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DH Race Promoter Dave “Crash” Collins Passes

By Brice Lee - January 12, 2010 - 19:40

By Brice Minnigh

dave-crash-collins-dOn a weekend when mountain bikers were to be celebrating our sport at the Dam Cold Downhill race in Bootleg Canyon, Nevada, many will instead be attending a memorial service for that race’s spirited organizer.

Dave “Crash” Collins, who had devoted much of his energy to promoting races on Bootleg Canyon’s downhill trails, passed on January 8 following an intense battle with cancer. His passing came just 10 days short of his 48th birthday.

Mere weeks before being diagnosed with terminal cancer in late November 2009, Collins had announced his ambitious plans for the Dam Cold Downhill, a new pro-am that promised a $20,000 prize purse. The race, which was scheduled for January 16-17, was designed to give local racers a rare opportunity to compete against some of the world’s fastest pros.

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Dam Cold Downhill race to debut in January at Bootleg Canyon

By Brice Lee - October 14, 2009 - 19:25

Words: Brice Minnigh

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Following the success of the two previous St. Patty’s Day Feast races at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, Nevada, the organizer is upping the ante with a new pro-am race in January that is promising a $20,000 prize purse.

The new race, the “Dam Cold Downhill,” is designed to give local pro racers and amateurs a rare opportunity to race against some of the world’s fastest professionals. Many top pros spend much of the winter in southern California to train in the temperate weather, and several have verbally committed to race in the inaugural event, which is scheduled for January 16-17, 2010. Among those expected to participate are the likes of Sam Hill, Cedric Gracia and brothers Gee and Dan Atherton.

“Gee and Dan [Atherton] have told me if there’s a $20,000 prize purse then they will definitely show up to race,” said organizer David “Crash” Collins, a former pro downhiller who has organized the previous St. Patty’s Day Feast races at Bootleg Canyon. “Being a pro-am, it will give amateurs the opportunity to be on the same course with the pros and compare their times with the likes of Sam Hill.

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Interbike Begins….

By Lesser - September 21, 2009 - 20:24

For the last few years the trend at Interbike has been fewer vendors and/or smaller spaces inside the Sands Convention Center, and more exhibitors with a bigger presence showing up to offer demo bikes and brave the winds of the Bootleg Canyon Trails here in Boulder City, Nevada.

After Day One of the two-day Outdoor Demo, we have yet to see what kind of turnout the halls of Interbike will see this year, but so far the trend of companies going big at Outdoor Demo is showing no sign of letting up.

Hundreds of retailers and media and hangers-on came out to Bootleg to demo the latest and greatest, fish for swag and do their best to stay cool.

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KHS Team Video

By Screamin Mimi - August 27, 2009 - 16:57

Follow Team KHS as the riders compete on the Pro Mountain Bike Tour. Shot by team videographer Casey Fasset, the video hits all the tour stops—from Bootleg Canyon, Nevada, to Sol Vista, Colorado and Crankworx Colorado in Winter Park.

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