There’s a ton of links to photos/video on the All Gravity Series Facebook page, go ahead and like the page while you’re there!

Peep this video from Merican Radness rider Steven Bafus:

DoubleDownHoeDown2012 on pinkbike.com

First off, thanks to everyone who made the trip this weekend, nearly 200 riders scared the weather into submission and gave us decent conditions the first two days and warm t-shirt weather today!  A huge thanks to Deity, Transition Bikes, Shimano, and Gravity Components for rolling out to the race and giving us some sweet product to give away.  It’s been a long weekend, and we appreciate all the racers who came out…  Here’s the results!

2012 All Gravity Series #1 – Beacon Hill – Double Down Hoe Down results day one

2012 All Gravity Series #1 – Beacon Hill – Double Down Hoe Down results day two

These people came to race…

Photo courtesy of Zach Isaacson - whether he likes it or not.

Record amount of racers so far this weekend, counted 174 on the start sheet!  Good job to everyone who raced today, see you tomorrow!

2012 All Gravity Series #1 – Beacon Hill – Double Down Hoe Down results day one

Beacon Hill Spokane, Sundays Course from bafusridesbikes on Vimeo.

And a few other notes:

1.  Please register online before next Thursday, this will ensure that we have enough of all the necessities at the race (medals, staff, port-a-potties, Pabst).

2.  If you have a USA Cycling license, you will need to bring it WITH YOU to registration, don’t leave it in your car or you will just have to go back and get it.

3.  You will have to race the class that is stated on your USA Cycling license, if you want to petition for an upgrade through USA Cycling you must do so by next Wednesday (March 21st)…  If you don’t think you will be able to petition USA Cycling for an upgrade by then you can contact josh@allgravityseries.com for more information.  Upgrades will not be done at the race this year.

4.  Unauthorized changes to the trail/tape will result in disqualification without refund.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone this season, see you next weekend!

Double Down Hoe Down – Beacon Hill, Spokane, WA – March 23-25
We’ll be kicking off the season with the 4th annual Double Down Hoe Down, last year was a great turn out with ~130 racers each day, 2011 was perfect weather with two days or racing!

ONLINE REGISTRATION!

Online registration closed after March 22nd. There is a $5 late fee for registration at the race, so please enter early!

Registration:
Friday 12-5
Saturday 8-12
Sunday 8-11

Practice:
Friday 12-6
Saturday 8-12:30
Sunday 8-11:30

Race will start at 1pm Saturday and 12pm Sunday, and is USA Cycling sanctioned.

Cost of race is $25/day
Day licenses will be $5/day (one license for each day of riding, including Friday practice)
Register online by March 22, 2011 – you can register online without making payment (select “cash/check/card at race”)
After March 22, 2011 there will be a $5 late registration fee. Racers may register online until 6pm March 22th and registration will also be open on both race days.

All riders will be required to have a license for practice AND race, whether it is a single day license purchased or a year license.
All racers will also be required to ride in a full faced helmet.
Camping will be available all weekend at no charge, in the Camp Sekani parking lot.

Location:
Camp Sekani
6707 E. Upriver Dr.
Spokane, WA

Directions:
From Seattle/Portland -

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From Montana -

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The 2012 season in quickly approaching! Here is our schedule for the year, with the possibility of one more event being added.

2012 AGS Schedule!

March 23-25 – Beacon Hill – Spokane WA – DDHD 4
June 16-17 – Silver Mt – Kellogg, ID
July 14-15 – Schweitzer – Sandpoint, ID
August 18-19 – Schweitzer – Sandpoint, ID (tentative)
September 29-30 – Silver Mt. – Kellogg, ID – SilverRoxx
October 20-21 – Moscow Arms Race – Moscow, ID Series Finals

Slideshow from the finals in Moscow at VitalMTB!

VitalMTB

Moscow Arms Race Results <--- click that

Thanks to all the racers who came to Moscow, ID this weekend for the AGS Finals! All the shuttle trucks stayed on the road this year and the weather held out for race day, although it was just a little wet on Saturday for practice. We were lucky enough to have Tim Zimmerman from VitalMTB, and Ben “Caveman” Tobin from Decline shooting some photos of the race, expect a picture slideshow on Vital in the coming days and an article in Decline in the next few issues!

For 2012 we are planning to add at least 1 new venue, and hopefully we will have 2 races at Schweitzer next year! Trail work started this weekend at Beacon Hill in Spokane, we will hopefully be racing on 2 NEW courses for the 4th Double Down Hoe Down on March 23-25, 2012. For 2012 we should have a video recap for each race, as well as a photo album available on this website, if you are interested in being a photographer/videographer at the races please contact Josh at 509-262-4122 or josh@allgravityseries.com

Thanks to all the racers who made 2011 awesome, and all the people who helped get everything ready for each race this year… Veronica, and Sean for being at every race and putting up with me, Kurt, Rob and Jessica Crump, Boofus, John and Chelsey, Steve Hoffman, everyone at Transition Bikes and Deity, Tommy from Shimano, John at Phar North, Schweitzer, Silver Mt Resort, and everyone who helped me at the last minute with shuttle trucks or whatever else needed to happen this year(Alex, Kim, William, West Coast Racing, Woms, Forrest, and Conor to name a few)! To anyone I’ve forgotten, I didn’t mean to, and I will probably just give you a thanks and a hug in person.

See you at Beacon.

Camping for this weekend will be available at the Latah County Fairgrounds, there are spots for campers that are $15/night with power and everything or free camping in the gravel parking lot.

Google Maps directions!!!

Register early, avoid the late fee, you can choose to pay at the event on the registration page.

Here is an updated version of the standing after Silveroxx at the beginning of the month. We have some ties out there and some tight competition in some classes… See you in Moscow!

2011 Standings After Silveroxx

Get registered for the Moscow Arms Race, it is October 22-23. Click here for more details.