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The Gold Coast Conference event #5 and opening day of the Northwest Conference took place in stunning Indian summer weather at Morro Bay on the weekend of October 9th and 10th. The competitors were treated to fun contest conditions with toasty 80 degree temps, a variety of winds ranging from warm offshore to brisk onshores and fair to good waves all weekend.

Despite almost nil swell along the California coast on Saturday, “the Rock” at Morro Bay didn’t disappoint with small but rippable waist high peaks. Sunday’s Northwest Conference opener enjoyed a building northwest swell which pumped in solid chest to head high lefts and rights. 

Antoine Allain, Skylar Lawson, Kairi Noro and Eithan Osborne were the standouts in Saturday’s Gold Coast contest, each winning their respective divisions. Lawson and Noro doubled up on victories while Osborne continued to   …  Details

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The 2010 edition of IMBA’s International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day event (held on Oct. 2 for most locations) was an enormous success, with more than 21,000 participants joining the fun according to estimates from event organizers. The ride, which is held annually on the first Saturday of October, attracted about 7,000 kids and adults last year. “This year, we offered an online event map and a streamlined registration process,” explains IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel. “But what drives our success is that it’s such a blast to ride trails with young people. Our clubs know that better than anyone and they’ve gone gangbusters promoting their events.”

The registered events ranged from the modest — about 10 kids and 20 adults were expected at Georgia’s Sope Creek National Park ride — to the extravagant  …  Details

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