Less than 2 weeks to the Blackrock Mountain Bike Park fundraiser...!

Santiam Bicycle is once again organizing the Blackrock fundraiser. This is the 3rd annual event which is being hosted at Northern Lights Theatre Pub on February 22nd at 6pm in Salem. Last year my "Local Progression Riders Video" was shown (it was about an hour long), and this year another local rider video will be shown in addition to The Collective (a 16mm mountain bike film). This is one of my favorite mountain biking videos! I also contacted the director/producer and scored a copy of the DVD for the raffle AND got them to send a "sneak peek" trailer of their upcoming ROAM video (to be released April '06).

There's a TON of other sponsors of this event. It's the biggest fundraising event of the year for local freeride mountain biking trails... Last year, they raised over $3,000 for the trails (to buy signs, nails, tools and other materials for building and on-going maintenance). THIS year I hope they surpass that! There's more than a few projects on the "To Do" list that require fundage to make them happen (not to mention we're looking at filing for 501(c)(3) status - sure would be nice to take a tax deduction every time I drove out there to work on the trails)!

Here's a list of the sponsors of the 2006 Blackrock trails fundraiser...


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You can always learn more about Blackrock through the Blackrock Freeride Association website at http://blackrockfreeride.org.