monsoon season?

apparently monsoon season is upon us. we have been graced with a bit of a damp summer so far and the trails at stewart are showing it. have no fear. the darkhorse crew has been doing recon and reconstruction.

stay tuned!

Top reasons why the 7th annual Darkhorse 40 will rule the universe!!!

1.August weather rocks!(fingers crossed) after a great ss race in May on some stellar singletrack the gods of thunder decided to water the lawn at stewart for 24 days in June!! so all that sweet singletrack was a bit "submerged!" but don't fret! we are calling in some favors and crossing our fingers for super sweet summer singletrack goodness!!

2.Harpoon you like? no not the implements of whale death, the fine craft beer from Beantown. thru a bizzarre 12 degrees of seperation we have hooked up with the good people at Harpoon brewing and we will be providing frosty cold Harpoon beverages to wash away that singletrack thirst!

3. singletrack? same great 40 course returns! back by popular demand. after a few years of shifting and swapping and swooping the consensus is that we have it dialed. barring any more acts of weather related calamity the same sweet 40 course returns!!

4. need a economic stimulus? are you a pro or cat 1 racer? well win the pro category and go home 300 richer!! win your expert category and go home 200 richer!!! yes american dollars! big payouts deep into the classes! come on out, go fast and get paid! hoorah!

5. t-shirt, BBQ, great medals, swag? yup, all back again! all included in your entry fee!

6. hidden preems? yup they are back! look for the numbered index cards hidden along the trails. collect one and bring it to the awards ceremony for cool cool prizes including more american dollars!!!!!!!!!!

7. great vibe! chill festival atmospehere! come out and race or come on out and challenge yourself just to finish the 40 miles. or team up with a guy or gal pal and do it team style! but most of all come on out and have fun!!!!

8. 3 fully stocked aid stations on the course. water, heed, banana's, cookies, etc..... keeping you topped off on fluids and food for your 40 mile adventure!

hmmm, so lets see...... great singletrack, sweet t-shirts, and big ass free chicken BBQ, FREE HARPOON BEER, cash money, great prizes, fun festival atmospere, man where do i sign up?

RIGHT HERE!!!!!! and do it now! DO IT NOW!!! PRE-REG ONLY this year! yup no day of registration!!!

come on, you know you want to! all the cool kids are doing it! here kids, sign up and ride you'll be back for more!!!!!

Skills to pay the bills!

You got the skills to pay the bills? well at this years 40 you can put it on the line!

$300.00 1st place pro!

$200.00 1st place expert!

plus the hidden cash preems!!

cash money baby!

The 2009 Darkhorse 40 nears..........

Duffman has some Darkhorse 40 updates for ya!

1. this years race is August 16th

2. this years race is PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY!!!!!!
there will be no day of registration!!
registration closes Wednesday August 12th!

3. we are capping registration at 400 riders
we want to continue to make the 40 a quality event and don't want to sacrifice quality for
quantity!

4. registration is open on BIKEREG

5. all the same great features of the 40 return!
t-shirt and BBQ for all entrants
kegs of fine adult refreshment!
cooler full of icepops!
fully stocked aid stations
great singletrack course!!
hidden preem cards for great prizes!

ss-apolooza action shots

all shots courtesy of gtluke!

monte feels the flow

jesse chases in his new team kit!

parsons fueled by insomnia and caffeine

cdubs chases the carrot

cdubs off into the sunset

norm whistles while we works his way to first

rossi lives in the pain cave

bobby feels it

walt chasing bobby

waters laying the power down

dan killing it on a borrowed bike!

in the zone baby just like bmx back in the day!!

uni!!

ss-apolooza in pics.......

all photos courtesy of gt luke. go here to find them all. buy a few from him!!

results are here. actually they have been there since about 3hrs after the race finished!!

Singlespeed-a-polooza is in the books...

ok, its monday morning and i'm still trying to get my head around the weekend's events!
when we brewed up this "little" race we expected about a 100 kooks would come out and have some fun. well needless to say when reg closed at 204 we were a bit shocked!!

the short version is that the race went off smooth, besides a few minor bruises and bumps, everybody made it out of the woods unscathed. the course was a huge success. super fun. the weather could not have been better. the course dried out and was just tacky in some spots. it made for super fast racing!

huge props go out to Mike Montalbano smoking the course in 1:25:50!!!!! holy fast batman!

we need to send out a huge thank you to all our volunteers. we have tons of people behind the scenes. they have been helping us with this since the cold dark winter! thanks guys and gals!!
thanks to our EMT's as well!! thankfully they had a pretty relaxing day!

thanks to everyone who came out. looks like we are going to have to do this again next year!!!

if you are looking for pics check the link below!! thanks gt luke!!
http://gtluke.smugmug.com/biking/798708