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Florida State Championship series #8 / CC make up – Santos Trails – Ocala, Fl What a fine way to end the 30th annual FSC season, the trails were in perfect shape, the temperatures were mild and the excitement was in the air as the ’22 season wrote its final chapter. Many thanks to the Ocala Mountain Bike Association (OMBA) for building, maintaining and helping with the event. The course was a tough one this year with three notable sections that kept the racers busy during the 7.5 mile loop. This trail is also notorious for mechanical problems especially flat […]

Coconut Cup series #4 / FSC make up – Amelia Earhart Trails – Hialeah, Fl Mild temperatures and sunny sky greeted racers from both the FSC and CC series for the fourth round of the Coconut Cup south Florida series presented by Floridabikecrashlaw.com, which was also a make up for the Florida State Championship series. For FSC racers it was a last chance to replace any lower or missed scores for both the XC races and the bonus points rounds. The trails were in great shape (thanks to the Amelia Trail Builders Club), with a few new dirt sculptures and

Florida State Championship series #7 / Coconut Cup series #3 –Caloosahatchee Trails – Alva, Fl When hurricane Ian hit the Ft Myers area the thought that we would be racing at the Alva trails by November 20th was simply wishful thinking and frankly secondary to our concern for all of the folks that were affected by the storm. We were thinking the worst but to our surprise we got the call that club (the Mud Cutters) and the county (Lee County) was going to have the trails ready for the race and they did just that and in the nick

Florida State Championship series #6 / Coconut Cup series #2 – Dyer park Trails – West Palm Bch, Fl In a whirlwind move the original location of the sixth round of the FSC was moved from Lakeland to WPB due to hurricane Ian and with quick work, hustle and good luck the move was made in record time and set up a chance to add another round to the Coconut Cup series (presented by Floridabikecrashlaw.com) as well at this very demanding South Florida trail system. We can’t thank club Force and Palm Beach County enough for pulling it off. If

Florida State Championship series #5 – San Felasco Trails – Alachua, Fl More nice fall weather was upon central Florida this past weekend for round five of the series, the trail could have used rain but overall can’t complain about the conditions as they were fast and flowing which was a bit of a contrast to last week’s techie Vortex trails. Many thanks to the Friends of San Felasco for prepping the trails and working the event! Close racing was the order of the day with many class win’s decided by split seconds, this included the men’s elite class with

Florida State Championship series #4 – Vortex Trails – Ocala, Fl The crispness of fall weather is upon the FSC series, arriving just at the halfway point in Ocala, it was sweatshirts in the morning and t-shirts in the afternoon and perfect weather for the fourth round of the series. The trail layout was in some ways similar to the annual 12 hours of Santos but a little shorter and with some different twists that had even some of the locals scratching their heads. It was also a bit on the long side at 7.5 miles and was filled with

Florida State Championship series #3 / Coconut Cup #1 – Markham park – Sunrise, Fl Markham park in the fall, always a great time of year to ride a bike and to have the FSC and CC series face off head to head for some of the most competitive bike competition in the state. The Markham park trail crew worked up a 6.3 mile course for this round and with just the right amount of rain on Saturday night the kids races and the yellow first wave were in prime shape, the 11:30 white wave however was another story as

Florida State Championship series #2 – Hanna park – Jacksonville, Fl Rain, rain went-away, in a favorable turn of what looked like a very wet day (the local weather forecast was for rain on and off all day), the sun came out and the racers were greeted with a very nice race course with only a few puddles to navigate. The SORBA JAX club once again provided a bunch of great volunteers to help with parking and trail duties, many thanks! A good turnout for the Shimano Youth / kids race which features a one mile long lap that jaunts

Florida State Championship series #1 + TT + E MTB #1 – Tom Brown park – Tallahassee, Fl It seemed like everyone was bracing for a wet start to the season but that was not the case as the opening round of the FSC dodged the nasty clouds and the trails were in great shape for the racers. Many thanks to TMBA (Tallahassee area Mountain Bike Association) for prepping the trails and for cheering on the racers during the event, it is always a treat to come up and race in Tally. Saturday was the traditional series time trial bonus