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Ryan Leech for the WIN : 30 Day Wheelie Practice for FREE

Right NOW you can visit PinkBike for the link to this free training. A BIG Shoutout to Ryan Leech for creating this awesome program and for his generosity. Make sure to # yourself and reach out to Ryan Leech with your gratitude.

DISCLAIMER :: Please be aware that this is not the time to have a hospital visit & please ride within your limits. Have a wheelie great week!

Trail Ninjas :: Letter from the Leaders

To Trail Ninja's,
Thanks everyone who has signed-up for this season and those that were planning to return. We were very excited to offer more riding, trail leadership and bike coaching this season. The Ninja events calendar had amazing trail events, local group rides, instructional rides and coach development opportunities for leaders. We have all been watching the COVID-19 situation evolve each day. As such as of today we have decided to CANCEL (until further notice) all 2020 Ninja programs including:

TNT Crew

G-Tribe and

Academy

We will update you shortly for refunds. AND we hope to provide you an opportunity to purchase a 2020 jersey.

We thank our very supportive community partners: North Okanagan Cycling Society (NOCS), Sun Country Cycle, Pleasant Valley Dental, Vernon Toyota, Monashee Rail Corporation, Predator Ridge, Silver Star Mountain and Rob Foord.

And a big shout out to the returning coaches and leaders:

Nicole, John and guests - TNT
Crystal and Niki - GTribe
Pete, Sam and Wade - Academy

The GOOD NEWS is we are still able to enjoy the outdoors. Refer to BC Parks for updates on trail closures and park use. Please get your 2020 NOCS MEMBERSHIP before riding. Click here.

Feel free to contact Nicole or Wade if you have any questions.

Kindest Regards,

Wade Garrod

TXT 250-550-5322

E w adegarrod@gmail.com

&

Nicole Guerrero

TXT 250-938-4304

E nicole.c.guerrero@gmail.com

Bike Fest... Maybe Next Year

"It is hard to believe that it has not even been a month since the NOCS annual general meeting. A lot has changed in the past three weeks. A small part of the AGM was supposed to be the official launch of Vernon Bike Fest 2020. However, things were already starting to look serious regarding COVID-19 (it had just the day before, on March 11, been declared a pandemic), so I introduced the event, but said that we would make a final decision about its status and announce it within a month. There has been ample evidence for quite some time that it will not be possible for the event to go forward. So, it will come as no surprise that, I am hereby declaring Vernon Bike Fest 2020 officially cancelled.

There is too much uncertainty about when life will return to normal, so rather than attempt to predict a date to which the event can be postponed, we are just going to mothball Bike Fest until next year. For information on what this year's Bike Fest was to look like, and for a preview of what next year's Bike Fest will be, check out http://www.okcycling.com/bikefest. Additionally, we are working to have some events ready so that we can celebrate the day when we get the "all-clear" from our various governmental institutions. So, please stay tuned, and keep well."

- Bike Fest Coordinator, Dave Boutillier

Update from BC Parks

The Provincial Health Authority is requesting the public to practice social distancing to help reduce the spread of Covid19 this includes within our Provincial Parks.

Please follow this link for information regarding Provincial Park use during this time.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/

Thanks for your cooperation,

BC PARKS

Update from RSTBC (Recreation Sites)

A Note from Predator Ridge :: All Trails are CLOSED but should open soon!

The trails are close but remain closed.
Assessments were done twice this last week - Wednesday was good but Thursday was wet and soft - there is still frost still in the ground up there and we anticipate it will get worse before it gets better. If the forecast holds, perhaps open next weekend.
Remedial work was also done on some of the badly rutted areas and the next day, tire tracks were observed on the freshly tamped area - riders are ducking under the ropes and are asked again to respect the closure.

Upcoming Events

Bike Fest - TBD
Bombshell Enduro - June 20, 2020
Bush Babes Soup 2 Nutz race :: bike & trail run solo or team - July 18
Okanagan 24 :: July 25-26, 2020 Discount Code NOCS15
Bush Babes Aqua Terra :: SUP, bike and trail run solo or team - September 20

Community Spotlight #MtbVernon

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Please remember to keep stoking our NOCS community fire by tagging your photos @nocs.vernon & #MtbVernon to be featured in our weekly photo roundup. The pictures get better every week -- keep them coming!!