February 2/10 11:50 am - Trek Sponsors 2010 Dirt Series

Posted by Editor on 02/2/10
 

Trek Bicycle, North America’s largest domestic manufacturer of bicycles, announces its title sponsorship of the 2010 Trek Dirt Series mountain bike skills program. Designed to help riders of all experience levels, particularly women, take their cross country, downhill and freeride skills to the next level, the Trek Dirt Series will travel to 16 locations throughout the Western U.S. and Canada providing beginner, intermediate, advanced and locale-specific instruction at each weekend-long camp.

“I’m extremely excited to be working with an organization that has so much experience and such enthusiasm for supporting women in mountain biking,” remarked Whistler-based Dirt Series camp founder Candace Shadley.

“With Trek’s support, we’ve been able to dramatically increase our resources and expand our operation for 2010. This will be our first year providing instruction as far east as Colorado and also the first year our riders will have access to Trek’s WSD Factory Demo Team and fleet of demo bikes at every event.”

Already in its tenth year of existence, the Trek Dirt Series delivers world-class instruction with the goal of developing skills through a supportive, step-by-step process that helps riders move beyond their fears to truly enjoy the fun of mountain biking. Over 5,000 riders, both male and female, have pedaled through the program since its inception in 2001, making the Trek Dirt Series one of the oldest and most popular MTB skills camps in existence.

“Trek is pulling out all the stops for the 2010 Trek Dirt Series,” said Dean Gore, Director of Marketing at Trek. “We’re eager to augment our support for the growing women’s MTB market in North America and excited about partnering with a program as established and valuable as the Dirt Series.”

Online registration for all 2010 Trek Dirt Series events opens February 1st. Interested parties are encouraged to register for their desired locale sooner than later as registration for some locations filled up in as little as 48 hours in 2009.

This year the series be returning to many of its favorite locations, as well as heading out further geographically than it has before. Check out the schedule at www.dirtseries.com and you'll find women's only camps in BC, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Colorado, as well as an additional two co-ed camps in the home base of Whistler, BC.

For more information on the Trek Dirt Series, visit www.dirtseries.com.