THE DIRT CORPS 2008 TEAM

The Dirt Corps is an organized group of riders, trail builders and mountain bike advocates based primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

We started in 2005 with 5 founders, and have since grown to well over 30 active members. Some of our accomplish-ments include building a bike skills park for the city of Snoqualmie, holding the annual BENT event (a DH and Freeride contest with some twists), and conducting bike coaching sessions such as the Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day in conjunction with Trips For Kids.

In addtion to our building and advocacy efforts we also field a sponsored DH race team that attends local and national races. This allows us to showcase our riding talent and provide feedback to our sponsors about the products they create and how to make them better. It also exposes us to a wider range of terrain and features that we can then draw from when designing and building new trails and bike park systems.

Dirt is in our blood. Always faithful. Always filthy.

Semper Dirticus!

THE DIRT CORPS

C O V E R : D A N S A I M O A T S - L I N E . P H O T O B Y B R A D W A LT O N T H E D I R T C O R P S R A C E T E A M A T T H E B E A C O N B L O W O U T

The Founder Star is composed of five chevron elements. Each chevron represents one of the original founders: Dan Saimo, Matt Patterson, Tyler and Bryce Kloster and Justin Rose. The five chevrons face the center representing a unified vision and solidarity in thought. The star is a symbol of excellence, hope and strength in numbers.

Dan Saimo

Matt Patterson

Tyler and BryceKloster

MarcyKloster and Melissa Hathaway

Justin Rose

THE FOUNDER STAR

S A M S A I M O W E A R S T H E F O U N D E R R A C E J E R S E Y O N T H E P O D I U M A T M T. H O O D R A C E # 5

Top row:Matt Patterson Brian GuseChase SchmidtSam Saimo Marcy KlosterTyler Kloster

Bottom row:Jim McCracken Jeff Peterson Justin Rose Tristyn DuerrGraham BarryDan Saimo

Utah:Bryce KlosterMelissa Hathaway

Riders, builders and racers - this is the heart and soul of the fully sponsored 2008 Dirt Corps Team.

THE CORE TEAM

T H E C O R E T E A M O N T H E M E E T I N G R O C K A T S T E L L A R P A R K , S N O Q U A L M I E

Completed Phase I of the Snoqualmie Bike Park (Phase II currently under construction).

Raised over $5,000 in donations for trail and park building.

Worked over 3,000 hours on developing new riding opportunites both locally and regionally.

Earned 30 podium finishes (5th or better) in local and national races. Added 13 racers (9 new for 2007).

Held BENT EVENT II, a local invitational race combining DH and Freeride in an innovative format.

Expanded trail building efforts locally and regionally: Tokul, Galbraith, Snoqualmie, Peeler, Collonade and Port Angeles.

Conducted freeride demonstrations including the Take a KidMountain Biking Day sponsored by REI.

Acquired CNC Mill and Mig Welder for fabrication of customdesigned trail building tools by Dirt Corps Industries.

Redesigned web site design and upgraded server software.

Increased membership to over 30 fully dedicated riders, builders and racers.

Participated in several mountain bike movie productions scheduled for release in 2008.

2007 MILESTONES

E V E R Y O N E P I T C H E S I N T O B U I L D T H E S N O Q U A L M I E B I K E P A R K

Upgrade web site and begin to build online community.

Provide Karakoram trail tools to the regional trail building community and continue to innovate in tool design.

Build one brand new signature PNW freeride trail.

Complete Phase II of Snoqualmie Bike Park.

Plan, design and seek approval of local Dirt Jump Park.

Dominate the local Pacific Northwest Gravity Series with our 15+ person race team and represent at state and national events.

Hold the 3rd Annual BENT Event - an invitational event held locally, designed to kick off the race season.

Initiate discussions with the Forest Service to adopt and maintain the Exit 38 Downhill trail system.

Collaborate with Steven’s Pass ski area on design of the future planned bike park.

Continue to receive support of our 2007 industry partners and identify opportunities for new sponsors.

Establish non-profit organization to raise funds and create awareness needed for larger scale projects.

Learn new tricks!

2008 GOALS

M A T T P A T T P U L L S O F F H I S F I R S T S U P E R M A N O N S - L I N E

Discovery happens in many ways - you hear something from a fellow rider about a new area, you have the spidey tingles about a new area on the way home from work or you stumble across it out on a ride. Once you find it though, it’s on like Donkey Kong! You hit the maps, research property boundaries online, hit your pilot friends up for a fly by and eventually fire up the Unimog, gather the troops and get on the recon.

Once on location, the trail often unveils itself. You anticipate fall and winter as they are the best times to build when the vegitation begins to fade and the natural lines unfurl before you. You mention the potential to your friend, he tells a few buddies and the next thing you know you have a work party in full force knocking out the next epic destination. With the proper tools and resources you move fast. Dirt and rock form booters and berms, cedar stringers and planking fall into place, stones are arranged to form solid riding surfaces, rocks and boulders are sought out for skills lines and soon you have something to write home to moms about.

Along the way someone coins a name - Mugatu, Loose Pole, Staboner, Ghetto Bird, The Scorp, etc... Some are better than others but that’s not what is important - what’s important is that they are there and its game on. “Did you see Matt no-foot that gap?” “Dude! Rose just tattooed that tree!”, “Dang! T-Bomb just re-worked the boundaries on that line!” Each trail presents it’s own unique set of challenges to conquer but the more you hit it the better you get it. Before you know it you’re going higher, tweaking it harder and shaving seconds off your time.

RECON BUILD RIDE

A F R E S H LY M I N T E D D I R T C O R P S S I G N A T U R E L I N E S O M E W H E R E D E E P I N T H E P A C I F I C N O R T H W E S T

Dan Saimo Expert Men 40Matt Patterson Expert Men 30Tristyn Duerr Expert Men 30Brian Guse Expert Men 16Justin Rose Sport Men 30Graham Barry Sport Men 30Tyler Kloster Sport Men 29Bryce Kloster Sport Men 29

Dan Saimo Sport 40: Beacon: 2nd, Crankworx: Garbonzo: 28th, AirDH: 21st, Mt. Hood: 1st, Expert: 4th (moved up end of season). Matt Patterson Expert 30: BENT II: 2nd, Beacon: 4th, Crankworx: Air DH: 4th, Dual Slalom: 6th, Garbanzo DH: 9th, MX: 5th, Mt Hood Series: 3rd, 1st, 1st, 4th (2nd overall). Brian Guse Sport 15: Beacon: 9th, Crankworx: Air DH: 14th, Mt Hood: 11th, 1st, 1st. Chase Schmidt Sport 14: Beacon: 2nd, Crankworx: Air DH: 21st, MX: 4th, Mt. Hood: 4th, 3rd Spencer Aston Beginner 14: Mt. Hood: 5th, 1st. Sam Saimo Beginner 12: Beacon: 7th, Mt. Hood: 7th, 2nd. Graham Barry Sport 30: Mt. Hood: 4th. Cheryl Frey Beginner 20: Mt. Hood: 1st. Tyler Kloster Sport 26: Beacon: 2nd, Mt. Hood: 5th. Bryce Kloster Sport 26: Beacon: 3rd. Kelby Madrone Beginner 14: Beacon: 2nd, Mt. Hood: 1st. Aaron Sauve Sport 30: Mt. Hood: 5th. Marcy Scheelar Sport 26: Mt. Hood: 4th. Andre Ciabattari Sport 30: Beacon: 1st.

Marcy Kloster Sport Women 29Melissa Hathaway Sport Women 29Chase Schmidt Sport Men 15Sam Saimo Sport Men 12Aaron Sauve Beginner Men 30Jim McCracken Beginner Men 40Tom Neuberger Beginner Men 30Cheryl Frey Beginner Women 29

2008 RACE TEAM

M A T T P A T T E R S O N A T T A C K S T H E S U N D E C K D R O P A T M T. H O O D

2 0 0 7 R A C E R E S U LT S

P O D I U M S 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th T O T A L E X P E R T 2 2 1 5 1 11 S P O R T 3 3 2 2 2 12 B E G I N N E R 3 2 1 1 7

T O T A L 8 7 3 8 4 30

C H A S E T A K E S A B R E A K F R O M R I D I N G T O S H O W O F F H I S B L I N G E D O U T B L I N D S I D E

Transition Blindside, RawFox DHX5.0 w/ Ti springFox 40 RC2 ForkSunline V-One Bar / StemAvid Juicy 7 BrakesDanger Boy Levers

Gravity Light CranksetE.13 38T DH ChainringSunline V-One PedalsTransition 32mm WheelsMaxxis Minion 3C Tires

Sunline V-One SaddleTruvative XR SeatpostSram X-9 Shifters / DeraillersSram PC 951 Cassette

2008 FACTORY RIDE

The bike park process from concept to opening took a little under a year to complete. The Dirt Corps worked with the City of Snoqualmie to acquire land, plan, approve and build the park. We raised funds from the community donations and

coordinated volunteer efforts. Phase 1 opened in the summer of 2007 with a pump track and TTF structures. Phase 2 is under construction for spring 2008 completion. A large scale jump park is being planned for an adjacent lot in late 2008.

THE SNOQUALMIE BIKE PARK

PHASE 1

PHASE 2

FUTURE PHASE

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Version 3 of the Dirt Corps website includes a visual upgrade, added functionality and a growing user base. Here are some of the new features planned for 2008:

D I S C U S S I O N F O R U M SCommunity forums and discussion areas will be introduced and it will integrate with email to make it easy for people to keep touch with the Dirt Corps.

W E E K LY U P D A T E S Weekly content updates about trail building progress, event reports, rides, and rider blogs will keep the information flowing and enable large scale work efforts.

H O W T O G U I D E SWant to learn how to build your own park? Find out how we did it along with a ten step checklist to quickly get started.

R I D E V I D E O SWe will continue to post ride and build footage of you favorite Dirt Corps characters sending it and revealing their latest structures hidden away in the woods.

T E A M C A L E N D A ROur race and activities schedule so you can hook up with us.

B U T T H A T ’ S N O T A L L !We’ll also have content for you to download - cool desktop images for your computer, photo galleries with all the latest action, sponsor product info, advertising for select sponsors and complete Founder and Troop bios for those of you who want to learn more about us.

Log on and check us out at http://www.dirtcorps.com.

COMMUNITY

Every epic trail starts as a natural swath of land covered with leaves, roots, rocks and duff and it's up to the trail builders to reveal it. The Dirt Corps have spent thousands of hours digging in the woods, roughing in new trail, searching for sick lines and perfecting trail building techniques. In doing so we've found that most off-the-shelf tools aren't made to withstand trail building rigors - shovels barely penetrate root-laden soil, bow rakes tangle in the thick, loamy duff layer, and lightweight McLeods ricochet off roots. There had to be a tool that could do more in less time. After much trial and error we engineered the "Weapon of Mass Construction" - the Dirt Corps Karakoram.

The Karakoram, named after the mountain range home to K2, will break up soil, tear through roots and quickly move a massive amount of dirt. Ordinary tools are difficult to travel with and alternative 'lightweight' folding systems come with significant compromises. The Karakoram is a portable tool that can be packed into your backpack without hindering your riding. Imagine biking to your favorite trail in progress with the Karakoram in your pack (like an avalanche shovel), building a few berms and jumps, tamping it all down, then packing the Karakoram away to ride your creation. No need to stash your tools in the woods where they corrode or go missing. You’ve got yours in your pack and you don’t need the national “intelligence” community to go find it.

The Dirt Corps are currently making the Karakoram for friends and fellow trail builders to help develop more freeride trails in the Pacific Northwest. Let us know if you need a couple and we’ll hook you up!

THE KARAKORAM

B R O T H E R S K L O S T E R ( K 2 ) W I T H A F R E S H B A T C H O F P R O T O T Y P E S

“Kevin and Kyle continue to redefinethe rider owned category.”

“Simply the best suspension thatyou can put on your bike.”

“Brad Walton is one of the coolestguys in the business.”

“I’d be out for the season if I wasn’t wearing 661 at Crankworx this year.”

“3C is a miracle technology - We’d be crazyto run anything else”

“Bomb proof components with the tastiest color combos.”

“Super functional goggles and shades that keep us stylin’ and profilin’.”

“You live in a cave if you’re not wearing5.10 shoes by now.”

“Energy to burn that keeps the shovelsdigging and the cranks spinning.”

We work with the best in the business. We recommend these companies and products in everything that we do. Our visibility within the sport creates added value for our sponsors in ways that go beyond showing up to race on the weekend. We sponsor race events, gives demos for youth groups, lead large scale bike rides, create places to ride, field a winning race team and have

a strong pressence online. We’re developing a rock solid brand that is highly visible, progressive and built to last. We have a dedicated and large following today and we’ll have a regional army before long. We look forward to new opportu-nites as the sport continues to grow. And we seek partners that want to go the distance. Are you ready for the ride?

THE DIRT CORPS SPONSORS

BRAD WALTON - LIVING THE DREAM

B R A D W A LT O N R A I S E S U P A N D F E N D S O F F O N T H E D I R T C O R P S S I G N A T U R E T R A I L S - L I N E

Brad Walton goes big! He hucks the largest structures built and continues to walk away unscathed. Owner and operator of Spectrum Techwear, Brad continues to innovate mountain biking apparral by designing from the gut and not taking the short cut. His experi-ence with building and riding translates directly into his products. We look forward to working with Brad as we test his products on a daily basis and help bring the dream to reality.

In the fall of 2005 we set out to extend an existing trail that had built a few years earlier. The new section would provide an ideal DH training line that race team could practice on without leaving our neighborhood. Word spread quickly and soon riders from the entire Pacific Northwest had ridden the trail or heard of it. In the summer of 2007 the era came to and end as machinery moved in to clear the land for a new housing developement. Mark Brent from Bones Over Metal was able to capture the last few days of it’s glory and tell the storyin his upcoming documentary of Northwest freeriding. Look for it to hit the shelves in early 2008.

R-LINE IS YOUR LINE

S O M E U N K N O W N R I D E R S G E T T I N G T H E G O O D S I N T H E F I N A L D AY S O F R - L I N E

THE FUTURE CORPS

Sam Saimo, age 12, is leader of the Dirt Corps Gromulean Empire. When he’s not rippin’ up Dirt Merchant and roostin’ A-Line he’s in the pits bugging his favorite pros for autographs and advice on how to go faster. Step to the curb when you see the Sam Train coming because there’s nothing worse than getting passed on A-Line by a 12 year old with mad hops!

Chase Schmidt is 14 years old. His favorite run is A-Line and rides the Garbanzo top to bottom faster than many of the locals. He spends as much time working on the trails as he does riding and racing them. He has laser focus, get’s straight A’s in school and would rather search online for bike parts than talk to girls at school (we’re sure that’ll be changing soon :).

Brian Guse, age 15, drops 70 footers on his dirt bike for breakfast and boots 45 footers on his bicycle for lunch. Brian’s favorite moves are no-handers off the S-Line gap but there’s nothing he won’t hit - Red Bull Elevation at Whistler, The North Shore, Vedder and the legendary Exit 27. He’s on the gas and he’s in it to win it. Look for the DC groms going big in 2008!

DIRT CORPS CONTACTS

Justin RoseSponsorship Director and Product Testing Coordinatorjustin@dirtcorps.com206 755 5203

If you want to know more about a particular aspect of the Dirt Corps please contact one of the Founder members below. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you about our vision of the future and learn more the goals and objectives of your

company or organization. As the old saying goes - “the trail doesn’t build itself”. And that goes for our sport and industry as well. We’re here to make a difference and are looking for partners that want to do the same - let’s talk!

Tyler KlosterEngineering and Manufacturing Directortyler@dirtcorps.com206 276 6393

Recon >> Build >> Ride Dirt Corps World Headquarters7901 SE Stellar WaySnoqualmie, WA 98065

Telephone: 425 396 4426Hyper Text Transfer Protocall:www.dirtcorps.com

Matt PattersonRace Program Directorand Trail Build Coordinatormatt@dirtcorps.com425 894 1377

Dan SaimoCreative Directorand Senior Parkitect saimo@dirtcorps.com425 417 2846