Clemson Freeride's Annual DH Race is Back!

Dec 12, 2011 at 15:29
by Matt Bagnal  
Mark it on your calendar and go get in some early season racing in!
Alright boys and girls! It’s that time of the year again. The winter months are coming to an end. It’s warming back up, and it’s time to get on a bike again! It’s time to load up the shred sled, grab your gear, and head on over to Clemson, South Carolina for another fun day at Clemson Freeride’s Downhill course! That’s right, we are hosting another spring race and it’s time to come show off what you’ve learned since the last one.

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Clemson Freeride is a club at Clemson University and we love riding, bikes, and everything related to them. Our members live and breathe riding! The course is completely built and maintained by us and we love having y’all all out to shred with us!

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Each spring we host a great race where tons of riders from all over the east coast (and a couple from the rest of North America), head over to Clemson for the annual race. Whether it’s your first time on a bike since winter started or your first race to start the season off right it’s always fun to come out.

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Even more has been added to the trails this year and it is in prime condition to shred hard and fast all day. There will be a class for all skill levels and ages with prizes to the top riders and cash payout for the pro class. So pack up, head out, and meet us on the mountain for a fun and fast day. It’s all going down (pun intended) on March 3rd, 2012, rain or shine. Be there or don’t be on a bike!

The stuff you gots ta know!
Cost: $20
Date: March 3rd, 2012 (put it on the calender!)
Registration: 8:00am-12:00pm
Race starts: 1:00pm
Directions: https://www.facebook.com/events/249030288507744/

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62 Comments
  • 7 0
 this would be the best! whenever i go to bike parks i just bomb jump trials all day so this would be sick
  • 7 41
flag b-mcclelland (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:43) (Below Threshold)
 racing on a jump trail? Stop it, you're killing freeride!
  • 9 0
 how is that killing freeride if anything its making biking more popular which will end up making freeride better to
  • 29 2
 internet sarcasm sucks.
  • 4 0
 I think we should all get to FreeRide as freely as we want, jump trails and all.
  • 1 0
 Thats why its called FREEride dont criticize
  • 6 0
 This trail is super sick. i ride it about every weekend
  • 2 0
 lucky... I'm about three hrs away :/ I'm going this summer though!!
  • 2 0
 yeah, the trail is super fun
  • 1 0
 where is this trail?
  • 1 0
 its in Clemson South Carolina
  • 1 0
 @ C-Zangas Im 13 hrs away, in from NY but that doesnt stop me, I ll get an early start to the season YAY!
  • 1 0
 yeah dude!
  • 6 0
 i love to see the clemson race on the front page of pinkbike...
  • 1 0
 Yo Ropey, you and the MD DH fbook boys rollin down?? Im trying to decide if I wanna make the drive. Let me know!
  • 1 0
 thinking about it,, depends on cash and if anyone else is going,,,
  • 5 0
 Hopefully you guys will put on an SECCC race next year!
  • 4 0
 I know! I can't believe they didn't have one this year, it was one of my favorites last year. Lee's Mcrae made up for it somewhat though.
  • 2 0
 Man, all us SECCC riders need to be friends on here- what school you from? You think you're gonna head up this year? I'm toying with the idea, but I need to get a car first!
  • 2 0
 ya i agree we need more of a south east scene
  • 2 0
 I just emailed their engineering department about transferring...no lie.
  • 2 0
 Agreed! I'm from Georgia Southern, I really want to, but I have to volunteer for a 5k race we're putting on that same weekend, our volunteering is what gets our cycling club all of our club money for the season. If it weren't for that I'd be there without-a-doubt. I want to transfer as well, I'm a Mechanical Engineer major at Southern, but I'm only paying a few thousand here for in-state, vs 34k a year out of state for Clemson. I'd love to call Clemson home though, but I'd probably skip class too much to ride lol
  • 5 1
 link is broken?
  • 2 0
 Looking forward to it. Thanks for putting this event together. Can i help with trail work?
  • 3 0
 this is gonna be a blast cant wait to go this year ! Big Grin
  • 3 0
 F yeah! looks like I'm runnin the Blk mrkt.
  • 1 0
 We have new features built up top this year. A start gate and a whale tail shortly after. Both are just as solid as the rest of the trail features we have built recently.
  • 3 0
 Video from Night Shift 2010 vimeo.com/36050466
  • 2 0
 Siiiick!
  • 1 0
 This is such a good video, I'll definitely be showing this to people to let them know what we're about!
  • 3 0
 Is the timing gonna be functional this year?
  • 4 0
 yeah, they said they got all of the problems worked out on the facebook page
  • 1 0
 If anybody from New York is going, please let me know, I am willing to split the expenses....PLEASEEE!!!
  • 1 0
 Can ya take practice runs after u register? Driven 14 he's that would b very nice
  • 3 0
 nice pictures!
  • 2 0
 Racing on a jump trail. Sounds like Air DH at Whistler, love it.
  • 2 0
 i could be there but i decided not to go to clemson Frown
  • 2 0
 Okay my kid's applying to college - this pretty much narrows it down!!
  • 3 0
 Best decision I ever made... if you're serious and have any questions about Clemson shoot me a message!
  • 1 0
 Clemson is a good school and the mountain biking would be great, but my boy isn't so adventurous to go so far - we live in Rhode Island, plus my wife wouldn't want him so far. Best of luck with the club and study once in a while.
  • 1 0
 That's a bummer! I bet he'd love the weather down here, it was 65 degrees most of February so I just went riding as much as possible (after doing homework of course)!
  • 1 0
 Loved the old wall ride. One of the coolest pics ever:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/bizutch/ClensonDh2007.jpg
  • 1 0
 Have you been on our new one? If not then your in for a treat if you liked the old one.
  • 3 0
 Yup. The rain at the last event reaked havoc on guys who thought they were gonna NASCAR it. Big Grin
  • 1 0
 how long is the run? When I was in SC you could throw a baseball off to the bottom of any hill. FATS rocks though!
  • 1 0
 About a minute 30. FATS is definitely sick but it's more like a giant pump track. Our course might only be a minute and a half... but it's packed full of features!
  • 1 0
 It is so cool when a college supports freeride and downhill mountain biking. The world needs more schools like that!
  • 2 0
 I think I'm going to have to drag my old noob arse out there.
  • 1 0
 held it down with a 12th place finish..i could really improve that race time if i rode that course more often.
  • 2 0
 sticker bombed helmet!!!
  • 2 0
 looks pretty good.!!!
  • 1 0
 Awesome! Team BGB - Mountain Khakis will be there in full force!
  • 1 0
 what the closest air port to clemson
  • 1 0
 Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP) is the closest I believe. Depending on where your coming from Charlotte might be your best bet but tis over 2hrs away. GSP is about 45min or so.
  • 2 0
 Or if you have your own plane there's a very nice airport in Clemson... one can dream.
  • 1 0
 Night Shift Highlight video Clemson, SC

vimeo.com/36050466
  • 1 0
 Is this course only open for this race, or all the time?
  • 1 0
 all the time... we were out there on Sunday with a group from the team and will likely go back this weekend
  • 1 0
 Bring it on! So stoked!!!
  • 1 0
 Nice
  • 1 0
 yeeeeeeaaa. il be there







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