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Diablo Freeride Park Geared and Ready for 2009 Season
by karl-burkat
Posted: May 3, 2009
This weekend saw the kick-off to the Diablo Freeride Park 2009 east coast riding season with new trails, new features and an all new retail and demo center.
Launching another ambitious campaign of trailwork, the ParkLogic crew at Diablo Freeride Park has spent the last six weeks tirelessly investing nearly 3,000 hours building new features, new lines and revamping the vast Diablo trail network. Some of the pre-season projects include:
- Construction of a new intermediate line called Ego Trip featuring small scale wallrides and bridge crossings
- Two new expert-only lines called Covenant and Pipeline which feature a 13 foot drop, a cannon jump, a 7 foot drop and two new tabletops
- Major reworking of lower ‘Alpine’ including two new table-top jumps
- Completely reshaped and reconditioned lips and landings on all jumps and features located on the Dominion, Lower Dominion, Salvation, Tempest and Deviant and Alpine trails
- Reconditioning of Lower Asylum
- An abundance of routine maintenance and cleanup on trails such as Exodus, Bushwack, Deceit, Ripper and Slayer
In addition to projects already completed, the following projects are slated to begin in early May and June:
- Completion of the IndyCross course which will extend to the base of the mountain
- New natural downhill trails and lines on the Diablo North Peak
- An all-new DH trail called Revelation located on the Main Peak
- Improved and rerouted Domboo Trail
- New and improved features including a new ‘Flume Drop’, as well as additional features in the new ‘Covenant’ area
The park will also unveil the all-new Diablo Mountain Sport ticketing, bike demo and retail center located in the Cobblestone Village of Mountain Creek Resort. Diablo Mountain Sports will offer the latest apparel, accessories and components from top brands including, Jamis, Fox Riders Co., BOS Suspension, Shimano, Dakine, Scott, FiveTen, WTB, and Kenda among many others.
Diablo Mountain Sports will be the one-stop source for bike and protective gear rentals featuring an entirely brand new bike demo fleet from Jamis Bikes and all-new protective gear from Fox Riders Co.
Later this month, Diablo Freeride Park will play host to the 7th annual U.S. Open of Mountain Biking scheduled to take place on May 22nd -24th. The 2009 U.S. Open will prove to be the largest U.S. Open event to date with various new improvements and additions including; an improved Downhill Course, a new Giant Slalom discipline and over $50,000 in cash and prizes. "I'm really looking forward to coming back to Diablo for my third US Open and defending my 08 Championship”, said 2008 U.S. Open Champion Steve Smith [Team Evil Bikes/MS-Racing]. “The U.S. Open rules! The weather is always amazing, the track is sick and so are all of the other trails I've ridden there. Diablo is always a really good time."
For more information about Diablo Freeride Park, please visit www.diablofreeridepark.com.
For detailed information about the 2009 U.S. Open of Mountain Biking, please visit www.usopen-mtb.com.
Official Diablo Freeride Park Sponsors and Partners include: Jamis Bicycles, Shimano, Freelap USA, Kenda, ethirteen, JBL Audio, RedBull, Fox Riders Co., Pinkbike.com, BOS Suspension, Scott USA, Skull Candy, Dakine, VholdR, Lizard Skins, Atomlab, Five Ten, WTB and Mountain Creek Resort.
Home of the U.S. Open of Mountain Biking, the Diablo Freeride Park at Mountain Creek Resort is America’s premier mountain bike park. Located only 47 miles from New York City and offering over forty feature-filled downhill and freeride trails, Diablo sets the standard for American bike parks.
Check out the Diablo Freeride Park Photo Gallery
- Construction of a new intermediate line called Ego Trip featuring small scale wallrides and bridge crossings
New Wall Ride
- Two new expert-only lines called Covenant and Pipeline which feature a 13 foot drop, a cannon jump, a 7 foot drop and two new tabletops
Cannon Jump
- Major reworking of lower ‘Alpine’ including two new table-top jumps
- Completely reshaped and reconditioned lips and landings on all jumps and features located on the Dominion, Lower Dominion, Salvation, Tempest and Deviant and Alpine trails
- Reconditioning of Lower Asylum
- An abundance of routine maintenance and cleanup on trails such as Exodus, Bushwack, Deceit, Ripper and Slayer
In addition to projects already completed, the following projects are slated to begin in early May and June:
- Completion of the IndyCross course which will extend to the base of the mountain
- New natural downhill trails and lines on the Diablo North Peak
- An all-new DH trail called Revelation located on the Main Peak
- Improved and rerouted Domboo Trail
- New and improved features including a new ‘Flume Drop’, as well as additional features in the new ‘Covenant’ area
The park will also unveil the all-new Diablo Mountain Sport ticketing, bike demo and retail center located in the Cobblestone Village of Mountain Creek Resort. Diablo Mountain Sports will offer the latest apparel, accessories and components from top brands including, Jamis, Fox Riders Co., BOS Suspension, Shimano, Dakine, Scott, FiveTen, WTB, and Kenda among many others.
Diablo Mountain Sports will be the one-stop source for bike and protective gear rentals featuring an entirely brand new bike demo fleet from Jamis Bikes and all-new protective gear from Fox Riders Co.
Later this month, Diablo Freeride Park will play host to the 7th annual U.S. Open of Mountain Biking scheduled to take place on May 22nd -24th. The 2009 U.S. Open will prove to be the largest U.S. Open event to date with various new improvements and additions including; an improved Downhill Course, a new Giant Slalom discipline and over $50,000 in cash and prizes. "I'm really looking forward to coming back to Diablo for my third US Open and defending my 08 Championship”, said 2008 U.S. Open Champion Steve Smith [Team Evil Bikes/MS-Racing]. “The U.S. Open rules! The weather is always amazing, the track is sick and so are all of the other trails I've ridden there. Diablo is always a really good time."
For more information about Diablo Freeride Park, please visit www.diablofreeridepark.com.
For detailed information about the 2009 U.S. Open of Mountain Biking, please visit www.usopen-mtb.com.
Official Diablo Freeride Park Sponsors and Partners include: Jamis Bicycles, Shimano, Freelap USA, Kenda, ethirteen, JBL Audio, RedBull, Fox Riders Co., Pinkbike.com, BOS Suspension, Scott USA, Skull Candy, Dakine, VholdR, Lizard Skins, Atomlab, Five Ten, WTB and Mountain Creek Resort.
Home of the U.S. Open of Mountain Biking, the Diablo Freeride Park at Mountain Creek Resort is America’s premier mountain bike park. Located only 47 miles from New York City and offering over forty feature-filled downhill and freeride trails, Diablo sets the standard for American bike parks.
Check out the Diablo Freeride Park Photo Gallery
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tacobell123
(May 3, 2009 at 22:11)
pretty sick can wait for sum sick videos of it
ahahaha, i saw the pictures of the cannon jump and the drop on Photography on the net like last week 
now i know where it is!
now i know where it is!
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vernon new jersey, opening weekend was sick, diablo knows what there doing thats for sure, every line is super smooth and flowy, and the Dh is amazing. IMO there building is rivaled by only one other bike park, and thats whistler. the easyest Dh on the entire mountain is what blue gives double black diamond status too. Leaps and bounds better than blue mountain, makes it seem like blue is an XC track. I recommend anyone who can drive the extra hours to diablo to do it, the time spent in the car is nothing compared to the hours of fun instore. (also if you cant drive and rely on parents... thers a water park beside it thats huge so im sure you could convice them to chill there while you ride, or drive like 45 minutes to new york city) I also wanna say that there are some kids there who can shred, there were little 12 - 13 year olds hitting the cannon, props to them, makes me wonder how these kids can shred so hard, and kids at blue break bones of little 3 foot drops. I also saw a dude who was like 70 shredding, mad props to him for tearing it up so hard. Jamis bikes was also at the opening, demoing there SS bike the parker, chillest guys ever, hooked us up with tools, a place to chill when it started raining sunday, and a bike to ride when my chain snapped (parker is an amazing bike for the price, probably the best bike on the market for a ratio of quality to cost, hell id buy it if it was more than a wildcard) Jamis knows what there doing with there bikes and there customer service,if your looking for a new ride id highly recommend a jamis. Overall Diablo is my definitly one of my top five favourtie bike parks.
i went to diablo on sunday, it rained and was awesome. ive never been so muddy after a day of riding but was also probably the best time ive ever had riding my bike
opening day was sick. it was wet and muddy in the morning but then got stacky and dry in the afternoon. the perfect day!! all the trails are awesome!
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it was awsome just wish alpine was open but still really happy with it sure missed it so it was great coming back
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