The Dirt Corps had an outstanding time at the first ever Fluidride Cup race held in Port Angeles WA April 5-6 2008.  Among the weekends highlights were seeing the enormous rider turnout, heralding a revival of gravity bike racing in the Pacific Northwest. 

For the Dirt Corps race team a solid showing saw (from left to right) Jennifer Tell, Tristyn Duerr, Andre Ciabattari, Brian Guse, Chase Schmidt, Jim McCracken, Graham Barry, and Matt Patterson.  We picked up 4 podiums total; 2 first and 2 second places.  Matt picked up a win in Expert 30, Chase got the other gold in Sport 15-18, and Jim McCracken came 2nd in his very first DH race at the beginner 40 level (Look out Saimo!)
Brian Guse had a solid start to the season having just moved up to the expert level in the highly competitive Jnr category.  He came within a 8/10ths of a second of winning and his time was competitive with the Semi-Pro (Elite) men.  Way to go Goose!

It was also terrific to watch, and participate in, the Dual Slalom event on Saturday, as well as hang out for a bit of Chinese Downhill with the Olympic Dirt Society guys after the DH race wrapped up on Sunday.

For the the full results see the Fluidride website
For more event coverage check out Mike Este's writeup for PinkBike.com

 
Imagine having 15 acres of sloped woods on Puget Sound and then digging some of the biggest gaps, tables, stepdowns and wood features imaginable. Well, that’s Gregg Wall’s house - basically a bigger (in size and total area) version of SST.
At first, it was all a bit much to take in and serious stimulation overload. Khristian and Gregg were throwing serious style over these crazy sized gaps. Matt and Chase were also hitting everything with style right out of the gate as they had been down there a month or so ago. Graham and I were trying to knock some of the jumps off of our list and we both got a few, but left a bunch for another time. Courtney decided to take pics vs. trying to hit some of the stuff there. Thankfully, no tumbles other than one scary moment when Graham cased a HUGE gap on his Bottle Rocket (which broke his non SDG seat), but he was able to just barely ride it out. At the end of the day, we sessioned a big mulch jump and Matt tried a couple of Supermans (breaking his non SDG seat as well.  Are we detecting a theme here?) and Chase was throwing crazy moto-whips and dropping all the big lines. From there, we had beers in the yard and hung out for a bit. We got a reasonably early night as we were racing the next day at the Capital Forest Super D.
Words by Eric Brown. Photo by Courtney Nash. See more of her photos here. Good times!

Dirt Corps is very happy to announce that all of our 2007 sponsors are back on board for this year with their continued support for our growing team and projects. We have a few new sponsors in the mix that we're excited to work with this year as well. 

SDG saddles make the most comfortable and lightest seats and post combos in the industry. Matt has been running the IBeam system for a few years now on his race bike and everyone on the team is excited to get their rigs upgraded. 
Renton Coil Springs have been making titanium after market springs for quite some time and we're stoked to be running their gear not only for their high quality product but also the fact that they are a local company based out of Renton, Washington. We're got a few more companies that we're talking for '08 and we're close to locking down the final list. Stay tuned for more news here.

Dirt Corps Sponsor Snowflake T-Shirts are now available for purchase. This special edition t-shirt was designed by Dan Saimo as a thank you to our sponsors for all their amazing help in 2007. We have a couple of different sizes still available so if you're interested please contact Dan Saimo and he'll get you hooked up. Shirts are $20 and all proceeds go directly to supplies for new Dirt Corp trails in 2008. Special thanks to Brad Walton at Spectrum Techwear in Bellingham for the excellent printing! Photo Matt Patterson.

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

 

We met the guy that started the Bike Park at Wolf Mountain and it sounds like he wants to buy a few Mcleods and Berm rakes. Melissa and I are thinking about volunteering to either design or dig on one of their new "Whistler-like" trails. If we end up helping out I'll see if we can get the trail to be named after the Dirt Corps. Photo Bones

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

The Dirt Corps, along with the City of Snoqualmie Parks Board, invite you to attend the Grand Opening Ceremonies on Saturday July 14th at 10am. The bike skills park is located on the upper lot of Fisher Creek Park and is designed for all ages to learn the fun skill of riding bicycles on all terrains. Helmets are required and are recommended. Photo Dan Saimo