Trek Re-Ups Sponsorship with Dirt Series Mountain Bike Camps
Expert instruction and great bikes are all part of the package with the Trek Dirt Series Mountain Bike Camps. Photo by Mike Gamble.
Whistler, BC-based Dirt Series Mountain Bike Camps announced today that Trek Bicycles has signed a two-year title sponsorship extension with the company. The women-focused series, which travels to several locations throughout the western US and Canada giving weekend-long mountain bike training sessions, will feature a variety of Trek Bikes for both coach use and camper demos, including the Lush SL 29, Remedy 9 29, Remedy 9 and 9.8 27.5, Slash 8 and 9 and the Session 88.
The women of the Trek Dirt Series shred the gnar. Photo by Logan Swayze.
According to Trek Dirt Series Founder Candace Shadley, the camps are not only benefical to campers, but a boon to sponsors and local shops alike.
“The program gets people super excited about mountain biking and we have an amazing selection of bikes from the single track trail, technical trail, and gravity line ups, and something in every wheel size too,” said Shadley. “Trek Dirt Series participants bought an average of 70 new Trek bikes from their local shops in each of the last two years after demos at our camps, and that’s just the ones we can track!”
Smiles are common sightings at the Trek Dirt Series. Photo by Justa Jeskova.
The news of the sponsorship extension comes just days before registration for 2014 camps opens on February 1. It’s not uncommon for camps to sell out quickly, according to Shadley, particularly ones in mounstain bike destinations like Whistler, BC, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Hood River, Ore. The Trek Dirt Series includes 19 total camp weekends, most of which are women-only, but three of which are co-ed.
2014 Mountain Bike Camp Schedule
[26-27] Los Gatos, CA
May
[3-4] Santa Cruz, CA (co-ed)
[10-11] Santa Cruz, CA
[24-25] Whistler, BC
[31-Jun 1] Edmonton, AB
June
[7-8] Calgary, AB
[14-15] Whistler, BC
[21-22] Whistler, BC (co-ed)
[28-29] Winthrop, WA
[12-13] Whistler, BC
[19-20] Winter Park, CO
[26-27] Park City, UT
August
[2-3] Hood River, OR
[9-10] Fernie, BC
[16-17] Canmore, AB
[23-24] Silver Star, BC
September
[6-7] Whistler, BC (co-ed)
[20-21] Fruita, CO
[27-28] Durango, CO
For more information visit dirtseries.com.
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