RR: Temecula - Vail Lake - Photo shoot - Bike mags

[ranoaclan]

Well we just wrapped up an exhausting weekend! Bicycling Magazine and Mountain Bike magazine came down to SoCal for the end of the season sunshine. Fortunately we got some! Which is such a good thing. The rains are amazing and so good for the trails. Anyways with the Tour Of California coming to town the editors of these magazines wanted to do a story on the Southern California Bike scene. So after a few weeks of phone calls and appointments we finnaly got them down here and ready to make miracles happen. The photographer ( Tim ) was awesome! He made the photo and video shoots so easy to do.

Saturday we started our shoots up at the Santa Rosa Plateau. It was a little overcast and grey. But all that only added to the experience. We were up and shooting by 5:30am. Gotta catch the early moring light! We got some really good stuff and after about 3 hours we headed to Starbucks for a warmup. After some lunch and coffee we headed out to Vail Lake Resort which was the focus area for the entire story. Our focus for the afternoon was the ridgelines and the freeriding downhill stuff. So I called up some friends who like to go big and we rallied some amazing shots. I have to give big props to Jake for hitting all the A-line jumps and making everything look easy. He must have walked up Burning Calves 10-12 times to allow the Tim to get a series of shots and videos. Jake rocked it and hucked the big gaps like a champ. This was a fun afternon for sure!

Sunday morning was another early day. We were out at Vail by 6:30. The weather was amazing. It was super cold but the sun was out and the light was hitting off the few clouds in the sky. The sky was all full of oranges and purples. Our focus for the morning was Cross Country and mainly the ridgeline rollercoasters. We put the hemet cams on and proceded to have the most fun of the weekend. There were about 8 of of us just freight trainng one behind each other. It was awesome. Tim got some amazing shots from so far away. He was able to film us rolling the whole ridgelines. It was awesome to see some of the video when we were done! Later that afternoon I called up some of the big air boys and we met at a local Downhill Jump spot that has the most amazing scenery. Jake and Tyler showed up and we got some sick shots of big air and big rock drops. We even shot some of the local kids ripping up the pump track! It was a super fun way to wind up the weekend. Thanks to Jake and Tyler for going big on camera. These guys have major Huevos!

All weekend long we got tons of footage and over 12 interviews. From what I gather this will be a major piece in the upcoming months. Plus I know Tim will put the videos up on Both Mountain Bike Magazine and Bicycling. The next SoCal exposure will be at the "12 Hours Of Temecula" this coming January. The Cycling Industry is very interested in what we are doing down here.
I am super stoked to be a part of the magic that SoCal is generating. After all this our home and home is GOOD!

Keep checking this thread. I will post some of the video and phots here as I get them downloaded. Should be the next couple of days!

Have a great day and enjoy the rain!

Jason Ranoa
Socal Endurance "12 Hours Of SoCal"
www.socalendurance.com

[dstepper]

I truly hope that the Vail Lake downhills work out, we so need a place of the gravity crowd to ride in So-Cal.

Dean

[1c3y]

anyone have any updates on this lately?

[denmother]

Originally Posted by 1c3y

anyone have any updates on this lately?

Nothing lately! Search for "vailocity"

[Rockinthecasbah]

photoshoot, bikes, no pics? wtf

[Vince]

Bad news. I talked to Dale @ Division26. He said for now it is not happening.

[92se-r]

vailocity isn't opening?

[mr.hobbs]

Originally Posted by 92se-r

vailocity isn't opening?

It's open and always has been now, you just have to ride/pedal yourself around.

[ranoaclan]

The photo op took place and we had a video on Bicycling.com I also posted it on its own thread somewhere here. I will find it. I will also post a link to the vid on the web. There should be a article also coming out in the magazine! Big thanks to Tyler and Jake for hucking it up!
J

[ranoaclan]

Here is the link to the bike video for Vail Lake.

http://video.bicycling.com/video/GPS...uide-Vail-Lake

Coming up we have another gravity feature going on for SoCal. We are doing a Freeride / gravity spot feature.

J

[mpmffitz]

Thats right it is not sponsored anymore..

[EC1]

Originally Posted by Vince

Bad news. I talked to Dale @ Division26. He said for now it is not happening.

I think what Dale was trying to explain is that Dale and I would no longer be doing any trail work or construction out at Vail Lake,

As far as i know the park is still open to ride for a day use fee, there is also the events that are out there.... the racers and chasers series and the 12 hours of Temecula stuff.

As far as the gravity park, its future and the shuttle services, any questions should be addressed by calling the resort.

Vail Lake Resort
Phone: 951-303-0173 1-866-824-5525

We hope to be able to do another Hill Billy Bike Bash and have started talking about the possibility of doing it again this year and where we could host it.

Thanks,

E.C.

[mpmffitz]

It sucks no one wanted to run the DH lines this morning....

[EC1]

Originally Posted by mpmffitz

It sucks no one wanted to run the DH lines this morning....

I think most riders know that your technically not allowed to self shuttle out there....i think you were trying to get a group together to shuttle in your truck, correct?

[denmother]

Originally Posted by ranoaclan

Here is the link to the bike video for Vail Lake.

http://video.bicycling.com/video/GPS...uide-Vail-Lake

Coming up we have another gravity feature going on for SoCal. We are doing a Freeride / gravity spot feature.

J

Awesome video!!!! Where is the gravity spot feature going to be?

[lizardking]

Originally Posted by EC1

I think what Dale was trying to explain is that Dale and I would no longer be doing any trail work or construction out at Vail Lake,

As far as i know the park is still open to ride for a day use fee, there is also the events that are out there.... the racers and chasers series and the 12 hours of Temecula stuff.

As far as the gravity park, its future and the shuttle services, any questions should be addressed by calling the resort.

Vail Lake Resort
Phone: 951-303-0173 1-866-824-5525

We hope to be able to do another Hill Billy Bike Bash and have started talking about the possibility of doing it again this year and where we could host it.

Thanks,

E.C.

Simpson Park, maybe?

[mullarks]

That sucks to hear. Sounds like all the DH stuff fell through, well hopefully a better opportunity will show up. Thanks again for are your hard work on this EC.

Originally Posted by EC1

I think what Dale was trying to explain is that Dale and I would no longer be doing any trail work or construction out at Vail Lake,

As far as i know the park is still open to ride for a day use fee, there is also the events that are out there.... the racers and chasers series and the 12 hours of Temecula stuff.

As far as the gravity park, its future and the shuttle services, any questions should be addressed by calling the resort.

Vail Lake Resort
Phone: 951-303-0173 1-866-824-5525

We hope to be able to do another Hill Billy Bike Bash and have started talking about the possibility of doing it again this year and where we could host it.

Thanks,

E.C.

[ranoaclan]

I am getting ready to meet with some of the photogs and editors real soon and figure out all the logistics. We have some new gravity spots that I'll be able to talk about in about a month or so. Should be fun!
J

[EC1]

Originally Posted by lizardking

Simpson Park, maybe?

private property is a lot better then a city park for an event like Hill Billy and i don't think they are very fond of the gravity set out at simpson?

would be a really fun spot though.

[dhbatman]

I grew up in the Temecula area before there was realy anything out here. There has always been great riding out at Vail lake! I have been saying fro over a decade now that somethin needs to happen out here. I race DH and dable in just about everything else so if anyone needs assistance with this project or trail building or anything else just let me know cuz I am more than willing to do what I can to keep this project moving forward!

also...
Thanks to everyone who has worked on this!