October Newsletter

 Join us for the ultimate OC MTB community event

The Good Dirt Ride

Pedaling for a Purpose.  You know this event well, it's now the 17th year of doing something good for others.  Join us Saturday November 2.  Great trails, fellowship and tons of fun afterwords.  Hundreds of our community will be there, make sure you're signed up!  And did we mention the opportunity drawing, over $50k in prizes will go home with someone this weekend.  BENEFIT YOUR TRAILS!

The Latest 

Since our last newsletter there's been more fun things happening in the local MTB scene.  On August 31 we recognized a group of our local MTB #Trail Heroes at our hosting of the OC premier of Anytime.  We represented at the premier of Deathgrip 2 on October 13.  We were honored to attend the premier of "Rough Roads Forever" hosted by Rig'd on October 19.  We rode the Laguna Fondo on October 26 with our friends at Laguna Canyon Riders and then joined the majority of the thirty-four chapters of CAMTB for our annual workshop the weekend of October 26-28.

The Dirt

• Although it's dry season, we're still getting a trail work day or two in.  On October 19 there was a group at Lynx trail in Aliso Woods Canyon and on October 26 another team worked on Stagecoach in Laguna Coast Wilderness

• We're progressing on the build of our trail strike team for San Onofre State Beach ("Dog Park" trails) with gracious support from our friends at Yamaha

• We maintain our presence in the OC Parks Trails Subcommittee.  The October 10 meeting reviewed the ever changing topic of eBikes 

• and OCMB is hosting a "Digger's Mixer" on November 9 in Laguna Hills

The Partners

• Our retailer program continues with the current participant being REI, buy a bike/get a membership to OCMTBA - thank you for the support!

• Our Advisory Council will meet again after the turn of the new year, thank you to all the participants including Crank Brothers, Troy Lee and Pure Ride

• We greatly appreciate the ongoing support from Rivian providing everything from hydration for rides to venues for community events

The Trails

• On November 19, JOIN US as our proposal for the first official pump track in OC goes in front of San Clemente City Council for final approval!

• We're engaged in a number of other pump track/MTB skills park projects at various stages of progress with high odds of additional properties on line next year.

• We are actively engaged with CA State Parks, San Onofre State Beach ("Dog Park" trails) on a mapping update and signage project 

• We continue to be excited by the City of Irvine Gateway Project in early 2025, 10+ more miles of trails for your enjoyment every day are in the "pipeline" now!

Upcoming Events

Partner Events

11/2 THE GOOD DIRT RIDE!!!

11/8-9 Over the Hump and Strait Acres Fall Series Cross Country and Dual Slalom with OC MTB Races at Limestone

11/16 Sprockids at O'Neill Park

Volunteer Opportunities

Laguna Canyon Foundation

Orange County Parks

California State Parks - Crystal Cove and San Onofre

Irvine Ranch Conservancy

Cleveland National Forest

The Nature Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo

Local Focus

Donny Ambrose, who many of us know of from RideRx, has recently taken the opportunity to represent Sprockids expansion to Orange County.  We are proud to sponsor his first event on November 16 at O'Neill and look forward to many more opportunities to share our passion with these awesome kids - thank you to this great community leader!

Luke Wronski (pictured) and Jason Denney are long standing members of the ride community.  They are also owners of Rig'd Supply, the creators of the world's safest bike rack.  They recently screened an awesome film titled "Rough Roads Forever".  Unsolicited they offered to donate the proceeds from their merchandise sales to OCMTBA - thank you for your contribution to our trails!

Last weekend marked the 10th annual Laguna Beach Dirt Fondo.  The man behind this is Tony Zentil, also founder of Fix Manufacturing.  This fun ride is entirely designed to benefit the Laguna Canyon Riders, one of best teen programs in our County.  Our sport depends on private funding, leaders like Tony and his counterparts are appreciated beyond words for supporting our awesome next generation of riders.

These guys are true #Trail Heroes, one and all - the heart of the Orange County mountain bike community - THANK YOU!