2010 Dates for South East Regional Championship Series and Many Many More

Make a New Year's resolution to do a new race this season. Pick from one of hundreds of races on our nationwide race calendar. We are constantly updating our nationwide mountain bike race calendar with 2010 race dates. Check out these and other great events we have added in the last week:

South Eastern Regional Championship Series (SERC series)
SoCal Fat Tire Epic 50, California
Vision Quest, California
Counting Coup, California
The Traverse, California
Julian Death March, California
Sedona Big Friggin Loop, Arizona
Dirty Kanza, Kansas
Rapture in Misery,
Kansas City Cup, Kansas

2009 A Season To Remember

Part II

Sea Otter to Breck-Epic and Beyond

Canadian Emily Batty made her presence known in a big way in the 2009 Pro XCT circuit. Here she launches the winning move in the Sea Otter short track

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger provided their own fireworks on the 4th of July - both taking their first Marathon National Champion titles

The Breck-Epic provided much excitement in 2009. The first year event ran like clockwork and provided a truckload of truly epic riding

Epic riding and incredible scenery are on the menu everyday at the Breck-Epic

Jeremiah Bishop continues to be the best stage racer in America. After winning the Breck-Epic and Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race he has won every stage race ever held in the United States

Jeff Schalk continued to tear it up on the ultra-endurance front. Schalk took another National Ultra-Endurance title in '09 taking wins at Cohutta, Lumberjack, and the Wilderness 101 (photo by Dan Dewitt)

Betsy Shogren also dominated the National Ultra-Endurance series notching wins at the Lumberjack, Mohican, and Fool's Gold

The Galena Grinder proved you don't need a huge budget to put on a great race. Located just outside Kethcum, Idaho the Grinder provides excellent scenery, dedicated staff, and fun racing atmosphere

Jenna Rinehart had an outstanding season racing outside the national series. Rinehart won the Minnesota state series and became the first woman to challenge for the Midwest Triple Crown (photo by: Danny Marchewka)

Brian Matter also had a strong 2009 winning the Wisconsin Off-Road Series and missing a repeat of the Midwest Triple Crown by just 14 seconds (photo by: Bruce Adelsman)

Check back for Part III of our 2009 season review

2009 A Season To Remember

The 2009 mountain bike racing season was packed with action and exciting events. From a new national championship series to new stages races and the return of former legends. Relive some of the exciting moments with MTBracenews photo review of the season that was.

Part 1

Fontana to Sea Otter

After a tumultuous offseason the national championship season once again got off the ground in Fontana, California where Geoff Kabush took yet another win

Georgia Gould also started her season with a bang taking a hard-fought win in Fontana

Mountain bike legend Steve Larsen racing once again just before his tragic death in May

Team Sho-Air and the US Cup exploded on the race scene in '09 taking over the national championship series in more ways than one

In March, Heather Irmiger showed flashes of the greatness that would eventually take her to double national champion titles and Singlespeed World Championship. She finished third in Fontana

The GT Golden Bike was seen all across the nation flirting with America's best amateur racers

Todd Wells and his high-powered posse dominated Sea Otter with Wells taking the short track and Burry Stander taking the XC. Here he's with teammate and World Champion Christoph Sauser

The Schultz brothers enjoyed a fantastic race season taking top finishes on the national and World Cup scene. Here Andy (left) jokes with younger brother Sam before the Sea Otter start

Sam Schultz leads Jeremiah Bishop. Schultz is racing his bike with 26 inch wheels because his 29er was temporarily lost by the airline on his way home from racing World Cups in Europe. He should have used Bikeflights.com