Our September Newsletter is now online, Three Peaks USA was easily our best event ever, Team Pirate Race Productions presented by Alpha Facilities Solutions ordered our sexy new kits from Capo, and its everyone’s two favorite times of the year: Sponsorship and Cyclocross Seasons!

Check out all the latest news about our upcoming events an our team, Pirate Race Productions presented by Alpha Facilities Solutions.

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We recently chat with the folks at Cyclocross Magazine about our events and the PRP Crew for a profile in their Industry Newsletter. Want to learn more about us? You can read the interview at CXMagazine.com.

MTN 18 television broadcasting their coverage of the NWS Crit Series race during the Friday April 23 evening news and Monday April 25 news. Look for Jacob Wood sporting the PRP colors. Race coverage runs from 4:59 to 6:55

Pirate Race Productions is happy to welcome aboard our newest sponsor: Tsuga Canopies. We will use their innovative, light weight, and easy to use shelters at all of our hosted events, and our mountain bike, road, and multisport racers in Texas are using the TS6.5 and Sun Blades at all of the races they are travelling to as well.

Tsuga Canopies are the perfect choice for lightweight, easy to setup canopies for your event, vacation or whenever you may need some shelter from the elements! They can be used with Motorcycles, ATV’s, Cars, Vans, Trucks, Free-standing, the possibilities are endless.  All of us are loving this great alternative to the bulky, heavy, and hard to use pop-ups, and are looking forward to this Summer’s release of the new TS10.  Tsuga Canopies – the T is silent and the sun is everywhere.

Team Pirate Race Productions is tearing it up, racing road, mountain bike and multisport in Texas, North Carolina, New England, Colorado and California. At our world headquarters in Boone, we are recovering from a busy week of race promotion: Boone-Roubaix brought more than 250 racers from 16 states and Canada out to compete in America’s Next Great Classic, and the NWS Crit Series kicked off last night at the Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway, one of stock car racing’s most hallowed sites.

Boone-Roubaix is this Saturday, omnium registration for the High Country Tour Du Life Sponsored by LifeStore Banking and Insurance goes up tonight, and the NWS Crit Series at the Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway kicks off in one week!

Biggest Texas XC MTB race in years, and Team Pirate Race Productions was out in force:

Ian: a beast of a man who can do math while riding. He computed the number of pedal strokes typically required during a 6 hour endurance ride

Javier: Mr. Smiles. Always smiling even while going through pain on his 29er rigid monocog. Started slow but picked up speed throughout.

Dustin: We, collectively need to teach this boy how to climb…but first he must listen! He was a blast to cheer for. He needed motivation so we gave him some TdF style maniac fandom. Started slow but consistently was giving Cory Mosher hell so I give him a thumbs up.

Derek: “The Hare” launched out of the gates on his new bike. Sitting in 4th for much of the race then faded on the grueling last lap. It was pretty epic watching him dominate that field.

Tim: “The tortoise” had an almost Eeore attitude walking up to the line. “I’m not gonna do well…nobody likes me.” And after a rough start began to gobble up the competition! Every lap he was gaining time and at one point he was seconds behind Derek which used to be a sizable gap. An outstanding breakthrough race for this guy who ended up 6th after starting slow.

Michael: Had some trouble with his bike AND lost his car key during a topple down the steep carpet hill. Once at the top of the hill, we put his Front Derailleur cable back onto the frame and he was off (with a supporting heave & a ho)! He’s getting his Cat2 badge yet!

Patrick: One day you might see patrick on you tube chasing a rider at the Tour of California and yelling absurdities. He has the makings of a crazed fan (or perhaps he is already that way and we never knew it).

Registration is now open for Boone-Roubaix, the Hell of the High Country, and opens Monday at 5PM for the High Country Tour Du Life Sponsored by LifeStore Banking and Insurance. Sign up now on BikeReg.com

Sign up for Boone-Roubaix here

Sign up for the High Country Tour Du Life here

The Lone Star Cyclocross Festival was a huge success. The event featured two days of racing, including the Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop Texas Age-group Championships on Saturday and the Skill-based Championship on Sunday, drawing over 250 racers from across Texas, as well as Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon.

The races were featured on the local KEYE nightly news, and Cyclocross Magazine had reporter and photographer at the race. This follows on coverage leading up to the race in both Bicycling Magazine and Spirit, the Southwest Airlines in-flight magazine. A number of nationally ranked professional riders attended the race, and thanks to numerous amateur photographers in attendance, pictures and video of the event are circulating on dozens of blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and bulletin boards, giving our sponsors even greater coverage.

The race was also the official premier of Team Pirate Race Productions, where we solidified our position as the number one women’s cyclocross team in Texas, and demonstrated our team’s ability to host exceptional events. Our 60 members in Texas, the Carolinas, New England and Colorado not only win races, but they provide the backbone of volunteer support necessary to make our races a success.

Next up is Boone-Roubaix, April 3 in Boone, North Carolina. The next great American Classic, the race will feature miles of unpaved roads and unpredictable weather, balanced by breathtaking scenery and and the High Country’s legendary hospitality. Are you up for the challenge?