UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team news... UMB team member Justin Griffin wins National Championship  In Granby, Colorado, Justin Griffin won the mountain biking National Championship for the age 13-14 category. Utah Riders Keegan Swenson and Noah Talley take 1st and 2nd in the age 15-16 race. Here's the story according to Justin, with a re-telling from his Dad's point of view.   Read more...  August 2010 ICup Season Winners Twenty UtahMountainBiking.com team riders got to the season podium in their categories. UMB won the IMBA trailwork trophy for another year. Setting another new record for team points earned, the UMB ICup squad permanently retires the 12-year championship trophy.   Read more...  August 2010 Rock the Canyons!  ICup season finale.  The last race of the 2010 Intermountain Cup season was held on a shortened course at The Canyons on Saturday, August 8. The rain held off until the afternoon for a fun morning of racing.   Read more...  August 2010 Basin Bash XC - the Snowbasin ICup race...  It was already toasty-warm and humid at the 9 am race start, as racers headed out for a long race at Snowbasin. Tricky rock gardens and tight turns meant an early end to the race for many riders.   Read more...  July 2010 The race team trailwork report for 2010... Our race team does volunteer trail maintenance and construction. For the 2010 Intermountain Cup season, team members combined for over 240 hours of digging, pruning, rock-hauling, tree cutting, and thistle chopping.   Read more...  July 2010 State Open Championships at Solitude -- ICup race #11.  The race loop at Solitude has plenty of climbing and a technical downhill. The mountain gave flat tires and broken chains, and in exchange, accepted offerings of blood and skin. A great day of racing for the UtahMountainBiking team.   Read more...  July 2010 Snowbird!  23rd Annual Mountain Bout Report  Crisp temperatures, sunshine, clean mountain air. And gnarly treacherous trail in a brutal high-altitude race. Who could ask for more? The UMB race team puts the wheels on the trail at Snowbird.   Read more...  July 2010 Jackson Hole!  On the most technical course of the Intermountain Cup season, the UMB team speeds over rocks and roots on the beautiful singletrack. Great individual efforts help the team come away with another win.   Read more...  June 2010 Sherwood Hills Race Report The singletrack in the trees of Sherwood Hills had just the right amount of moisture. The temperatures were pleasant as sunshine played over the trailside flowers. It was a great day of racing on this fun and challenging course.   Read more...  June 2010 Deer Valley Pedalfest! Rainy! Cold! Slippery! After a cancellation and rescheduling due to torrential rains, the Deer Valley ICup race was held Wednesday evening 6/16. Laughing hysterically, the Race Weather Gods sent a cold front to drizzle on the shivering racers as they waited to brave the slippery singletrack.   Read more...  June 2010 Stan Crane Memorial. A great race in Draper! The Memorial Day weather was perfect for racing. After three races where fear of the weather kept racers away, the turnout was huge. The trails were in great shape and the new course layout was a blast  Read more...  May 2010 Hammerfest at the Hollow. Soldier Hollow ICup race report! The overnight rain and foothill snow frightened a lot of racers. But those who showed up were rewarded with a fun, if slimy, race on the slopes of Soldier Hollow. The UMB team takes advantage of the low turnout to score a new record for team points.  Read more...  May 2010 Sundance Spin. The Mad Dog Team rocks their own party! The trails were near-perfect, the weather was beautiful, and it's great to be in the mountains again. Thanks to Sundance, sponsor Mad Dog, and the Intermountain Cup Series for an awesome event. The Mad Dogs show some teeth as they chew up the competition like an old slipper.   Read more...  May 2010 Five Mile Pass ICup race report The riders who dared to drive through the sleet and 34-degree temperatures found that Five Mile Pass was dry and dusty. A bit cool, and with schizophrenic racetime weather, but a great day. The UtahMountainBiking team grabs another team victory in the Showdown.   Read more...  May 2010 Cholla Challenge race report While the rest of the state suffered under an Easter snowstorm, the weather in Warner Valley was perfect for racing. The UMB team celebrated with a burger fry, an Easter egg hunt for the kids, and a convincing team win   Read more...  April 2010 Intermountain Cup race season is here! Desert Rampage report. The 2010 Desert Rampage in St. George saw a huge racer turnout under pleasant temperatures. The UMB race team fielded 60 riders and struggled to win over 100 team points. And check out our cool new race jerseys!   Read more...  March 2010 Slush-fest  Frozen Hog  Saturday February 6. Lambert Park was blessed with rain and toasty-warm temperatures during the 24 hours before the 2010 Frozen Hog race. The hard-pack singletrack trail turned soft. Deep and soft. Slippery and soft. Racers got a good calf workout running alongside their bikes. (Think of it as exercise to improve your run-up skills.) Even the doubletrack was tough riding. Can we say 2010 was the most brutal ever? Yeah, I think that's a safe assumption. UMB race team members' results... Final race of the Cyclocross season In a snowy cold day at Fort Bueneventura, the UtahMountainBiking.com race team slips and slides its way through the final race of the 2009 CX season, finishing in 7th place.   Read more...  December 2009 Cyclocross race 10 at Draper's Equestrian Center Next to last race of the season. The weather is cold, with frozen ruts down near the pond, but it was a great day to race. The UMB team gets some good placements.   Read more...  November 2009 Double-Cross weekend at Wasatch and Wheeler... The weather wasn't as bad as predicted, so the UMB Cross Team had a great time racing Saturday in Heber at the Wasatch fairgrounds and in Salt Lake at Wheeler Farm on Sunday. Our new CX team is in 7th place for the season.  Read more...  November 2009 Frozen Hog 2010 will be Saturday February 6! UtahMountainBiking.com is pleased to announce that Bike Peddler (of American Fork) will be the managing sponsor of the Frozen Hog. The race is set for 9 am, Saturday February 6. We hope to see plenty of UMB volunteers. Preliminary information...  Posted November 2009 CX #7 at the Weber County Fairgrounds! The UMB Cross Team hits the Weber course and despite a few flat tires, manages to move up in the standings to 7th place for the season.  Read more...  November 2009 UtahMountainBiking is Mountain Bike Team of the Year! In a repeat performance, UtahMountainBiking has been named Mountain Bike Team of the Year by Cycling Utah magazine, in recognition of our trail work and domination of the Intermountain Cup competition.  November 2009 Double Cross Weekend at Wheeler Farm! Races 5 and 6 of the 2009 Cyclocross season saw 17 UMB Cross Team riders compete in 25 races. This included two 1st-place finishes as well as a 2nd and a 3rd place.  Read more...  November 2009 25 hours of Frog Hollow UMB team members Joel Quinn and Jake Weber were part of this race. Joel's team took 1st place in the corporate category. Jake Weber files the report.  Read more... November 2009 Cyclocross race #4 at Draper The largest group of UMB team racers ever hits the race course at the Draper Equestrian Center and grabs some good finishes! That's in spite of a few flats and mechanicals.   Read more...  October 2009 Cyclocross race #3 at Heber On October 17, a small UMB contingent races in the third CX race of the season. But while few in number, the team does well enough to move upward in the season standings!   Read more...  October 2009 Senior Games at St. George! UMB Team members Jay Griffin and Joel Quinn hit the Mountain Biking events at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George on October 12 and 13. Each of them won the overall championship in their category for the event, with a total of 5 gold and one silver between them!  Read more... October 2009 Cyclocross race #2 at the Weber Fairgrounds The report of the growing UMB CX team for race #2 is now ready. Thanks, Dan! Seven UMB riders hit the CX track, with Jeff Kingsford doing two races. Looks like FUN stuff!   Read more...  October 2009 24 hours of Moab Two UMB team members hit the race. Jake Weber for his 2nd time, and Steve Brumbaugh for six times. "What else is there that allows you the opportunity to suffer from hypothermia one moment and within about 4 hours, you are sunburned to a crisp? It truly is a unique experience." Jake's report    Steve's blog... UtahMountainBiking.com's Cyclocross Team starts the season Our race team, only in its fifth year, is expanding into other areas of racing. Check out our CX page and link to the report on the first race of the cyclocross season at the Weber County fairgrounds!   Read more...  October 2009 Justin Griffin wins Widowmaker 2009! UMB team member Justin Griffin has again won the Snowbird Widowmaker hillclimb event with a time of 55:51. Not bad for somebody who's not old enough to shave yet! Eric Ellis took 4th overall, 2nd in his 20-29 age group. Jay Griffin took 1st place in the 50+ group and 5th place overall. Good job guys! September 2009 Pocatello Endurance Festival At the big endurance race in Pocatello, Joel Quinn took 1st place in 20K, Justin Griffin got 2nd place in 40k, and Jay Griffin hurried behind Justin for 3rd place in the 40K. September 12, 2009 Race Team Season Picnic and Awards Over 60 UMB race team members came to a cookout at Lambert Park on September 12. We honored our "workhorses" and presented special awards to several team members. Who was our Racer of the Year?  Read more...  September 2009 UMB team racers at the Park City P2P race! Brian Oliver and Dan Hutchings competed in the Park City Point 2 Point endurance race. Of 168 racers, 131 finished, including our guys! Brian had a time of 9 hours 39 minutes.  Snowbird Hill Climb Justin Griffin raced to a first place, junior division, in the Snowbird Hill Climb road race on Aug 22, 2009. He took 19th place overall out of over 300 racers. The Mount Ogden 50K race at Snow Basin Eleven riders from the UMB race team participated in this long and brutal race on August 22. Five were members of two-man relay teams riding one lap each. Eleven did the whole thing. Here's the report of how our riders did.   Read more...  August 2009 2009 ICup season champions! Running up a new record of 1599 team points for the season, UMB keeps the ICup trophy for another year. This was a hard-fought campaign, with runner-up Mad Dog scoring 1375 and Revolution also getting over 1000 points.  Season Champions Page...  August 2009 IMBA Trailwork Trophy for 2009 With over 350 hours of trail work done by our race team members, UMB has again won the IMBA Trailwork Trophy for the 2009 season. Team members worked on new trail for five major trail systems, and performed trail improvement and maintenance for many existing trails.    UMB's trailwork scrapbook...  August 2009 Rock the Canyons - the final ICup race of 2009 The final ICup race was rather warm, brutal, and treacherous. This interesting course featured an unending tough climb followed by a rocky rooty moon-dusty descent where hazards awaited you around blind corners.  Read more...  August 2009 Taming the Tetons... The Jackson Hole race report It was an absolutely beautiful morning in Wyoming as the UMB race team hit the fun and technical singletrack at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Flat tires, crashes, and damaged bikes... but our determined riders got across the line.   Read more...  July 2009 Utah State Open - UMB at the Solitude race July 18 was a beautiful day in Big Cottonwood Canyon, and the new race loop was a lot of fun. Temperatures were nice for the first wave, but getting a bit warm and dusty for the mid-day racers.   Read more...  July 2009 Snowbird Mountain Bout race report. Riding through intermittent drizzle, the UMB team hits the slopes of Snowbird for the 9th ICup race of the season. The race loop has some new singletrack switchbacks that replace the dreaded Dick Bass Highway. Now if we can only do something about that doggone Tram Road...  Read more...  July 2009 Team work day on Traverse Ridge. The race team spent a trail day on the unnamed trail in Corner canyon. The trail will span from the upper Clarks trailhead on Traverse Ridge down to the Silica Pit with plenty of swooping turns on its 3.5-mile run. Most of the trail will be hand-built. July 2009 Deer Valley Pedalfest ICup race report. An overnight rain soaked the Deer Valley trails for the June 13 Pedalfest. But aside from slippery trail edges, the track held up well and gave reasonable traction even on the downhills. The UMB race team returns to the "W" column and extends their season lead.  Read more...  June 2009 Sundance Spin! ICup race report. It was a beautiful day at the first "mountain" race of the ICup season. Green trees and grass, brilliant sunshine, Mount Timpanogos in all its splendor. The twisting singletrack trail was in great condition.   Read more...  May 2009 Stan Crane Memorial ICup race report: Draper. Team Revolution defends its own territory in fine style in a re-routed and rain-delayed sixth Intermountain Cup race. Ed and his helpers did a great job of finding a fun backup race loop.  Read more...  May 2009 Hammerfest at Soldier Hollow ICup race report. The Heber Valley had plenty of clean air and sunshine, with temperatures absolutely perfect for racing. The trail was dry and in good condition, if just a little bumpy and grooved on some of the singletrack turns.   Read more...  May 2009 Sherwood Hills ICup race report. The snow melted just in time for the May 9th Wimmer's XC at Sherwood Hills near Logan. The UMB race team was a bit thin in number as they tried to defend their lead toward the season championship.  Read more...  May 2009 Five Mile Pass ICup race report. The UtahMountainBiking team scores big at Five Mile Pass. The race was delayed and rerouted as massive rain turned the clay soil into slop. More intelligent racers packed up their bikes and went home, but UMB's racers played dirty to get the victory.  Read more...  May 2009 UMB team racers at Sea Otter! This will be a story, some day. Email me the details!  Cholla Challenge race report! April 4 was a sunny day in southern Utah as the UtahMountainBiking XC race team dominated the Cholla Challenge to take the lead in the 2009 Intermountain Cup Racing Series. Racers lined the trail pumping their tires as the tricky dips and rocks ate tubes and cut tubeless tire sidewalls. Read more...  Desert Rampage race report! The UtahMountainBiking.com team scores a solid 93 points at the Desert Rampage in St. George to start the 2009 Intermountain Cup season.  It was a beautiful break from winter weather, and a nice excuse for a hamburger fry after the race.  Read more...  March 2009 Frozen Hog race 2009 96 finishers cross the slushy finish line in a mean winter race. Adam Heckman is the top Expert finisher, and the Racers Cycle Service team (Kenny Jones, Chucky Gibson, Dan Nelson, and Brad Keyes) grabs the trophy!  Read more...  February 2009 Justin Griffin wins Widowmaker! Kudos to Justin Griffin of the UtahMountainBiking.com race team! Justin has won an "Outstanding Performance of the Year" award from Cycling Utah magazine for winning the Widowmaker hillclimb race at Snowbird. Justin is 12 years old, smokin' the big guys to be first at the top of the hill.  November 2008 UtahMountainBiking is "Mountain Club of the Year" Cycling Utah has named UMB the Mountain Club of the Year. UMB won the IMBA trailwork trophy with over 250 hours of trailwork, and won the ICup trophy as 2008 champions. UMB also sponsors the Frozen Hog winter bike race. Cycling Utah... November 2008 UtahMountainBiking.com wins 2008 ICup! This was an awesome season due to the efforts and enthusiasm of many team racers. We set a new ICup record of 1585 team points, winning 10 of 12 races against competition that also broke previous point records this season. We had our highest-ever number of season champions, putting 13 UMB racers on the podium. For more info on our outstanding season, see the team BBQ and awards page.  September 2008 That's as far back as the news goes for now...