Moab, Utah

April 23, 2015 Cassie

Some fun on the rocks with Cassie’s new bike and her old man. The first few days were rainy and quite chilly so she and her father made a visit to Arches and hiked around some of the most famous landmarks in the area. When the weather abided they rode many of the amazing trails all around Moab and Capt’ A-hab for the first time. Cassie is loving her Juliana!

New Bike!!!

March 12, 2015 Cassie

That pretty yellow bike right there is Cassie’s brandy new Juliana Furtado that she received through her ambassadorship with them. Cassie was so excited about her new bike she hopped right on the trail to soon find out why most people wait for the snow to melt before they head out on the trails. It was quite slippery but also a blast, she can’t wait for more fun adventures on this great bike.

Crested Butte

December 8, 2014 Cassie

As I’m starting to make plans for the winter and skiing around Colorado, including Crested Butte, I remember back to this summer coaching there for a week with a group of six SMBA riders and two other coaches, riding the best trails and doing lots of push ups and cooking and eating delicious food!

View over a valley from the famous 401 trail in Crested Butte

Snowy mountains in Crested Butte in July, seen from 401 with riders on the trail below.

All of the strong riders I had the pleasure of spending a week with in CB

Yummy homemade ice cream at Third Bowl in Crested Butte after a long day of riding

Some of our riders on 401 ready to rip the downhill!

Hankey the snowman built at the top of 401 in CB

Schofield Pass at the trail head of 401 in Crested Butte, don't worry, we added SMBA stickers — Schofield Pass at the trail head of 401 in Crested Butte, don’t worry, we added SMBA stickers

The town and mountain of CB from the Lupine Trail

Looking back on the 2014 season

December 5, 2014 Cassie

A great season it was for the Boulder High Mountain Bike Team. Taking State Champions for the fourth year! We had our end of the season banquet with letter awards for junior varsity, varsity, and freshman and sophomore top ten!

Looking back on the season with four medals and a letter!

Cassie's letter and medals for the 2014 season — Cassie’s letter and medals for the 2014 season

State Championship and fourth Race, Haymaker Classic 2014

November 16, 2014 Cassie

Some sweet images from the last race of the 2014 season! Cassie finishing in fourth again to claim her position of fourth overall in the state.

Great shot from the Haymaker classic of Cassie coming around a corner with the sun shining out from behind the clouds.

Cassie enjoying the rad downhill section at the end of the Haymaker Classic race

Cassie right with with leaders group coming in for her first lap in fourth and maintaining her spot for the rest of the Haymaker Classic

Overall podium with Cassie in 4th and her teammates in 3rd and 6th

Peaceful Valley Invitational (third race 2014)

November 15, 2014 Cassie 2 Comments

Great picture from Cassie's first row start at Peaceful Valley — Great picture from Cassie’s first row start at Peaceful Valley

Action shot of Cassie in second during her first lap at Peaceful Valley Invitational with her teammate coming up behind.

Cassie sprinting to the finish to take 4th less than a second behind her teammate at Peaceful Valley Invitational.

At the third race in the 2014 season, Cassie battled hard with the leaders group switching between 1st and 2nd most of the first lap despite being taken out by a tree. By the end of the race she was right behind two other riders, finishing less than a second behind her teammate in 4th place.

Cloud City Challenge (second race of 2014)

November 14, 2014 Cassie

Here are some pictures of Cassie in her second race in Leadville, the Cloud City Challenge. Cassie started off not feeling so well in 5th for the first hill but as soon as she hit the downhill she sped up two places and battled in third and fourth for the rest of the race finishing in third!