The fire road, as Scott Nydam remembers it a year ago last summer, wasn’t so much a fire road as a butchered carving through dirt, rocks and fallen trees. The fire road in West Sonoma County had been long since abandoned and it would have been easy spraining an ankle — walking.
“So here we are, bombing down this fire road on our bikes,†said Nydam, a pro cyclist with BMC, talking about himself and Levi Leipheimer. “There’s stuff everywhere.  More info
James Stewart prefers that you know him as a seven-time supercross and motocross champion, a daring, spring-limbed rider tearing up tracks, kicking up clods of mud in breakneck turns and leaving his competition to stare at the hot-pink “Bubbalicious” logo stitched to the dusty seat of his pants.
In the mind of this dirt-road warrior, his winning should make him memorable. That he has captured all five major championships by the age of 23 …Â More info
might sound unlikely. And you don’t have to believe me. But I have been training for an event like Winter Carnival — mentally, at least — my whole life.
True, it snowed more than a few inches in North Carolina fewer than 10 times in the 22 years I lived there. True, I still have never been on a pair of skis. And true, it would take me about two hours longer to complete any of the Winter Carnival racing events than any other competitor…Â More info
This post was taken from the Desert Snow Connection Blog. Desert Snow Connection offers various weekend trips and day trips shuffling Skiers and Snowboarders alike from the Valley of the Sun to their destination of choice:
What up riders! It’s been a minute since I have posted anything…been mad busy lately.
Anyhow here is the lowdown…
Bear Mountain was a flop!!! I can’t believe The Block was foreclosed on 5 days before we were set to take over the joint…absolutely nuts right?!? We had 2 trips planned to Bear and neither of them happened…not good for our rep at all but our next trip will make up for it though…IT’S GONNA BE HUGE!!! … More info