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CAMERON BEARD INTERNATIONAL
RACE UPDATE
HUGGIN TOPS PODIUM AT 21 ST CAPE
KIWANDA LONGBOARD CLASSIC
WINTER DEW TOUR LANDS IN
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLORADO LOGE CAMP COMPLETES
RENOVATIONS, ROCKS SUMMER
The Winter Dew Tour is one of the world’s premiere snowboarding, freeski, and para-
snowboard competitions and it will continue to stay in Summit County. For the last 11
years, the event took place at Breckenridge, but a new partnership between Mountain
Dew, Copper Mountain, and Adventure Sports Network Group is the driving force behind
moving this event to Copper Mountain. The festival will take place February 6-9th 2020.
The new partnership continues into 2021. The Loge Camp on Century Drive recently completed some major renovations and was
very busy all summer. The main lodge and reception/registration area is now complete.
The space includes food, beer, coffee, kombucha, a retail shop, and a new seating area.
There is also a workstation for guests. The hostel bunks are also complete and include a
shared kitchen for guests. The campground is still to be completed, but a bike pump track
now circles the property. Cog Wild has moved their operation here as well with mountain
shuttles readily available. There are high-end mountain bikes for rent as well as town
bikes for fun rides on the paths nearby. In the winter, gear will be available so skiers, rid-
ers, and snowshoers so they can just grab and go, no waiting! Every Friday night there are
free outdoor sports films as well as live music every Saturday. Around the campus there
are fire pits and shared barbecue areas to bring the community together after adventur-
ing. There are now five Loge Camps, Westport and Leavenworth in Washington are the
originals and now they’ve added Bend, Breckenridge, and Mt Shasta in California.
MIRA CAPICCHIONI COMPETED AT
THE JR WORLD CLIMBING CHAMPI-
ONSHIPS IN ARCO, ITALY
National USA National Bouldering Champion, Mira Capicchioni of Bend, traveled to Italy
this past August to compete at the Youth Climbing World Championships. Just being
there was an accomplishment as Mira suffered a broken ankle in the beginning of the
summer. She didn’t have the training needed for this highly competitive event with the
world’s best youth climbers. The IFSC Climbing Youth World Championships took place
August 22-31. All the juniors age 14-19 qualified in their home countries in lead, speed,
and bouldering. All the events took place at the Rockmaster Climbing Stadium in Arco,
Italy. Mira qualified in bouldering and managed a 31st place in Youth B Women age 14-
15. Although, a little disappointed in her placing Mira was in a walking boot just a few
weeks before leaving for Italy, so her results are impressive nonetheless.
Cameron Beard had a busy summer of international bike racing and now he’s back to
school at the University of Arizona for his Junior year. All of Cam’s easy classes are done
and he’s now into his hard science classes with a focus on Pre-Med. His hectic schedule
is four weeks of class then exams. Then do it again. He rides just about every morning
at 6 AM before the Arizona heat and before classes. Cam has even been tapped to help
coach the cycling team at the U of A.
Summer of 2019 was spent based in Luxemburg with his team. Although, he did jump
back over the pond for the USA Road Nationals where Cam took third in U23. Some
other good results came in two Hungary GP Races. First he was 6th overall and a 7th
overall and took the win in the climb stage getting the jersey and a double kiss. Other
races took place in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and back in Normandy, France where
many to the Tour de France racers showed up make the race the most competitive race
he had ever been in. Cam still managed to place in the 30’s before those racers were off
to Spain for the Grand Tour race.
BEND XRACERS PLACE WELL AT
JINGLE CROSS UCI WORLD CUP IN
IOWA CITY
Bend cross racers had a great
weekend September 13-15 at the
Jingle Cross UCI World Cup. Iowa
City was hot, humid, and when
it rained there was lots of mud.
Perfect for Cross except for the
hot and humid parts. Bend was
lead by Ryder Uetrecht (17-18)
who had a great race and landed
just off the podium in 6th. Bend’s
Sophie Russenberger was 24th
in Elite Womens, as well as Beth
Ann Orton, 29th in the same race.
Rounding out the field was 2x Na-
tional U23 Champion in Cross and
Road, and former Bend resident
Lance Haidet stepped up to Men’s
Elite to take 19th. Jingle Cross is
an annual race held in September
and has been sanctioned as a UCI
World Cup the last three years
making the races even more com-
petitive with many international
teams making the trip.
It was a beautiful weekend at Pacific City with some decent sized waves for the 21st
Annual Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic. The swell picked up on Sunday for the finals of
the competition put on by Moment Surf Company. Kai Huggin won his heat in the semi-
finals and then took first overall in his division (Boys 13-17) in the finals. Kai is a short
boarder at heart but had fun on a longboard this weekend, surfing with a group of his
friends that included Griffin Biancucci (5th in 13-19), Haden McCalister (2nd in 12 and
under) and Avery Snavely (7th in 12 and under). Kai Huggin has been doing this competi-
tion since he was nine and has been lucky enough to make it to the podium every year.
The weekend before at the Agate Beach Surf Classic before saw some really big and
clean waves. Kai Huggin topped the podium for his division in this event as well. He also
made into semifinals in the pro/am division and took 8th out of 40 men.
DREW RUANA SHINES AT WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FIRST
OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
This year’s World Championships were held in Hachioji City, about 30 minutes west of
Tokyo. With the 2020 Olympics only a year away, this event was especially important as it
was the first ever Olympic qualifying event (the top seven received an invite to compete
next year).
The first part of the competition went super well for Drew, he ended up with the highest
American placement for bouldering (8th) and the highest American placement for lead
(16th). Drew was stoked to be one of eight people who made it to both bouldering and
lead semifinals.
The second part was the Olympic qualifying event. The top 20 overall athletes from the
first part of the competition (score was determined by multiplying individual scores to-
gether) were allowed to compete again, with the top eight advancing to finals, and the top
seven of those eight getting an invite. Drew ended up in 13th place, the best he’s ever
done in a major international competition, but bittersweet as he felt very close to reaching
his Olympic goals. That being said, there’s two more qualifying events for 2020 so Drew
is very stoked to continue training!
MT BACHELOR UPGRADES
FACILITIES AND PARKING
Woodward Mountain Park, a thoughtfully planned and animated network of Woodward-
designed featured terrain zones that leverage the unique terrain and flow of each moun-
tain and offer a fun and intuitive on-mountain experience, is coming to Mt. Bachelor this
winter!
The Mt. Bachelor Woodward Mountain Park will consist of different themed on-mountain
experiences that vary in difficulty, include featured terrain offerings, and focus on inclusiv-
ity and creativity, therefore welcoming guests of all ages and abilities.
The Mt. Bachelor Woodward Mountain Park will have a base area Learning zone and the
Park will work its way up and down the mountain through an artfully constructed routing
that connects the entire fun and flowing experience offering a journey that is ultimately
controlled by the skier or rider’s freedom of personal movement. You can choose your
own adventure and set your own pace based on skill level or interest level.
Woodward Mountain Parks include three designated venues of featured terrain for Learn-
ing, Experiential and Performance. Within each venue are zones offering features and
terrain designs that provide innovative ways to teach, learn, coach, and progress.
To accommodate Woodward Mountain Park visitors and to enhance the guest experience
on the east side of Mt. Bachelor, Sunrise Lodge will undergo a significant remodel in time
for the 2019-20 winter season. Upgrades to the Sunrise lodge and base area include
modernized restroom facilities, remodeled rental shop to add capacity and quicken the
rental process, new kitchen equipment and a reconfiguration of the food court that that
will allow for an enhanced menu and faster service, and new furniture, paint and décor
throughout the building. Mt. Bachelor will also construct a third parking lot in the Sunrise
base area that will increase parking capacity by 50%. The new lot, with an initial capacity
of 300 cars, will sit below the existing lower Sunrise lot and will provide guests with quick
and easy access to the new chairlift.