Bearclaw Invitational coming August 5th - 6th

by Darren Berrecloth
Jul 5, 2011 at 17:25

It has been three years since I have held the Bearclaw Invitational slopestyle on Mt Washington. Myself and the staff at Mt Washington are fired up to get it going once again - it's coming August 5th - 6th. The course will be built by myself and a few island boys, and will definitely be one of the most challenging courses on the FMB world tour. Full face helmets are mandatory and since it's a gold level event, expect to see all the world's top athletes battling it out for the points and the $20,000 denero prize purse.

The invited athletes will be practicing on Thursday and Friday. Qualifying will be Friday night from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. On Saturday the top 18 finalists from Friday will ride finals at 1:00 pm with a best one of two run format. The high air contest is open to anyone, for info on the event check out http://bearclawinvitational.com/


The rider list is stacked, so keep this one circled on your calendar.

Darren Berrecloth
Cameron Mccaul
Tyler Mccaul
Greg Watts
Jamie Goldman
Paul Basagoitia
Andrew Taylor
Mike Montgomery
Cam Zink
Justin Wyper
Jordie Lunn
Sam Pilgrim
Grant Fielder
Kurt Sorge
Geoff Gullevich
Andreu Lacondeguy

Brandon Semenuk
Graham Aggasiz
Alex Pro
Ammir Kabbani
Casey Groves
Kyle Strait
Sam Dueck
Erick Lawrenuk
Sam Reynolds
Mitch Chubey
Yannick Granieri
Martin Soderstrom
Kelly McGarry
Bret Rheeder
Ryan Howard









To stay updated on the course building progress check out my twitter page twitter.com/darenberrecloth or my blog at iamspecialized.com/gravity/rider/darren-berrecloth#/blog
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27 Comments

  • + 32
flag KonaBass911 (Jul 5, 2011 at 18:23)
 This will be hands down one of THE best FMBA courses of the year, especially because it's built by the Claw.
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flag Tader16 (Jul 5, 2011 at 18:44)
 No comment... just stoked....
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flag masterbailer (Jul 7, 2011 at 0:21)
 Why isn't Anthony Messere in it? He's sending it this year
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flag ripperboy (Jul 7, 2011 at 1:29)
 I think he is hurt
  • + 3
flag chyu (Jul 7, 2011 at 8:26)
 What Alex Pro gonna ride?
  • + 1
flag tuggertony (Jul 7, 2011 at 8:56)
 Anthony is not hurt, he's riding up at Whistler right now, and he was hoping he would of got an invite to the Bearclaw Invitational.
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flag mike-gillespie (Jul 7, 2011 at 10:25)
 sorry chyu i neg proped you suposed to be plus... and i guess hes bike he bought
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flag harriieee (Jul 7, 2011 at 14:33)
 I've heard Alex Pro is gonna ride an upturned burning car with all its windows smashed out.
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flag c25porter (Jul 7, 2011 at 10:48)
 The high jump is what really gets me, tricks are cool and all, but damn that guy got up there, next they should have a longest drop, with some sort of adjustable structure.
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flag VTwintips (Jul 8, 2011 at 6:37)
 thats just stupid. highest drop would be smart though. Wink
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flag ToxicProductionz (Jul 7, 2011 at 10:05)
 Best line up of riders so far this year!!! Except there missing Anthony Messere!
  • + 2
flag pennel69 (Jul 8, 2011 at 1:01)
 And Fogel.
  • + 1
flag ToxicProductionz (Jul 8, 2011 at 20:28)
 Yes!!!
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  • + 4
flag screenname  (Jul 7, 2011 at 0:41)
 looks tasty
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  • + 1
flag mtbman1980 (Jul 7, 2011 at 7:49)
 This rocks and I live 15min from the lifts. I missed the first two times I will not be missing this one.
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flag ship-it-fed-ex (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:02)
 Yo claw you forgot to invite one of the youngest brightest talents out there Anthony Messere big fail!!
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flag pedalhound (Jul 7, 2011 at 11:27)
 I was at the first one and it was AWESOME.....I can't make it up for this one though unfortunately...Le Sad...
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flag mvonhollen (Jul 7, 2011 at 12:19)
 This is my favorite slopestyle event, Im so glad its back, the course will be amazing
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  • + 1
flag bluezac17 (Jul 8, 2011 at 23:04)
 SO SO SO SO SO SO SO STOAKED!
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  • + 2
flag EricThiessen (Jul 7, 2011 at 11:08)
 so stoked its back!!!
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  • + 1
flag Phil-rides-a-bike (Jul 7, 2011 at 3:51)
 YES! Pretty much the best event ever is back!!!!
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flag oO888Oo (Jul 6, 2011 at 4:22)
 that s cool Big Grin
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  • + 2
flag prevail (Jul 7, 2011 at 0:10)
 lol andrea lacondeguy
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  • + 2
flag jejemon (Jul 7, 2011 at 2:32)
 who's andrea lacondeguy?
  • + 25
flag dingus (Jul 7, 2011 at 4:05)
 Andreu's mum?
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  • + 1
flag dtrainmiller (Jul 7, 2011 at 3:37)
 WHAT A LINE UP OF RIDERS!!!!!!!! Smile
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  • + 2
flag sickdj17 (Jul 5, 2011 at 17:53)
 im excited for this
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