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Remerciements aux nombreux bénévoles qui font vivre le park, ainsi qu’à tous ceux qui nous soutiennent, les partenaires publics (Conseil Régional, Conseil Général, la Ville d’Abbeville) , et les partenaires privés, Carhartt, Orange, la Mutuelle de la Somme et le petit nouveau El Diablo. Et un grand merci aux très très nombreux riders qui sont passés au park en 2010, en espérant vous voir encore plus nombreux en 2011. 80100 SKATEPARK : Pensé, construit, géré, par des riders pour les riders !!!!!!
Who’s in charge here? What does the Board of Trustees do? How does Collegiate Cycling relate to USA Cycling? It’s a confusing mess out there, and the overall structure of collegiate cycling, and USA Cycling as a whole, can be confusing at times. So here’s a breakdown of the four basic elements of collegiate cycling governance:
USA Cycling: Formerly a group of associations that went by a number of different acronyms (NORBA, USCF, NCCA, USPRO, etc.), USA Cycling is now a single non-profit company with a single logo and a single mission: to achieve sustained success in international cycling competition and grow competitive cycling in America. It’s as simple as that. The organization covers all the major disciplines of competitive cycling, so there’s no longer any such thing as NORBA, the NCCA, or the USCF. Using one of those acronyms is akin to calling the US Constitution the Federalist Papers, or your mother by her maiden name, or talking about the League of Nations headquarters in New York City. It’s just USA Cycling, and we are bike racing in America. Period. Collegiate, non-collegiate, on-road, off-road, two wheels, or, well   … More