trek Bicycles. Thanks to Barry Swenson Builder for providing the event venue.
A big thanks to Lisa Myklak for project management and gathering the footage, logos and working with GoPro. Thanks to Mary Moncorge, Lisa and many others for the footage.
The festival is really coming together. We have a great organizing committee who are working quite hard to make this a fun and engaging festival. We are all volunteers motivated by our passion for this sport and all funds raised will go towards a permanent bike park in Aptos.
Announcing the 2nd Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival!
January 29th, 2011Mountain Bikers Of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) is proud to announce the Second Annual Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival taking place April 9th and 10th, 2011 in downtown Aptos, California.. The Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival (SCMBF) is this year’s premier mountain biking event for Santa Cruz County.
The mission of the SCMBF is to celebrate mountain biking in Santa Cruz County by bringing people together to participate and spectate in competitive and recreational mountain bike events, and a festival to bring the community together to advocate an active outdoor lifestyle and promote the world class mountain biking facilities and riders in Santa Cruz County.
For the second year, locals and visiting mountain bike enthusiast will be participating in fun and competitive events when SCMBF festival comes to town.
Featuring an impressive array of cycling inspired events and resources, the festival will impassion our local community, bringing world renowned professional riders and vendors together for one memorable weekend :
• Fox Racing Shox 831 Jump Contest: A dirt jumping competition that will feature world class professional riders as well as an amateur class.
• Short Track Race : This short track race will feature an Open Mens/Womens and Pro Mens/Womens class.
• Pump Track Pandemonium : pumptrack race for amateurs and professionals
• Epic XC Challenge : This is a challenging endurance ride that will feature a professional cross-country rider.
• Bike Skills Clinics with Local Pro Riders
• Pump Track Skills
• Dirt Jump Skills
• Bike handling
• Demo Bikes available from various manufacturers
• Vendor Tents
• Shuttle Rides to Soquel Demonstration Forest
• Food, Beer Garden, Live Music
• Fund Raising Events including Raffle & Silent Auction
Proceeds from this event will be used to create a new permanent bike park in Aptos, California.
For more information about event, volunteering, and sponsorship please contact Megan Zemny at social@mbosc.org.
Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) is an IRC 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization which is dedicated to the promotion of mountain biking in a healthy and environmentally sound manner. MBOSC is an affiliate club of International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA).
