 Eric Bierman raced the Rim Nordic opener on June 22 and blew the dust off his cross country legs. He placed 3rd in the Semi-Pro cross country.
Michelle Rivera raced the NMBS in Deer Valley, Utah. The Super D course was a downhiller’s delight starting with a time trial format then running with your bike to the “red line” and hopping on the bike to speed pedal down the course. The most difficult part being the 100 meter steep climb about half way down the mountain. The downhill was a free ride course turned into a downhill race course, which was treacherous for the riders. A lot of broken bones and banged up bodies. Those who survived made it to race day. Michelle placed 6th in the Super D and 8th in the Downhill.
Steve Kinney raced the Rim Nordic stage race on July 26, 27. The first day was two stages, a hill climb and a dirt crit. Steve won both events. The second day was the cross country which was a different story. On the second lap Steve got a slow leak in his tire and his quick fills wouldn't work. He rode his flat and then ran 3 miles to the tech zone at the start/finish. He got another rim for his 3rd lap, went another 1 1/2 miles and got another slow leak. Steve rode it to the finish and placed 4th in the cross country. Steve placed 1st overall for the combined stages.
The whole team gathered at the Santa Barbara Bike Festival, another Cal State Championship race on June 7th & 8th. It was a 2 day event. On Saturday Michelle Rivera and Eric Bierman raced the downhill and the Super D, and Team Captain Steve Kinney raced the Super D. The downhill was a dual race format Michelle won first place! Way to go Michelle! Eric raced it on his 29er and placed 4th. An hour later the Super D started and Steve was the first to go and placed 3rd. Eric killed the course on his 29er and won first place! Michelle placed 2nd in the Super D. Our team was all over the Pro podium. The Pro cross country was on Sunday. The weather was beautiful but beware the poison oak! The race was 4 laps with 700 hundred feet of climbing per lap. Steve placed 8th.
Check out the Team exposure in the latest issue of Mountain Bike Action (July 2008 Issue pg. 20) 3 photos of Steve and Eric in the crazy start of the Super D in Fontana. Below is a link to Michelle on the Mountain Bike Action website in her win in Fontana at the Cal State Golden State Downhill Champ. race. Click Michele's DH photo for more info about her on Mountain Bike Action's website.
  
Big Bear Shootout, Cal State Champ. Series Race # 4 June 1, The weather was great and the course was in perfect condition. It was a point to point race. The course had 3500 ft of climbing with 80% of the climbing at the end of the race. Steve placed 5th in the Pro cross-country.
California Golden State Downhill Championships at Fontana CA, June 1, Michelle won the Pro Downhill and is currently leading the series overall.
May24-26 Angel Fire, New Mexico Rocky Mtn. Champ. Series was an adventure! It snowed both Thursday and Friday night which led to ice and snow slush on the course for practice. The Super D race on Saturday morning was close to freezing at the top with snow strewn throughout the course. Michelle placed 12th in the Pro downhill and 7th in the Pro Super D.
NMBS RACE #3 Santa Ynez was May 17-18 in Central Cal.with scorching temperatures (100+ degrees!). Michelle was able to overcome the heat and place 2nd at the Pro downhill Champ. Race. She placed 7th in the Pro Super D and is currently in the top 5 overall in points.
5-1-2008, New Mountain Bike Actions Story on there website. Great exposure to thousands of readers!
California Golden State Downhill Championships at Woodward west, April, 26th-27th,Michelle Rivera 1st in the Pro Down Hill. It was a two-race format. Despite the issues Michelle was having with her fork, she finished 1st in the race and is currently 2nd in the series.
SEA OTTER, April 17th 20th, it was extremely cold and windy, as always. Steve tried to say hi to everybody, but the weather prevented him from seeing everyone. The weather was a little nicer on Sunday when Steve raced in the Pro cross country. There were two laps at 19.5 miles per lap with 2100 feet of climbing per lap. Steve felt great on the first lap, on the second lap he got caught in the wind by himself for a little too long, but was able to finish.
 
California Golden State Downhill Championships, at Gravity Shootout, April 12th & 13th, Michelle Rivera The weather was exceptionally hot and racers were grateful to have water provided at the start. As for the course, it was short with a few small drops and some relief through the shaded and tight switch back canyon section. Michelle crashed on her first run but luckily it was a two-run format and was able to make up enough time to still place 3rd in the Pro Down Hill.
NMBS RACE #2 NOVA RACE, AZ, April 5th & 6th, There was a time trial/Super D, then a dirt crit, and a cross country. The weather was perfect in the low 80's. The race started out at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The course was flat and rolly for the first few miles and then the last few hills just smoked your legs. The dirt crit was at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Steve started in the middle of the pack, 90 racers went into a right hand corner descent. A racer hit his brakes in front of Steve, Steve hit him and the racer behind Steve hit him. Steve went flying over the bars. When Steve got up and got going again he was 10 seconds behind the last racer. He worked his way back up through the hike-a-bike section and was able to obtain some points. The cross-country was strewn with rocks and cactus, with 90 percent single track. Many racers flatted, but Steve was running his tubeless system and didn't have that problem. Steve placed 56 out of 90 racers.
  
NMBS RACE #1 FONTANA, CA, Mar, 29th 30th, Eric Bierman placed 10th in the Super D on his new 29'er from Marin. The course had 500 feet of climbing and a 2 mile sprint to the finish. Michelle Rivera crashed in practice and bruised her hands. She skipped the downhill race but placed 12 in the Super D. Team Captain Steve Kinney toughed out the Pro cross-country, Dirt Crit, and Super D to gather points.
3-9-08 FONTANA, CA, SOUTHRIDGE SERIES Race #5, Michelle Rivera,
Placed 3rd in the Pro Down Hill. Eric & Michelle; have won the SOUTHRIDGE SERIES overall
in the Pro Super D!
3-9-08 SO CAL STATE CHAMP SERIES CROSS-COUNTRY & SUPER D Bonelli Park, CA, Race #1, Pro Team Captain Steven Kinney Placed 12th in the Pro cross-country
Eric Bierman Placed 1st, dominating the Pro Super D, winning by a minute over 2nd place!!
  
FONTANA, CA, Race #4, Feb 23rd & 24th, 2008, New Mountain Bike Action Story
Pro Team Captain Steve Kinney, stuck in the snow at 7000 feet, was not able to attend the race. Eric Bierman raced in the Pro cross-country and got 6th, then he raced in the Pro Super D. He won again and he will win the series over all. Michelle Rivera is dominating the Pro Super D and yes she won again, she will win the series too. In the Down Hill race it seems she likes 3rd places, she is currently 3rd in the Down Hill series. Steve, Eric & Michelle have one more race to go in the series.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
FONTANA, CA, Race #3, Feb 14th, 2008, New Mountain Bike Action Story.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
On Feb 9th 2008, FONTANA, CA, Race #3 The course was slightly different than it was at the previous race. The conditions were warm, sunny and windy. The race started with a fast tempo and then all of the racers settled into a race pace. Team Captain Steve Kinney placed 4th in the Pro cross-country. Eric Bierman sat out the cross-country but raced the Pro Super D. Eric passed several racers on his way down. There was one racer ahead of him who would not get out of his way because he was wearing earphones (against the rules by the way) and didn't hear Eric yelling at him. Eric ran into the back of this racer causing Eric to crash off of the course. Eric was still able to place 2nd in spite of this mishap. Michelle Rivera had a flawless Pro Super D run and placed 1st again. In the Pro downhill race on Sunday, the short course (2+ minutes) she couldn't take advantage of her power and placed 6th.
  
Two new stories on Mountain Bike Action's Web Site
Pro Team Captain Steve Kinney, Eric Bierman, and Michelle Rivera.
(PHOTO #1-LINKED TO THE XC STORY & PHOTO #2-LINKED TO THE SUPER D STORY ON M.B.A. SITE)
 
Dominating the Pro Super D
New Story on Mountain bike action about Eric Bierman & Michelle Rivera
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
 
2008 2nd Downhill Race of the year - Southridge, CA
On Sunday Jan 27th 2008, FONTANA, CA, Pro team rider Michelle Rivera, placed 3rd in the Pro women's Downhill.
2008 2nd Race of the year & kicking butt- Southridge, CA
Jan. 26th 2008, FONTANA, CA, Pro Cross Country Steven K race team is all over the podium. Eric Bierman got 4th place, Pro Team Captain, Steve Kinney got 7th place. In the Super D, Pro Eric Bierman placed 1st again and is now leading the series. Pro Michelle Rivera placed 1st again and now she's leading the Super D series too!
 
2008 First Downhill Race of the year - Southridge, CA
(1/21/2008) Moutain Bike Action Story - Pro Michelle Rivera, On Sunday Jan 13, 2008 in extremely windy conditions, Michelle placed 3rd in the Pro women's Downhill.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
2008 First XC & Super D Race of the year - Southridge, CA
Jan. 12th 2008, FONTANA, CA, Pro Team Captain, Steve Kinney dug himself out of 2 feet of snow in Big Bear to attend the race Saturday morning. It was about 80 degrees and he placed 4th in the Pro Cross Country. Eric Bierman placed 1st in the Cross Country Semi-Pro category. He had the fastest time of the day and set a new course record. Then 45 minutes later he raced in the Pro Super D and he won that also by 11 seconds. Michelle Rivera also won the Pro women's Super D.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
2007 Steven K Sports Race Team News and Updates!
12-26-07 SOUTHRIDGE AWARDS CEREMONY
Super Downhill: Eric Bierman decimated the Pro Super D division at Southridge.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
 11-24-07 Steven K Sports 2008 Pro Team
Eric Bireman: Super D
Steve Kinney: Cross-Country, Super D
Michelle Rivera: Downhill, Super D
SOUTHRIDGE Sunday Nov.18 2007, FONTANA, CA, OUR LAST RACE OF THE SEASON WAS A GOOD ONE! Michelle Rivera competed in the Pro Downhill and won the race by 10 seconds. Two first places in two days! Way to go!
SOUTHRIDGE Sat. Nov. 17, 2007, FONTANA, CA, Pro Riders Eric Bierman and Michelle Rivera both won the Pro Super D by over a minute. It was a reverse start at 30-second intervals. Michelle went first and never looked back. Eric went with the last group and had to pass 7 riders on the first climb, and 2 riders in the technical section to win.
 
October 20, 2007 Michelle Rivera placed 1st in the Pro Super D at Rim Nordic
October 19, 2007 Eric Bierman placed 2nd in the Pro Super D at Northern California State Championships Overall. Eric is 2nd in the State and 5th in the U.S. Way to go Eric!
October 14, 2007 Chuck Jenkins 1st Sean Donovan 2nd & Hal Helbock 3rd in the Pro race, Romolo Forcino 2nd in the Semipro race all co sponsor by Steven K Sports Team rider Eric Bierman placed 3rd in the Exp race at the INCYCLE XC CHALLENGE at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, CA they decided to step things up with a $2500 purse. Cash was paid out to the top three riders Chuck looks good in the California state jersey.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
Eric Bierman The fastest 29er in the World!!
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION STORY)
California State Championships Overall , Big Bear Shoot out 2 Race #7 Cytomax/KHS Racer Chuck Jenkins also sponsored by STEVEN K SPORTS, won the Pro California State Championships overall. His team mate Hal, placed 4rd overall, and Team Captain STEVE KINNEY placed 8th overall. Ex-STEVEN K SPORTS racer Cameron Brenneman placed 2nd overall. Bear Valley Bikes / Steven K Sports had 13 racers on the podium at the California State Championships Overalls in their divisions.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OVERALL WINNERS)
Newspaper article highlighting Bear Valley Bikes/STEVEN K SPORTS racer Steve Marshall winning the California State Series in his division- WAY TO GO STEVE!!
Rim Nordic Finals August 26, 2007 Team Captain Derek Hermon, of Bear Valley Bikes / Steven K Sports wins the team overall title 2 years in a row!
Rim Nordic Finals August 26, 2007 Pro Rider Steve Kinney was still recovering from his injuries due to being hit by a car, he was able to walk away with 3rd Place in the Cross Country and 3rd Overall in the Series.
Rim Nordic Stage Race August 4-5, 2007 included a Hillclimb, Dirt Crit and Cross Country. In his first race since being hit by a car, Pro Rider Steve Kinney placed 2nd in the Hill Climb, 1st in the Dirt Crit. In the cross country he had two flats and had to change a wheel and placed 7th. Steve Kinney was still able to get 2nd overall in the Stage Race.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE BIG BEAR GRIZZLY STORY)
National Championships Overall in Snowmass Colorado JULY 17-22, 2007. Pro Rider Eric Bierman placed 11th in the Super D Finals which put him in 5th Place Overall in the National Championship SuperD Series! Way to go Eric!!
Cougar Classic JULY 6-8 Pro rider Michelle Rivera The sun was out and shining hard but with a nice breeze which made it bearable. The race started as the tweaked version of the Le Man’s start headed with a running sprint to our bicycles in a 60 ft semi-circle where we hopped on and rode up the dry grassy hill about 75 meters then drop the bikes and ran back to touch the line where we picked them up and back to our bikes and finally onto the race course. Down the gravel road we sprinted and tucked. The course was mostly fire road and gravel strewn blacktop. Racers focused on staying tight through some of the off camber gravel laced corners but all was safe and fun.
CRASH!!
On June 27 Steve Kinney had his accident with a Ford Explorer I was riding my bike with him. We were carefully descending on the 2N10 road on the right side of the road when a truck came around a corner at us out of control. We did all we could to avoid hitting the truck, but it was on our side of the road and Steve was not able to get out of the way of the truck. Steve flew over the truck head over heels and landed on his feet. I was able to get off of the road and into the trees just in time to avoid being hit as I was just behind Steve. After the truck hit Steve it continued to drive up the road running over Steve’s bike and it was about to run over my bike when I went out into the road and pulled it away.
Romolo Forcino
RIM NORDIC XC SERIES RACE #1 JUNE 24 Pro rider Steve Kinney got 7th, For the first race Rim Nordic treated us to the traditional 7.5-mile circuit. A single lap dishes up 1100 feet of climbing. But you never feel it! That's because the climbing you are doing is absolutely so tight and so busy, and requires so much bike handling to do, it's absolutely too much fun. So you never really feel it. All you know is that the mission is to make it to the top, clear the gradually ascending fire road, and then to embark on the thrill of a lifetime. The return trip back to the start/finish is unlike any other. The trail, much of it singletrack, winds it's way down some of the best topography that the San Bernardino National forest has to offer. You're absolutely flying; carving turns, floating bumps, and constantly reminding yourself how absolutely cool this is.
(PHOTO IS LINKED TO THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER STORY)
CALIFORNIA STATE #3 SANTA BARBARA JUNE 2 Pro rider Steve Kinney placed 8th, and Expert rider Dean Swank placed 1st. After last year's 90-degrees-plus meltdown, riders were happy to see cool temperatures with the sun only making an appearance in the afternoon. Many of the Southern California locals already have months of racing behind them, so this break from extremely hot temperature offered a welcome relief. The 4.34 mile course has tons of flowing singletrack turns with fun and loose downhill sections. A couple of fire road and road climbs are thrown in for the climbers. Staged in a
beautiful park, it was a lively festival with music, vendor booths, food and a beer garden.
CALIFORNIA STATE DOWNHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS JUNE 2&3, New Pro rider Michelle Rivera won the race and takes the California State DH title overall !! It was hot and dry. The course was very sketchy even for Southern California standards and riders had to focus on not sliding out. By race day the ruts were deep and dusty powder was par for the course. The course was more difficult than had initially appeared. After each successive run lines were getting deeper and deeper with more powder produced.
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CAL STATE SERIES #2 CASTAIC LAKE CA MAY 20, 2007- Team Rider Steve Kinney The weather was beautiful in the mid 80's this weekend. Steve had a tough time in the cross country, but was able to hang with his group to place 8th in Pro. There was over 4500 feet of climbing in this 4 lap race.
  
Steve Marshall won in his class in the Cross Country, Here on the podium at Castaic.
NATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES #3 FONTANA CA, MAY 4-5-6, 2007- PRO Team Riders Steve Kinney & New rider Michelle Rivera & Eric Bierman The Super D started with running up a hill, around a cone, back down the hill, grabbing their bikes and pedaling to the finish. Eric missed the podium by half a second, but he is 6th overall in the U.S. in Super D. Michelle Rivera got 15th in the Pro Women Down Hill, Team Captain Steve Kinney toughed it out in the cross country race, but was able to finish the race with some points.
  
BVB SKS TEAM Dan Neilson placed 5th in the Super D, Derek Hermon placed 35th in the cross country, Steve Marshall won in his class in the Cross Country and placed 7th in the Super D, Romolo Forcino placed 13th in the Cross Country.
   
Steve Marshall cross country podium
NATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES #2 SANTA BARBARA CA, April 28-29, 2007 Eric Bierman placed 8th in the Pro Super D, Derek Hermon of team BVB/SKS placed 16th in the Pro Super D. Team BVB/SKS riders Dan Neilson placed 7th and Steve Marshall placed 9th in the Super D race. Another team that Steven K Sports supports is the Cyto/KHS team riders Sean Donovan placed 20th, Hal placed 24th and Chuck placed 25th in the Pro Cross Country.
SEA OTTER CA, April 12-13-14-15, 2007 . It was typical bad weather at Sea Otter. Rain, wind, mud, etc. The weather did get a little better on Sunday, the rain stopped but it was still cold. Another team that Steven K Sports supports is Charles Jenkins from Team Cyto/KHS placed 32nd in the Pro Cross Country. In the Pro 1.2. Road Crit Joe Wiley placed 13th, BVB/SKS rider Romolo Forcino placed 31st in the cross country. BVB/SKS Rider Dean Swank placed 5th in the cross-country.
NATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES #1 FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ, March 30, 2007 – April 1, 2007, Eric Bierman raced in the Pro Super D. The course was flat by Super D standards, it was fun and fast. Eric was doing great until the half way point, when he started to cramp up and the power in his legs went. He ended up in 18th place. Team BVB rider Romolo Forcino, raced in the Semi-Pro cross country. He set a good pace for himself at the beginning and finished 6th, just missing the podium.
CAL STATE SERIES #1 SAN DIMAS, CA , MAR 25. Team Riders Steve Kinney & Eric Bierman raced in a 35 rider field. Steve placed 14th in the PRO class. It was his first race of the year. This was Eric's first XC race on his new bike, he placed 14th in the SEMI-PRO class.
CAL STATE SERIES #1 SAN DIMAS, CA, MAR 25. Team BVB Bikes Riders Steve Marshall & Romolo Forcino, Steve placed 1st in the 34 and under Clydesdale, Romolo placed 6th in the Semi-Pro class.
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SOUTHRIDGE WINTER SERIES #5 Saturday, Mar. 10, Team Rider Eric Bierman Got 2nd in the Pro Super D. He missed 1st by 1second, he blew a shift and that was that. The good news is he won the series with one race to go! More info soon!
SOUTHRIDGE WINTER SERIES#4 Saturday, Feb. 24, Team Rider Eric Bierman Wins again, 1st in Pro Super-D, and leading the race series. No one can touch him at this point for the overall series win! More info soon! www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=2200
SOUTHRIDGE WINTER SERIES#3 Saturday, Feb.10, Team Rider Eric Bierman, 1st in Pro open single speed, 2nd in Pro Super-D in the same day!! www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=2190
SOUTHRIDGE WINTER SERIES#2 Saturday Jan. 27, 1st again in the Super D!! Pro Team Rider Eric Bierman,
After somehow being seeded 8th to start Sundays Super-D race @ :30sec. intervals I knew traffic would be an issue with 2 steep climbs on tap and lots of technical descents on the downhill
course, which made many of the racers ponder their saddle height as not to go over the bars.
Pro downhiller Michael Forest, who seeded first, took off like a bat out a hell and seemed to climb the first grade rather quick, and being a downhiller practicing the course all weekend I am sure he was hauling' on the descents.
I took off hard off the start trying to gain as much time on the competitors who started ahead of me. I caught two of the riders on the downhill course and was held up for quite a few turns before one was smart enough to realize they had been caught and allowed me to pass in a nasty rock garden that my "Magura Breaking -Jamis Dakar" floated through with comfort.
At the finish I was concerned that my time was slowed considerably by the traffic on course knowing I lost valuable seconds.
Once the times were posted I was pleased to see my efforts paid off.
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SOUTHRIDGE WINTER SERIES #1, Sunday Jan. 14 - Pro Team Eric Bierman kicked butt in the Super D, winning by over 30+ seconds!
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