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Welcome to the NMA news area. This is the where we communicate announcements, requests and important information for NMA members and non-members alike. We encourage you to check the news area every time you visit our site.

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NMA COMPETITION SERIES SURVEY LAUNCHED!, 11/05/2007

Yacolt Burn Development Plan Meeting with DNR, 9/18/2007

Rock Hill AMA National Hare Scrambles, 6/28/2007

Important Event Updates for ORP Series, 5/15/2007

Poker Run Series to Host Canned Food Drive, 5/13/2007

ORP Series Considering Adding Fifteenth Event, 5/1/2007

Apology For Points/Results Posting Delay, 5/1/2007

Round 2 ORP Race Results Are Now Posted, 4/14/2007

Stolen Bike From Downtown Tacoma, 3/3/2007

Stop Senate Bill B5544!, 3/3/2007

NMA Competition Rules Updated & Available, 3/3/2007

2007 ORP Points Standings Now Available, 3/3/2007


NMA COMPETITION SERIES SURVEY LAUNCHED!

The NMA Competition Committee is conducting an extensive, comprehensive survey about the Off-Road and Enduro Series. This is the first time this has ever been attempted by the NMA. Every possible competition license holder, club, officer, and others, will individually receive a copy of this survey. Others who access this survey via this website will also have their responses tallied. We will be looking at the responses in total, and by respondent sub-groups. Please only complete and return the survey once. You may download the survey file by clicking here: NMA Comp Survey.doc. You may fill it out electronically and email the file as an attachment, to competition@nmaoffroad.org, or mail a printed copy to Tory Briggs, 20611 72nd Pl SE, Snohomish, WA. Please get your completed survey back to us by November 21st if possible



-- Submitted by Tory Briggs

11/05/2007

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Yacolt Burn Development Plan Meeting with DNR

DNR is having the first of many meetings on 18 September 2007 in Vancouver, WA. Please attend and let them know that you want more ORV trails, more single track, a bigger staging area, ORV friendly campgrounds, etc.

DNR recognizes the need for more ORV trails and is looking at sanctioning many of the user built and maintained trails as part of the development plan. Possibly, NEW ORV TRAILS!!!!

You want more trails now is the time to make your voice loud and clear. People like the W T A and the Sierra goons will be there as well trying to shut us down.

The Jones Creek Trail Riders Association has been working very closely with DNR on this planning grant for some time now, this is what we need.

The meeting is on 18 September 2007 at the Water Resource Education Center. The address is 4600 SE Columbia Way Vancouver, WA and the meeting starts at 6:00 PM (1800 hours).

Here is a link to the letter from DNR: Planning Meeting Letter to User Groups (PDF)

Here is a link to a map of the area we are talking about: Planning Area Map (PDF)



-- Submitted by Joe McLaughlin

9/18/2007

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Rock Hill AMA National Hare Scrambles

"The Emerald Trail Riders Association cordially invites all NMA riders and racers to attend the First Annual Rock HIll AMA National Hare Scrambles and Youth Hare Scrambles on July 7th and 8th. We have a new location and have completed a very challenging and fun course for all levels and ages of competitors. Kids and C classes will run on Saturday, Pro, A and B classes run on Sunday. All the info you need is at www.etra.net."

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

6/28/2007

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Important Event Updates for ORP Series

The Fringe GP scheduled for June 10 has been cancelled. However another event has been added to the scheduled. Team CPR is sponsoring the Tough as Nails Hare Scramble at Riverdale Raceway on Saturday, August 11.

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

5/15/2007

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Poker Run Series to Host Canned Food Drive, 5/13/2007

Many of our Washington state public lands that are used for motorized offroad recreation are located in rural areas. Some of the small towns in these rural areas have a small financial base that is dependant on seasonal outdoor recreational uses. We would like to give something back to the communities that provide us offroaders with the local services that are available when we are out enjoying our great sport of motorized offroad recreation. The Poker Run Series will be hosting several canned food drives at poker run events during the 2007 poker run season.

The event dates that we would like to ask participants to bring donations to are:

June 23rd and 24th Little Bear Enduro & Super Dirt poker run, Capitol forest
August 18th & 19th Smuggler poker run, Capitol Forest
Sept 8th Rock & Roll poker run, Jones Creek
Sept 16th Bell's angels check point run, Capitol Forest
Oct 21st Halloween poker run,Tahuya

Please bring non-perishable canned, and boxed dry foods to these events.

-- Submitted by John Castaneda

5/13/2007

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ORP Series Considering Adding Fifteenth Event

Watch for a formal announcement soon regarding a fifteenth ORP event, put on by Team CPR at Riverdale Raceway on Saturday, August 11.

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

5/1/2007

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Apology For Points/Results Posting Delay

Please forgive the delay in posting points standings and race results updates. We're making the transition to a new webmaster and it's taking longer than we planned. We are addressing the issues as quickly as we can. Your patience is appreciated.

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

5/1/2007

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Round 2 ORP Race Results Are Now Posted

Results from round 2 of the Off-Road Series are now posted on our results page. Note that the long course overall results are incomplete. As soon as the data is received, these will be updated.

We did not want to wait any longer to post these. Updated points standings are in works.

Thanks for your patience.

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

4/14/2007

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Stolen Bike From Downtown Tacoma

Motorcycle stolen Saturday night February 24 from downtown Tacoma.

Details:

2002 KTM 400 exc supermotard. Rain tires (Avon), brand new orange plastics.

Trick dual sport kit, HT Racing Aluminum oil cooler/case cover on left side, cush drive rear wheel, peg sliders, Endruo Engineering clutch lever. The airbox pins are missing, and led tail light. House of Horsepower suspension, so there's House of Horsepower stickers on the shock and right side fork tube. The oil cooler should be particularly easy to spot, it's a big silver aluminum thing on the left side of the engine with braided hoses coming out of it.

VIN: vbkexj4302m347785

Plate: 722627

Pictures of the KTM:
http://pics.livejournal.com/hawker/gallery/00032tg1

Case Number: 07-056-00248

If you see this bike, or parts you suspect might have been removed from it, please contact the owner or the Tacoma Police Department.

Phone : 512.657.2189
Email : mark@coyotes.org

Tacoma Police : 253.798.4721

-- Submitted by Tod Petersen

3/3/2007

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Stop Senate Bill B5544!

PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO RIDE YOUR ORV

The Washington State Legislature is currently considering drastic changes to the offroad vehicle noise laws.

The proposed changes would include creating maximum sound levels for riding near any residence, regardless of where that residence is located or how it is zoned. It would become illegal to ride if your bike is either "plainly audible" or exceeds 45 decibels from inside of, or with 10 feet of any residence. This would even include residences that are on farm land, forest land or in an industrial area. It would also be illegal to ride if your bike exceeds 55 decibels at the property line.

These new limits would only apply to your dirtbike or quad. It would not apply to other, more common sources of residential noise such as lawnmowers, chainsaws, cars, trucks, boats, airplanes, stereos, playgrounds, ballfields, etc. It is just plain discrimination against ORV use and has nothing to do with keeping neighborhoods quiet.

If this becomes law, forget about riding any track in the State of Washington. Also, you can count on the vast majority of riding areas shutting down.

Contact your State Senator and two House of Representatives members NOW! Let them know what you think of this discriminatory piece of legislation.

Find them on the web at www.leg.wa.gov

Or send them a phone message using 1-800-562-6000

DO IT NOW - YOUR RIGHT TO RIDE IS AT STAKE!

-- Submitted by Tod Petersen

3/3/2007

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NMA Competition Rules Updated & Available

The NMA competition rules have been updated for 2007. They're linked from our Racing page.

For reference, all changes and additions are in red.

If you have any questions, please email competition@nmaoffroad.org.

-- Submitted by T. Briggs

3/3/2007

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2007 ORP Points Standings Now Available

The first set of ORP points standings for our 2007 series are now available. They took a little longer to get online this year, but they should be updated regularly after each event now.

Here's to a great NMA racing season!

-- NMA Webmaster

3/3/2007

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