Plattekill Bike Park Presents The Third Annual Pro GRT Fox Racing Shox Gravity Open
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 9:15PM Plattekill Bike Park is proud to present the Third Annual Pro GRT Fox Racing Shox Gravity Open. This year the Fox Racing Shox Gravity Open moves to Memorial Day weekend, May 24-28, 2012. The race will be the third stop of the USA Cycling ProGRT National Series and will offer double series points in the POC Eastern States Cup Regional Championship Series. The ProGRT is the most prestigious downhill mountain bike racing series in North America. The POC Eastern States Cup is the richest, largest and fastest growing series in the nation. This combination event is aimed at riders and racers of all abilities.
Top domestic and international professional riders including many World Cup stars will be competing at Plattekill to test their skills on one of the best downhill mountain bike courses in the United States. This year Plattekill is featuring a classic track on the steep North Face side of the bike park. The course has steep chutes, berms and some big gap jumps at the finish.
Plattekill doubled the Pro GRT Purse and is offering a $5000 pro purse and some great prizes for amateurs. The race is a USAC qualifier for selection to the World Championship Team, so the pros will be really going for the win. Practice will open Thursday, qualifying is on Saturday and the race will be held on Sunday. Plattekill Bike Park will remain open thru Monday and will be open for freeriding every day of the event. Plattekill will run two lifts for complete access to their trail system.
Since 1974, FOX RACING SHOX has been the industry leader in the design and development of the highest performance shock absorbers and racing suspension products for snowmobiles, mountain bikes, motorcycles, ATVs and off-road cars and trucks.
The POC Eastern States Cup was founded in 2010 as a USA Cycling Eastern Regional Championship Series and featured two USA Cycling State Championships. This proved to be a popular formula with racers and venues. In 2011 the series grew, offering the USAC Regional and three state championships. The 2012 POC Eastern States Cup will feature 5 USAC State Championships and the Eastern Regional Championship at 8 great venues. 2012 and the future indeed look bright for the series and the racers in the East.
Plattekill is located in Roxbury, NY. The bike park has been hosting downhill mountain bike racing since 1993. The trails are endless and offer something for riders of all abilities. The fall line trail sections are quite steep and the natural terrain offers loose shale with large rock drops. Plattekill Bike Park uses two lifts accessing two distinct peak areas. Lift attendants place your bikes on the chair for the ride up. The base lodge offers a cafeteria, bike shop and restrooms. On the deck great burgers and refreshments will be available. Plattekill will be open Thursday thru Monday for riding and practicing.
Race Fee’s:
$65 Cat1(expert) and Cat2(sport) and Cat3(beginner)
$95 USAC Pro
All Race Fees Include Saturday AND Sunday Lift Tickets!!!
Thurs, Fri and Mon Lift Tickets are $20 per day with race entry.
($15 discount from our regular tickets)
Schedule:
Registration: 9-4 Friday – Saturday and 8- 9 Sunday
Double Chair Practice and Freeriding DH 10-4 Thursday - Friday, 8-4 Saturday, 8-11 Sunday
Triple Chair open 10-4 Saturday and Sunday
Saturday Seeding Run DH
Pro and Cat 1 Juniors 4:00pm
Sunday Race DH
Cat2-3 12:00pm
Cat1 1:30 pm
Pro 2:30 pm
Pit Fee’s: 10x10=$100 20x10=200 20x20=$300 20x40= $400
Reserve spaces early. No e-z ups/tents will be allowed in the top two lots without reserved pit space, NO exceptions. The Reserved pit area will be patrolled throughout the event.
Camping: The third lot will feature primitive camping. Camping will cost $10 per night for a 12x20 space including your vehicle. Porta poties will be available. Water will be available in the Base Lodge.
No Electric will be available. Generators are allowed until 10pm.
Special Parking restrictions will be enforced
Pre Registration, Lodging and more info: links can be found on our site www.plattekill.com
2012 Pro GRT Round 1 Port Angeles
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 7:34AM Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 26, 2012) – The 2012 USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT)kicks off this weekend with the NW Cup in Port Angeles, Wash.
Slated to take place at Dry Hill, April 26-29, the NW Cup is the first of six events on the country’s premier gravity calendar for 2012.
Last year, the event was won by Danny Hart (Newbury Park, Calif./Giant Factory Off Road Team) and Jill Kintner (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing). Kintner went on to win the overall 2011 women’s Pro GRT title while Cody Warren (Alpine, Calif./DRD X-Fusion Intense) topped the standings on the men’s side. This weekend will see the nation’s top gravity racers converge on the Pacific Northwest as they begin their pursuits to dethrone the reigning Pro GRT champs.
Registration is open on-site throughout the weekend with seeding runs taking place on Saturday and finals occurring on Sunday. For a complete schedule, as well as other important information on the NW Cup, please visit the event’s website.
After the Pro GRTopens in Washington, it will continue with two Eastern States Cup events in Mountain Creek, NJ and Roxbury, NY, May 20 and May 27. That pair will be followed by the Mountain States Cup Chile Challenge, June 9-10 in Angel Fire, NM, and the Whiteface Pro GRT 5K Downhill in Wilmington, NY, June 16-17. Overall calendar champions will then be crowned after the final event – the Northstar Pro GRT in Truckee, Calif., August 3-5.
2012 Plattekill Season Announcement
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 9:29PM ;)
Plattekill Bike Park located in Roxbury, NY is proud to announce the 2012 Plattekill downhill riding season. Plattekill has been hosting downhill mountain bike riding and racing for over sixteen years. That will continue full force in 2012. The bike park will open for riding April 14-15 weekend, the earliest in the East and the earliest ever at Plattekill. Plattekill Bike Park extended the 2011 Riding season into December in 2011 making for the Longest lift assisted mountain biking season in North America.
The first race of the season will be the Third Annual Gravity Open on Memorial day Weekend, May 23-27, 2012. The Gravity Open will be part of the prestigious USA Cycling National Pro GRT and the POC Eastern States Cup Series’. The race takes place Memorial Day weekend and will feature many national and international stars. Previous winners have included UCI World Champions. Plattekill Bike Park will host four POC Eastern States Cup Series races, the finals of the USAC NYS State Championships and the USAC Eastern Regional Championships.
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Due to the early start of the riding season and a late March snowstorm the bike park will spread 5-work weekend during the season. The goal this summer is a groomed trail fro top to bottom. Stay tuned for more information.
The trails at Plattekill are endless and offer something for riders of all abilities. The fall line trail sections are steep. The natural terrain offers loose shale with large rock drops. Plattekill Bike Park uses two lifts accessing two distinct peak areas. Lift attendants place your bikes on the chair for the ride up. The base lodge offers a cafeteria, bike shop and restrooms. On the deck great burgers and refreshments will be available.
Regular Season Opening April 14-15 Weekend
2012 Ride Fees:
All Day Lift $35
Two Day Same Weekend Lift $55
After 2pm Lift $25
One Time Lift with Bike $10
Trail Access (no lift) $15
Skyride $ 5
Season Pass $329
SEASON PASS SPECIAL UNTIL MAY 1, 2012……$279
Plattekill Mountain is the longest operating bike park in the Northeast with
over 60 miles of bike-specific lift accessed trails operating two lifts to
two mountain peaks.
Roxbury, NY (607) 326-3500
2012 Team BGB-Mountain Khakis Announced
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 6:36AM The Definition of New - New Sponsors, New Riders, New Season, New Team!
After a successful rookie season for Team RM East and earning our stripes in 2011, moving into the 2012 season has brought some big changes. The most exciting change, the team now carries a new name, Team Billy Goat Bikes-Mountain Khakis. We are so stoked to be able to continue to grow a partnership this season with Mountain Khakis as title sponsor (www.mountainkhakis.com). Since 2003, Mountain Khakis has been an industry leading brand bringing mountain-inspired lifestyle apparel to those that prefer the outdoors. Did you notice those keywords “mountain” and “outdoors”? What more could you ask for from a sponsor?!
We are calling 2012 a year of diversification, as the team roster has actually grown covering the entire spectrum of categories, from Ladies, to Juniors, to some our returning and new Pros. Our primary focus will be getting our riders qualified to compete in the UCI DH World Cup and the U.S. Gravity Nationals, then performing with success on both the World and National stage. All that experience rolls down hill (no pun intended) and will be leveraged to develop and grow our GROM riders into the Pros you’ll see on the podium tomorrow.
So, keep eye out for the team with brightest colors on the trail (thanks to POC Sports www.pocsports.com). Team Billy Goat Bikes Mountain Khakis will be competing at the North American UCI World Cup Events, the PRO GRT sanctioned races, the Snowshoe Series, Gravity East Series and the POC Eastern States Cup. The Team Roster includes: Team Manager: Matt Haynes, Assistant Team Manager/Media Relations: Jay Schultz, Max Morgan, Ryan Taylor, Robert DeMao, Jay Guidry, Nick Frantz, Andy Pavlica, Brook Buckelew, Josh Bagwell, Sandy Bartlett, Josh Bagwell, Aaron Bartlett, Nich Ifkovits, Heither Schultz.
02-12 Team Bgb-mk 2012 Kick Off Pr_r1