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Florida Gravel Grinder series #2 + Time Trial #2 – 3 Forks Grind – Palm Bay, Fl Chilly & windy, sound familiar? At last year’s memorable race, the wind speeds were 40 to 50 mph & cold, this year was not as bad only around 20-25 mph and while yes it was around 45 degrees when the race started it did warm up to a sunny almost 60 degrees by awards time. So with a strong North wind carrying the racers South to the turnaround point, the second half of the course was brutal as the head winds never let […]

Florida Gravel Grinder series #1 + Time Trial – Cary Forest Grind – Bryceville, Fl The fourth annual Florida Gravel Grinder series kicked off in the Northern region of the state near Jacksonville but it kinda felt like the Northern US as a cold front blew in and lowered the temperatures about 35 degrees overnight. The area has seen a ton of rain this season so much so that sections of the course that had been used in previous years had to rerouted and even much of the parking areas were too wet to use but thanks to the efforts

Florida Endurance series #1 + Short Track – El Lagarto – Loyce Harpe park – Lakeland, Fl El Lagarto is back in its place again as the opening round of the series and this year we added a new short track bonus to the weekend and despite our best anti rain dances it turned into a wet affair on both days, good news is it didn’t rain during the events and the sun was shining during the awards. We had a moment of silence for Florida MTB pioneer Jimmy Cotton who recently passed away, Jimmy had many friends in the

Florida State Championship series #8 – Santos Trails – Ocala, Fl Picture perfect weekend for the last round of the series at the popular Santos trailhead, cool temps, great trail conditions and lot’s of uber prepared racers. Racing kicked off at 8:30am with the Shimano youth race and then the adults hit the 7.5 mile full course that started out fast and easy and ended with some technical, focus oriented trails. Many thanks as always to the OMBA club or all of their hard work building and maintaining the trail system! Jack Mizzoni took the holeshot and thewin in the

Coconut Cup #3 + TT + FSC MU – Amelia Earhart Park – Hialeah, Fl There was a lot on the line at Amelia as the FSC series was winding down and valuable make up points were on the table and the CC riders were also right in the middle of the South Florida series. The racers had a pretty good weather weekend fortunately with good traction and sunny skies and a seven mile tough layout that was used for both days of racing. Many thanks to the Amelia Trail Builders Club for all of their efforts and help with

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