SORBA News & Events

Now Hiring Development Director

Now Hiring Development Director

The Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) is seeking a full-time Development Director to assume full responsibility for the development and implementation of an annual, short-term, and long-term development plan for the organization. The ideal candidate will...

Highlighting The Alliance

Highlighting The Alliance

Our chapter, Northwest North Carolina Mountain Bike Trial Alliance, also known as The Alliance, is a host of our Summit for 2023 and deserves a highlight on all the work they accomplished in 2022. Based in the Northwest NC’s mountains and foothills, including the...

Tails Trail at Oak Mountain State Park Opens

Tails Trail at Oak Mountain State Park Opens

Birmingham Urban Mountain Pedalers recently opened a new .5 mile black diamond gravity trail at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby Co., AL. The trail, named Tails, was built in partnership with the Fox and their Trail Trust grant program. Additional funding was...

SORBA Jax Builds Trail With Boys and Girls Club

SORBA Jax Builds Trail With Boys and Girls Club

The volunteers from SORBA Jax have partnered with their local Boys and Girls Club to build a .5 mile trail at the Baxter E. Luther Facility in Jacksonville. The project has been a few years in the making, with it's grand opening held this past Monday, December 5th,...

Trail Assessment Training Recap

Trail Assessment Training Recap

Through a Challenge Cost Share agreement with the US Forest Service, SORBA with the help of IMBA Trail Solutions hosted a multiple-day training session for volunteers and Forest Service employees to assess trails that currently exist that may have issues with...

SORBA’s New Executive Director

SORBA’s New Executive Director

At the Fall Board of Directors Meeting, the SORBA Executive Board unanimously elected current Associate Director, Philip Darden, to be the new Executive Director beginning January 1, 2023. This decision comes after current Executive Director, Terry Palmeri, announced...

2022 Fall Meeting Recap

2022 Fall Meeting Recap

On Friday, November 4th, SORBA hosted chapter leaders across the southeast in Knoxville, TN, for our annual Fall Board of Directors Meeting. The meeting was held in conjunction with AMBC's Fall Fest, a weekend-long mountain bike festival full of good times. We saw an...

Take a Kid Mountain Biking 2022 Recap

Take a Kid Mountain Biking 2022 Recap

Each year SORBA and IMBA support our chapters in hosting Take a Kid Mountain Biking in October. The idea behind the event is to get kids and families out on the trails, enjoying the outdoors together. And while each chapter's event has its own flavor, the theme of...

Pisgah Area SORBA Rehabs Sidehill

Pisgah Area SORBA Rehabs Sidehill

At the end of October, with the combined effort of Pisgah Area SORBA, Trail Dynamics, US Forest Service, and The Pisgah Conservancy, 1.7 miles of the Sidehill trails were rehabilitated and renovated. These are important connector trails and high trafficked areas of...

SEGA-SORBA Works To Form A Relationship

SEGA-SORBA Works To Form A Relationship

SEGA-SORBA, located in the coastal region of Georgia, has been putting in the work to develop a relationship with the City of Savannah, GA. Recently the chapter has focused on work in Tribble Park, a city park that has fallen on hard times. At one point the park was...

Terry Palmeri’s Retirement Statement

Terry Palmeri’s Retirement Statement

Terry's Retirement Statement September 28, 2022 I will retire as Executive Director of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association at the end of 2022. It’s been a long and inspiring journey for the past 18 years with my love of mountain biking. It all started when I...

Pisgah Area SORBA Bike Giveaway!

Pisgah Area SORBA Bike Giveaway!

Pisgah National Forest (Sept. 26, 2022) - The mountain biking trails in the Pisgah Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest are legendary. Steep,...

Fall Membership Drive 2022

Fall Membership Drive 2022

The SORBA/IMBA membership drive is back for the fall with the “Trail Connections” theme. Mountain biking and trails are more popular than ever, which is great for the sport. We are seeing more and more families and kids taking advantage of the trails our chapters...

Take A Kid Mountain Biking 2022

Take A Kid Mountain Biking 2022

Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day is right around the corner and we are getting excited to see how all of our chapters plan to participate. Each year, SORBA and IMBA promote TAKMBD on the first weekend in October. This year, the event will be held on October 1st. While...

Support Mountain Biking

Join or donate to SORBA and support mountain biking in the Southeast. Our members are more than just people who ride mountain bikes. We're passionate, concerned individuals who love the peace, beauty, ruggedness, and challenge of the trail. We are making the world better place for mountain biking.

Join SORBA or Renew

Through our partnership with the IMBA Local program, joining SORBA is a very easy process. Just select your local chapter on the signup form, and you'll become a member of SORBA through your local chapter.

Donate to SORBA

Your donations to SORBA help us carry out our mission of making great places to ride your mountain bike. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, all donations to SORBA are tax deductible.

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