Proving Grounds Recap—Video
The Oregon Dirt Park hosted the freeride event after a two-year hiatus
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After an extended break, the 2021 Proving Grounds competition returned to Prineville, Oregon, last weekend. For the first time in the event’s history, a men’s and women’s category graced the same lines, same jumps, and tackled the same conditions, together. When the sun set on the Oregon Dirt Park at the end of the day Carson Storch and Camila Nogueira stood atop the podium, trophy in hand, looking out towards the future of events returning to the calendar and freeride returning to the center of the cycling zeitgeist.