It has been a good finish to the National mountain bike season for local riders when they attended the final round of the series that took place at Mt Buller, Victoria.
Wentworth Falls local Rhys Atkinson was placed 10th overall with big brother Pro rider Bryn settling for fourth.
Portland’s Liam Dailey put in a great run to take 13th position in the very competitive under 17s… More info
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Luna women’s team returns for 2009 without Nash – Canadian Catharine Pendrel and American Georgia Gould will continue to head up the Luna Women’s team for the 2009 mountain bike season. The veteran duo will be joined by Chloe Forsman.
Hagen calls it quits – After nine years on the race circuit, New Zealand’s Scarlett Hagen announced her retirement from downhill mountain bike racing. Just 21, a burnt-out Hagen brought her career an end that suprised some. Hagen’s final event will be the Brake Burner on her home track this weekend
Jamis backs new cross country squad –
Jamis expanded its mountain bike sponsorship for 2009 by adding a cross country program to its existing Jamis Gravity program. The new Jamis Factory Racing team will focus on cross country, all-mountain and endurance races as well as mountain bike festivals in North, Central and South America. …Â More info
With loud music playing and a table full of catered food, it might be hard to believe that engineering students actually undertook a massive project Sunday afternoon in the Art Mart.That’s right, they are once again preparing for the annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers. The team will compete April 3–4 at … More info
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KAHULUI – On Thursday, during one of the last practices before Saturday’s First Hawaiian Bank State Canoe Paddling Championships, Kamehameha Schools Maui coach Robert Brede said that he had ”a lot of butterflies” rumbling around in his stomach as he prepared his boys, girls and mixed crews, all of them Maui Interscholastic League champions.
”This is the first year that I have three events – the boys, girls and mixed – in the first heat…Â More info