The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is proud to present Pedal-Driven – a Bikeumentary – on Thursday, March 22. Tickets are limited and on sale now, with proceeds benefitting MCBC and the Drake and Redwood teams of the NorCal High School Cycling League.

Pedal-Driven is a [...]]]> Marin County Premier at the Lark Theater on Thursday, March 22

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is proud to present Pedal-Driven – a Bikeumentary – on Thursday, March 22. Tickets are limited and on sale now, with proceeds benefitting MCBC and the Drake and Redwood teams of the NorCal High School Cycling League.

Pedal-Driven is a feature-length documentary film that takes you on a journey through the eyes of dozens of riders, rogue trail builders, public land managers, and mountain bike advocates to tell a story of long-standing confrontations between mountain bikers and federal land management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service over bikers’ rights and access to public lands.

It’s more than just a bike flick: what differentiates Pedal-Driven from the hundreds of existing mountain bike films is its focus on social and environmental issues of national importance – how we determine legitimate and acceptable uses of our public lands. Certainly, beautiful cinematography and thrilling bike footage lend to the draw, but the purpose of the piece goes far deeper.

Buy tickets today here.
See the trailer here.

More information and course maps: http://www.norcalmtb.org/events/races/

In Division 1 (for teams with 12 or more riders), defending champion [...]]]> Congratulations everyone on rolling to victory in our third hard earned California State Championship, May 15, 2011 in Los Olivos!

Sir Francis Drake High School was once again the top team in the Division 1 overall State Championship results.

In Division 1 (for teams with 12 or more riders), defending champion Sir Francis Drake High School took top state honors, followed by Redwood High School and San Rafael High School. Congratulations to Drake and our local Marin teams on leading the state!

Drake Head Coach Paul Chourre: “No matter where we go our goal is to have fun and to win. It’s a precedent that carries us through every race, an attitude that’s been built over the years.”

Team Director Dan Freeman: “We don’t miss a step. There’s always someone at every level—from parents to teachers to the community—to provide team support. We think it’s the best program in the country at the high school level. We’re very proud of what we do.”

Varsity Girls: Sofia Hamilton (2nd from left) and Mackinzie Stanley (right). Photo: Whole Athlete

As we’ve surpassed 10 years of high school mountain bike racing in Northern California, and as state wide competition heats up between NorCal and SoCal, it makes all the hard work you have put into grabbing another state title all the sweeter.  Check out State Champ Race Results here.

Special mention should go out to Roman Brockley, Lucas Newcomb, Conor Briese, and Sam McLaughlin for posting personal best performances at such a large and important event.

Additionally, 17 Drake riders have officially qualified for Nationals by virtue of their top 15 performances at State.

Congrats all!

Coach Dan
Coach Paul

Full Norcal/SoCal High School MTB State Championships press release & full results here.

We started with a neutral start that wound through the pit zone and [...]]]> State Championships Race Report: Sofia Hamilton

As this race marked my last ever high school race, and a chance for the Drake team to be three-time state champions, I was determined to put everything I had in me into this race.

We started with a neutral start that wound through the pit zone and then made a U-turn onto the real course, where the race really began. Maren decided to take the lead and start off going hard, with Kate, Shayna and me right on her wheel, and Mackinzie right behind me. Alexis Ryan, a SoCal girl, managed to work her way up to our lead group pretty soon. We ended up staying pretty much all together with Maren in the front for the whole first lap, but on the second lap Shayna, Kate, Alexis, and I passed Maren. Alexis disappeared at some point during this lap, I’m not sure what happened, but she ended up DNFing.

The remaining four of us stayed together for the rest of the second lap and when we got to the first climb for the third time around Shayna got a little bit of a gap on the rest of us. As we hit the downhill, Shayna’s gap increased when we got stuck behind some lapped riders on the parts of the downhill that were nearly impossible to pass on.

When we got to the flat, windy fireroad section in the middle Maren suddenly surged ahead. I tried to get on her wheel and draft off of her but she managed to pull away. As we hit the next climb, I knew this might be my last chance to catch her so I gave it everything I had, pushing myself harder than ever before, but I didn’t seem to gain much time on her.

Shayna, Maren and I were close enough that I could see both of them ahead of me still, and when we got to the bottom of the final descent and hit the incredibly long, incredibly windy straight, bumpy section to the finish I dug even deeper to try to bridge the gap, screaming at myself in my mind to go even harder, because it was my last high school race of my life.

I saw Maren catching up to Shayna and put my head down and pedaled through the pain to try to catch them, but unfortunately didn’t make it all the way up to them. Despite that, I wanted to finish with nothing left, so I sprinted as hard as I could across the finish line, taking third.

Amazing job to everyone else out there! It was super exciting to finish off senior year with a three-peat! Thank you to all the riders, coaches, and parents for an amazing four years, I can honestly say that being part of this team was one of the most awesome experiences of my life and I am going to miss it so much. I know you guys will keep kicking butt without me, and hopefully I’ll be able to make it to a race to cheer you on next year!

~ Sofia

State Championships Race Report: Miles Lim

Hey Drake,

Sorry my race report is a little late, I was really busy with school work all week.

Driving to Los Olivos I had plenty of time to think about my race. I knew there would be a lot of fast kids to compete against and I would really have to go one hundred percent to do well. My goal is always to get a top five but this race seemed almost impossible because of the stacked category.

Out of the start I held my position on the right side up against the tape.  One SoCal rider passes me and I was in fourth up the first climb. it was  long and steep and made me tired. I passed the SoCal rider and was ahead of him for a while. Then Skyler passed me and later a different SoCal rider passed me. We stayed together until the middle of the second lap. I wasn’t extremely tired but I felt like I just couldn’t keep up.

The SoCal rider and I stayed back while the top three took off. When he started to bridge the gap and try to catch up, I couldn’t stay with him and rode on my own. I knew I was in fifth and I was fine with that. I kept feeling like I would go around a turn and the SoCal kid would be there because he ran out of gas but it never happened. From then on I wanted to defend my position from riders behind me that I couldn’t see.

I ended up a minute behind fourth and three minutes ahead of sixth.

Adios,
Miles

State Championships Race Report: Mackinzie Stanley

Howdy All,

Coming into this race, I didn’t have quite the same nervousanticipation that I felt should have been there going into a state championships race. I pre-rode the course and recognized that there were afew off-camber corners, two main hills and a nice, *looong, bumpy*, flat single track coming into the finish. The course was also fairly dusty and the breathing didn’t feel great as i was following a line of other pre-riders along the singletrack. Luckily,a light shower the night before helped to tamp down the trail a bit although the off on on sun/almost rain type of weather was a little weird.

Knowing that there was a pretty good hill close to the start and that I’ve had troubles with the hills in the past, I tried to get in a good warm up with lots of sprints and it seemed to pay off. On the start line, I was supposed to get called up, but couldn’t hear anything that the guy was saying thru his megaphone and so ended up starting in the 3rd row back, behind a bunch of SoCal girls who I was pretty certain wouldn’t pose much trouble. As soon as the pacers pulled off the trail, the top riders raced for the front spots. I maneuvered myself past a few girls , but got cut off
before the single track, hovering in about 9th place or so. I was then able to pass a few more girls, finding myself right behind 6th place with the five leaders in a pack, steadily increasing their gap. Knowing that I needed to stay close to the front group to have a chance of taking a podium spot, I passed the girl in 6th place and struck out on my own to close the gap.

I pushed myself up the first single track climb and almost caught the tail end of the front pack by the top. I noticed that one girl seemed to have more trouble than the rest hanging onto the group and that pushed me to go faster, thinking that I might have a chance of passing her. For the rest of the lap, I pushed myself to dig in and by the time we got to the open fireroad I had attached myself to the rear end of the front group.

Meanwhile, I had looked back over my shoulder and realized that there was no other rider in sight, which was peculiar in itself, since I almost always have at least one or two other riders following not far behind for at least the first lap. Pushing that thought from my mind, I focused on keeping up as much as I could on the singletrack climb. About halfway up, I realized that I had caught up to Maren, who had dropped off the end and after a moment of being dumbfounded as to why she was not farther up, I proceeded to pass her and cruise the down hill.

Partway through the flat singletrack, Maren cruised by me and I wondered ‘*where did that come from when she was dragging on the climb*?’ This just made more determined that I was going to catch back up to the lead group, and I put down a tremendous effort and was able to catch back up to the lead group by the time we crossed the finish line, where I felt pretty accomplished for staying close to the lead group for a whole lap when usually I drop off somewhere around halfway through or earlier in the first lap.

Unfortunately, that was as long as that lasted. As we ascended the singletrack climb on the second lap, I couldn’t quite hang on and the front group pulled away. I pushed it faster than ever on the rolling, downhill terrain after the hill, but couldn’t quite close the gap that had formed between me and the front five.

Knowing that I would probably be on my own for the rest of the race I mentally braced myself to keep pushing even when the riders in front of me were just out of sight. I pushed thoughts of 6th place out of my mind and focused on being as smooth and fast as possible.

On the down hill after the fireroad climb, I saw Alexis Ryan pulling off to the side of the singletrack in front of me. I wasn’t sure what had made her stop and I wasn’t going to take any chances or pass up on this chance. Filled with a sudden surge of energy, I pushed it even harder as I cruised through the finish line and then proceeded to kill myself on the singletrack climb that I was determined to win against. Unfortunately, as I entered my last lap, I suddenly encountered an onslaught of freshmen/sophmore/JV riders and on the steep single track in the middle of the climb I got caught behind a few freshmen who couldn’t make it and who decided to cross the trail in front of me in their attempt to skooch off to the side-forcing me to get off my bike and run past them before getting back on.

Ticked at the number of riders I was now encountering and out of my zone, I finished cresting the hill with a strong performance, but breathing raggedly and tried to center myself back onto my own race. From there I just kept up a strong pace for the rest of the lap, continuing to pass riders every few minutes or sooner — usually in groups. They did create a certain determination in me on the second climb however- I became determined to pass all of a huge group of them before the top so that I wouldn’t get stuck behind them on the downhill. I did pass them all, but then caught up to more of them towards the end anyway.

Coming into the finish, I put in a strong effort to finish the race in style and sprinted across the finish line, even letting a small smile escape – I had just finished top five in State.

Overall, I am happy at how my season went and my results. I learned a lot in Varsity this year and am ready to reach even higher next season. I also really enjoyed just being able to have a full season of racing and to have my last race feel so good-possible the best I’ve felt all season.

Besides individual success, I am so proud to have contributed to the third successive state win for Drake. Great Job to all of you who raced and practiced and contributed to the team – it was a team effort and team spirit that contributed to getting this win. Thanks to everyone cheering out there – it helps so much to know that people are rooting for you!!!

-Mackinzie

State Championships Race Report: Sam McLaughlin

After a disappointing race at Boggs Mountain, I was determined to go for
broke at States. Pre-riding the course, I didn’t think any of the climbs
would be too bad, but I knew that the constant stutter bumps on the rough
singletrack would take their toll. I remembered how beat up I’d been from
the similarly bumpy Nationals course last year, and I hoped I would be able
to maintain enough strength to deal with the chatter.

On race day, I made sure my warm-up was more thorough than
usual, knowing that there would be a steep climb right out of the gate. I
did get a call-up, but I was in the fourth row. After the neutral start, I
charged up the singletrack, trying to get into a better position for the
switchbacks, passing many riders but already getting shaken up by the trail.

I made it into the switchbacks in 11th or 12th position. I felt
really strong on the climb, and I passed another rider or two. For the rest
of the first lap, I followed a group of three Casa Grande riders. The pace
was fast, but I never felt the first-lap burn that I usually get (maybe the
warm-up helped?). Near the end of that lap, Conor Briese came up behind me.
I urged him not to pass just yet, and to wait for a wider section of trail
so that we could make an attack together.

When we crossed the creek and headed out for the 2nd lap, we both passed the
Casa Grande riders and shifted our focus to trying to catch up to Daniel,
who was just ahead. We passed him on one of the downhills, and rode in a
stretched-out group for most of the rest of the lap. The Casa Grande
trifecta stayed in hot pursuit the whole time.

By the time I started my third lap, Conor had increased his lead over me.
Daniel and one of the Casa Grande riders, Justin, passed me right after I
went through the finish area. While heading through the feed zone, I talked
(with some difficulty) to Daniel. “There are more Casa guys really close
behind us,” he told me, and I replied, “Nobody else passes us from now on!”
We both picked up our pace a bit, trying to reel in Justin and keep away the
chasing riders.

I was really feeling the effects of the rough course on that third lap. The
incessant small bumps were impossible to avoid. Staying seated was out of
the question, but standing was a challenge because my rear wheel would
bounce around so much. This was a course that deserved a full-suspension
bike, and my hardtail was punishing to ride.

On the last big climb, I got right up to Daniel’s wheel, but spotted a lone
Casa rider less than a minute back. I told this to Daniel, and as we crested
the climb, he slowly pulled away from me. He never got very far, but I
couldn’t quite close the gap. I knew we were close to the finish, and I kept
glancing back over my shoulder at the Casa rider, trying to hold him off for
just a few more minutes. I gained some time on him during the final descent,
but he was closing slowly on the long flat section before the finish. I
crossed the creek, turned into the finish section, and only at the last
corner was I certain that he wasn’t going to catch me, and I relaxed,
sprinting comfortably over the line.

I had a great race, and I ended up in 9th place. I still didn’t make the
podium, but I had my best finish of the season and I beat a few of the
riders who had been beating me in the previous races. I felt great, I
thought I raced well, and I enjoyed this race more than any of the others.
Daniel and Conor were both very helpful during the race, and all of the
teammates, parents and coaches who cheered me on were awesome as well. On
top of that, Drake took home a third State Championship in a row!  I’m glad
that I could end the season on a high note, and I’m really looking forward
to next season.

State Championships (Grass Valley CA) - May 16, 2010

Add’l race photos by Robert Lowe

Grass Valley, CA — Nearly 500 student athletes from northern and southern California competed on the custom trails at Loma Rica [...]]]>

State Championships (Grass Valley CA) - May 16, 2010

Drake Pirates Take Top Honors At NICA 2010 California State Championships Race May 24, 2010

Add’l race photos by Robert Lowe

Grass Valley, CA — Nearly 500 student athletes from northern and southern California competed on the custom trails at Loma Rica Ranch in Grass Valley, California, as the second meeting of the NorCal and SoCal high school mountain bike racing leagues met in as many years to determine the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) California state champions.

Team results from the May 16 race included combined points from both the NorCal and SoCal Leagues, with the Drake Pirates taking the Division 1 category with 4,404 points, ahead of Nevada Union (4,120) and Redwood High (4,066). For Division 2 teams, Marin Catholic took top honors with 2,229 points, followed by the Branson Bulls (2,126) and Tamalpais High (2,105).

The 5.8-mile course mixed steep fire-road climbs, plenty of single track, and swoopy, well-burmed turns, as the mostly tree-covered course eventually sent riders around a quarter-mile horse track before winding through the Loma Rica Ranch, seated in the heart of Sierra Nevada Gold Country. With nearly 70 student athletes from the SoCal League mixing it up with the host NorCal League, there were several exciting finishes throughout the day, as 96 girls and 398 boys rode their hearts out for points and a shot at the California state champions jersey in all four categories: Varsity, JV, Soph and Frosh.

Several bike industry VIPs attended the event, including Easton Sports Development Foundation’s Jim Easton, Specialized Bicycle Components owner Mike Sinyard, plus several NICA, NorCal and SoCal board members.

“I’ve been involved in the SoCal League since October 2009,” said Hart District head coach Paula Rogers. “My son Jesse was racing cyclo-cross and downhill, and I wanted him to keep riding his bike, so I built this team around him. He has Asperger’s Syndrome. Kids like him are awesome athletes; it’s just that when they get off their bikes you have to have somebody there to take care of them. Next year we’ll have four more riders with Asperger’s. We’re recruiting them, some from my son’s Asperger’s program, and we’re also involved with the Special Olympics in Santa Clarita because they recently lost their cycling program. Our team is certainly not just for challenged kids like these, however. We want kids of all kinds. Next year we’ll have 30 riders from five high schools. The more kids we can get on bikes, the more they’ll stay out of trouble and be healthy and green. This is the future of our sport, of the cycling industry.”

NorCal League director Vanessa Hauswald echoed Rogers’ enthusiasm. “The State Championships is always my favorite race of the year due to the energy and enthusiasm that everyone brings to the event,” Hauswald said. “I especially enjoyed watching the kids from both NorCal and SoCal line up and race together so respectfully and with such sportsmanlike behavior. I learned a lot this season and had a great time working with all the League athletes and coaches. We’re already looking forward to the 2011 season!”

*Race Results
Varsity Boys*
San Rafael senior Will Curtis ended his high school racing career by winning
the 23.2-mile Varsity Boy’s race in 1:41:53, narrowly beating SoCal Hemet
High senior Zach Valdez by two seconds after racing wheel to wheel the
entire event. Tony Smith (Marin Catholic) finished third, nearly
two-and-a-half minutes behind. Cody Kaiser (Trojan Composite) and Riley
Predum (Drake) rounded out the final podium. Forty-six Varsity boys
competed.

*Varsity Girls*
Sophomore Shayna Powless (Independent) returned to her winning ways after
her unbeaten streak was broken by Drake’s Sophia Hamilton at Fort Ord on May
2. Powless won the 17.4-mile Varsity Girl’s race in 1:32:52, while Hamilton
finished 3:16 later for second on the day. Victoria Yoham (Marin Catholic),
Christine Weir (Nevada Union) and Lauren Catlin (Drake) rounded out the
final podium. Twenty-four Varsity girls competed.

*JV Boys*
In the JV Boy’s Division 1 event, Berkeley High’s Isaiah Rapko took top
honors in 1:22:12 over the 17.4-mile course, more than a minute ahead of
Redwood High’s Taylor Smith and Folsom’s Sam Wamhoff. Brandon Blakely
(Yucaipa High) and Steven Baldock (Nevada Union) rounded out the final
podium. Seventy JV boys raced the Division 1 event.

In the JV Boy’s Division 2 race, SoCal independent racer Casey Williams won
the 17.4-mile event in 1:18:59, beating Tamalpais High’s Spence Peterson by
nearly a minute. Santa Cruz teammates Jacob Albrecht and Tobin Ortenblad
finished a couple minutes later, followed by Jefferson’s Brandon Dillard.
Fifty-six JV boys raced the Division 2 event.

*JV Girls*
Branson’s Kate Courtney kept her season-long winning streak alive and well,
taking the JV Girls 11.6-mile race in 1:03:40, beating runner-up Sofia
Gomez-Villafane (Wildcat Racing) by more than three minutes. Emma Arata
(Nevada Union), Renee Salva (Trojan Composite) and Rainee Chandler (Salinas)
rounded out the final podium. Thirty-five JV girls competed.

*Soph Boys*
In the Soph Boy’s Division 1 race, Newport Beach’s Alex Milewski won the
17.4-mile event in 1:28:19, beating Drake’s Mitch Calder by 32 seconds.
Devin Eastman (Redwood High), Steven Larson (Salinas) and John Morehouse
(Casa Grande) rounded out the day’s final podium. Sixty-eight Soph boys
raced the Division 1 event.

In the Soph Boy’s Division 2 race, Branson’s Eliel Anttila won the 17.4-mile
event in 1:24:30, nearly a minute ahead of independent runner-up Cody
Phillips. Bob Siegel (Tamalpais), Nick Price (Jefferson) and Charlie Cone
(Novato) rounded out the final podium. Thirty-four Soph boys competed in the
Division 2 event.

*Soph Girls*
San Ramon’s Emily Lawrence won the Soph Girl’s 11.6-mile race in 1:19:17,
beating her teammate Kaitlyn Elvidge by a hair under three minutes. Emily
Anderson-Merritt (Berkeley), Hanne Andersen (Miramonte) and Libby Caldwell
(Drake) rounded out the final podium. Seventeen Soph girls competed.

*Frosh Boys*
In the Frosh Boy’s Division 1 event, Drake’s Lucas Newcomb finished the
11.6-mile course in 0:58:37, nipping runner-up Jonathan Kaufman (San Rafael)
at the line one second ahead. Daniel Szawarzenski (Drake), Alex Bagg
(Yucaipa High) and John Newcomb (Drake) rounded out the day’s podium.
Sixty-five Frosh Division 1 boys raced the event.

In the Frosh Boy’s Division 2 event, Tamalpais High’s Alex Howard won the
11.6-mile event in 0:57:00, with only one second separating independent
racer Ryan Stevens and Lawrence Smith (Marin Catholic) a minute later for
second and third. Howard’s Tamalpais teammate Skyler Taylor finished fourth,
just two seconds ahead of independent racer Jack Keane. Forty-nine Frosh
boys competed in the Division 2 event.

*Frosh Girls*
Redwood High’s Josephine Nordrum won the Frosh Girl’s 11.6-mile race in
1:15:37, beating independent racer and Dominique Vanden Dries by a shade
over two minutes. Elizabeth Maguire (Casa Grande) finished third, while
Annika Hoy (Drake) and Isabella Breen (San Rafael) rounded out the podium.
Twenty Frosh girls competed.

For complete individual results, visit NorCal
Results<http://norcalmtb.org/race/results.htm>
.

*NorCal Race #4 Team Results*
Team results from the May 16 race included combined points from both the
NorCal and SoCal Leagues, with the Drake Pirates taking the Division 1
category with 4,404 points, ahead of Nevada Union (4,120) and Redwood High
(4,066). For Division 2 teams, Marin Catholic took top honors with 2,229
points, followed by the Branson Bulls (2,126) and Tamalpais High (2,105).
For complete results, visit http://norcalmtb.org/race/2010/TeamResults4.html
.

*NorCal Final Points Results: Individual*
For the NorCal student athletes, the May 16 race counted toward the overall
season series points standings, due to the cancellation of race #3 at Boggs
Mountain. The category winners were: Boy’s Varsity: Will Curtis – San Rafael
(1,725 points); Girl’s Varsity: Shayna Powless – Independent (1,725); Boy’s
JV Division 1: Isaiah Rapko – Berkeley High (1,640); Boy’s JV Division 2:
Spence Peterson – Tamalpais High (1,639); Girl’s JV: Kate Courtney – Branson
(1,650); Boy’s Soph Division 1: Steven Larson – Salinas (1,544); Boy’s Soph
Division 2: Eliel Anttila – Branson (1,565); Girl’s Soph: Emily Lawrence -
San Ramon (1,560); Boy’s Frosh Division 1: Daniel Szawarzenski – Drake
(1,534); Boy’s Frosh Division 2: Alex Howard – Tamalpais (1,575); Girl’s
Frosh: Dominique Vanden Dries – Independent (1,544).

Students were awarded 25 bonus points for completing all races. For complete
results, visit NorCal Results <http://norcalmtb.org/race/results.htm>.

*NorCal Final Points Results: Teams*
Drake High captured the Division 1 overall team award with 16,353 points,
ahead of Salinas (15,802) and San Rafael (15,166). In Division 2, Marin
Catholic took top honors with 8,060, followed by the Santa Cruz Chain Gang
(7,912) and Branson (7,849). For complete results, visit NorCal
Results<http://norcalmtb.org/race/results.htm>
.

“Our goal this year was to repeat our championship, which hadn’t been done
before,” said Drake head coach Paul Chourre. “Every year is different. You
think you have it all figured out and then some team shows up from nowhere
with a lot of power. It’s been super exciting this year. The secret is
keeping it fun. You have to find a balance to not make it too intimidating
so newer riders can ease into it, but still make it competitive for those
who are. You have victories big and small, individual and team. Little
victories are like when a rider finally finishes a race, and big victories
are like when a rider is first or second in a big meet like this. It’s so
rewarding. You make a difference in kids’ lives every day. It’s an
incredible opportunity for kids, to get involved in a sport they can do all
their lives.”

NorCal League founder Matt Fritzinger also witnessed his last race as
director; Fritzinger is now the executive director of NICA, and has passed
the reins to Hauswald.

“It was wonderful how many parents and athletes found me and told me how
much the League means to them,” Fritzinger said. “This work has been very
gratifying, but I’m also very proud of the NorCal staff we have. They’re
doing such a great job.

“It was also a great honor of giving Jim Easton a tour of such a historic
and beautiful race venue,” he added. “Jim is on the International Olympic
Committee and he and his wife had not yet seen a high school race; they were
very impressed. Jim founded the SoCal League, and for him to witness the
close Boy’s Varsity finish between NorCal and SoCal was priceless. It was
also bitter sweet to watch over 100 seniors gather for the Class of 2010
photo.”

Loma Rica Ranch
Trails for the NICA 2010 California State Championship were created during
the summer of 2009, with more than 900 volunteer hours contributed by the
Youth Bicyclists of Nevada County Foundation’s Trail Stewardship Program of
teen club members, parents, contractors, and local non-profit volunteers.
The hilly course was held on a 127-acre parcel with flowy single tracks
among stands of old pine and madrone stands. For more information, visit
YBONC <http://ybonc.org/>.