Santiam Bicycle's 3rd annual Blackrock fundraiser...
The event went down without a hitch. It flowed and stuck the landing... I think the shop guys are getting better at MC'ing. The theatre was PACKED with local riders from all over (Salem-area, Portland, and Eugene).
Rich (the Blackrock Freeride Association president) and Troy (Santiam Bicycle shop owner) did a super job of giving props to those who deserved it (all the trail builders, the ODF manager, the local shop support, TracE - the gourmet cook that always makes lunch on trail work days, and yes, even me, the BFA webmaster)... there's lots of people who are core to making Blackrock what it is, but EVERYONE there that night was part of it - contributing to the ongoing success and sustaining the trails!
Got to see the ROAM preview twice. The projectionist didn't realize the DVD automatically looped, so it played through a second time before he realized. *chuckle* Actually, nobody really minded. In fact, I watch that trailer everyday just to remember I'm part of something bigger than myself (the sport of downhill and freeride mountain biking - it's a lifestyle now).
There were several cool things about the event:
1) there was so much stuff donated from vendors - it was awesome to see how much support Blackrock trails is getting
2) Santiam raised over $6,000 (nearly DOUBLE the amount from last year) for the Blackrock trails
3) got to see the independent local video that Ryan put together (I threw in some footage I didn't use for my vid last year - of Basic Training area getting built and stuff) I was even in some of the shots (I excluded myself from the video last year, so it was nice to get some of my riding in there).
4) Jay Hoots and Fionn Griffiths of the Norco factory team came down from B.C. for the event (surprise!) - Jay even did the raffle drawing.
Had Jay autograph a poster for Kaylee. Yes, someday she'll be riding... Maybe will have a web site like Fionn's: http://www.fionngriffiths.com/.
Afterwards, Troy invited everyone to the Santiam shop for a swap meet. I traded a Saint shifter that I'd won for a Nokian Gazzaloddi Tire (which I desperately needed cuz the tread on my rear tire is all used up). But more importantly, we had a chance to talk with Jay about the downhill/freeride movement up in B.C. - and some of the issues they're dealing with with local municipalities with B.C. province). Some of the issues we're going to be facing some day in Oregon (politics! yuck).
Oh, here's what the "loot pile" (all donated from vendors) consisted of:
And one of the Grand prizes (valued at over $2,000):
Rich (the Blackrock Freeride Association president) and Troy (Santiam Bicycle shop owner) did a super job of giving props to those who deserved it (all the trail builders, the ODF manager, the local shop support, TracE - the gourmet cook that always makes lunch on trail work days, and yes, even me, the BFA webmaster)... there's lots of people who are core to making Blackrock what it is, but EVERYONE there that night was part of it - contributing to the ongoing success and sustaining the trails!
Got to see the ROAM preview twice. The projectionist didn't realize the DVD automatically looped, so it played through a second time before he realized. *chuckle* Actually, nobody really minded. In fact, I watch that trailer everyday just to remember I'm part of something bigger than myself (the sport of downhill and freeride mountain biking - it's a lifestyle now).
There were several cool things about the event:
1) there was so much stuff donated from vendors - it was awesome to see how much support Blackrock trails is getting
2) Santiam raised over $6,000 (nearly DOUBLE the amount from last year) for the Blackrock trails
3) got to see the independent local video that Ryan put together (I threw in some footage I didn't use for my vid last year - of Basic Training area getting built and stuff) I was even in some of the shots (I excluded myself from the video last year, so it was nice to get some of my riding in there).
4) Jay Hoots and Fionn Griffiths of the Norco factory team came down from B.C. for the event (surprise!) - Jay even did the raffle drawing.
Had Jay autograph a poster for Kaylee. Yes, someday she'll be riding... Maybe will have a web site like Fionn's: http://www.fionngriffiths.com/.
Afterwards, Troy invited everyone to the Santiam shop for a swap meet. I traded a Saint shifter that I'd won for a Nokian Gazzaloddi Tire (which I desperately needed cuz the tread on my rear tire is all used up). But more importantly, we had a chance to talk with Jay about the downhill/freeride movement up in B.C. - and some of the issues they're dealing with with local municipalities with B.C. province). Some of the issues we're going to be facing some day in Oregon (politics! yuck).
Oh, here's what the "loot pile" (all donated from vendors) consisted of:
And one of the Grand prizes (valued at over $2,000):
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