Month: October 2009

24 Hours of Enlightenment

24 Hours of Enlightenment

Posted by | Oct 24, 2009 | |

Mountain bike racers seem to fall into two categories: riders and racers. Riders proclaim that racing takes away from the very idea of mountain biking, shedding the fast paced, citified lifestyle in exchange for some winding single track with expansive views. Racers tend to approach riding as more of a challenge, and faster is always better. Ultimately, both pursuits will enrich your riding experience tremendously. Even if you lean more toward riding than racing, experience in one will always make you better at the other. Nowhere is that more apparent than during an endurance event like 24 hour racing.

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24 HOURS OF TAHOE DISC GOLF ADRENALINE

24 HOURS OF TAHOE DISC GOLF ADRENALINE

Posted by | Oct 24, 2009 | |

The Lake Tahoe/Truckee area is said to be a disc golf paradise. We had to find out for ourselves. Not to play a course or two in between mountain biking and climbing, but to get serious about playing as many courses as possible. This will not be a tour or a spree, we decided, this will be an endurance challenge. We are not here to sample some disc golf, we said, but to immerse ourselves in it. Four courses back to back in 24 hours. Discwood, Bijou, Zephyr, and Truckee÷what better way to experience these well-known disc golf courses than back to back? What better way to spend a fall weekend?

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24 Hours of Attitude Adjustment

24 Hours of Attitude Adjustment

Posted by | Oct 24, 2009 | |

It's our team's third year at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin mountain bike race at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, and trouble is brewing. Team Mudmen has always cultivated a studied indifference to the results of the race. We're there for the fun, the camping, the staying up all night. Oh, sure, there's the riding around on mountain bikes, but we consider that something of a necessary evil. But now we have an issue. Snake, one of our very own, actually cares how we're doing in the race.

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2009 Tour of California

2009 Tour of California

Posted by | Oct 24, 2009 | |

With California’s grim budget projections, state residents need something to cheer about. Fortunately, fans of cycling as well as casual observers can rally around this winter’s 2009 Amgen Tour of California, the largest professional bike race in the United States, which runs February 14-22. The 750-mile-plus ride will attract some of the world’s best cyclists – including Lance Armstrong of Texas, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, and two-time defending Tour of California (TOC) champion Levi Leipheimer, a Santa Rosa resident.

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Pumpin’: An Introduction to the World of Pump Tracks

Pumpin’: An Introduction to the World of Pump Tracks

Posted by | Oct 23, 2009 | |

Unless you’ve been hanging out by the bike shop water cooler, you might not have heard of the latest craze to hit the mountain bike world – the pump track. A pump track is a small, looping trail system that you can ride continuously without pedaling. Your speed along the pump track is dependent on your ability to gain momentum by “pumping” the tight terrain transitions of the track.

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Catching Up with ‘Shred-Sticker’

Catching Up with ‘Shred-Sticker’

Posted by | Oct 22, 2009 | |

Cody Townsend has had a big year. As if taking second at the invitation-only Big Mountain Freeskiing and Riding Comp in the European Alps (only eight international skiers were invited) and winning the Red Bull Cold Rush’s Chinese Downhill Championship this past winter, he also had the luck to ski with Chris Davenport in the Chugach Range in Alaska for a segment in the latest Warren Miller installment, Playground.

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Pre-hab, not Re-hab!

Pre-hab, not Re-hab!

Posted by | Oct 22, 2009 | |

The price of this seasonal drift? Each winter, after my first days of lunging and plunging on my tele skis, I am hobbled. A hundred-year flood of lactic acid saturates the pulverized tissue of my thighs and glutes. The first month of the season is spent recovering, trying to ski myself into shape, while sidestepping the serious injuries I’m courting because of my lack of due diligence.

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Behaving Like Salmon

Behaving Like Salmon

Posted by | Oct 22, 2009 | |

We park at the put-in on the Sacramento River near downtown Redding and unload our river craft, two slick Brit-style composite sea kayaks owned by Garth Schmeck, patriarch of the local paddle club and shop, Penguin Paddlers. Living at the forehead of the Central Valley, four-plus highway hours from the coast, Garth keeps his fitness and rough-water touring skills honed on the swift green water and Class II riffles of the lower Sacramento between Shasta Dam and Red Bluff.

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Crucial Beta: The Climber’s Guidebook

Crucial Beta: The Climber’s Guidebook

Posted by | Oct 22, 2009 | |

In the adventurous world of rock climbing sometimes knowledge is half the battle. Whether you’re an aspiring climber or a seasoned wall rat, having prior knowledge about the details and difficulties of a climbing route can be a vital first step to a successful ascent. Commonly known in climbing lingo as “beta,” such route information can have life and death consequences

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For our current issue’s Earn Your Beer article, columnist James Murren takes us on a no-agenda, no-plan snow bike ride outside of Yosemite’s south gate in Sierra National Forest.⁠
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Roy Tuscany suffered a spinal injury in 2006. After his recovery he founded @hi5sfoundation, a non-profit that has helped hundreds of injured athletes and veterans from across the country. ⁠ ⁠ “The massive thing I’ve recognized through this work is that sports are a byproduct of community,” Tuscany explains. “We know that if we can get people back to sport, we can use sport as a vehicle to get them back to community and social interaction. We use sport as a way to integrate people back into … people.”⁠ ⁠ 📸 @ming.t.poon⁠ ⁠ 📖Pick up a copy of our latest issue to enjoy the article in our large print format or click the 🔗 in our bio to read more here. ⬆️⁠ ⁠ #highfivesfoundation #highfivesathletes #accessibility #california #outdoors #community #adaptivesports #palisadestahoe #adventuresportsjournal #myasj

Roy Tuscany suffered a spinal injury in 2006. After his recovery he founded @hi5sfoundation, a non-profit that has helped hundreds of injured athletes and veterans from across the country. ⁠
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