Upcoming summer events...

Summer in Western North Carolina is great, and here are two events coming up that our local Pisgah Area SORBA chapter is sponsoring a booth. If you are interested in volunteering be sure to contact them or just stop in and say "hi" and learn what great things they are doing for our local trails. Mountain Sports Festival May 30 - June 1, 2008 Carrier Park in Asheville, N.C. It will be three days of mountain sport events, demonstrations and entertainment for the entire family! The events offer an impressive race line-up to entice any pro or amateur athlete to test themselves in mountain sports. Races take place all weekend long in challenging and adventurous competitions. Events include Adventure Racing, Mountain Biking, Free Ride Competitions, Mountain Unicycling, Road Cycling, Paddling, Running, Disc Golf, Climbing, Skateboarding, Ultimate Frisbee, Dodgeball, Fire Fighter Combat Challenges, Iron Kids Events, Hula Hooping and others. Along with these events there will be free music. The bands participating are Green Light, Custard Pie, Jen and the Juice, Brushfire Stankgrass, Phil Barker, Barrel House Mamas, Ol' Hoopty, Strut, &; Tishamingo. So come and participate in the events, free clinics and demos. or just injoy the music and have a good ol' time. Bele Chere Festival July 25-27th, 2008 Asheville, N.C. Downtown Asheville Pisgah Area SORBA will, for the 3rd year be participating in this 2008 festival. We will be promoting mountain biking as well as being good stewards to the trails we love to ride. We hope you all can come out and support us at the booth or just drop by and say hi. VOLUNTEERS All members or nonmembers wishing to participate in any of the three days please let us know. Any time you can donate in this effort will be appreciated. Please contact or e-mail our Bele Chere Festival coordinator Tara Piper at tjaye3@yahoo.com.