I know its super late but Curve athletes had some great results at the XC National Championships at Sol Vista in Granby Colorado. Friday CU cycling team member Brittany Bohannon raced the womens cat3 19-29 cross country and placed an impressive 3rd to take the first medal for Curve at the National Championships.
3rd place Brittany Bohannon Univeristy of Colorado and Curve rider.
Saturday the Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships were held in Breckenridge Co. Racers werer greated with a spectator packed downtown start as they rolled out of town to tackle 50 miles of dirt roads singletrack and almost 11,000 ft of climbing. Subaru-Gary Fisher brought their best and came home with the goods. Jeremy Horgan-Kebelski and wife Heather Irmiger dominated to competition besting their rivals by more then 10 minutes. Horgan-Kebelski won the mens pro tile and Irmiger took the womens pro title. Scott Tietzel took a third victory for Curve in the mens open 19-29 category. Other notable Curve sponsored riders included Dan Dombrowski and Aaron Brown from the Rocky Mountian Bikes Elite cycling team.
Curve sponsored riders Heather Irmiger and Jeremy Horgan-Kebelski. Photo by Robbie Stout
Curve is an official sponsor of the 2009 U.S. National Championship of Slalom Skateboarding July 11th and 12 in Lafayette Co. Curve has a long history with skateboarding and Slalom racing. If you haven’t seen these guys rip down a slalom course before you really need to check it out!
12 cyclists are riding as Team Ohms honoring their friend, Eric Ohms, who died in December 2008. Eric had been training for the Bicycle Tour of Colorado, a week-long ride covering almost 600 miles through Colorado’s scenic western slope. Ten riders are current or recently graduated students from Lakewood High School in Lakewood, CO. One of their teachers as well as the father of the team leader will accompany them. Please cheer them on as they reach this personal goal and fulfill their friend’s dream.
Curve is proud to be apart of such a great group of people so please check out their website.
Saturday was the second race of the Winter Park Mountain Bike Series. The Superloop was 18 miles of technical single track and fast fire roads. Representing Curve I did the Pro race with a great field of some 50 top racers including Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski Colin Cares Colby Pierce and Heather Irmiger. With such a good field and this being my first MTB race of the season I took things conservative at the start but soon found myself near the front of the field. Much to my surprise I came across the line in 3rd place with with JHK and Colin Cares besting me by several minutes.
It was a fun event and really great to see so many racers in Curve gear. The Velonews guys were rocking their new custom socks and teams like MORF Racing and Bikeparts.com were out representing several categories. Great to see so many enthusiastic people out this weekend and hope to see even more people out for round three on July 11th.
