SORBA News & Events
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
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
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...
Heavily Used Butter Gap Trail in Pisgah National Forest to be Preserved and Enhanced
(Brevard, NC) January 3rd, 2023 - Butter Gap, a legacy trail in the Pisgah Ranger District in Transylvania County, has been identified as unsustainable by the US Forest Service (USFS). Through heavy use along with extreme weather events with heavy rain and runoff in...
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
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...
The Chestnut Foundation Awards MTB Atlanta 1 Million for Trail Development
(ATLANTA, Georgia, November 23, 2022) — The Chestnut Family Foundation has awarded the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association, Atlanta Chapter (MTB Atlanta) $1,008,535 to be utilized for the construction of 24 new miles of multi-use trails and the development of a new...
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
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
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
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, 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'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 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
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 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...
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