SMMNRA Superintendent Smeck to Leave for New Yosemite Position
CORBA congratulates Woody Smeck, Superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) on his new appointment. He’s leaving on March 30 to become Deputy Superintendent at Yosemite National Park. Woody came to the SMMNRA as a landscape architect in 1990. He worked his way up and was appointed Superintendent in 2001. During his […]
Nov 13th Fat Tire Fun(d)raiser
Save the date: November 13, 2011. For 2011 we have altered the format of our annual anniversary event. In years past it had grown to be quite the undertaking, with lots of festival activities, vendors, a poker ride, even a cyclocross race. Although fun for attendees and a great success, our volunteer coordinators and support […]
Free Mountain Bike Skills Clinic in Acorn News
The Acorn, a local newspaper covering Agoura, Calabasas and surrounding areas, gave CORBA’s free skills clinic a nice piece in their June 9 2011 edition. You can view the original on the Acorn’s web site at http://www.theacorn.com/news/2011-06-09/Community/Mountain_bikers_learn_safety_skills.html. A full PDF of the page is also available. The Free Mountain Bike Skills Clinic takes place on the […]
Mountain Bike Component of LA Bike Plan In Jeopardy!
Anyone interested in riding their bicycle off-pavement in any Los Angeles City Park needs to be at the Los Angeles City Council Meeting this Tuesday March 1. According to sources close to the City Council, the mountain bike feasibility study is about to get stripped out of the bike plan. City Council member Tom LaBonge […]
Local Spin on Great Outdoors Program
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MRCA Announces key Santa Monica Mountains Trail Acquisition
From Dash Stolarz, Director of Public Affairs Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. Topanga and Calabasas, California, December 17, 2010 — The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced today its acquisition of more than 100 acres of prime Santa Monica Mountains open space that straddles Topanga Canyon and San Fernando Valley watershed divide. The purchase […]
KLOS – Spotlight on the Community
CORBA’s Mark Langton and Steve Messer recently spent some quality time with radio DJ Cynthia Fox. They will be appearing this coming Sunday on the KLOS program Spotlight on the Community. In the half-hour segment Langton and Messer will be talking about the Fat Tire Fest as well as CORBA’s advocacy and outreach programs. Cynthia’s enthusiastic […]
CORBA on BikeSport Radio
July 26, 2010, CORBA volunteer Steve Messer appeared on BikeSport Radio with host Brad House as the show’s in-studio featured guest. During the half-hour interview Messer talked about current issues of interest to mountain bikers, including the Station Fire, City of L.A. Bike Plan, and progress in Glendale. He talked about the important role advocacy […]