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Florida State Championship series #7 / Coconut Cup #2 – Caloosahatchee Trails – Alva, Fl Although South Florida has seen some extremely heavy rains recently plus hardy summer growth that engulfs the trails, the course at this park just North Ft Myers was in great shape thanks to the Mudcutters club volunteers and Lee county staff’s hard work in recent weeks. The eleven mile race loop features some fast and flowing single track and some punchy technical sections and this year it was perhaps in the best shape ever. Ryan Woodall took the win  (five in a row now) and […]

Florida State Championship series #6 – San Felasco Trails – Alachua, Fl Awesome racing conditions as a little rain and cooler weather rolled in on Saturday night making the trails and race near perfect for the over 200 racers that hit the famous San Felasco trails and the 11 mile FSC race loop. Many thanks to the Friends of San Felasco for prepping the trails and working the event! Ryan Woodall upped his win streak to four in a row with the XC win and Patricia Doring claimed her first win of the series and she also has a pretty

Specialized Florida State Championship series #5 + ST  – Loyce Harpe park – Lakeland, Fl Great weather and turnout for the fifth round  plus series short track and it was also a Coconut Cup make up, so a lot going on over the weekend in Lakeland. The Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Association had the 7.4 mile course in great shape even if it was a little dry (can’t control that) and the yellow wave and E mtb wave saw the addition of the “ Jerad’s revenge” section in just to spice things up a bit. There was close action both

10-22-23 – Florida State Championship series #4 – Vortex Trails – Ocala, Fl (Julio Gomez pictured) Humidity has left the house in Central Florida (at least for the weekend) and round four of the series was held under blue skies and dry conditions. A 6.5 mile combined a mix of rocky red trails in the first few miles followed by flowing fast single track the rest. Many thanks to the OMBA Ocala Mountain Bike Association for building and maintain the trail system. The elite men’s class saw multi time champ Ryan Woodall take a convincing win while Samatha Spiegelman claimed

Florida State Championship series #3 / Coconut Cup #1 + CC-Short Track – Dyer park – West Palm Beach, Fl – 10-7/8-23 The battle of Mt Dyer occurred over the weekend with racers from both the FSC and CC series clashing for the high ground in the two points series. The weeks leading up to the race saw lot’s of heavy rain and for many days the lower trails were literally flooded but thanks to the hard work of the FORCE bike club they did some major rerouting and pulled off a 6.2 mile course that of course incorporated the

Florida State Championship series #2 / EMTB #2 – Hanna park – Jacksonville, Fl This beach side trail was one of the FSC rounds way back in the inaugural season of 1993 and has always brought a competitive and unique flavor to the series, with its tight twisty trails and virtually flat terrain it is also one of the hardest to succeed at, to win at Hanna means you know how to handle a bike in the woods. This year the trails were in perhaps the best shape ever with some early week rains and the dedicated efforts of SORBA

Florida State Championship series #1 + TT + E MTB #1 – Tom Brown park – Tallahassee, Fl (photo credit to Ron Bennett) With Hurricane Idalia heading to the area it was unsure if the event would even happen but the storm steered more towards the Southern end of the Big Bend area and as bad as the damage was we are thankful it was not worse. The City of Tallahassee and TMBA (Tallahassee Mountain Bike Association) club stepped up big time and cleared the course from the debris and removed five downed trees, that plus all the effort from

Georgia State Championship series #8 + Time Trial #2 – Brown’s Mill trails – Newnan, Ga The 17th addition of the Georgia State Championship series ended with a picture perfect weekend in Newnan. The series featured three new locations this year and the final race was one of the them, the 7 mile course Brown’s Mill trail had a fast but challenging feel to it with lots of ups and downs and virtually no rest for the athletes. A rain on Thursday brought the trails just the moisture it needed for good traction on both days of racing. Saturday the

Florida Endurance series #7 – El Lagarto – Loyce Harpe park – Lakeland, Fl This race is normally held in January (when the alligators are kind of slow and lazy) but due to hurricane Ian the park where the trails are located (Loyce Harpe park) turned into a FEMA site for debris and all events were suspended. Long story short the annual El Lagarto was rescheduled for last race of the FLE series on June 4th but that’s not all, it was once more rescheduled to June 11th due to another change in the regional race calendar, so yes we