BLACKWATER 100 ATV RACE 1988-Day 1. Also Look for Day 2. The Dirt Bikes

Really miss this one. If you get a chance watch the video... It's amazing!
Hey Fred is that you on your ol' Bultaco 200? ;)

from watching it again i know what your talking about ive hit hills like this.. some hills that are slippery like this are actually impossible until they dry out.. Id like to do this but id be afraid to hit someone with my bike.. I do stuff like this everyday almost but not for 20 miles i dont think. I got a 2007 400ex btw (my fourth bike)

FrostyByte, I rode this race for 15 years, on a dirt bike, I can tell you this bank is not as easy as it looks. You ride at least 20 miles of race through bogs, rocks and very challenging terrain just to get here. You have crashed a few times, drowned the bike in one of many river crossings plus being stuck in mud up to your axles. Ar RT 93 one has to pick a shallow line in the creek with spectators trying to steer you wrong. Then you hit this wet slimy clay bank with people in your way.

those same riders would tackle that hill with ease with today's quads :) great video!

To everyone that says there is no skill here just remember these guys were worn out before they got to this point i mean drained

so i wouldnt be able to go to black water and ride the trails there? or could i?

last race was 1993...

They had a breakout of e-coli on the property surrounding it and the power company who owned a lot of the land pulled their support of the race..

The "derelicts" also had something to do with it, the fans were just out of control.

Dave Coombs refered to it as a "insane asylum and the prisoners are running it"

no you don't. you obviously have no skill. if you lean that far forward you loose most of your traction. that hill is steep and slick.

does anyone know when and why it this race stopped running?

What's funny is the lack of skill of the riders. Mud or not, in a hill climb, you put your nuts on the bars.

i have the whole video... atv and motocross of black water
but i dont know what yeat it is

dang if bikes flipped over this easy in the 80s i think ill stick to newer ones lol my driveway is worst than that hill

glad to see this I was there that year with my cousin Rick Pickens that raced. I've tried to find transcripts from espn with no luck. If you have any more on this please share

I cant possibly see how these people flip over at the top so easily?

Thats awesome!! I think the crowd is more fun to watch than the bikes!HA!HA!