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The 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships continued Saturday in Beech Mountain, N.C. with the dual slalom competition. The day started overcast and foggy, but slowly cleared, leaving the racers to compete in cool temperatures under partly cloudy skies.
When the professional riders assumed center stage Saturday, Mitch Ropelato (Ogden, Utah/SPS North America) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./RedBull-Transition Racing) topped the men’s and women’s podiums.
Kintner, who won the  … More
I’m teetering on the edge of a platform halfway up a mountain, my bike about to plunge down a flight of stairs into the woods. A voice behind me shouts, “Confidence and commitment,” as if he were giving relationship advice. And then, almost as an aside, as I tip over the edge, he says, “Oh, don’t touch your brakes, or you’ll face-plant …”
So goes my Bumps and Bends training session at  … More
The 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships started Friday in Beech Mountain, N.C. An overnight rain made portions of the course slick and very difficult to race, but as the day continued and sun shone brightly, conditions improved.
The opening day featured the categories 2 and 3 amateur downhill competition. Six of the 15 winners reside in the host state of North Carolina.
Category 3
In the men’s 15-18 competition, Kyle Supple (Greensboro, N.C.) earned the top prize by 14 seconds over silver medalist Gavin Gargiulo (Colorado Springs, Colo.). In the men’s 19-29 competition, local rider Brad Blackwell (Banner Elk, N.C.) won by just over 30 seconds after riding a cautious, but aggressive ride  … More