Turns out even with freezing temps and pounding rain, the compound is still bustling and productive. WTB riders Ryan Condrashoff, Brad Benedict and myself took the opportunity of a day off from riding to rout a new downhill short track. With the already existing 5 corner track and a bit of consultation from infamous Downhill coach Scott Scharples, we came up with a new track that traversed the front yard including a longer more technical rock garden. Check out the shots from the track and stay tuned for the riding shots

Ryan in the belly of the beast!

WTB riders Ryan Condrashoff and Brad Benedict have been hard at work rebuilding a set of dirt jumps at an undisclosed location. They shot over a couple photos just to tease us here at the office. Check back for shots of the full set and of course riding shots!

With heavy storms hitting California, the Southridge “Winter Series” was staying true to its name. As we approached the Grapevine on I-5, the reasoning for closing it the previous night was quite evident due to the amount of snow still on the road. Without a hitch we made it down to Fontana and met up with the X-Fusion-WTB riders Ryan Condrashoff and Brad Benedict who had headed out a day early to ride down in Ventura with the guys from Decline.

MOUNTAIN CROSS
Saturday afternoon WTB rider Ryan Condrashoff took part in the Mountain Cross in a stacked field including former world champ Eric Carter. During the semi-finals Ryan and former National 4X Overall Champion Rich “Big House” Houseman collided exiting a berm, with only one spot left to be filled in the finals, Ryan took the opportunity aboard his Prowler SS in the front and Nano Raptor on the rear and ended up taking 4th in the finals.

DOWNHILL
With furious storms on Saturday night, the skies cleared once again just in time for the Downhill finals. Although the pits were filled with small lakes, the DH track held up surprisingly well. WTB rider Brad Benedict looked great on the track all weekend but with a bobble in the gate resulting in a time penalty, he took a respectable 10th place.

To complete an already successful weekend Ryan Condrashoff put up a blistering time just under 3 seconds off the leader Chris Kovarik putting him in third place. “The conditions were great,” Condrashoff said. “I was running the Prowler MX up front and the Prowler SS in the back and they suited the track great! My run felt good, I wasn’t as tired as I thought I’d be and knew if I kept it smooth I could put up a good time.”

Stay tuned for updates on the up coming Round 3.

Here are a couple of shots from the drive down,