HIMBA Dual Slalom registration/RSVP deadline is Monday the 24th. Tuesday August 25, 3:00 pm to dusk. Scroll Down for Registration Form Location: Double Cross Dual Slalom Course, Strachan Valley Hornby Island. Drive or ride your bike to the end of Strachan Road and follow the lane (marked as Double Cross […]
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We had a great time during the 2025 HIMBA DS Throwdown at the August HIMBA-Q. Turn out was just right, with four kids, four women, and 8 19+ men. This made for clean racing brackets and minimal confusion. We ran a double-knockout format which meant that everyone had a chance […]
HIMBA Dual Slalom registration/RSVP deadline is Tuesday the 19th. Tuesday August 25, 3:00 pm to dusk. Scroll Down for Registration Form Location: Double Cross Dual Slalom Course, Strachan Valley Hornby Island. Drive or ride your bike to the end of Strachan Road and follow the lane that continues straight into […]
HIMBA and the Comox Valley Regional District are pleased to announce the opening of the newest trail (extension) on Hornby. We’ve added several hundred meters of black diamond jump trail to the end of FreeFall. Locals call this section “Fallout” but officially it is part of Freefall (if we gave […]
The Comox Valley Regional District has given HIMBA permission to add a new section of trail to Free Fall. This new line will connect the current end of Free Fall to the beginning of Purgatory trail. It will be a Black Diamond jump line. There’s some very nice terrain in […]
Wow, what an event! We had a few hiccups but overall the Hornby Enduro 2024 was an incredible success. In talking to the riders after the race and in the campsite in the evening after the event, I was reminded that Hornby island is a very special venue and that […]
Hornby is a special place that can claim to be one of the birthplaces of mountain biking in BC. We hosted our first race in 1989 (the first of ten legendary Hornby Island Mountain Bike Festivals) and have been putting on races ever since. Mount Geoffrey is small, only 1053 […]
Minutes of HIMBA 2023 AGM Hornby Island Mountain Bike Association 2023 Annual General Meeting – Jan 24, 2024 (This meeting was technically for the 2023 year but had been postponed due to a legal matter, now resolved.) Meeting commenced at 7:30 pm via zoom. In attendance were Jayne Heys, Tig […]
We’re hosting a fun afternoon up at the BikeFest Dual Slalom course on Monday July 12th, starting at 5:00 (but feel free to come early to help set up). The idea is for HIMBA members and their guests/families to spend some time riding the DS course and socializing. Big Jer’s […]
After several weeks of work on the Joe Ride Bike Park at Joe King, there was a bit of machine time left and Ryan and Steve decided to put it into the BikeFest Dual Slalom track at the head of Strachan Valley. What a transformation! while the original footprint has […]