Race Report: FrostBike Finals 2014

Mar 3, 2014
by Danielle Baker  
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  Racers lined up early to get a practice lap in this morning before race runs and suss out any course changes overnight.

Racers woke up yesterday to a powder day, loose track and freezing temperatures. Despite a frozen generator for timing and the course markings obscured by the new snowfall, the event started on time and ran smoothly. Standing at the start line, racers looked like they were dropping into a snow globe as the flurries of new snow continued all day. Most came in hot to the first berm during practice, kicking up snow as they got a foot out in time or didn't. Resort staff skied down the track in intervals to pack down the snow and by the time the race started everyone was used to the new conditions and the times were fast with some racers even boasting clean runs!

True to a grassroots event there was nothing but fun with crowd approved grandstanding, good-natured heckling and plenty of Tippie jokes. Even mechanicals and crashes that often warrant angry adult tantrums at the more serious races where embraced here with laughter and head shakes. More that anything, FrostBike gave us the chance to get in some pre-season practice, see our long lost racing friends and drink beer.

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  Bikes are loaded and headed up the course.

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  Racers line up to load their bikes on the cat trailer, the cold didn't keep the smiles away.

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  SilverStar staff unload the racers' bikes at the top of the course.

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  Riders on their morning practice laps seen through the cat window.

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  FrostBike necessitates a unique style of riding clothes.

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  Lewis Seagram drops in through the flurries.

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  Dan Sims pins it through the second berm off the start line.

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  Adriano Digiacinto not only won his category but took the overall fastest time of the day.

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  Skin suits are never a good idea, especially not in the cold.

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  Ryan Stairs crests the last rise before the finish line.

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  Only a few riders had enough speed in the soft snow to boost the last jump, even fewer managed to land cleanly.

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  At the end of the day skin suits were still a bad idea, but the crowd loved it!

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  Anthony Evans boosts it to the finish and lands 5th in his category despite riding chain-less today.

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  Scott Howell finishes with with some flare.

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  Craig Zurowski, a little frozen after his race run.

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  The Cycling BC crew tried to stay warm while solving some unique timing challenges brought on by the weather.

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  The furry spectators stayed a little warmer.

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  Tara Mowatt, who had the fastest women's time, finds a way to keep Tippie off the mic. . . for a minute.

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  Unfortunately tacos were on the menu today for Dan Sims.

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  Adriano Digiacinto won his Momentum watch with his first place overall time of 1:16:10.

Men 41 and Up
1. Eagleton, Al
2. Olson, Mark

Men 31 - 40
1. Venables, Robert
2. Belter, Rory
3. Forbes, Mitch

Men 12 - 16
1. Shaw, Daniel
2. Tomkins, Sam
3. Higgins, Sam

Women 17 and Up
1. Mowat, Tara
2. Van Buren, Aurora

Men 17 - 20
1. Stinn, Kyle
2. Mcdowell, Jeremy
3. Mcdowell, Christopher

Men 21 - 30
1. Digiacinto, Adriano
2. Standidge, Dilon
3. Celaire, Sylvain


2014 Dunbar Summer Series presented by INTENSE
  2014 Dunbar Summer Series presented by INTENSE


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20 Comments
  • 13 0
 Wheel taco on snow? how?
  • 4 0
 Great event thanks to all that put it on! Very challenging to make it to the bottom without a dirty! To give you a idea a POV from my 2nd place run.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KEFTHgUsv0
  • 7 0
 Sick scrub on the final jump
  • 8 1
 Skins suits are always a bad idea.
  • 4 1
 Awesome event! Here's my race recap, 5th place chainless bobsled run and how I blew off my chain hahah www.pinkbike.com/video/353066
  • 4 0
 Typical bike park track, no rocks/roots and just bermed corners top to bottom.
  • 2 0
 Race times on Silverstars facebook page still wondering why I was dsq.. I don't know if cause I fell or what I was still on course.
  • 3 0
 Little disappointed nobody wore shorts.
  • 2 0
 i wore shorts. lots of people did
  • 1 0
 Props to you then Smile
  • 1 0
 the key was a good pair of long johns underneath
  • 1 0
 Pretty stoked to sneak under the ropes after racing and poach some fresh powder!
  • 1 0
 That what you call a healthy serving of swanson hungry man snowball sandwich.
  • 1 0
 Such a sick event! Does anyone know we're I could find full race times?
  • 1 0
 silverstar bike page on facebook
  • 1 0
 Fat Bikes are aloud?
  • 2 0
 never
  • 2 0
 there was two fat bikes last year. they didn't do so great. They're great for pedaling in the snow but not good at descending a rutted out snow course
  • 1 0
 clips suck in the ice







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