When the AllRide Tour is home in Bend the excitement does not end. Kirt attended a Bicycle Rodeo day with Cascades Academy and taught kids helmet safety and demonstrated some of his stellar riding skills. Kirt helped the kids through an obstacle course, over skinnies and down the slalom track. Whenever we get the opportunity to encourage riding bicycles and teach bicycle safety, we’re there!
The AllRide Tour had a great demo with one of our local Santa Cruz dealers, Sagebrush Cycles, here in Bend. People are still lining up to ride the amazing new carbon Blurs and gorgeous Nomads!

Santa Cruz AllRide Tour 2009 part 1 from Kirt Voreis on Vimeo.

As for myself, Lindsey, I am in full swing with mountain and road bike kids camps and guiding with Cog Wild mountain bike tours. I just finished my favorite event this past weekend, the Pole Pedal Paddle - a six-stage multisport race — alpine skiing, nordic skiing, cycling, running, paddling and sprinting — from Mount Bachelor to Bend, in which individuals and relay teams of two to eight participants compete. I was unable to do the run portion this year due to an ailment, so I entered pairs with an old friend who did the run for me. We did great and got 4th place behind an ex Olympic skate skier and her partner and two teams of gnarly women! Not bad!
Our Santa Cruz AllRide Academy riders have been out racing strong! Richie Rude (14) traveled to Massanutten for the East Coast Jr Worlds Qualifier and continued to prove he is one to watch. He crashed during his race run and still managed a 2nd place finish by 2 seconds and would have placed top 10 in pro!
Cierra Smith (14) brought home the GOLD in the Expert Women 29 and under category at the Ashland Spring Thaw downhill. Cierra is on track to be a fierce competitor when she’s old enough to turn pro!
Kirt and Travis are on the road! They will report back after the US Open in Jersey. They stopped to pick up our newest Academy addition, Mikey Sylvestri. Kirt gave Mikey his 2007 V10 that has never been ridden to race at the Open. Kirt met Mikey at Sea Otter when he let him borrow his slalom bike and he won his class, never having raced a mountain bike before. Kirt saw something special in him and has decided to take Mikey on the road to help him fulfill his dream of racing mountain bikes. Keep an eye out for Mikey Sylvstri, the kid is amazing and now has a chance to shine!
Thank you to all of our life support... You’re keeping the dream alive.

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