RACER PROMOTER

San Diego Race Series

2009-12-01T16:20:00.001-08:00

San Diego Velodrome Course Map

2009-11-27T16:21:00.000-08:00

I am super Stoked about this next event we are going to be having in San Diego! Its a great location with the Velodrome and the trails! Here is the map, come out and enjoy with all of us!
Remember that tickets are on sale now for the World Premier of Think Global, Race Local

Think Global, Race Local tickets on sale now!

2009-11-19T22:15:00.000-08:00

So movie tickets are now on sale for the excitement we are calling Think Global, Race Local!

Think Global, Race Local Trailer from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

Think Global Race Local Movie Poster

2009-11-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

Conquer Cahuilla Creek

2009-11-04T17:19:00.000-08:00

I was out at Cahuilla Creek inspecting the trails today and making sure that all is ready to go for another great race at Cahuilla. The trails are in great shape and the weather is supposed to be in the high 60's this Saturday the 7th.

I took video a short while ago of the XC course and I posted it to the internet for all to see the exciting times. Take a few minutes and be sure to watch the great trails that have been made for us, the cycling community!

If you are still wondering what our series is all about and want to see some of the excitement then be sure to check out the movie trail for the upcoming movie Think Global, Race Local.

If you are thinking of camping please make arrangements in advance with my by simply replying to this email. Camping is only $5 for Friday night.

Be sure to add us as a friend on Facebook

Conquer Cahuilla Creek

2009-11-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

The race is ready to go for this Saturday the 7th at Cahuilla Creek. The trails are fun and challenging all at the same time! Be ready for a lot of fun single track that can be enjoyed by all riders!

· All Pro/Expert XC start 9:00am

· All Sports start 9:01

· All Beginners start 9:02

Super D races will be a time trial start and we will start shuttles at 11:30 with race start at 12:30pm.

· XC race only $35

· Super D only $25

· Race both XC and Super D for only $55

Think Global, Race Local movie premier has been postponed till early December due to the Encore of "Race Across the Sky." More details will be announced as soon as we get confirmation from the theater.

Come join us for a great time this Saturday!

Awesome Hardware for your bike and mine!!!!

2009-10-21T10:40:00.000-07:00

I have know Anthony for some time now and his dedication to the sport never ceases to amaze me! The guy is always working so hard on everything and he now even works for Ellsworth! Please take the time to check out the super cool parts that makes for your bike.
www.cadenceworks.com

Think Global, Race Local

2009-10-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

Gotta keep up with my blog posts a bit more...So here is an update. Something that Alan and Sergio have been working very hard on...the link to the movie trailer Think Global, Race Local...

Think Global, Race Local Trailer from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

Full length XC course Video from Cahuilla Creek MX Park

2009-08-13T21:28:00.001-07:00

Here is the link

http://picasaweb.google.com/RacersAndChasers/CahuillaCreekXCRaceCourse#

Enjoy!

Another XC course video

2009-08-12T16:09:00.000-07:00

Ridin Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park with Stu

2009-08-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

Pictures from some of the sections for the Aug 15th race!

Video from the main descent at Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park.

2009-08-11T16:05:00.000-07:00

The rumors are true, the trails are in better shape than ever before and we still continue
to do more! Want to see proof, follow this link to see the trail work photos! Save time and sleep extra by registering online today!

We are set to have a great vendor's expo for the August 15^th race!

·Demo bikes available from Ellsworth
·Sweet Bolt display from Cadence works
·15' x 15' bounce house and a snack bar
·North Face product for raffle
·RS Ride Hole shot award!
·Dixon custom paintings
·Red Bull Girls

Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park will be open especially for you the racers on Friday for a pre ride. Cahuilla Creek is also offering $10 overnight camping Friday night. Come out and join us for a great time and camp with us Friday night!

Stay tuned for the NEW Racers and Chasers kits available soon!

I will be posting proofs of the jerseys and short ASAP!

New Trail work photos from Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park

2009-08-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

Here are the Pictures from todays trail work! The trails are coming out great and we are going to be doing a lot lot this upcoming week... Here is the latest email blast...

Things are shaping up great at Cahuilla Creek Motocross park with all of the work that we have been doing! There are new sections to both the Super D and XC courses. We are going to be doing even more work throughout the weekend and next week with the help of tractors and water trucks.

With the early start time to avoid the mild summer heat we are asking that you help us ensure an on time start by registering online! There are NO extra fees and you can even save money on your Racers and Chasers jersey.

The course is marked and ready for a pre ride! You can pre ride this Saturday or next Wednesday or Friday. Channel MTB will be filming on site tomorrow for the Racers and Chasers Film soming out in October!

Pictures of the trail work can be found by clicking here!

We just received confirmation that we will be having a 15' x 15' bounce house and Italian ice on hand at this event!Camping is only $10 and available the Friday night before the race! Bring your dirt bike and come out and have a great time! Be ready to rock the motocross start gate and claim your RS ride hole shot award if you are first in your start wave.

New race dates and some backyard pics

2009-08-03T20:04:00.000-07:00

So with all of the schedule changes that have been happening late this season it has affected my schedule in a major way. So here are the now final and not moving again dates...Maybe we (the promoters) finally get smart and have a meeting where we can all agree on dates so this .... doesn't happen again next year.

Aug 15 Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park

Sept 26 XC and Super D Summer Series Finals

Sept 27 Cyclocross

My back yard with the Sunday ride crew: Mike, Toots, and Basset. Thanks for the help!!!

The blog is alive again!

2009-07-30T16:17:00.001-07:00

Yep its officially has been long enough to make another post!

Lots has been going on from racing and traveling to building new trails and dirt jumps. In the racing and training dept, it has been awesome. Colorado is still one of my favorites! I will post more pics and words soon on that great trip!

Meanwhile here are some shots from section of trial that I added to the climb at the Cahuilla Creek Motocross trails. Some were mumbling that there was not enough climbing at the last race that we held out there so I took the initiative to adding more trail. And who doesn't want more to ride?Daisy dog inspecting the newest addition to the climb!
A little relief from the climbing, a short descent Tunneled section just for you!A view from the bridge

Yep I even got the trails watered before I was done for the day! The water is helping out so much! It washes off all of the loose stuff and makes everything great!

Want your flight paid for the US Championships?

2009-05-05T15:27:00.000-07:00

Factory Amateur Essay contest rule and deadlines:
The essay can be no longer than 1 page and include at least 2 pictures that can be used on the website. Please include these basic elements in your essay,

When you started riding/racing
Where you live
Where you like to ride/ Favorite local spot
Why you should be chosen

All essays must be sent in via email to RobertHerber@yahoo.com by noon Saturday June 6th. Winners will be notified via email that week, and we will present the five winners with there Jerseys on June 13th at the XC awards.

All five winners must be willing to wear the provided jersey in the US Champs race in Co. All other equipment is optional and up to each individual rider.

We are looking for riders that are un-sponsored and have qualified for the US Champs in Granby, Co. All racers essays will be accepted but we are looking more towards the Beginner (cat 3) Sport (Cat 2) and Expert (Cat 1) racers. Depending on the response received we will be picking several men and women. Racers have to be racing either XC and/or Super D at the US Champs. To to eligable to win you must have competed in at least 1 Racers and Chasers event or have registered online for either the May 9th, or June 13th event

Racers and Chasers along with our sponsors will be taking care of the 5 winner’s flight costs and will help arrange your trip for you. Professional racer Robert Herber will personally be there to assist the 5 winners in their races. I would like to thank our growing list of sponsors for the assistance they are providing to make this all possible. The winners will have available to them the following:

Haven Sports Management - providing itineraries and the logistics
IE Bikes
Crank Bros – there super cool XC wheels to demo
Cadence Works - outfitting all bikes with lightweight bolts that look great too!
ESI Grips – providing grips and bottles
EFX Performance technology – will be making sure everything is balanced
Jersey with the winners name on it for the race
Stickers custom made for the 5 winners bikes

Keep it Simple and Good Luck!

Online Pre Reg now Open!!!

2009-04-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ahh its true that we are trying to keep up with the times here at Racer and Chasers! The rumors are true and it is now possible to register before you show up to race. To top it all off I am offering a $10 off all of our Super Cool Jerseys when you register for an event online.

Online reg has not even been up for 24 hrs and we have already had several people register! So what are you waiting for? Come out and join us for a great time Saturday May 9th!

We are also going to be having BBQ food cooked on site as well as another bounce house for the kids!

Bring out the family for a great time!

Baking the Sea Otter

2009-04-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post on the race that is known as Sea Otter. Well needless to say It did not go well for me or lots others. The weather once again played a huge factor this year. The weird thing was that it was hot, for the first time ever! AS we stood on the start line Chuck Jenkins told me that it was 95 degrees.

Cutting to the chase I am bummed to say that the heat totally kicked my butt! I pulled out after just one lap due to the fact that my body was freaking out and I was not even sweating!

Oh well time to focus on the next race!

The Otter!

2009-04-15T23:45:00.000-07:00

Little Whip, Fontana 2009
Photo Credit: Justin Mann, Thanks bro for capturing the fun!

Its finally time to go to the race that is usually raining or howling winds. However this year it looks like it just may be the first year that it may be nice...or at least better!

We are looking forward to it and doing well and to all that follow this blog are are heading up there to participate...Good Luck!

As I type this we are getting the Pre-Registration up and running for my race series so be sure to stay up on all of the hot news about that!

Here is to a great weekend! Let go!!!!

Hitting the Gym

2009-04-08T21:07:00.001-07:00

Well ok I have not been hitting it bit it has been good. With the watchful eye of Bill Dixon my title sponsor looking over my every move in the gym its been great. Exhausting but great! Today was another great workout and is really improving my strength! Right after the Gym I head to ITT to test my legs on the 12 mile climb and had a phenomenal time! I was stoked even though it was freezing cold and raining on me up there. I had to stop 3 times just to get the feeling back in my hands. I could not even tell if I was touching the brakes until I would almost go over the front!

Well back to the Gym and the training, it has been great and I know that it has helped my recovery from my cracked rib a lot. I felt stronger than I ever have at Fontana PRO XCTour last weekend. I managed to make a descent finish of being called up almost last! So where to go from here? Well the Gym of course, even though most would argue with that opinion. Riding in the dirt requires a lot more strength than our friends of the skinny tire sorts. With the races that are planned for this year I know that I can use all of the strength I can get. Notice I said strength not bulk.

See you on the trails and hopefully proving that this weight traing works!

New flyer and Summer race dates

2009-04-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

The summer race dates are finally here! It is going to be a great time and we are even starting the races earlier in the morning to beat the heat! The race day schedule is for the May 9th date only! We will only be having a XC race in the morning and it will start no later than 7:30 AM!! We are working on finalizing a venue that may be different than Vail Lake but I will let you know as soon as we get confirmation!

Stay tuned for the Fall schedule and possible other events!

New Bike Pictures

2009-04-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

My new bike and its custom paint job. Thanks to Bill Dixon of DixonArt.com for doing such a great job! The bike has been getting rave reviews...What do you think?

The pictures are to big I guess so click on the pictures to see the full size.

Truth Clothing

2009-04-03T15:41:00.001-07:00

So I am stoked to be hooked up with Truth as of this week! They have some awesome clothes and cool designs. Be sure to check out there site and get some sic clothes!

Finally a race update

2009-04-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

The Pain face, how many more laps?

What a weekend! I witnessed so many great races from all of our friends and supporters of our race series, Racers and Chasers. Here are some pics from the race this past weekend that mostly my dad took.Just a bit sandy
It really is as steep as it looks!
There was tons of wins that I heard about from a bunch of people that we have met and great races from people who have just upgraded!About half of the 120 or so starters. Talk about a bottleneck. I got called up 105th

Thanks to the TONS of support from all that continued to cheer for me the whole race! Dave, Kurt, and Cheryl were at the base of "The Wall" on every lap and are here along the "Boards" as I finished! Thanks a ton! I ended up in 50th while having to pass 55 riders.

The new header picture was posted on VeloNews

Let's get going again!

2009-03-05T10:09:00.000-08:00

Well to say the least I am not really enjoying still being on the injured list! This is not the most painful injury that I have had but still its annoying to not be able to ride the bike.

Good news is that my race bike is almost done being painted and I can't wait to see it! That also means that I can build up my training bike finally and be able to get them both rolling!

Lastly if you have been to the either the last Fontana or the US Cup you probably got this flyer on your vehicle. It is something that my Dad is working on but it is the real deal! I have been using it for a while now and it has greatly improved my bike handling skills. It makes me feel so much more solid and takes away some of the guess work of what lines to pick! It truly is a great thing and you should totally give it a try!!

Lastly I am really stoked to say that the last US Cup race was tremendous! It was so great to see almost 700 racers out there! I am glad to see what seems to be a surge in mountain biking again. Great work to all that were involved and awesome job to all that raced!

Video and interview

2009-02-17T19:46:00.000-08:00

Here is another video, this one has an interview with the top 3 XC from the last fontana race.

Not doing much here just trying to recover and stay out of the rain! Stay dry to all!

Southridge Winter Series - Race 3 from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

Video and update

2009-02-16T17:51:00.001-08:00

So not much going on here as of late! I took a really hard spill out at vail the other day and the doctor think I fractured some ribs. Oh well the day must go on!

And we made sure that we had another great time at the race this past weekend. The conditions were perfect Saturday with the rain the night before! It was sunny and warm all day on Saturday making it great!

Thanks to all that came out and supported us!

Racers and Chasers - 1/31/2009 from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

wet weekend of racing and training

2009-02-09T19:49:00.000-08:00

So it was a fun weekend of riding in the best conditions that have been seen here in quite a while. It started off with rain all night Friday and then a race on Saturday. It was great conditions that made for an awesome race! The race went well with the rain holding off the whole duration of the race. It was a small pro field with only three of us there. On the second lap I finally got a bit of a gap and decided to make a run of it. I was able to win be 2 minutes by the end and give a great shake down to the new race machine! It was truly great and worked amazing! The wheels and bike just made it seem so effortless.

Sunday I decided to go ride at Vail after having lunch with my Grandpa for his birthday. I was able to get 2.5 hrs in with only minimal rain during the ride. There was only one puddle that really got in the way. I was just laughing the whole time in amazement of how great the conditions were considering all of the rain that we were getting.

All in all it was tons of fun and I wish that all had a great weeekend to! Now its time to get ready for my race this weekend!

Weekend of racing

2009-01-26T20:53:00.000-08:00

Both the Header and photo in this post are amazing and compliments of Terry Martin! Thanks! The top one is being used to prove that the ESI GRIPS are the best and comfortable! Notice the lack of gloves.

Racing...Racing...and more racing. Luckily I only did one race this weekend but I there was a TON of people that we racing all kids of events from the 12hr to Downhilling. The conditions were absolutly perfect for all of the races and the rain even held out for us racing XC at fontana. It was not to long after we finished a heavy mist/rain came rolling in.

The race went well for me as it was the end of a 4 week build. I was felling pretty good but there was definitly some fatigue left over from my workouts in the past month. It was not to far into the race when Eric and I seperated ourselves from the pack and were on our own to duke it out. It was defintly a better course than the last time as there was a new single track that totally suited Eric's big 29'r wheels. He rolled right up the new trail where I was definitly struggling with it. Long story short it was a great race with even the course marshalls heckeling us! It was great cause after all we are not at a golf tourny!

It came down to the wire where I snuck past Eric and took the win! It was so close that we actually finished on the same second.

After the race I went home and showered then headed out to Vail to watch some of the 12hr. It was great to hear that so many of my friends were winning! My Buds that made up a 4 person team ended up winning the whole race with 17 laps! I heard that there was quite a few pulling solo efforts that I was not able to see because it was dark!

Congrats to all and thanks for making it a great weekend!

PS I am getting a new race machine and it is going to be AWESOME. Think a full suspension carbon frame with carbon wheels, dual control levers and will weigh under 21lbs. Oh I can't wait...next week! I am riding a demo bike now that is the same frame. Pictures and full parts list after its first ride...

The time is near!

2009-01-21T21:57:00.000-08:00

The time is close and the Flyers are done! The riding has been good as of late except for the mystery fall I had today on ITT. Kinda weird one minute I was riding the next I am planting my right shoulder into the dirt and rocks. Oh well it can be ignored with the new PR I set on that climb. Hope to you most of you guys this weekend at either of the races.

2009-01-20T12:59:00.001-08:00

After a tough weekend of training its time to get back at it again, this time with Free-ride jerseys for sale at the race series. We are having Black and Navy Blue jerseys for sale in sizes from small to XXL.

What do you think?

Its been great enjoying all of this perfect weather and some amazing riding but I guess we have another storm rolling in. Looks like I may be able to get 1 more ITT training ride in before it rains.

Back from the weekend of too much fun!!!

2009-01-06T13:39:00.000-08:00

The Pre race instructions with the 50+ racer field!

So it was a great time and for all of those that missed out well, we are sorry! From World Champion Eric Carter racing the Super D to the night dirt crit to the multi course XC race it was great. We had our largest turnout ever and it was so much fun I can't even explain. I am going to post some pictures from Pual Chan. He takes them for fun and I tell you what, he takes some killer pics!

Kerry "Factory" Waldman on his soon to be Pronghorn
Ric Showing us all how the 29r's roll!

Awesome year

2008-12-24T03:23:00.000-08:00

So I guess that it is time to reflect, what else is there to do when awake at 3:30 am?

All in all what can I say, it has been great. I have gotten through my first year as a pro with in my opinion some success and definitely some great thing to learn from. But instead of sitting here and talking about my results that already on on the right of this page I will enjoy the trails I got to ride and Awesome people I have met.

I started a race series this year to try to give back to the sport that has given me so many great and painful times. I have been having so much fun with the races from hanging out with the racers to making there leather number plates. It has been a great time and I look forward to continuing the series.

Then I was able to travel for several months this year with Intense and do a bunch of demos for them. I was able to ride some of the coolest trails in this HUGE country, I know I drove across it twice, and also Canada. I have always liked the Intense product and the guys and gals that work there make it so much cooler.

To keep from drawing this out to long I am stoked with were things are at and can't wait to move them forward. Top of that list...? My racing, must get faster!!!

Merry Christmas and I hope that next year is an even better for all!

ITT...well some of it

2008-12-19T19:40:00.000-08:00

Today Brian ^ and I decided to go for a good ride. About 2hrs of climbing was on tap, or at least what we had planned. Not sure how much we ended up doing but we stopped when we couldn't pedal any more. The snow about a quarter of the way up was 18 inches deep. It made for great times and extremly cold feet. Enjoy the pics, we certainly enjoyed the snow!!!

1.25 hrs in the not so So Cal weather

2008-12-17T20:58:00.000-08:00

Today I had to go out for a ride in the rain. Why? because I have not been able to ride in a couple of day and well we race in any condition so I may as well train in it. It was a short ride because it was cold, 40 degrees, and my fingers went numb. It became difficult to tell if I was braking so I decided to be smart and head home. It was a great time and the faces of cars driving make it all worth while. Thanks to Bill Dixon for providing me with all and more winter gear than I could ever use! I just need to use another set of cloves next time and I will be able to ride longer!

Good times!

From the last trip to Brian Head, Ut. Brian missed the bridge and just rode through the water.

Staying out of the storm

2008-12-15T08:53:00.001-08:00

Thats right we are having a storm here and I am stoked. The trails are going to be soooo SWEET! I can't wait. But in the mean time I will post some of the videos from the last XC race. Enjoy!

More videos to come soon!

Sportin the pink

2008-12-14T18:57:00.000-08:00

At least that is the jerseys for winning the winter series. It is a really cool jersey and trophy! It was great seeing so many friends there and most were winning there catagories! Congratulations to all that got an award for all of the hard work that they have put into it! Thanks also to Donny for the cool awards after a long season.

I raced in the Asterisk Charity race yesterday. What a great time that was. The weather was pretty cold, windy and even had the occasional rain shower, but was some of the most fun I have had in a long time! It started off with a fun ride that was lead by none other that Motocross racer Mike Sleeter that organized the event. Mike has even come out to the last several events I put on and he is tearing it up! He has some serious fitness! After the fun ride there was relay race where Mike paired up a "Beginner" rider with a "Pro" rider. I got to be the other half of the team with Dr. Alexander, a local Dr that fixes all of the top moto guys when break things. Sounds like a great guy to know, just in case. After it all was done I got out a shovel and did some TLC on the Short Track course for the next race.

Dr. Alexander rode like a true champion and by the time he came back from the first lap he had us right where we need to be! I had to chase down a few guys but got the job done and Dr. Alexander and I took home the gold rings for first place. They are cool prizes as they actually came off Sleeter's bike so that made it even cooler! Oh and the skull was my dads years of photography school kicking in.

I also posted the video from the last XC race that I took from the seat post cam.

6 flats in 24 hrs

2008-12-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

So here is the NEW flyer for the race. We are going all out on this one! Its a stage race that you can do as an individual or a team! It is going to be a ton of fun and we hope that you will make it out!

Onto this past weekend of riding. I got a ton of long rides in and it was great. All week I was doing a bit longer of rides and then I topped it all off with 3 four or more hour rides Friday- Sunday. Saturday I went for an early morning "pedal" with Rob from X-factor performance and my bud Brian. We started from basically Murrieta High and rode to the towers above Lake Elsinore. Now there is an easy way and a hard way to do this, we took the extremely hard way. It started off with us climbing up SuperMan, then Gerald Davis hill, back to blowout and then to the single track. That was not even all of the riding but it was a great start. We ended up getting almost 40 miles on the day and it was great! Ahh except for all of the flats I aquired. I ended up getting 2 on my bike and then I was going to leave Brians house and had a completly flat tire on the van. I apparently picked up a large piece of metal debris from the road and it went flat while we were riding. The bummer of it all was that we got back to Brian's a little before 1 and I did not make it home till after 4. I guess napping on his pourch and not having the proper tool to change the tire was on tap for the day.

Then I got to go on a ride with Eric Carter, Waylon Smith, Rich Houseman, EC's mechaninc John and Cris who helped develop Whistler bike park. We ended up ridng some trials in the San Juan area that I had never riden before. It was a blas and I can't wait to get back on those trails! Riding with those guys is so much fun. It really pushes me to ride with them but we are all there having a great time eating candy as we are doing some epic trails. All in all a great weekend. Oh and as a side note I pulled out the bike from my van in the morning and the bike had a flat, on the ride I flatted, and the van has a slow leak in another tire now. Ahh good times.

All that being said it was still less than Brian got in his first 4 laps of his first 24hr solo race. He got 7 flats in just about 4 hours. I don't feel so bad. Have a great day!

And one more

2008-11-29T19:31:00.001-08:00

Not to let a good friend, Keith Moore, down that has been off his bike for 2 weeks we made sure to take care of his needs. This particular day it was "Fell the wind in my hair." Always good times to be had at our races!

That is all for tonight, now I recover from a day of laughter!!!

Quick report from the race today

2008-11-29T18:34:00.000-08:00

Results are now posted and there is also a video handlebar cam from a pre ride of the Super D here. Enjoy!

With the perfect weather and awesome trail conditions we were set to have a great day! And we did. For tonight however I am just going to post a few pics on how to go 3 wide on a single track. This was in the Super D race and Jerome Lacote and Brian Crooks and I were the subjects. Look closely and you can see we were actually overlapping bars!

Thanks to all who came out today and supported us!

Inspiring friends

2008-11-16T13:17:00.000-08:00

So I spend the last 2 days at Vail lake for the 12 hour event. It was so cool to be able to NOT race and watch and help out where I could! It so great to see some great people and friends get the top spots on the day. So many friends were racing I forgot how it all went down but I know that most everyone finished in the top two.

For the ones that really were out there giving it there all was the solos. Not that the teams were not giving it there all but it is a different level to be a solo, from someone that has done a few solo's. On the men's side was personal friend Luke Wiens, and James Koch. Those two had a race going from the start and it was awesome to watch. Luke has more experience and proved that he has been training for these for a long time now. Luke finished 2nd to Ben Bostrum, who race in my event last weekend, with a super strong last 3 laps! Luke and James finished with 11 laps each and James finished in forth in his first 12 solo!! AWESOME work gentlemen!! I was definitly impressed with your performances.

Now on to the womens pro/expert side of things. Let me tell you from the start that this was the battle of the day!!! Allison and Shalyn both took this from wire to wire with several lead changes. They both were pushing each other so much that they ended up passing ALL of the Pro womens field and finishing just 1 lap off of the top male solos! It was so cool to be able to help out a little and watch them pushing so hard to make it to 10 laps!!!! I was and still am blown away by the performances that it took for these two to take the TOP 2 spots on the PRO podium. That was amazing to watch these races unfold throughout the day! Awesome work ladies!!!!!!!!

To top it all off this was no easy race or course as it was perhaps the most challenging course I have EVER seen in an endurance event!

All in all it was a great weekend and I am proud to be a part of it in the smallest of ways!

Congrats to all that competed, regardless of how the results shake out!

The heat was brought today by all!!!!

2008-11-13T20:50:00.000-08:00

Tom Koerner having a good time, he is just hiding it under the grin

Luke getting in some pre 12hr speed work! Doing great leading Michael Bell and the expert field

Jumping the pipe, good times on the FRO!!!

55 ready to go XC racers ready to get the Hillbilly Bike Bash under way!

Awesome shots provided by Paul Chan

Here are some of the race photos from the race this past weekend. I still can't belive how much fun it was to be out there with everyone. Thanks to all who made it an awesome weekend!

2008-11-10T21:11:00.000-08:00

Well the race weekend was awesome to say the least! I had so much fun I still can't sleep. So I will post some of the pics I have handy to try to show the great times. Thanks to all that came out and helped out and this this so successful!

Gettin HillBilly wit it!!!!

2008-11-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

Just a quick shot from the last Brian Head trip

With less than 24 before race start we are all systems go! I will be out today marking the ever illusive XC course and getting final preparations ready for you! The number plates have been made and the trail is buffed out beyond belief, due to all of the gracious help of the volunteers.

If you enter all three XC of the series races this Saturday then we will give you a bonus 2 raffle tickets for the drawings of all the wonderful bikes! Remember we have a complete Cannondale R7, $1,000 off a new Ellsworth frame, and $500 off a new Intense Cycles frame. Thanks to all that have made this raffle possible and look for lots more to be added as the series picks up steam!

For those that are still on the fence about coming out, think lots of industry trailers for your support, hillbilly games, and race to fit everyone's style! That's still not even all! We have a DJ that will be playing in the village Saturday night next to the bar and carne asada taco bar open for mountain bikers to enjoy! So much going on I may have forgot, but just don't hear about it come out and join us!

Also we will be having information to pass out on site for the newly enacted season passes. They are going to be a great thing for all of us that love riding in the dirt and a good portion of the membership will go into the construction of new trails!

It looks to be great turn out and we look forward to seeing everyone this perfect weather weekend!

For a complete schedule and list of events go to Hillbilly bike bash

Robert Herber

Race Series excitement!!!!

2008-11-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

So here we go with less than a week before this new series kicks off and the Industry support has been pouring in. It's so exciting to see all that we have to give to the racers! They deserve it!!!!
And thats just the beginning of what we are giving away. Ellsworth and IE Bikes have just come on board for $1,000. off a NEW frame!!!! What do you need to do to get one of the 3 grand prizes? Uhh well show up and race. The more races you enter the better chances you have to win!!!!!

2008-10-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

So with much delay I finally bring you this post. I have been out of town riding/ working some of the coolest trails! I was in Fruita this past weekend to do a demo for Intense Cycles. It was a great time and the people were a ton of fun. I had a fleet of Tracers and the challenge became keeping them around long enough to clean them a bit before they went back out again! All in all everyone loved the new bikes and had a great time trying them out on all of the different trails Fruita has to offer.

I have a ton of pics and videos of the great times coming soon! For now enjoy the pics of the Trail work crew from yesterday and the new trail we cut into to the top of tunnel of love. We are yet to get a name for the new trail but I am sure its just a matter of time!!!

A HUGE THANKS goes out to ALL that helped out yesterday, without you guys this trail would not have been completed in a mere 2 hours. It even has 2 harder rock sections and bypasses. Awesome work guys and Gals. The workers for the day were: David and Addison Hinrichs, Keith, Rod, Jason and Shalyn Gates, Gordon and Robbie Coop and Lilly, Cheryl, Daisy and Duke .

Robbie conquering the hill with Cheryl, Keith, Gordon, Lilly and Duke helping out!
From left to right: Gordon, David, Addison, Lilly, myself, Duke, with Robbie coaching us along.
Left to Right: Addison, Me, Duke, Robbie and Cheryl stomping in the trail
Jason Gates getting the trail started at the top!
Ahh the van ride...8 people and 2 dogs!!!

Thanks again for all of the help! Now let's all enjoy the hard work!

Some pictures from the latest adventure to Brian Head

2008-10-15T21:52:00.000-07:00

A look into Bryce canyon
Brian on the Edge...
The road to the top!
A muscle man at the top 11,307ft. Brian head in the back ground
Recovery after great riding at Bootleg Canyon "One could die here" Some other MTBer
The day before it snowed, from our camp site!
Duke got lost...
Brians' first real snow experience
Who would not want to move here?

HillBilly Bike Bash

2008-10-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

Whew another great time has passed of riding and this time in the Snow!!! My friend Brian and I drove out to Brian Head this weekend to get some riding in and it was awesome. Really cold but hey thats we get!

Also here is the latest news to hit Vail Lake. The HillBilly Bike Bash is now official and I will be running the XC race there. Can't wait to race the Super D and DH there also! Hope to see everyone there, it WILL be a great time!!!!!

Week long MTBing road trip

2008-10-08T09:58:00.000-07:00

So last Saturday Amon and I drove back from Interbike only to get ready to turn around on Sunday and drive past Vegas again to start our trip. It was a great trip with no major plans besides that of riding a ton and relaxing. Sunday night we stayed in Mesquite so that we would be ready to go Monday morning to Gooseberry Mesa. Monday we got up and headed out to the Goose to ride and with some perfect weather it was a great time. We took lots of pics and videos and even ran into some other riders from the area. We even saw Tony Ellsworth out there leading a group ride.

After Goose we drove to Brian Head for a night of camping and a early morning ride of Dark Hallow. We woke to gun shots and quickly realized that it was hunting season. In fact some hunters got a large deer just a few hundred feet from our camp site. Ahh exciting. We ended up riding to the peak at 11,307ft then we dropped into the Hallow. Such a great trail and with all of the leaves turning colors it was truly remakable!!! After ripping the Dark Hallow it was time for the road ride back up. Whew what a ride up it was on our 6" travel bikes! After some lunch and showers it was off to Thunder Mtn. Now that was a great trail and we had a blast as we just ran out of light. The pictures are so cool and the trail was a BLAST!!!

The next several days were spent rideing the best trails in Fruita. We even had a great place to stay and awesome guide with Guido! Thanks for all that you did! Fruita has some great riding and the people there are stoked to keep it going! It was a nice change of pace!!! After more great rides than I can remember it time to head back to St. George for anonther ride and head back home.

We rode the Green river valley trails there and man they were a ton of fun! We all had a blast and the trails were like a giant pumptrack! After some fun in St. George it was time to head back home and get back to work on the race series.

So until I get some pictures this will have to do. Hope all is well!!!

Racers and Chasers Holiday Shootout!!!

2008-09-24T09:44:00.000-07:00

So summer is finally over and the heat has left So cal so that means that it is time to get going again with the race series. This time around we are going to do things a bit different. We are going to host a race about once a month. We are going to call the series a Holiday Shootout and encourage the costumes to come out and race with us!

There is going to be some changes to the series but rest assured that it will still be the same Racers and Chaser that we all love!

RacersAndChasers.com

The end of Racing

2008-09-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Well at least for the 24 hour races. I have said it now for a while and this time I AM going to stick to it! They are a ton of fun and the people that have allowed me the chance to ride with them, it has been nothing but great times. It has just come time to realize what my goals are and to stick to them. I am going to be really select on the races that I do, only the ones that will get me to my final racing goal!

So on to a recap of the weekend. Whoa what a time it was and what a camp site Team Heat put together! It was truly amazing with 3 refrigerators and an oven and even a chef. Not to mention the support from all of the the staff and friends of Idyllwild Heating. THANKS a ton guys!!! Maybe that had something to do with the FACT that everyone that pitted out of our site won there category. The truly amazing feat of the day was Dez in his amazing 22 SOLO laps that he did and took the Victory by over a lap! Then there was the Team Dust Bunnies, Of Wendy Walton and Shalyn Gates, that would have won the women s category had there been one, and there should be one! Then Jason Gates and his team also won there 5 person category.

Then there was Team HEAT, Kenny, Kevin, Chad, Brian and myself. Well lets just say that we got off to a GREAT start thanks to Brians' awesome first lap and the rest was, well history. By the time that dark had rolled around we were 1 lap up on the next team and we had a lap average of less than 45 minutes per lap. It was truly a great time as we finished with 29 laps in total and just missed the 30th lap by 31 seconds!

I would like to give a huge shout out to both Solo riders that I know through my race series! Luke Wiens and Brian Crook both took on the SOLO category and came out with huge performances! Luke finished with 16 laps and 4th place. It was truly awesome especially beings it was his first ever 24 solo. I saw him out there and amazingly enough he always looked fresh! Great work Luke you have definitely put in the work required!

Then Brian a friend of mine that just bought his first bike 7 months ago had a great race with 11 laps! He even got off to a bad start with 7 flats in the first 3 laps but still continued! It was cool to see him ride so much and still have a ton of fun!

Great work to everyone that was there and competed!

Also I just confirmed the next Racers and Chasers event. October 25th, bring your costume! More details to come soon!

So much riding

2008-09-16T14:56:00.000-07:00

So its always the making of a GREAT weekend when I know that I am going to racing both Super D and XC, with a side of dirt jumping at my house after it all.

It all started on Saturday with Brian picking me up from my house then a quick trip to my Mom's to get her. Time was a bit closer than we wanted so we just drove strait to the race site and got ready to race Super D. I heard it was pretty cool using mostly single track and being about 2 miles long. We got up there with just eneough time to get going. We all lined up on the fire road as we took off. Well long story short it took about 14:30 to finish and a ton of it was fireroad but was still a great time. I won on the 29er and Brian finished after quite upset that his bike was not working that well and he had to even get off several times to fix it. Brain still finished in third!

Later as we were unloading the bikes I noticed that brian had completly broken his frame right above the front derailer. Well that explains the shifting problems! Luckly we had still another bike for him to use in the xc race on Sunday.

After a great eveing in the house that Timmy let us use for the night it was off to race XC, me on my FRO and brian on the 29er. Brian took off first and had a great race and WON his class and was the 4th fastest Sport rider of the day. He has only been riding for 7 months!

Then it was time for my race, I was stoked to race XC as it has been about 8 weeks since the last one and yet a bit nervous on how my legs would respond. Well it all went pretty well with the legs responding fairly well and me being content with a 2nd place! Mike Tettelton made a guest apperance and rumor has it that he may be racing more XC next year, Maybe because he WON it all! Nice work guys!!!

Then as the awards finished it was off to the races as we drove home in time to get the ride party on at my house. It was another great time as a ton of friends showed up and we all had a great time riding and eating tons of food!

Hope your weekend was GREAT also!!!

RC cars, Bikes, Dogs and all around great times!!!

2008-09-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

So today was another great day. Why? Well I got lots done and even got a good ride in the resulted in two 29"flat tires. So I had to get back home so I called up Brian "The Pro Super D racer" and he gave me a ride back to my house.

Not even 2 minutes after we go back to my house a flat black van pulled into my drive. Needless to say I finally figured out who drives it! I had seen it a ton driving all over town mostly when I was riding my bike. Jeremy Steinberg and Taka pulled up looking for a place to drive there new RC cars. We both laughed as this whole time Jeremy said the same thing that he had seen me riding a ton... must of been the times I saw him driving the Stealth black van around.

Well onto the good times! Before long I hear the sounds of RC cars rippin around the back yard with my dog Duke chasing after it. It was honestly one of the funniest things I have ever seen him do but I had to put him back after a but cause he was catchin the car. Before long the guys had the cars launching the 18 foot doubles and hitting the best lines we have here.

So what is learned from today? I need to paint my van Stealth Black and get more jumps built, oh and FMX riders even kill it with RC cars!

Weekend of riding

2008-09-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

It was a great weekend as it seemed that I was able to ride a bike all weekend long!

It started off with a 4am wake up on Saturday morning so that I could get to Bill Dixons house on time. Bill, his riding partner Jeff and I all took off in Bill's truck to Irvine where the century was set to start for the day. It was a great ride and was perfect for my legs as I am still trying to get them back after the long road trip I was on. It followed the coast all the way to downtown San Diego. It was a great time and we had no flat tires the whole way!

Brian on his "Road Bike" #168

The crowning achievement of the day however does go to Brian that rode over a hundred miles on his mountain bike! He did it all by him self with knobby tires and 6" of travel. Way to go, you rode more than us and we were on road bikes!!!

Sunday

Ahh yes after eating lots and sleeping lots it was time to get out the mountain bikes and have some fun on my jumps in the backyard. Before we got to ride though Mike, Toots and Brian all came over to help out with maintence on the jumps. We spent several hours working on them and it looked great what those guys all got done! Thanks guys, that is what its all about!

Then it was about 5 so we put down the tools and got ready to have some fun! In turns out that there was quite a turn out with a bunch of people hanging out and a bunch of us riding! It is always a ton of fun as we get pushed with everyone around. It all went well except for the one minor mishap that had me going over the bars. It was pretty funny as the board that I was riding across broke and pitched me over the front. No Damage done as I got back up as we all kept riding and I went to turn the lights on for some after dark riding. In total we cooked a ton of hamburgers and rode till about 10 at night.

Not a bad weekend! Hope yours was awesome also!

!!Brian Head = Stuart Gonzales National Champion!!

2008-09-03T10:11:00.000-07:00

I'll start off this post with a shot of the Newest National Chapion, Congrats Stu!After getting home from the Intense demo tour on the east coast I had just 12 hours to get some sleep and wash my clothes. I was really excited to head to Brian Head as it was going to be a weekend to just relax and get a lot of riding in. I had no real plans to race anything besides Super D and even that I was not to concerned about. All in all I convinced Brian to race Pro with me and he great. He finished in 9th and beat several riders! I ended up in 5th with my first Pro National podium. Stu getting the bottle of choice from his Wife Erin on his way to Winning the National Series!!!!Brian, just before we dropped into the Super D for his first Pro race!

The bike of choice for the weekend. I am so stoked on it that I just may have to get one!

Congratulations Stu for a well earned National Title! It has been awesome to watch you progress all these years and to now finally WIN it...Congrats Man!! You earned it, Enjoy it!!!!!

2008-09-02T10:51:00.000-07:00

Here are just some quick pics from Various places like Diablo

<---This is what happens when you drive this to much--->

It time to go ride the Premier MTB ride park on the east Coast!!

Brian Jumping several guys and the massive tabletops they had to offer------------->

Having fun off of the cool wood jump through the woods and just before the rain\/

Brian going higher and further than any squirl would ever want to go

Great burritos...finally

2008-08-26T20:04:00.000-07:00

While the east coast has some great italian food, I must admit that I miss some great mexican food! Well today I was treated to a breakfast burrito from the local shop in El Paso, courtesy of Jessica at Crazy Cat Cyclery. It has been the best part of the trip when the locals give up there hot spots for whatever it may be. I have ridden some of the best trails & had some of the greatest food! Well not much else to report from the road today besides lots of driving and several more cool shop visits. I really look forward to coming back to these shops next year to ride more local trails with the locals.Into the New Mexico sunset I drive. Hoping all is well with you!

2008-08-25T20:49:00.000-07:00

So its been a couple of days, but here it goes. I have been in texas now for about 5 days and enjoying it! Texas is a great place with really cool people. The last 3 days have been spent with my new friends at Bike & Run Works in New Braunfels. All of the guys there are hilarious and love the 2 wheeled tools we call bikes! Todd, Matt, Cody and John run a cool shop that all the locals love. Friday afternoon Matt, Cody & I all went for a ride at a super cool trail that I forget the name of. That may be because I managed to get my helmet hooked in a low tree branch. Cody got a front row seat to what almost ripped me off of my bike. I was so busy watching all of the tricky rocks i never saw it coming, but it left its mark! Hah well we all had a great time as Matt & Cody got to both ride the new Tracers.

Saturday was my day off so I hung out at there shop for a while before I got antsy. I decided that i may forget how to use a shovel if i didn't use the brand new one that was in the Intense truck. It didn't take long before I was getting Todd to buy some more shovels for all of us to make a pump track behind his shop. Before long we had the 100' by 50' dirt lot converted to 5 berms & multiple rollers. The best part was getting a chance to ride it all in before we called it a great day!

This sunday was great for many reasons as we headed out for a longer xc ride at Matts favorite spot, Comfort. I quickly saw why as it was great single tract through the trees & rocks. It didn't take long before we had our first flat, Todds new Spyder FRO. Well one would think that between the shop owner, his employees & myself we would have the proper stuff to fix a flat. Nope, Matt brought schrader valves (the wrong ones), Todd let someone borrow his Co2 adapter & I had a faulty Co2 adapter. So Todd had 2 walk back as Matt, Cody & I continued on. When we all got back minus Todd, we found out that Todd had not made it back yet. Uhh ya he should have been back a while ago. Well long story short he just had to go check out this red barn that looked a lot like the one we started by...supoosedly. Oh ya i cant forget the "shower" we all got just before getting back into the vehicles. Needless to say we smelled like wet dogs on the way home, horrible!

Whew, after all that i am back on the road to El Paso driving 80 cause its Texas afterall! Well it was a great weekend guys thanks & keep up the great work & pump track. I WILL be back to ride it!

I also look forward to having them all out to California sometime to show them what mountains are, not like the ones they have. Oh & just so ya'll know we call dem things speed bumps. Haha thanks again guys for everthing!

2008-08-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

So today a good friend told me about a bmx race close to the Chicago area that I just had to go to. Needless to say it was a great time and there was lots of cool people that were drooling over the new tracer, which proved its versatility again by being my bmx race bike in the cruiser class. The picture on the left is of my friend Russel just after he took a spin on the tracer. He was Stoked! He also promotes races in the philipines and is the only guy to have a neumatic gate to race bmx/4x on. Now I just need to head down there to check it all out!

The next shot is of our host for the weekend Chris and his boys who almost all of them won there classes! I got to race Chris in the cruiser class which was a great race all the way to the line! I should hopefully be getting racing pics soon so I will be posting them when possible!

Its been some time...

2008-08-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

Since I have been home and also posted on here. Part of it is because I have been waiting for some pictures from a friend Brian. Most of it because I have been super busy/lazy. Well to keep this post from getting to long I will summarize with I have been on the road for the past 4 weeks for Intense Cycles. With the exception of flying home from Canada to put on the Race for Babies.

It looks like I will be on the road for about another 2 weeks showing off the new Tracer. I am excited but I am struggling with this cold that I have but heck its off to race BMX today and then watch the Blue Angels fly tomorrow here in Chicago!

Hope that all is well with you as I sign off...till tomorrow.

Arizona Nationals

2008-04-16T12:10:00.000-07:00

I always look forward to going to Arizona. Seems like it has always been good to me even though I am not totally ready to go this early in the season. This year started off with the Super Cool SuperD. Better known as a TT. The thing sucks from a Super D standpoint but it works great for a TT. Well It went horrible for me as I had NO leg speed at the bottom where it was really needed.
We won't even go into where I finished.

So I decided to take the Short track off because well I had no leg speed and I felt like NOT breathing in a bunch of dust before the XC. Man did I catch crap for that.

Finally the XC came and it was time to once again play in the desert! I actually got a better call up in the 6th row so I was stoked. I lined up next to my good buddy Amon. When we got going I looked up just in time to see a huge pile up beginning to happen to my left, it took Amon out and I had to hop over his front wheel. Then I got passed by a bunch because we slowed and I was in a tall gear and so now it was off to the single track. In all I ended up passing about 45 guys and worked my way into 34th. I was hoping for a better finish but it was all I could do. I was still stoked because I had to pass so many guys. AZ being good to me again, I am always smiling when I ride there and this race was no different!

2008-04-15T13:35:00.001-07:00

Just a cool shot from Fontana Nationals compliments of Terry Martin. Thanks Terry!

Been a while

2008-04-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

So I decided to start up on eof these because as some may have noticed my website has not been edited in a while. Well that is because 1 I do not have the software and 2 I forgot the password.

So a lot has happened since my site went into hibernation. I got and paid for my way to expensive of a PRO license. I ma promoting Weekly races at Vail lake and lots of other stuff I can't all remember.

Well for one I raced several of the winter series races before getting sick. And sick did I get. It was gnarly. I ended up winning 2 of the Winter series races and got 2nd in the other 2. It worked out well because I won the series and was hoping for a better call up at the Fontana Nationals.

I asked Larry Longo if he could help me out but his reponse was "Oh you don't want to start up there." "Well I sure as heck don't want to start in the back," and I did. Was the very last row, in fact I would not even call it a row. Sparing the details I moved up quite well with the help of Amon Pease and then managed to pich flat early in the race. I fixed it then proceeded to catch back up and then again on lap 3 did the exact same thing again at the exact same spot. Walked all the way back to the front feed zone grabbed another wheel and then finally finished the race in 4th. Well Ok I was a few laps back but oh well.