PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles is on the BMX map, as evidence by a clinic this week at Port Angeles BMX Track.
Professional BMX rider Jason Carnes will host a Redline Flight School clinic at the track Friday.
Carnes, a six-time USABMX vet pro champion from Austin, Texas, initiated the clinic.
“He contacted me to ask me if he could come here and do this” Port Angeles BMX Track operator Geri Thompson said.
“It’s becoming a destination to come to.”
Port Angeles BMX Track hosted another pro rider earlier this month as part of an eight-rider pro-am race, Josh Klatman of Port Orchard.
That same day 245 riders from throughout the state were at the track competing in the state-qualifying race.
Carnes clinic will teach riders the training and skills needed to better succeed in competition.
The clinic is Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The cost is $25. The cost includes a T-shirt.
Thompson said that riders without a BMX membership can get a free one-day membership for the clinic.
For more information, phone Thompson at 360-461-9103.
In past years, Port Angeles BMX has offered free strider riding at the Clallam County Fair. This year, free strider riding will be offered during the fair, but it will instead be at the track Thursday, Aug. 20.
That evening, there will be a Warnicke scholarship race.
Port Angeles BMX Track is located near the fairgrounds at the corner of Lauridsen Blvd. and L Street.
