Clemson Freeride's Annual DH Race is Back!

by Matt Bagnal
Dec 12, 2011 at 15:29

Mark it on your calendar and go get in some early season racing in!
Alright boys and girls! It’s that time of the year again. The winter months are coming to an end. It’s warming back up, and it’s time to get on a bike again! It’s time to load up the shred sled, grab your gear, and head on over to Clemson, South Carolina for another fun day at Clemson Freeride’s Downhill course! That’s right, we are hosting another spring race and it’s time to come show off what you’ve learned since the last one.


Clemson Freeride is a club at Clemson University and we love riding, bikes, and everything related to them. Our members live and breathe riding! The course is completely built and maintained by us and we love having y’all all out to shred with us!


Each spring we host a great race where tons of riders from all over the east coast (and a couple from the rest of North America), head over to Clemson for the annual race. Whether it’s your first time on a bike since winter started or your first race to start the season off right it’s always fun to come out.


Even more has been added to the trails this year and it is in prime condition to shred hard and fast all day. There will be a class for all skill levels and ages with prizes to the top riders and cash payout for the pro class. So pack up, head out, and meet us on the mountain for a fun and fast day. It’s all going down (pun intended) on March 3rd, 2012, rain or shine. Be there or don’t be on a bike!

The stuff you gots ta know!
Cost: $20
Date: March 3rd, 2012 (put it on the calender!)
Registration: 8:00am-12:00pm
Race starts: 1:00pm
Directions: https://www.facebook.com/events/249030288507744/

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62 Comments

  • + 7
flag Big-JD (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:10)
 this would be the best! whenever i go to bike parks i just bomb jump trials all day so this would be sick
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flag b-mcclelland (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
 racing on a jump trail? Stop it, you're killing freeride!
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flag fitzbike96 (Feb 13, 2012 at 11:39)
 how is that killing freeride if anything its making biking more popular which will end up making freeride better to
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flag b-mcclelland (Feb 13, 2012 at 11:39)
 internet sarcasm sucks.
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flag stolenmirrariderdan (Feb 13, 2012 at 14:51)
 I think we should all get to FreeRide as freely as we want, jump trails and all.
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flag session99 (Feb 14, 2012 at 15:26)
 Smile
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flag biker560 (Feb 15, 2012 at 20:15)
 Thats why its called FREEride dont criticize
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flag roperacer (Feb 13, 2012 at 11:42)
 i love to see the clemson race on the front page of pinkbike...
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flag MetalMiLitia (Feb 14, 2012 at 15:18)
 Yo Ropey, you and the MD DH fbook boys rollin down?? Im trying to decide if I wanna make the drive. Let me know!
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flag roperacer (Feb 15, 2012 at 17:19)
 thinking about it,, depends on cash and if anyone else is going,,,
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flag C-Zangas (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:26)
 This trail is super sick. i ride it about every weekend
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flag KT65 (Feb 12, 2012 at 16:50)
 lucky... I'm about three hrs away :/ I'm going this summer though!!
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flag C-Zangas (Feb 12, 2012 at 17:49)
 yeah, the trail is super fun
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flag DirtBag81611 (Feb 13, 2012 at 16:33)
 where is this trail?
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flag C-Zangas (Feb 13, 2012 at 16:55)
 its in Clemson South Carolina
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flag session99 (Feb 14, 2012 at 15:27)
 @ C-Zangas Im 13 hrs away, in from NY but that doesnt stop me, I ll get an early start to the season YAY!
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flag C-Zangas (Feb 14, 2012 at 15:47)
 yeah dude!
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flag Nkevin90 (Feb 13, 2012 at 11:07)
 Hopefully you guys will put on an SECCC race next year!
  • + 4
flag stevieGx33 (Feb 13, 2012 at 12:11)
 I know! I can't believe they didn't have one this year, it was one of my favorites last year. Lee's Mcrae made up for it somewhat though.
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flag Nkevin90 (Feb 13, 2012 at 18:18)
 Man, all us SECCC riders need to be friends on here- what school you from? You think you're gonna head up this year? I'm toying with the idea, but I need to get a car first!
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flag santacruz-syndicate (Feb 14, 2012 at 8:11)
 ya i agree we need more of a south east scene
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flag mtbrider71 (Feb 14, 2012 at 8:51)
 I just emailed their engineering department about transferring...no lie.
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flag stevieGx33 (Feb 14, 2012 at 11:15)
 Agreed! I'm from Georgia Southern, I really want to, but I have to volunteer for a 5k race we're putting on that same weekend, our volunteering is what gets our cycling club all of our club money for the season. If it weren't for that I'd be there without-a-doubt.

I want to transfer as well, I'm a Mechanical Engineer major at Southern, but I'm only paying a few thousand here for in-state, vs 34k a year out of state for Clemson. I'd love to call Clemson home though, but I'd probably skip class too much to ride lol
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flag easternshreda (Feb 13, 2012 at 10:14)
 this is gonna be a blast cant wait to go this year ! Big Grin
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flag OldRanger (Feb 12, 2012 at 18:38)
 Looking forward to it. Thanks for putting this event together. Can i help with trail work?
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flag JamisJammer95 (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:48)
 Is the timing gonna be functional this year?
  • + 4
flag C-Zangas (Feb 12, 2012 at 11:02)
 yeah, they said they got all of the problems worked out on the facebook page
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flag marzocchi548 (Feb 13, 2012 at 10:53)
 F yeah! looks like I'm runnin the Blk mrkt.
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  • + 3
flag RemedyFilms (Feb 16, 2012 at 8:18)
 Video from Night Shift 2010 http://vimeo.com/36050466
  • + 2
flag collin7 (Feb 16, 2012 at 18:06)
 Siiiick!
  • + 1
flag Shellemonster (Feb 19, 2012 at 19:17)
 This is such a good video, I'll definitely be showing this to people to let them know what we're about!
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flag killsdeer4fun (Feb 13, 2012 at 20:18)
 We have new features built up top this year. A start gate and a whale tail shortly after. Both are just as solid as the rest of the trail features we have built recently.
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flag gordanfreman (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12)
 link is broken?
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flag neimbc (Feb 13, 2012 at 13:07)
 Okay my kid's applying to college - this pretty much narrows it down!!
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flag collin7 (Feb 13, 2012 at 20:03)
 Best decision I ever made... if you're serious and have any questions about Clemson shoot me a message!
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flag neimbc (Feb 16, 2012 at 7:10)
 Clemson is a good school and the mountain biking would be great, but my boy isn't so adventurous to go so far - we live in Rhode Island, plus my wife wouldn't want him so far. Best of luck with the club and study once in a while.
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flag collin7 (Feb 16, 2012 at 7:25)
 That's a bummer! I bet he'd love the weather down here, it was 65 degrees most of February so I just went riding as much as possible (after doing homework of course)!
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flag mtbtacolover (Feb 13, 2012 at 12:05)
 i could be there but i decided not to go to clemson Frown
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flag BDKR (Feb 17, 2012 at 9:41)
 I think I'm going to have to drag my old noob arse out there.
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flag GermanyFreeride (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:26)
 nice pictures!
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flag c25porter (Feb 13, 2012 at 10:14)
 Racing on a jump trail. Sounds like Air DH at Whistler, love it.
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flag bizutch (Feb 13, 2012 at 13:24)
 Loved the old wall ride. One of the coolest pics ever:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/bizutch/ClensonDh2007.jpg
  • + 1
flag baggybikes (Feb 13, 2012 at 21:01)
 Have you been on our new one? If not then your in for a treat if you liked the old one.
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flag bizutch (Feb 14, 2012 at 8:32)
 Yup. The rain at the last event reaked havoc on guys who thought they were gonna NASCAR it. Big Grin
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flag hotrodmarlin (Feb 14, 2012 at 7:53)
 It is so cool when a college supports freeride and downhill mountain biking. The world needs more schools like that!
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flag chadkelly (Feb 22, 2012 at 3:20)
 Can ya take practice runs after u register? Driven 14 he's that would b very nice
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flag mcarswell (Mar 24, 2012 at 9:32)
 held it down with a 12th place finish..i could really improve that race time if i rode that course more often.
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flag Declextreme (Feb 16, 2012 at 9:13)
 If anybody from New York is going, please let me know, I am willing to split the expenses....PLEASEEE!!!
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flag rx1ton (Feb 13, 2012 at 18:42)
 how long is the run? When I was in SC you could throw a baseball off to the bottom of any hill. FATS rocks though!
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flag collin7 (Feb 20, 2012 at 7:47)
 About a minute 30. FATS is definitely sick but it's more like a giant pump track. Our course might only be a minute and a half... but it's packed full of features!
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flag MichiNitschi (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:19)
 looks pretty good.!!!
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flag diesel84 (Feb 15, 2012 at 17:03)
 Bring it on! So stoked!!!
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flag enjoidh (Feb 14, 2012 at 8:41)
 Is this course only open for this race, or all the time?
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flag waterdogs (Feb 14, 2012 at 12:10)
 all the time... we were out there on Sunday with a group from the team and will likely go back this weekend
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flag LIVE-4-WEEKEND (Feb 12, 2012 at 10:06)
 sticker bombed helmet!!!
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flag session99 (Feb 17, 2012 at 16:31)
 what the closest air port to clemson
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flag baggybikes (Feb 19, 2012 at 9:46)
 Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP) is the closest I believe. Depending on where your coming from Charlotte might be your best bet but tis over 2hrs away. GSP is about 45min or so.
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flag Shellemonster (Feb 19, 2012 at 19:21)
 Or if you have your own plane there's a very nice airport in Clemson... one can dream.
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flag RemedyFilms (Feb 20, 2012 at 8:08)
 Night Shift Highlight video Clemson, SC

http://vimeo.com/36050466
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flag waterdogs (Feb 13, 2012 at 18:23)
 Awesome! Team BGB - Mountain Khakis will be there in full force!
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flag jayschutz (Feb 15, 2012 at 17:46)
 Nice
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flag joe1989 (Feb 14, 2012 at 8:25)
 yeeeeeeaaa. il be there
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