Jesse Update

Last Sunday was a special day for me. I took my first real mountain bike ride at the Lunch Loops with my husband 586 days after injuring my knee in an accident. The Crash happened in October of 2009. I was riding with a group of friends for the weekend in Moab. That summer I had a successful season of DH and Super D racing with the Grassroots Cycles Team, I had just returned from my first trip to Whistler, and was feeling confident and pushing my limits. I had been riding so much that I was starting to feel just the tiniest bit of burnout on my bike and was looking forward to ski season.

Crashing, as anyone who rides knows, is a part of riding. You have crashes, get scratched up, and sometimes get black bruises the size of a dinner plate on your ass, but you usually ride away from them. Having been seriously injured in a climbing accident years before, I was well aware that when you break your body it can’t always be fixed. I had successfully pushed this thought out of my day-to-day thoughts about riding.

After a year and a half of worrying, after one of the top surgeons in the world told me that he’ll try but that there is no guarantee that anything can be done, after many setbacks and some pretty dark days I’m finally back on my bike.

If there is one positive that has come out of this, it’s that I’ve decided that there is no excuse for ever not having fun on your bike******. It is easy to start taking the most important things for granted, like functional joints, living in a place with amazing trails, and having the good fortune to have both a bike and good friends to ride with. We are all lucky to be out there enjoying this sport, and if not winning a race, or not performing as well as you think you should bums you out, then you are doing it for the wrong reasons and missing out on so much.

-Jesse Kirkpatrick

******© Blake Treadway

Roots Riders at Teva

D.j. Brandt and I went to the 2011 Teva Mountain Games on Thursday to compete in the slopestyle event. The first day of practice was super windy but we still took a few runs. The course was smooth and fun for the most part. After staying the night in a sketchy hotel we went to practice before the competition. The wind was non-existant until the comp started. I was lucky enough to get number 1 and had to go first. I finished both my runs with solid tricks. D.j. didn't finish any of his runs but tried a 360 over the first dirt double so props. Also props to Nick Simcik for his huge cork flips! Some highlights were Mike Montgomery's backflip barhop, Anthony Messere's flip double whip, and Paul Basagoitia's front flip and double back flip attempt. Overall it was good experience and we had a lot of fun riding with everyone. America!

-Kyle Rosencrans

Ranchstyle 2011 is in the record books

Thanks to everyone for coming out and making it an awesome weekend. The riding level was through the roof this year and the turn out was higher then ever. For those who missed out, here are some links.

Pinkbike
-Slopestyle Finals
-Slalom
-Best Trick Results
-Best Trick Vid
-Course Walk and Practice

Vital MTB
Check out everything from practice to slopestyle finals video and slide show
-All things Ranchstyle
-Photos by Noah

More Edits
Plus Size BMX
Nick Simcik Webedit
Transition Edit

A note from the builder...

The Ranchstyle build this year has been crazy. Me and my Flow Farmers build something, move on, then I walk by it a couple days later and change it twice. Haha, what can I say i'm a perfectionist! I'm really stoked on the course this year and the hype surrounding the event. Did a ton of work on the Slalom course too this year with a new jump section at the top. And were stretching it down to the bottom on the venue! That should add another 6 seconds to the already killer course. The Slopestyle course is pretty amazing this year. I think it's gonna blow some minds, it blows mine everytime I walk up it. What a lot of poeple don't understand is how this line has evolved over the last 5 years. Who would of thought it would turn into a stop on a world tour, pretty crazy! And thats what Ranchstyle is all about, evolution and ripping up some stuff with the hommies! I wish everyone safe travels getting here and safe sessions! See you all soon!

James

Ranchstyle update.

It's looking good this year. Check some more pics here and a helmet cam vid here

Back to full hours!

We are open full hours again!
May it be a long and shralp filled season!
Mon-Fri 9-6
Sat 9-5
Sun 10-4

LLBP construction Video

Lunch Loop Bike Park Teaser, the Construction and Testing from Ryan Sullivan on Vimeo.

A lil' vid Ryan with Singletrack Trails put together