BMCC DS Course Build Day - Feb 24th

[Guard]

BMCC will be constructing a dual slalom course on Feb 24th which will be used for the King of the Lake Series.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195081

Plans are to meet at 9am at the course site at Warrior Creek Campground...I'll post directions later in the week. This will be the first opportunity to acquire PayDirt points for the series. Additional details about PayDirt will be posted later in the week along with contact info for other approved PayDirt locations.

If it's raining then the build day will be postponed to the following Sunday, March 2nd.

Hope you can join us!:biggrin:

[manimal]

sweet! count us in!

[TCP21]

where is this? i am lost now.

[Guard]

where is this? i am lost now.

It's about 5 miles up hwy 268 from Dark Mtn. I've got to get the road name since we'll have to take a back way into the park...parks closed for the winter. I should have it tomorrow and will post directions.

[TCP21]

ok cool. thanks matt. i will try to make it out

[Guard]

Directions:

From Hwy 421: Take exit 286B,
Turn onto Hwy 268W, go approximately 8.75 miles (this is 5.75 miles past the road to Dark Mtn),
Turn right onto Boomer-Ferguson School Road, go approximately .75 miles,
Turn left into Marley's Ford Wildlife Park,
Make an immediate right, go approximately 1 mile,
You will dead-end at the slalom course site.

Attached is a pdf of the Marley's Ford area. Hwy 421 is east from the map. Also don't let the reference to the Overmountain Victory Trail fool you. This is not the same section of the Overmountain Victory Trail that's near Dark Mtn.

You can also mapquest the school's address which will get you extremely close:

556 Boomer-Ferguson School Road
Boomer, NC 28606

If you get lost please contact me on my cell at 336-902-5979 or the Trail Boss at 336-957-0211.:biggrin:

[TCP21]

word thanks. i should be able to get out there

[downhill66]

count me in!!!!

[Guard]

Just a reminder that we're still on for Sunday. We should have plenty of equipment (bobcat, 2 ditch witches with buckets, 1 ditch witch with a blade, trackhoe, small dump truck & plenty of hand tools). We also had an extra load of dirt brought in today. Depending on how many folks we have and how quickly the building goes we maybe able to start on one of the pump tracks as well....fingers crossed! Hope everyone can make it out!

****Lunch is being provided by Cycletherapy (http://www.cycletherapybikes.com/) so remember to give Mike a big thanks the next time you see him!:clapping:

[manimal]

weather report is promising for sunday.... a little chilly but dry :thumb:

[ZachTheMech]

Look out for Troll Sightings...

[Steven]

Four of us from ASU are heading down! See you tomorrow!

[downhill66]

sorry i couldn't make it. how'd it go?

[Bum]

I want to thank everyone that came and worked on the DS course today. We had a very productive day. See for yourself in the pictures below. If you would like to become an official part of the madness, join the BMCC today. www.bmcc.us

Thanks again for the help and effort.

Bum

[Guard]

Yeah thanks to everyone!!! Brandon also took a lot of pics. I'm sure he'll be posting them later on. The DS course is around half finished so one more trail day should get it. We're planning to work next weekend depending on the weather. In addition to the DS, Moto & Mueller laid out a pump track. Maybe Brandon will have some pics of it as well. Again THANKS to everyone that came out!:thumb:

[manimal]

i got a bunch of pics today but neglected to snap any of the lower half of the course. oh well, hopefully someone will get them next week but i doubt i'll be back as my car is still sitting in the parking lot with a busted transmission....still have no idea how that happened ;)

anyway, an amazing amount of work was done today.
first the course shots
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040854.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040855.jpg
pump track
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040857.jpg
trailbuilder apprentice
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040860.jpg
muelstar on the pump track berm
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040865.jpg
steven same berm
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040868.jpg
muelstar on the first DS berm section
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040878.jpg
motomike and muelstar
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040883.jpg
this is mike's butt on a downhill berm.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040888.jpg
steven over the hip/table
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040898.jpg
me coming out of the berm
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040900.jpg
scott same berm on my bike. note the pega-corn on the fork to bring good luck.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040906.jpg
Pega-corn closeup. Pegasus + Unicorn = Pega-Corn
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040906-1.jpg
scott over the table/hip
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040907.jpg
notice scott's rad boots while riding pega-corn
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040907-1.jpg
muelstar manual in the pump track
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040910.jpg
muelstar on the second table w/ the hump...just thought it was a neat pic
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040916.jpg
noah off the first table
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/P1040923.jpg

i'll be uploading a vid soon that explains why my my car won't go forward anymore ;)

[manimal]

vid of noah testing out the upper section of the DS
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/dark%20mtn%20DS/?action=view&current=noahdarkmtnds.flv

[Mikedsx]

Obviously I left way too soon. How did you get home? Course looks great.

[manimal]

scott drove us home....he's my new hero and i cuddled with him for a while as payment.

[Trilliamiano]

Course looks money!! I was actually in Boone on Sunday but I had a rough night saturday, which was followed by the hangover from hell. Lookin forward to racin that track this year and years to come.

[bizutch]

now is that course made of completely recycled materials? :D

[Guard]

here's one of the lower section

[manimal]

where are muelstar's pics? i know he got some good ones.

also, i'm heading back out there on friday afternoon to pick up my car. anybody wanna meet to ride dark mountain?

[mattmatt86]

Course looks great, can't wait for the races!

[Mulestar]

It's late, so I'll only post a couple but I have more to put up tomorrow.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8679/slalom56sbs1.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1697/slalom069sre2.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6262/slalom070sgt0.jpg

[Trilliamiano]

mmmm lefty hips and rosta wheels

[Mulestar]

Few more...

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3455/slalom048sdg5.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7619/slalom055sps6.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8970/slalom057skh7.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1615/slalom063sin9.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3391/slalom053spf8.jpg

[TCP21]

you guys working on it again on sunday??

[motomike]

saturday

[TCP21]

cant do saturday i dont think cause i have to work at like 530. i will try to make it out there but doubt it