Bike Intelligencer » mark brent http://bikeintelligencer.com All bike, all the time Sat, 04 May 2013 01:18:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Fest a Real Ripper! http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/03/santa-cruz-mountain-bike-fest-a-real-ripper/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/03/santa-cruz-mountain-bike-fest-a-real-ripper/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:54:55 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.com/?p=2310 Despite a week’s worth of downpours that left its signature ride at Soquel Demo Forest undoable, the first-ever Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival was a pounding success, capped with a near-endless raffle of $15,000 in giveaways at the Rio (is grand!) Theater.

I haven’t seen email or tweet from event maestro Mark Davidson and have to think he’s still sleeping it off. The guy was on his feet non-stop and spent more than an hour on-stage giving schwag away; he deserves a rest!

There was a day-long jump jam at Depot Park in Santa Cruz, booths with demo rides and cool gear, and lots of great folks from Bones Over Metal, Black Market Bikes, Titus and of course the sponsoring Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz. It’s always great to be able to meet a tweep face2face — plus I got to see Fenriq’s (Erik Orgell’s) vintage Ibis Mojo hardtail up close (sheesh…I’d forgotten all about MORON tubing!).

LISA MYKLAK CRACKS UP THE AUDIENCE

A near-sellout of hooting, whistling, stomping, amped mtb fanz showed up for the California premiere of “Awesome Land — Women of Dirt” inside the Rio. And while the hour-long film didn’t disappoint, with jump and DH action, killer scenery and personal insights from the riders, my favorite part of the whole festival was the panel discussion afterward.

Karen Kefauver, who writes the Spin City column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, tossed out intelligent questions and the ladies — Kathy Pruitt, Emily Johnston, Lisa Myklak and Tammy Donahugh (left to right on stage in video) — were not only insightful and forthcoming, they repeatedly cracked up the audience with over the top answers.

I caught a couple of the better moments on video. Miles Sullivan and Mark Brent (he’s the guy on the panel), “Women of Dirt” co-makers, were there filming as well and I’ll post their more professional version when it hits. Suffice it to say everyone had a rad time, and congratulations to MBOSC for hosting a memorable fest. We can’t wait till next year!

THE FUNNEST PART OF MOUNTAIN BIKING

]]> http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/03/santa-cruz-mountain-bike-fest-a-real-ripper/feed/ 0 Details finalized in Cali premiere of "Women of Dirt" http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/02/details-finalized-in-cali-premiere-of-women-of-dirt/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/02/details-finalized-in-cali-premiere-of-women-of-dirt/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:25:05 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.wordpress.com/?p=1925

Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz have finalized plans for their two-day Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival on Feb. 27 and 28, capped with the California premiere of “Women of Dirt” at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the stately Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.

On hand will be riders Lisa Myklak, Emily Johnston, Tammy Donahugh and Kathy Pruitt, as well as filmmaker Mark Brent. A Q&A session will be moderated by Karen Kefauver, a freelance sports and travel journalist who authors the cycling column, Spin City for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and an outdoors blog.

There will also be a group ride at Soquel Demo Forest on Feb. 27 along with a Demo Day at Bike Station Aptos. A pump ‘n jump jam in Aptos will precede the film on the 28th.

(We sure hope the weather has cleared up by then!)

The film’s worldwide premiere is Friday in Seattle. Previous Bike Intelligencer coverage.

]]> http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/02/details-finalized-in-cali-premiere-of-women-of-dirt/feed/ 1 "Women of Dirt" showings shaping up http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/01/women-of-dirt-showings-shaping-up/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/01/women-of-dirt-showings-shaping-up/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:31:49 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.wordpress.com/?p=1795 The show schedule for “Women of Dirt,” the much-anticipated feature movie on downhill/freeride grrllzz, is starting to round out. The worldwide premiere will be Feb. 5th in Seattle, and Cyclelicio.us broke news that the film’s California premiere will be in Santa Cruz Feb. 28 at the Rio Theater on Soquel (Yokota promises more details, including the time, soon). Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz, a great advocacy and ride club, will host. Mark Brent, the film’s producer, promises other showings “around the world,” including Vancouver B.C., Florida, Bend and Edmonton. OK that’s North America. But we can see World Cup showings all over, especially in UK, Australia, France, Italy and elsewhere. Japan seems another likely market.

The trailer is tantalizing indeed, with clips from the Aptos Post Office jump park, Whistler mountain bike park, Tahoe, Vancouver Island’s Mount Washington and elsewhere. It’s cool to see pony-tailed riders in full armor skying launches and doubles. Will we be seeing a She Slopestyle event at Crankworx sometime soon? The way these women are amping the skillz, we wouldn’t be surprised.

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The fem freerider is definitely here to stay. We noticed it most dramatically at Galbraith Mountain last summer. Any day of the week you could find fully geared women ripping the trails. Where were they all coming from? The presence of Western Washington U undoubtedly is a contributor, but the mtb culture is so generically ingrained in Bellingham that my sense is no single factor is at work. Women have been a mainstay on the GalbraithMt.com Web site for years. All it takes is a few to spread mtb love and you’ve got a revolution on your hands.

Here’s the showtimes for “Women of Dirt” as it stands now.

Related: MTBChick’s Mountain Biking Tips for Girls

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