Trashy But Flashy

Brought to you by the Fernie Mountain Bike Club
@ the City of Fernie Dirt Jumps behind the Aquatic Centre

August 21st, 2010 Night time Dirt Jump Jam
Contact Thomas at dunnski@shaw.ca

Registration:
$35 before August 13th, Click here to register online now
$45 on the day. Register at the Aquatic Centre 12-4

Comp starts at 5:30 till dark.

Refreshments and Good Times!

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We would like to invite residents of the Elk Valley to Fernie Alpine Resort for our 4th Annual Summer Community Appreciation Day.

Special offers to locals include:
• Complimentary full day lift ticket
• Complimentary single ride lift ticket
• 25% off rentals (based on availability)
• $2.00 BBQ @ Lost Boys Café from 11:00am—3:00pm. All BBQ proceeds go to the Fernie Mountain Bike Club.

Open to residents of the Elk Valley (Fernie, Elko, Jaffray, Sparwood & Elkford). Must provide proof of residency at Guest Services. Special offers valid on June 27th only.

The Fernie & District Historical Society and the Fernie Mountain Bike Club are doing a bicycle exhibit to be displayed in conjunction with the Trans Rockies this year.

We are looking for artifacts to display such as vintage bicycles from any era (20s, 30s 40s, 50s etc) old photos bicycle related, old bits of cycling gear from the past, old helmets, race posters, event t-shirts, retro Mtb bikes, home videos. Anything cycling related would be great! We only want to borrow your artifacts for the show. When the show is over you’ll get it back.

If you are not sure what you have is worthy for the exhibit, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me, I will come and take a look, you never know. Remember nothing has to be in perfect condition.

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Sunday, June 27, 2010
4th Annual Summer Community Appreciation Day, means all the Fernie locals can ride for FREE at the ski hill.

Take advantage of the Community Appreciation Day by coming out the "peak to park" ride at 4:20pm, after the last chair on timber. Rally down from the top of the timber chair to the provincial park. Megasauras > Black Forest > Mega Hurtz > Old Goats > Gorby Trail. (not a FAR event. Outside of Operating hours. AT YOUR OWN RISK)

Tuesdays in June is trail maintenance night. meet at 6 o'clock at the dirtjump park (behind the aquatic centre).

If you've got gloves and tools bring 'em along, but if you don't, we've got lots.

Everyone who shows up gets FREE beer at the end of the evenings work

O yeah trail maintenance is NOT weather dependant, and we're not scared of grizzly bears or zombies cus we gots lots of tools to fight them with

Our Website needs an update ! The photo in the header of our website needs to be changed. We are looking for something that best describes Fernie and Fernie Mountain Biking, if you have that photo and want it to be our new header photo, please let us know we would love to put it on the website and showcase your work with a front page profile on our website and Free 3 year membership!

E-mail us at directors@bikefernie.ca if you have what we need!

We got LOTS of new members signed up at the Bike Blitz. Now we need some help entering the data into a spreadsheet so we can import it into our member management system.

Could you help us out? Please contact us.

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For anyone who has attempted to cross the Fairy Creek Bridge heading out to ride Swine Flu and the other Procter mountain trails, or to get to Dicken Road and the Chamber of Commerce. You know that it is a death trap. No raised sidewalk, and oncoming traffic coming around a blind corner.

Many residents who live out Dicken Road way, especially those with children, have been writing to government encouraging them to build a pedestrian crossing on the westbound side of this bridge.

This has fallen on deaf ears.

The families have even went as far as building their own makeshift underpass to try to create a safe option for crossing this bridge.

Write to - Kareen.Peters@gov.bc.ca and cityhall@fernie.ca and ask them to build a bridge for pedestrians before someone gets hurt!

World's longest off-pavement route now winds through one of Canada's most wild river valleys

Missoula, Montana — Adventure Cycling's Great Divide Canada section of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) — the longest off-pavement route in the world — now officially includes 114 miles of virgin riding through British Columbia's Flathead and Wigwam River valleys.

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Come out and help maintain the trails for the 2010 season.

Starting on Tuesday, June 1, 6pm meet at the Bike Park (behind Aquatic Center), bring water and a rake, polaski, or McLeod, If you don't any of those tools, just bring water because some tools provided.

Help maintain the trails you ride, give back to the mountain biking community, refreshments and more for coming out to help!

See you....
6pm on Tuesday June 1 - Bike Park

Come out and help maintain the trails for the 2010 season.

Starting on Tuesday, June 2, 6pm meet at the Bike Park (behind Aquatic Center), bring water and a rake, polaski, or McLeod, If you don't any of those tools, just bring water because some tools provided.

Help maintain the trails you ride, give back to the mountain biking community, refreshments and more for coming out to help!

See you....
6pm on Tuesday June 2 - Bike Park

Clearly the mountain bike season has started here in Fernie with select trails dry enough to ride. It's the Perfect time to pick up your 2010 FMBC membership. Why because you'll help offset some of the major costs associasted with:
* Trail Maintenance
* Trail Insurance
* Signage
* Trail building
* Event organization
* Paid trail crew
* Website
as well as, Discounted or FREE events, Fernie Trails Alliance Membership, Signed Trails, Legal Trails, Maintained Trails, More Trails ,Good Times!

Join today here http://www.bikefernie.ca/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=1

and you'll feel as good as this guy!

Just a little reminder to everybody…… This time of year the temptation to ride when trails are wet is BIG, doing so will not only cause premature trail erosion, potentially permanently closing trails, but will cause energy and precious cash to be spent on trails to only be maintained not improved. Basically STAY OFF WET trails, stay at home read a book, bake your wife cookies, resist temptation please stay off the wet trails.

2010 membership can be easily purchased online here at http://www.bikefernie.ca/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=1

2010 Fernie Alpine Resort Mountain Bike Team

Fernie Alpine Resort, a leading resort destination in North America, is pleased to announce the continuation of Fernie Alpine Resort Mountain Bike Freeride Team program. We are very fortunate to have so many gifted, high-caliber athletes in the community of Fernie and we look forward to supporting these athletes in their pursuit of sport excellence.

2010 Fernie Alpine Resort Mountain Bike Team Program

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The United Riders of Crowsnest has been formed and is having a movie night
> fundraiser. The feature film is Race Across The Sky and it is being hosted
> at The Blackbird Coffee House(located next to The Rum Runner restaurant) on
> HWY 3 in Coleman on Thursday April 29 at 7:00 PM. Admission is $7 with
> children under 10 getting in free. Please come out and enjoy some mountain
> bike videos with your friends in the Crowsnest Pass.
> Thanks and Happy Trails,
> Troy Misseghers

CREDIT UNION
MEMBERS.........
You can make a lot of Kids HAPPY!
by giving $12,500 to
complete the
FERNIE MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK!

On April 8 & 9 members of the Fernie East Kootenay Community Credit Union-- go to vote for the Fernie Mountain BIke Club's Chance at $12500!

See details here http://www.ekccu.com/
watch here our video here..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgFn8ZjxDI

Bike & Gear Swap - Elks Hall
7:00pm-9:00pm Friday night Drop -Off
9:00-10:00 AM Saturday - Drop-off
10:00-2:00 PM Saturday - Sale
2:00-3:00 PM Saturday - Item Pickup

Percentage of sale goes to FMBC. Maximum $250 donation.

Bikers BBQ for Dirt Jumps Phase II
11:30 - 2:00PM - Elks Hall
All proceeds to the Fernie Dirt Jump and Skills Progression Park Phase II

Community Bike Parade/Ride
2:00PM - Meet @ the Elks Hall
A fun ride around Fernie for all ages.
BLING your BIKE!

Fernie Mountain Bike Club AGM
3:00PM - Elks Hall

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