The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (“METRO”) board of directors will meet Friday, April 12 to decide on weekend bus service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park and Waddell Beach in Santa Cruz County.
Get tips and coaching from the pros at the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival later this month.
Lisa Tharp will coach Sweetlines SUGAR SHOWDOWN SANTA CRUZ. Photo courtesy SCMBF.
The Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival, presented by Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBoSC) and FOX, announced a list of professional riders to be involved in this year’s 4th annual festival. The festival will take place April 13-14, 2013 (the weekend before the Sea Otter Classic in nearby Monterey) at the Barry Swenson Builder property (Aptos Pump Track and Post Office Jumps) in Aptos, CA from 9am-7pm Saturday and 9am-4pm Sunday.
Kat Sweet brings her ladies-only event SUGAR SHOWDOWN to Santa Cruz. Photo courtesy SCMBF.
Kat Sweet brings her popular Sugar Showdown Skills Clinic for ladies to Santa Cruz for this year’s festival. Sweet is a former professional downhill mountain bike racer, and X-Games ski competitor, featured in Bike Magazine, decline magazine, Freehub, Momentum, NW Cyclist, and Dirt Rag magazine. Kat brings her unique brand of passion and coaching to Sweetlines and Sugar Showdown, with a team of top IMIC-certified coaches including Gale Dahlager, Tammy Donahugh, Cortney Knudson and Lisa Tharp involved with this year’s event
Lindsay Beth Currier and Kyle Jameson will coach the mountain bike skills clinic. Lindsay is founder of Shine Riders Co., former professional high speed downhill racer, and coaches her own Shine Skills Clinics as well as classes for Sweetlines and the Trek Dirt Series. Kyle has been competing in jump jams for over 6 years. He also teaches mountain bike camps and is heavily involved in building bike parks for local communities.
Kirt and Lindsey Voreis coach Enduro Skills Clinic. Kirt is a 1996 top American World Cup Downhill and Dual Slalom Racer and all around leader in the mountain bike industry sponsored by the top factory teams. He is creator of AllRide, and teaches all disciplines of mountain biking. Lindsey — a former Survivor cast member — has been a professional mountain bike racer for over 15 years and promotes her love for riding by teaching clinics.
Cameron McCaul will judge this year’s Summer Gravity Camp 831 Amateur Jump Contest. Photo by Katie Jo McNair.
Andrew Shandro — two time World Cup winner in Downhill MTB, four time Canadian National Champion in Downhill MTB, and X-Games Gold Medalist in Bikercross — will host the Amateur Jump Contest. Dirt jumping pros Cam McCaul and Ryan “R-Dog” Howard will judge this event.
Congratulations to the 16 new bus operators for Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (“METRO”) who graduated from their driver training class today.
Metro’s recently expanded schedule has left them scrambling for drivers. These new drivers are already on the job. METRO says you can expect to see more hiring in the near future.
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