Building a BMX race bike.....

I've decided to build another BMX race bike. A Haro SX 24" cruiser. I just stripped the frame of paint heres a pic. I'll keep you updated and hopefully in a month or two she'll be rebuilt.

2009 Oregon State BMX Championships

The Oregon State Ch was held at the Emerald Valley BMX in Eugene Oregon on Aug 21-22-23 2009. 269 riders made up over 60 motos for ages ranging from 5yrs to 55 and over. Two classes of bikes both 20" and 24" with many riders races both classes. The track is located just south of Autzen stadium home of the Oregon Ducks. It has a long history of producing Nationaly ranked riders. Currently a Factory Redline rider by the name of Sanger holds the National #1 plate. 2008 Oregon State # 1 plate holders. The 2008 Teams placement before the race. On the gate !!! Waiting Only 3 riders in this moto, I like this pic because I was shhoting this kid and yet you see his opponets way down the gate I believe these three guys were at one time AA Pros This guy is on a 2009 Haro Team Issue bike thats built up. He slipped a pedal and still came back to win at the finsih line. It was a great event with perfect weather.

If you are planning a trip to the Willamette Valley . . .

Download this years bike map and events calender. Just click on the map to start your download. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read this file. Its free, and you can download that by Googling it.

Willamette Pass Downhill Race #2 2009

Beautiful weather greeted us Saturday and Sunday up in the Cascades. On the way up we stopped by Willamette Mountain Mercatile and checked out the new front of the building. Awesome guys inside, and when in Oakridge DO stop by.












PulpitClothing, located in Eugene Or, set up their clothing tent right next to the Gondola. Check out their website for lifestyle wear. They have a nice retail shop with men and womans clothing.










Heres some pics of the bottom of the lifts.








Riders meeting.... pictures taken by Jess.



















Around 30 racers showed up for the Downhill Coalition event.



The awards gathering.....






The Pro winners





Here is some video shot by my wife and I. Enjoy!

See you at the races... we'll be camping here.....

So if your in the area today or tommorrow come up to Willamette Pass and check it out. I'll be riding this afternoon at the W. Pass resort and camping where you see the red circle high above the canyon. Also I kinda marked the Down Hill course to give an idea of the route. Click on the pictures to enlarge.....

Willamette Pass DownHill Mountain Bike race Aug 8-9

A Picture off the Downhillcoalition home page.

Off the W Pass site " Upcoming Mountain Bike Events (2009)
Willamette Pass Resort will be hosting two downhill mountain bike races this summer. Racers will have their choice competing on three great single track courses, including Beginner, Sport and Expert with great prizes awarded at the end of the race. Prize money will be awarded for men's Pro/Elite racers.

Sport, Expert, Elite & Pro: Pre-reg $50/$60 day of race
Beginner & Jr's: Pre-reg $35/$45 day of race

A special thanks goes out to the Downhill Coalition for all their hard work for preparing and helping out with our downhill mountain bike races this summer.

Willamette Pass Downhill Mountain Bike Series #2 - August 8-9

On August 8 & 9, we will be hosting our second mountain bike series of 2009. Saturday, August 8 is inspection day, allowing racers to pre-run the course and Sunday, August 9 will be the day of the race. This event will once again be open to the general public and is not to be missed.

To register, please download the registration form from below and bring it to the race office located inside the lodge at Willamette Pass Resort. Registration forms will also be on hand on the weekend of the race. Registration ends Sunday, July 26 at 9:30 AM and the race will start at 10:30 AM.

To participate in the Willamette Pass Downhill Mountain Bike Series, racers must be a registered OBRA member. The fee to join OBRA is $5 and registration forms will be available at registration/check-in on the weekend of the races.

Alot of work for this event is done by the Downhill Coalition http://www.downhillcoalition.org/

A FaceBook rider's words about skate/bike love

Local rider Jim Johnson airing the hip
Ed Phillips chasing a skateboarder.
An interesting post by a fellow rider from FaceBook...

Jason A.: Skaters have always been like flies. Constantly dropping in on ya because they are smaller and able to change direction quicker, hanging out in the flats, hanging out on the hips, leaving their shit everywhere, not taking runs one at a time, don't give a fuck about what you think, and when they gather together in groups numbering more than four it'... Read Mores almost guaranteed that one have a bad bearing that combined with the sound of all the wheels sounds like buzzing wings.

Bikers have always been like locusts. We roll in unexpectedly, hit everything all at once, leave our shit everywhere, drop in on anyone because most of the time we are bigger and faster than the one being dropped in upon, don't give a fuck about what you think, and if we gather in a group numbering more than four the buzzing of the freewheels combined with the humming of the tires is like the sound of a swarm. · We are all pests. General society has slowly come to accept us only from a distance, or where it can make money off of our activities, but we have come to hold respect and love for one another. So I don't care if a skater/biker drops in on me. As long as he or she is having a good time I don't give a shit..... Unless they do it repeatedly ;)"