Please join us in this celebration of bicycling by competing in an event that is sure to become a must-do for mountain bikers in Santa Barbara and areas everywhere. $5 from each entry fee will be donated to the Elings Park Foundation and the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers!
The downhill course winds down a 400 vertical foot, spectator-friendly hillside which overlooks the Pacific Ocean at Elings South Park area. This years course has been redesigned with multiple table tops,
singletrack, bermed switchbacks that drop into a meadow that continue with tabletop jumps and berms to the finish. The race format is a combined two run time with a 12:30 start time for all riders and 20 second start spacing. Shuttle practice will start at 9:00 am - 12:00 pm in the South Park parking lot. The downhill race will run in conjunction with all-day events including XC and BMX racing, live music, great food, and other cycling
related activities in the front (North side of the Park).
To get to Elings Park in Santa Barbara take US 101 to Las Positas Road and turn south towards the beach, approximately 2 miles down Las Positas is the main entrance to Elings Park on the left. For the Downhill venue, pass the main entrance and turn left on Cliff Drive. Look for the second entrance about 1/4 mile on the left. Parking will be along the dirt road inside the park, with
registration tent and shottle ride starting from the parking lot.
To register on-line please
click here.
For more information about the Downhill event please call
(805) 569-5611, or visit www.santabarbarabikefest.com.
