Mountain Bike Festival!

Reggae Riding is back and better than ever in 2008! Join us for races for all ages and skill levels with great prizes and medals three deep, skills clinics and group rides, kids races and activities, wheelie contest, food and drinks, vendor booths, and four live bands! Gates open at 11am and music will end around 11pm. Reggae Riding is a great event for the whole family so mark your calendar and plan to be there on the 17th of August!

Reggae Riding 2008

Reggae Riding 2008 will take place on August 17th at the Southern Humboldt Community Park. We are looking for vendors of bike related products and volunteers to work at the Festival. Please call 707 923 2100 for more information .

Pictures from the Festival

Reggae Riding was a great sucess! Thank you to all who attended, we hope to see you again next year. Special thanks to Rohn Jennings for helping to promote this first annual festival, to Jolynn for the beautiful pictures and all of her hard work, to Prezident Brown for playing such an awesome set, all of the volunteers who helped set up, work, and take down the site, to all of the generous local businesses who donated for the raffle, to Cal Cycling who prepared delicious food, and to all of the racers, both kids and adults who came and out and gave it their all. Much love!

Race Results and Times!

BEGINNER Age Hometown Finish Time Team
Women 19-34
1. Ryan Payton 24 Myers Flatt, CA 50:58
Women 35-49
1. Kathy Fraser 40 Salmon Creek, CA 39:23
2. Kay Christian 44 Redway, CA 51:46
Men Under-18
1. Latrell Wilson 12 Arcata, CA 44:48
2. Joshua Vella 12 Redway, CA 01:03
3. Randy Reese 12 Briceland, CA 01:12
Men 19-34
1. Fraser McDonald 23 Loveland, CO 50:31
Men 35+
1. Robert LeClair 54 Miranda, CA 39:17
2. David Wilson 62 Garberville, CA 42:12
SPORT
Women Under-18
1. Ivey Luna 17 Miranda, CA 1:39:50
Women 19-34
1. Amy Conway 34 Redway, CA 1:20:01
2. Sunshine Mansfield 34 Bayside, CA 1:28:08
3. Cheryl Woodard 34 Miranda, CA 1:29:17
Men Under-18
1. Mike Radenbaugh 17 Garberville, CA 1:03:40 South Fork HS MTB Team
2. Justin Brooks 18 Redway, CA 1:10:52 SFHS MTB Team
3. Jeremia Anderson 15 Arcata, CA 1:24:10
DNF Thoddeos Zoelluer 17 Eureka, CA DNF
Men 19-34
1. Starling Faraon 32 Redway, CA 1:07:09
2. Themba Alleyne 23 San Francisco, CA 1:07:33 Roaring Mouse
3. Winston Sauber 21 Arcata, CA 1:08:43 HSU Cycling
4. Cameron Mull 30 Arcata, CA 1:10:04
5. Jesse Hill 32 Salmon Creek, CA 1:10:16
6. Joe Wolf 30 Garberville, CA 1:13:15
7. Solomon Gienger 34 Whitethorn, CA 1:16:08
8. Tyson Hansberry 33 Arcata, CA 1:22:03
9. Jessie New 27 Fort Bragg, CA 1:24:01 Catch-a-Canoe
10. Joshua Nolen 31 Miranda, CA 1:24:59
11. Chris Blencowe 29 Mendocino, CA 1:26:44
12. Anson Wait 32 Gainsville, FL 1:27:42
DNF Eric Johnston 33 Arcata, CA DNF Rankin' Reggae
DNF Carl Hesselein 21 Arcata, CA DNF
Sport Men 35+
1. Tyce Fraser 45 Salmon Creek, CA 1:07:10
2. Bob Beede 54 Arcata, CA 1:16:04
3. William Staples 52 Garberville, CA 1:22:00 Lost Coast Brewery
4. Rowdy Kelley 40 Fortuna, CA 1:24:59
5. Gary Pritchard-Peterson 53 Whitethorn, CA 1:25:00
6. Jeff Lambert 42 Redway, CA 1:26:16 Wookie/Sasquatch
PRO/EXPERT
Men
1. Amon Pease 30 Jenner, CA 1:32:33 Intense
2. Brian Astell 26 Gualala, CA 1:32:34
3. Tsering Alleyne 21 Berkeley, CA 1:41:06 Lost Coast Brewery
4. Chris Belnap 26 Oakland, CA 1:47:08 Cal Cycling
Women
1. Emma Worldpeace 20 Berkeley, CA 1:34:14(6laps) Lost Coast Brewery

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE RACERS! FULL POST-EVENT REPORT WITH PICTURES AND DETAILS COMING SOON. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND GENEROUS BUSINESSES THAT MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE!

All about the Music!

Reggae Riding promises the best line up in SoHum all summer! Get ready to dance the night away. To start the evening's festivities, SoHum's hardest working band, the NPK is sure to move your feet and gather an enthusiastic crowd. Then Rootstock, a highly respected 5-piece rock/ World Reggae Fusion Jam Band will get you feeling Ire. And finally, announcing the new Reggae Riding Headliner, Prezident Brown! A world-renowned reggae artist known for his rootsty, conscious dance hall music with lots of live instrumentation. Reggae Riding is absolutely thrilled to have Prezident Brown playing at the show and invites the whole community to enjoy his presence in SoHum as part of his tour of the West Coast!

Check out the band sites below to sample some of their music and to get excited for what is sure to be an un-forgettable show!

NPK: http://www.myspace.com/thenpk

Rootstock: http://www.myspace.com/rootstock

Prezident Brown: http://www.myspace.com/prezidentbrown

Note: For all race info such as categories and course descriptions, please click the "older posts" link at the bottom of this page. Thanks!

Directions to Reggae Riding

Reggae Riding, the mountain bike race/ festival will be held at the Southern Humboldt Community Park in Garberville, CA this Sunday, August 19th. Rider clinics and races start at 12noon and live reggae music begins around 5pm. Please read the posts below for all the event info.

Directions to the venue:

Coming from the Bay Area or South of Garberville: From 101, take the main Garberville exit. Follow Redwood drive through Garberville. Make a left onto Sprowl Creek Road at the main stop sign in town. Follow Sprowl Creek road for about 1 mile. Event enterance is on the left.

Coming from Eureka or North of Garberville: Take the Garberville exit. At the end of the exit ramp, make a right onto Sprowl Creek Rd. Follow Sprowl Creek road for about 1 mile. Event enterance is on the left.

map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=934+Sprowl+Creek+Rd,+Garberville,+CA+95542,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Please Note: there is a $5 discount for those who arrive to the event on their bikes and we highly encourage carpooling, as space is limited.

Announcing RootBeer Garden with Sweets!

Lost Coast Brewery rootbeer will be fresh from the keg at Reggae Riding! Replacing the beir garten, there will be a lush rootbeer garden next to the barn featuring delicious, locally-brewed Lost Coast Brewery rootbeer. We're hoping to have rootbeer floats and other sweets for sale such as cookies and brownies. Bring the kids and refill the calorie tank after a hard day's race in the hot sun!

Also, please note that this is now a no-alcohol event. We will not be serving any alcoholic beverages and request that you don't bring any of your own.

The SoHum Community Park thanks you for your understanding and cooperation.