As usual, lots of help is needed to help run the 3 September events.

High Roller needs an event manager to help pull everything together.

Dirt Diggler and Project 9 need volunteers.

send an email to directors@bikefernie.ca if you can help out with anything.

The 2010 Dirt Diggler Downhill Fall Classic is rapidly approaching. Here's some images from the '09 event to get the stoke flowing.

The final points results of this years Two-Knee series have finally been calculated.

This years King of the Elk Valley is Eddie! The Queen has been crowned as Tara!

Final Points Standings:

Overall Points Results

MEN
Eddy - 11 points
Ryland - 8 Points
Ben - 8 Points
Matt Trousdale - 7 Points
Conrad - 5 Points
Luke Stevens - 5 Points
Kurt - 5 points
Luke - 5
Charlie - 5 Points
Don - 4
Nick Q - 4 points
Vince - 3 Points
JL - 3
Cody Mac - 3 points
Jimmy - 3
Nick N - 2 Points

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Wam Bam Dirt Jump Jam this Saturday ! We are still looking for some volunteers to help out with registration , please contact directors@bikefernie.ca

Final preparations are underway for the 5th Annual Full Throttle Mountain
Bike Festival, coming up on August 21 & 22.

Weekend highlights include:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST
• Super D Downhill Race
• Little Critters Kids Bike Decorating & Fun Race
• Wam Bam Dirt Jump Jam (presented by the Fernie MTB Club, at the City Dirt
Jumps in Fernie)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND
• Dirt Crit XC Race
• Pancake Breakfast
· Dual Slalom Competition

ALL WEEKEND!
• FREE skills instruction sessions & basic bike maintenance
• Meet SCOTT Pro Team Riders
• FREE live music
- Bike Trials Demos

For more information and for the detailed weekend schedule, visit
www.skifernie.com/summer

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Hi Folks!

I wanted to let you know about the Newest event that the Fernie Mountain Bike Club will be hosting this year........

The WAM BAM DIRT JUMP JAM will take place August 21st in conjunction with RCR's Full Throttle event. Starting at 5:30pm to dark where the finals will be under lights! Cash prizes and a whole lot of fun will be going down that day.

so here are the details....

Brought to you by the Fernie Mountain Bike Club
@ the City of Fernie Dirt Jumps behind the Aquatic Centre

August 21st, 2010 Night time Dirt Jump Jam
Contact Thomas at dunnski@shaw.ca
...
Registration:
$35 before August 13th, Click here to register online now
$45 on the day. Register at the Aquatic Centre 12-4

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Hey All,

Want to help out with an internationally recognized bike race? help the club get some cash and get a free t-shirt and other perks? all for only 4 hours of your time?

send an email to directors@bikefernie.ca if you can help out by being a course marshall.

Sunday, August 8th from 8:45am to 12:30 and 12:30-4:30

div style=width: 190px class=image-attach-teasera href=/blogs/bp-or-bikingimg src=http://bikefernie.ca/files/images/smallnocbm.thumbnail.jpeg alt=smallnocbm.jpeg title=smallnocbm.jpeg class=image image-thumbnail width=190 height=200 //a/div pSo, BP has started its exploration and drilling program for their mist mountain coalbed methane project which spans 500 sq/km of wilderness south and east of Fernie. Their project area covers some trails, access roads and future potential biking areas./p pBP is going to FRAC in Fernie. Find out what that means for our people, our water and our wildlife./p pJuly 12th @ the Arts Station in Fernie - Gasland the Movie - FREEbr / July 14th outside the Arts Station - NP BP in BC Rally/p pa href=http://bikefernie.ca/blogs/bp-or-biking target=_blankread more/a/p

pSaturday, July 10, 2010:br / Lost Boys Lungbuster - Mountain Bike Hill Climbbr / The ultimate challenge for hard core climbers! This gruelling race starts at the base area and climbs to the top of the Timber Express Chairlift - 2100 vertical feet!/p pEarly Bird Entry Fee (by Friday July 9 @ 7pm): $25 + taxbr / Race Day Entry Fee (Saturday July 10 until 9am): $30 + tax/p pEvent Details:br / · Entry fee includes race, brunch, participant t-shirt, a single ride lift ticket (for downloading after race if you wish!), AND a coupon for one ½ price single ride (valid during race so your support crew can cheer you on!).br / · Helmets are mandatory for all competitors.br / · All competitors must fully complete the entry form and waiver prior to the event. (Under 19 require parent/guardian signature)/p pa href=http://bikefernie.ca/news-76 target=_blankread more/a/p

This year there are points being awarded to the top 5 racers. 5 for 1st and 1 for 5th. See bottom of full post for current points standings. Who will be crowned this years king and queen of the elk valley? we'll find out who won the series whenever anyone does the math for all the points over the season

The Top five for Brokeback:
Lovely ladies
Cassandra 6.50
Steph 7.12
Sarina 8.59
Rebekah 9.17
Jaclyn 9.20
Rebecca 10.52

Dudes
Ed 6.09
Ben 6.34
JL 6.41
Steve 6.43
Matt Murray 7.04

The Top five for stupidtraverseS-bombhedonism:

MEN
Luke Nelson - 15.04
not fast enough Eddy - 15.28
Kurt the .... - 15.47
Matt T - 16.23
Henners - 17.05

LADIES
Steph - 20.26
Sarina - 22.59
Jaclyn - 28.16

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Start: Aug 21 2010 5:30 pm Start: Aug 21 2010 5:30 pm

brought to you by the Fernie Mountain Bike Club
@ the City of Fernie Dirt Jumps behind the Aquatic Centre

Registration:
$35 before August 13th, Click here to register online now
$45 on the day. Register at the Aquatic Centre 12-4

Comp starts at 5:30 till dark.

Refreshments and Good Times!

div style=width: 154px class=image-attach-teasera href=/news-74img src=http://bikefernie.ca/files/images/Community Day Invite.thumbnail.jpg alt=Community Day Invite.jpg title=Community Day Invite.jpg class=image image-thumbnail width=154 height=200 //a/div pWe would like to invite residents of the Elk Valley to Fernie Alpine Resort for our 4th Annual Summer Community Appreciation Day./p pSpecial offers to locals include:br / • Complimentary full day lift ticketbr / • Complimentary single ride lift ticketbr / • 25% off rentals (based on availability)br / • $2.00 BBQ @ Lost Boys Café from 11:00am—3:00pm. All BBQ proceeds go to the Fernie Mountain Bike Club./p pOpen to residents of the Elk Valley (Fernie, Elko, Jaffray, Sparwood amp; Elkford). Must provide proof of residency at Guest Services. Special offers valid on June 27th only./p

The Fernie & District Historical Society and the Fernie Mountain Bike Club are doing a bicycle exhibit to be displayed in conjunction with the Trans Rockies this year.

We are looking for artifacts to display such as vintage bicycles from any era (20s, 30s 40s, 50s etc) old photos bicycle related, old bits of cycling gear from the past, old helmets, race posters, event t-shirts, retro Mtb bikes, home videos. Anything cycling related would be great! We only want to borrow your artifacts for the show. When the show is over you’ll get it back.

If you are not sure what you have is worthy for the exhibit, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me, I will come and take a look, you never know. Remember nothing has to be in perfect condition.

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div class=event-nodeapi div class=event-start dtstart title=2010-06-27T22:20:00ZlabelStart: /label Jun 27 2010 4:20 pm /div /div div class=event-nodeapi div class=event-start dtstart title=2010-06-27T22:20:00ZlabelStart: /label Jun 27 2010 4:20 pm /div /div pSunday, June 27, 2010br / 4th Annual Summer Community Appreciation Day, means all the Fernie locals can ride for FREE at the ski hill./p pTake advantage of the Community Appreciation Day by coming out the peak to park ride at 4:20pm, after the last chair on timber. Rally down from the top of the timber chair to the provincial park. Megasauras gt; Black Forest gt; Mega Hurtz gt; Old Goats gt; Gorby Trail. (not a FAR event. Outside of Operating hours. AT YOUR OWN RISK)/p

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For anyone who has attempted to cross the Fairy Creek Bridge heading out to ride Swine Flu and the other Procter mountain trails, or to get to Dicken Road and the Chamber of Commerce. You know that it is a death trap. No raised sidewalk, and oncoming traffic coming around a blind corner.

Many residents who live out Dicken Road way, especially those with children, have been writing to government encouraging them to build a pedestrian crossing on the westbound side of this bridge.

This has fallen on deaf ears.

The families have even went as far as building their own makeshift underpass to try to create a safe option for crossing this bridge.

Write to - Kareen.Peters@gov.bc.ca and cityhall@fernie.ca and ask them to build a bridge for pedestrians before someone gets hurt!

World's longest off-pavement route now winds through one of Canada's most wild river valleys

Missoula, Montana — Adventure Cycling's Great Divide Canada section of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) — the longest off-pavement route in the world — now officially includes 114 miles of virgin riding through British Columbia's Flathead and Wigwam River valleys.

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Come out and help maintain the trails for the 2010 season.

Starting on Tuesday, June 1, 6pm meet at the Bike Park (behind Aquatic Center), bring water and a rake, polaski, or McLeod, If you don't any of those tools, just bring water because some tools provided.

Help maintain the trails you ride, give back to the mountain biking community, refreshments and more for coming out to help!

See you....
6pm on Tuesday June 1 - Bike Park

Come out and help maintain the trails for the 2010 season.

Starting on Tuesday, June 1, 6pm meet at the Bike Park (behind Aquatic Center), bring water and a rake, polaski, or McLeod, If you don't any of those tools, just bring water because some tools provided.

Help maintain the trails you ride, give back to the mountain biking community, refreshments and more for coming out to help!

See you....
6pm on Tuesday June 1 - Bike Park