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ztlh13

12-04-2006, 09:32 AM

motomike

12-04-2006, 09:57 AM

I wish the Lees-McCrae course was accessible to outsiders. It's awesome!

bizutch

12-04-2006, 09:59 AM

I wish the Lees-McCrae course was accessible to outsiders. It's awesome!

whaaa?:picsstfu:

bizutch

12-04-2006, 10:00 AM

Looking to possibly do some 4x riding before christmas.

Does anyone know of any that are open in:
GA / KY / TN / NC area?

Pics are a plus :biggrin:

www.myspace.com/patdakat and click on the video. You'll have wood...

motomike

12-04-2006, 10:05 AM

whaaa?:picsstfu:

2008 Collegiate National Championships are in Banner Elk, you know? :cheers:

Jeremy R

12-04-2006, 10:16 AM

2008 Collegiate National Championships are in Banner Elk, you know? :cheers:

Sweet. I am gonna sign up for Refrigerator college or something, so I can race. It will be like Old School.
You're my boy Blue!!

bizutch

12-04-2006, 10:31 AM

Sweet. I am gonna sign up for Refrigerator college or something, so I can race. It will be like Old School.
You're my boy Blue!!

dammit. Now there's a legit reason to go back and get my Masters. Hmmm...wonder if I could get it in education???:greedy:

jvnixon

12-04-2006, 12:12 PM

OO, tasty . Thanks guys, keep em comming if you got more (and pics!!)

jvnixon

12-04-2006, 12:16 PM

ETSU in Johnson City, TN is well groomed and extra trails have been added! Not sure about Bigfoot between Knoxville and Oak Ridge. Hobby Park in Winston-Salem has a DS course that shoulld be good. Are there any other in riding condition?

Ask Metal about track in GA.

Oh, In KY Lindsey Wilson (north of Nashville) has a sweet course as well.

Actually that was the inital plan, i've ridden there before (two months ago)... However they rebuild it every year as it washes away. One of my buddies that does Cyclocross said it was in some disarray about 2 weeks ago or so due to rain and what not.

jvnixon

12-04-2006, 12:31 PM

bigfoot in solway, tn

not sure if these are current, but i found these pics

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/mtnbike/bigfoot.html

http://www.atbmx.com/bigfoot.htm

dhbuilder

12-04-2006, 01:00 PM

pro fro may be the one to chime in on this.
but i think bigfoot may be lying fallow at the moment.

so much potential with the land there and all.
but so few willing to take advantage of it.

profro

12-05-2006, 08:39 AM

The MTNx course at Bigfoot is ridable, but its in rough, rough shape. We didn't do any up-keep on the course after the spring. Its just too much work for the 2 or 3 guys that wanted to help.

ztlh13

12-05-2006, 09:47 AM

I wish the Lees-McCrae course was accessible to outsiders. It's awesome!

I don't think they actually stop anyone from riding there.

jvnixon

12-05-2006, 03:09 PM

The MTNx course at Bigfoot is ridable, but its in rough, rough shape. We didn't do any up-keep on the course after the spring. Its just too much work for the 2 or 3 guys that wanted to help.

How bad do you think it is?

What about the other riding in Big Foot (simialr conditions? )

thanks

ATOMICFIREBALL

12-05-2006, 04:40 PM

How bad do you think it is?

What about the other riding in Big Foot (simialr conditions? )

thanks

Rode a Heckler with 6" fork & 2.5" tires there in the spring 2006 & it was ok ,but on the sketchy side for the main track.. Something with big meaty tires help with the rocks n gravel ..
Those freeride trails they built in the woods are cool. Usually they just need to be raked .
I am guessing the dirt jumps are used the most?

Metal Dude

12-06-2006, 12:44 AM

My DS course in Griffin Georgia is tight right now til' Christmas
you wanna make the trip?
Directions are FRM Atlanta-go I-75 S to exit 218 hwy 20-go west to
Atl. Motor Speedway-exit S onto 19/41 go 7 mi. to Hwy 92 (Mcdonalds)
turn right-go 2 mi. turn right just past gas station/tan salon-hah!
onto Bates rd.-go strt. 1/2 mi. to dead end-fork left onto powerline-
bring lunch!-DS course and 8 pack of mtb dirt jumps last gap 30ft.

jvnixon

12-06-2006, 10:19 AM

DVNT

12-06-2006, 01:30 PM

all i could find at the moment.

DVNT

12-06-2006, 01:40 PM

some other 4x bike friendly stuff in GA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/onearmedbandit04/ohyeacp052.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/onearmedbandit04/aaacp034.jpg

http://www.sorba.org/albums/album146/ryan1.jpg

here's an idea of what 1 of the lines is like
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8961606335294512616&hl=en

jvnixon

12-06-2006, 03:24 PM

very nice DVNT, thanks.

profro

12-06-2006, 04:07 PM

Here's what I can find...

http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/Bigfoot10002.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/IMG_0961a.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/mark1.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/mark2.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/cory4.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/cory5.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/cory6.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/tomtriple.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/91104race1.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/geritttriple.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/hdf3btriple.jpg
http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdferguson3/hdf3triple.jpg

irishman

12-06-2006, 04:13 PM

Big Foot is not in any condition that is desireable to ride right now....check back there in the spring unless you want to do some dirt jumps

I'd try...

ETSU first (being ridden all year round)
LMC second (less there unless it has changed in the last month)

What's that about collegiate nationals in 2008? Where would all the courses be?

bizutch

12-06-2006, 04:17 PM

Doesn't anybody own a 4 wheeler and scraper attachment up there to rough grade Bigfoot? I assume it's rutted from rain runoff is the main issue right?
Not anything I can do about here...just wondering out loud.

profro

12-06-2006, 04:21 PM

Big Foot is not in any condition that is desireable to ride right now....check back there in the spring unless you want to do some dirt jumps

Sorry, but you're talking out your a$$. I was there today working and it really, really dry and ridable.

Butch, yeah is rain ruts that are the main problem. We have some ideas how to fix this and we get on it in the spring.

jvnixon

12-06-2006, 05:41 PM

Nice pics, Bigfoot looks like a very viable option maybe ESTU as well...

ulockjustice

12-06-2006, 08:53 PM

[QUOTE=What's that about collegiate nationals in 2008? Where would all the courses be?[/QUOTE]

apperently doug is trying to get collegiate nationals next year. last i talked to him (at nationals this year) he was trying to do DH at sugar, and everything else on campus. i guess itd make travel easier, but their slalom and XC courses arent exactly nationals material compared to anything at angelfire. plus slalom practice would be a bitch with 100+ people tyring to get on that course. As far as i can tell nothing is confirmed yet and angelfire was putting in a bid as well. i guess we'll see.

danielsapp414

12-06-2006, 09:19 PM

as of last wed....it is official, it will be at lees mcrae for 07-08

dh at sugar, everything else on campus

ulockjustice

12-06-2006, 10:19 PM

they should really look into doing 4x at sugar. their course is fun to play around on , but has zero spectating and definately couldnt fit 4 people without major changes. i guess its better than the two berm/one jump deal at seven springs three years ago though, but at least you could watch that.

motomike

12-07-2006, 07:26 AM

Because the have to do it that way. Don't forget cross country and short track either!

bizutch

12-07-2006, 09:04 AM

as of last wed....it is official, it will be at lees mcrae for 07-08

dh at sugar, everything else on campus

Damn...and Kim blasted me when I had the nerve to ask her if we could put on one more event there this coming spring if we handled all the advertising, timing, etc and held on a weekend the lifts were already running.

Sugar is in for a harsh lesson when it comes to collegiate racing. At Wolf Laurel, Terry and I teamed up for an event that had a collegiate at it as well. MAN! When we started the lifts, the body count just started multiplying.

Then, we weeded out some of the sketchers, and opened up DS practice. 3 went down and out within 30 minutes (not exaggerating). I spent half the day filling out injury reports. I thought our NORBA rep was gonna pooh himself. The resort owners afterwards looked at me and said "What the hell? You've had 4 events so far and only 1 broken bone. Let's do more races...but no collegiate." I agreed... :D

bizutch

12-07-2006, 09:08 AM

How about-
Concentrate efforts on Downhill in 2007.! Instead on spreading the load to 4x--SuperD..& having 3 mediocre courses .Why not make a killer DH world cup style course that the whole US would talk about..?

you talking bout my course biotch? Imma use my pimp hand on yo AAss! :twitch:

But seriously...did you just crack on the Sugar course? Kirkcaldie said it was the hardest NORBA Nat course in a while. Graves went off course twice. We had to take a section out b/c most considered it unrideable. Did you even ride it?

Oooh....new smilie. :crazy:

jvnixon

12-07-2006, 10:54 AM

When we started the lifts, the body count just started multiplying.
you talking bout my course biotch?
Graves went off course twice.
We had to take a section out b/c most considered it unrideable. Did you even ride it?

I don't know you but I like your stye!:cheers:

ATOMICFIREBALL

12-07-2006, 10:33 PM

Talking about 2007. Not past courses..I like all the DH courses.Lighten up.
Did i say SUGAR mtn DH ? no
Hey the slalom sucked there though !

ztlh13

12-08-2006, 08:03 AM

Sugar is in for a harsh lesson when it comes to collegiate racing. At Wolf Laurel, Terry and I teamed up for an event that had a collegiate at it as well. MAN! When we started the lifts, the body count just started multiplying.

Then, we weeded out some of the sketchers, and opened up DS practice. 3 went down and out within 30 minutes (not exaggerating). I spent half the day filling out injury reports. I thought our NORBA rep was gonna pooh himself. The resort owners afterwards looked at me and said "What the hell? You've had 4 events so far and only 1 broken bone. Let's do more races...but no collegiate." I agreed... :D

We have sent 12 riders to the ER from ETSU campus. The worst of all was on the first little table on the slalom course. The smallest safest jump put a kid from Florida in the hospital for 9 days. Suprisingly, my broken hand is the worst injury on the DH, go figure.

In defense the better riders do show up at nationals. If you have never had a chance to spectate a local collegiate slalom or DH it is quite a treat!

bizutch

12-08-2006, 08:30 AM

Talking about 2007. Not past courses..I like all the DH courses.Lighten up.
Did i say SUGAR mtn DH ? no
Hey the slalom sucked there though !

No harm no foul...it's all just e-smack talk. Deleting your post won't save you though. I quoted your orignal post so you can't make it go away. :D
It's all in good fun.
I give it :stosh:

Cool... stosh smilie is back!!! YAYYYY!:clapping:

bizutch

12-08-2006, 08:32 AM

We have sent 12 riders to the ER from ETSU campus. The worst of all was on the first little table on the slalom course. The smallest safest jump put a kid from Florida in the hospital for 9 days. Suprisingly, my broken hand is the worst injury on the DH, go figure.

In defense the better riders do show up at nationals. If you have never had a chance to spectate a local collegiate slalom or DH it is quite a treat!

Yeah, that's why I don't dirt jump anymore. I finally learned the rhythm section at Swannanoa years back and Fennell got it on film. I was amped and just kept doing it over and over. And I said "one more run". First jump...snapped wrist and surgery.

I stick to big stepdowns and tabletops on my Dh bike these days. For whatever reason, I can line up a huge gap on my Dh and think nothing of it....but cring at a 3 foot gap on a mini-set of DJ's.

ulockjustice

12-08-2006, 08:36 AM

The smallest safest jump put a kid from Florida in the hospital for 9 days.

"i went big..."

bizutch

12-08-2006, 08:41 AM

"i went big..."

It's OK. Matt Griffin crushed his leg on Clemson's very first itty jump. He's still mentally blocked.

lukedogg

12-08-2006, 09:27 AM

www.myspace.com/patdakat and click on the video. You'll have wood...

did you check out the "excuse me lady" vid from his myspace page? classic pat. i laughed my ass off.

bizutch

12-08-2006, 09:38 AM

did you check out the "excuse me lady" vid from his myspace page? classic pat. i laughed my ass off.

Oh yeah...I was there that day. I can hit the old mental rewind if I need a good chuckle.

dhbuilder

12-08-2006, 11:18 AM

No harm no foul...it's all just e-smack talk. Deleting your post won't save you though. I quoted your orignal post so you can't make it go away. :D
It's all in good fun.
I give it :stosh:

Cool... stosh smilie is back!!! YAYYYY!:clapping:

i do believe your current "e-antagonizer" is the former big drop 05.

jvnixon

12-08-2006, 02:20 PM

did you check out the "excuse me lady" vid from his myspace page? classic pat. i laughed my ass off.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=703722060

That was awesome. I was waiting for something to happen (kinda like the movie Jaws)

Peete

12-08-2006, 09:40 PM

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=703722060

That was awesome. I was waiting for something to happen (kinda like the movie Jaws)

Classic Pat.:clapping:

irishman

12-09-2006, 09:09 AM

Sorry, but you're talking out your a$$. I was there today working and it really, really dry and ridable.

Well, our definition of desirable to ride is different then. I don't want to sound like i'm trashing it, because when it's up and going it's great. I just noticed the top was torn up a little and the berms in the middle had the half rhythm type thing that eroded and then someone cut a path straight through. But, I also went up there expecting to see a place I could do some mock race runs with a buddy. It's just harder to do that now.

irishman

12-09-2006, 09:13 AM

as of last wed....it is official, it will be at lees mcrae for 07-08

dh at sugar, everything else on campus

Wow, slalom at LMC? Are they going to change that course any? That would be a logistical nightmare when you consider everyone that wants to watch...and all those riders....geeez

Is there enough parking?

Even XC...if there are that many XC riders on that course it's not going to be fun.

ulockjustice

12-09-2006, 10:27 AM

exactly my questions. the courses were decent for a conference race, but im not sure how either is going to hold up to 100+ riders. should be interesting.

irishman

12-09-2006, 06:06 PM

Don't get me wrong though....i'm excited to have it in the dirty south

bizutch

12-11-2006, 05:03 PM

I cannot imagine a bunch of dirty mountain bike kids staying in Banner Elk on a weekend in the fall all packed into the ittttty bittttty campus of Lees McRae college hammering away at their courses. That's gonna be a logistical nightmare.

I may grab some brews and head up to see the frat geeks take on the Dh course though... :D

irishman

12-11-2006, 08:19 PM

I have to say....I'm VERY interested in how it's all going down. Seems like there's a lot of people with questions about how it's all going down.

danielsapp414

12-12-2006, 09:14 AM

i'll ask some people in the know and see whats going to happen, i'm kindof curious too....its on halloween weekend and I did hear mention of something going down halloween night, perhaps a race of sorts? :cheers:

grom-dom

12-12-2006, 02:03 PM

hey bizutch, i may be up around the mountains next summer some if you wanna ride, cause im getting a dh rig. anyone on here going to snowshoe for the races next summer?

FCLinder

12-12-2006, 02:59 PM

hey bizutch, i may be up around the mountains next summer some if you wanna ride, cause im getting a dh rig. anyone on here going to snowshoe for the races next summer?

Yes, there will be quite a few of us going from SC and NC. Any word on the 07 races up there yet?

grom-dom

12-13-2006, 07:32 AM

thats what i was wondering. FC, i think i saw you at chapel hill. i was the kid on the azonic hitting that jump line. you were on some giant trance or somethin i think.

FCLinder

12-13-2006, 09:17 AM

thats what i was wondering. FC, i think i saw you at chapel hill. i was the kid on the azonic hitting that jump line. you were on some giant trance or somethin i think.

Yep, that was me. Can't wait to get back up there after the New Year to play on that line. You guys have done a nice job!!!!:clapping:

grom-dom

12-13-2006, 06:40 PM

oh gee thanks but i am 2% maybe proprietor of helping build, 98% riding it, it shuge now, all steep and fun and siiiiiiiiiiiick!!!! you may like it, but it throws ya! huge!

ATOMICFIREBALL

12-19-2006, 10:32 AM

Bigfoot needs dirt or clay. I asked for some,but we'll see...
I bought a new shovel !
peas...................

bizutch

12-19-2006, 11:05 AM

Bigfoot needs dirt or clay. I asked for some,but we'll see...
I bought a new shovel !
peas...................

Bigfoot needs a Kubota lawn tractor with attachments.

wishihadmoney

12-19-2006, 07:14 PM

im startin to make a 4x/ds whatever course on some land we got under power lines outside of charlotte...any help would b perty nice

jvnixon

12-21-2006, 02:55 PM

Here's a few pics from bigfoot. Doug showed us around on his Morewood :)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/3074/bigfoot1os5.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2719/bigfoot2ws5.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6030/bigfoot3rz1.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9228/bigfoot4ky6.jpg

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3323/sequence2mv3.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5597/bigfoot5jt9.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4552/bigfoot6gz1.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1861/bigfoot7az9.jpg

profro

12-21-2006, 04:16 PM

Nice pics and action Jason. It looks like that Brodie ate up that rock garden.

So you like my Morewood eh?

Here are few from after you left. Seabass took these...

http://www.mattstegall.com/images/DougJump01.jpg
http://www.mattstegall.com/images/DougJump02.jpg
http://www.mattstegall.com/images/DougBerm01.jpg
http://www.mattstegall.com/images/DougBerm02.jpg