2019 Junior Cyclocross Clinics

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Juniors are invited to come out and learn new skills and fine-tune their current skills, where top coaches and local racers share and instruct all things cyclocross.

Details:

  • Due to scheduling conflicts with our Junior Cyclocross Camp we will only be running two clinics this year, Thursday, August 22nd and 29th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at – Alpenrose Dairy
  • Open to all Juniors race age 9-18
  • All ability levels welcome
  • Participation is FREE!

Please bring your bike, helmet, and water. Riders and parents will need to sign a release form at their first clinic, which will apply to all future clinics for the year. OBRA membership is required. Memberships can be purchased on site, or here: obra.org/membership/new.

If you’d like to print and sign a waiver at home, so you don’t have to do it onsite, waivers can be found here: http://www.obra.org/pdfs/waiver.pdf.

Questions? Email Joel at jfletcher@obra.org.

2019 Junior Cyclocross Camp

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#CROSSISCOMING
Junior Racers age 13-18 are invited to join us for our Bend Endurance Academy Cyclocross Camp in Hood River August 11 – 14. We will focus on teamwork, skills, and techniques while reinforcing proper movement, discussing important topics in the classroom, and exploring the area on some long base-building group rides.
Check out the recap video from 2018: https://vimeo.com/285600138
While no Cyclocross racing experience is necessary, we do require that participants:

  • Are ages 13-18
  • Are intermediate or experienced in Road, Mountain Bike or Track racing
  • Come to Camp well-rested with a good level of fitness
  • Must desire to improve skills and work hard!

This is a training camp with long rides and high cumulative workloads that will boost your fitness and confidence coming into the CX Season. We will specifically highlight ways to prepare for CX Nationals in Tacoma, WA in December.
Camp Leaders: Bill Warburton (Bend Endurance), Joel Fletcher (OBRA), & Steven Beardsley (PDX Devo). Other Coaches to be announced. Preliminary Camp Schedule:
Sunday, August 11:

  • Check-in between 4 – 6 PM
  • Dinner at 6:30 PM
  • Introductions, Overview, Goals
  • Classroom #1
  • Lights out 10 PM

Monday, August 12:

  • Late optional arrival between 7:00 – 8:00 AM
  • Breakfast 7:30
  • Skills Course & CX Technique Work
  • Lunch
  • Strength, Conditioning and Self-Care Session
  • Free Time / Games & Activities
  • Dinner 6:30
  • Classroom #2

Tuesday, August 13:

  • Breakfast 7:00 & Pack lunch
  • Group Longest Ride 8 – Noon (Mt. Hood area, lots of gravel roads)
  • Swim & Sack Lunch
  • Free Time / Games & Activities / Snacks
  • Strength, Conditioning and Self-Care Session
  • Classroom #3
  • Dinner
  • Ice Cream & Urban Freestyle Walking

Wednesday, August 14:

  • Breakfast 7:30
  • Mock Nationals Race Day with prep, warm-up, racing, cool-down.
  • Debriefing & Group Photo
  • Lunch 11:30
  • Depart between 1 – 2 PM

Cost is $250 and includes all food and transportation within the camp. 
Registration is open now through August 5th at 6 PM.
To sign up you can create an account and enroll on our site:

A week prior to camp we will send a packing list, outline the rides we want to do and name the assistant coaches.

2019 OBRA Junior Track Camp Recap

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Thank you to all of the kids who came out to the 2019 OBRA Junior Track Camp. From all of the coaches and staff, we hope you had a great weekend of learning how to ride and race on the velodrome.

The full list of the remainder of the track races can be found here.

The Alpenrose Cup offers free Junior Racing on Wednesday night’s at Alpenrose. Click here for more information.

If you’d like to practice riding on the track more is a safe and comfortable environment with instructors, click here for more information on our Alpenrose Track Development Class.

Next up on our Junior Camp schedule is Cyclocross Camp, August 11th – 14th.

Enjoy the photos below!