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Mad March Racing demo goes great in Kelowna!

July 6, 2008

Published by GnarlyX


Shaums March and Marin Bikes came to town and went huge with a very successful bike skills camp.

Venture Gear of Kelowna and MTBco delivered good times for local riders. Marin Bikes brought a bunch of their demo full suspension rigs which riders of all ages and skill levels excitedly took advantage of. There were three skills camps - beginner, intermediate and advanced, and every one of them was rammed with demo rides. Following a bike fit and set up session for each rider, Shaums took the riders down Gillard's "Snakes Back" trail, a perfect choice as it is fairly mellow with a few hits to work on.

A couple of things stood out - Shaum's level of attention to detail with bike fit and set up, spending 30 minutes in the Venture Gear parking lot before loading up the bikes and riders, and his great skills when working with with youth. One young ripper was stoked to have his brakes adjusted for a much better reach and position. Another girl ripper got good advice on riding position and cornering. Another rider said "that was the best bike skills session I've ever had".

Word is out that Shaums also got himself a rip down the awesome new "Rubber Down" trail. When he got back to Venture Gear after the last run, a well deserved cold brew was waiting for him. I asked Shaums how the day had gone all he could manage was "great riders, great trails, great day, great times". The guy was full on and did not stop all day long! I saw him the next day at Silver Star on a girls skills camp and it was exactly the same deal - awesome attention to detail, checking bike set up, and making sure he got a good understanding of each rider.

Thanks to the crew from Venture Gear, Marin Bikes and the MTBco BBQ volunteers. MTBco also donated leftover food to the Kelowna Foodbank. Thanks also to Kelowna based Enquiro for their KFB donation.

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flag boxxerride (July 8, 2008 at 3:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice wish i could have made it out for that
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flag awais (July 8, 2008 at 6:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
yeah no kidding!
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flag DC1588 (July 8, 2008 at 6:23) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats geee
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flag number24 (July 8, 2008 at 6:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
Damn, that sounds awesome!
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flag claybourne (July 8, 2008 at 7:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
Good times, good times!
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flag dleidelmeijer (July 8, 2008 at 8:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
What brand of bike is that red one?
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flag xltrider (July 8, 2008 at 9:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
khs lucky 7
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flag mattdj2 (July 8, 2008 at 8:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
Those kids are going to be gods of biking when their older~

Sick camp.
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flag onefjeff (July 8, 2008 at 9:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
the red bike is an 08 khs lucky seven i believe- good times indeed.
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flag matt98guy (July 8, 2008 at 10:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
KHS needs to come up with there own damn frame designes. they totaly copied the Azonic B-52.
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flag smoke (July 8, 2008 at 10:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
You've got it backwards. The Azonic and Oryx frames ARE the KHS. KHS is the house brand fromt he factory that produces all those bikes.

Azonic only makes cool stickers.
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flag KtownKilla (July 8, 2008 at 13:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
And a neat skid lid with a speaker
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flag xdannyx (July 8, 2008 at 10:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
the lucky 7 is pretty sick but not a dh bike at all. its more for tricking than anything.
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flag roberm (July 9, 2008 at 8:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
I wish it had been advertised on Pink Bike before the event happened.
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flag ridetolive666 (July 10, 2008 at 15:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
the luck 7 is good!

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