To say we showed Amanda Sin the trails of Dupont may be a little bit misleading. In fact, what Pura Vida Adventures mountain bike guide Joe Moerschbaecher did was direct Amanda where to go and try to stay close enough to her so that she did not have to wait at the major intersections to long before he and her fellow canadian Kasey Galdwin caught up to her.
Joe commented, "hikers in Dupont made comments regarding how we were getting beat by a girl, but I was pleased to know that we were close enough to her that people knew we were riding in the same group together." The long Canadian winter seems to have done little to effect Amanda's training as she had Casey and Joe chasing her for over 3hours through the single track of Dupont.
Joe commented "at the rate we were moving we were able to hit most of the major mountain bike trails in Dupont. It was a pleasure for me to not only ride with Amanda and Casey, but also to show them why Brevard is quickly becoming the mountain biking mecca of the southeast."
Amanda and Kasey will be in the carolinas training for the next couple of weeks and Pura Vida Adventures hopes that the weather treats them as well in the upcoming weeks as it did this weekend. The temperatures were in the high 60's to low 70's and the trail conditions have been incredible for the last 3 weeks.
Amanda said the following about the weather and trail conditions currently in Brevard, "The mountain biking is so awesome. Yesterday we went to Pisgah National Forest and today we hit up Dupont State Forest. The riding there is so much fun. There were tons of trails and the weather today was an amazing 23 C degrees. Pretty good for the end of February!"
Joe hopes to have an opportunity to ride with Kasey and Amanda again before they leave and all of Pura Vida Adventures wishes Amanda well with her 2011 season.
Pura Vida Adventures offers guided mountain biking and instructional programs to learn more visit http://www.mountainbikingnorthcarolina.com/ or http://www.pvadventures.com/ .
To learn more about Amanda Sin's racing visit her blog http://web.me.com/amandasin/Amanda/Blog/Entries/2011/2/27_Mountain_biking_in_NC.html
Joe commented, "hikers in Dupont made comments regarding how we were getting beat by a girl, but I was pleased to know that we were close enough to her that people knew we were riding in the same group together." The long Canadian winter seems to have done little to effect Amanda's training as she had Casey and Joe chasing her for over 3hours through the single track of Dupont.
Joe commented "at the rate we were moving we were able to hit most of the major mountain bike trails in Dupont. It was a pleasure for me to not only ride with Amanda and Casey, but also to show them why Brevard is quickly becoming the mountain biking mecca of the southeast."
Amanda and Kasey will be in the carolinas training for the next couple of weeks and Pura Vida Adventures hopes that the weather treats them as well in the upcoming weeks as it did this weekend. The temperatures were in the high 60's to low 70's and the trail conditions have been incredible for the last 3 weeks.
Amanda said the following about the weather and trail conditions currently in Brevard, "The mountain biking is so awesome. Yesterday we went to Pisgah National Forest and today we hit up Dupont State Forest. The riding there is so much fun. There were tons of trails and the weather today was an amazing 23 C degrees. Pretty good for the end of February!"
Joe hopes to have an opportunity to ride with Kasey and Amanda again before they leave and all of Pura Vida Adventures wishes Amanda well with her 2011 season.
Pura Vida Adventures offers guided mountain biking and instructional programs to learn more visit http://www.mountainbikingnorthcarolina.com/ or http://www.pvadventures.com/ .
To learn more about Amanda Sin's racing visit her blog http://web.me.com/amandasin/Amanda/Blog/Entries/2011/2/27_Mountain_biking_in_NC.html
