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We're giving away over $3000 in festival passes! Signup to volunteer for any 4-hour shift and the weekend is on us!*
The Ozark Off Road Cyclists (or OORC) is stoked to present the 14th Annual Buffalo Headwaters Challenge Mountain Bike Festival January 25th through the 27th, 2019 in Red Star, Arkansas. Come celebrate mountain biking in the Arkansas Ozarks… with 500 of your closest friends!
Featuring the Upper Buffalo Mountain Bike Trail System, an IMBA EPIC, the Buffalo Headwaters Challenge (or BHWC) is the OORC's annual membership drive.
We have several volunteer opportunities throughout the weekend!
*While you have to be a member to participate in the rides (liability), all volunteers will receive a complimentary festival pass ($50 value) as recognition for their efforts! This means that if you are already a current member of the OORC, you can attend the event weekend for FREE just for helping out a little with the festival.
The festival pass includes 5 meals, 3 days of riding, live music both Friday and Saturday night, camping, and event swag... all inclusive!
It is requested that all volunteers check-in at the Headwaters School 15 minutes before their shift starts. Some task, like registration, require a little pow wow before they kickoff.
We will have a volunteer sign-in and waiver we request everyone ink prior to starting their shift. Tracking volunteer efforts are critical to organizations like the OORC.
Checkout the list of opportunities and signup today. We'll see you at the Headwaters!
Note: There is very little (none really) cell service on the event grounds so plan on an amazing weekend off the grid. Cell service can be found just a 5 minute drive away though so if it is critical to check-in with civilization you'll be able to.
Also, no pets on event grounds. We are guest to the Headwaters community and for liability reasons they have a no pet policy... so we do to.
The Ozark Off Road Cyclists (or OORC) is stoked to present the 14th Annual Buffalo Headwaters Challenge Mountain Bike Festival January 25th through the 27th, 2019 in Red Star, Arkansas. Come celebrate mountain biking in the Arkansas Ozarks… with 500 of your closest friends!
Featuring the Upper Buffalo Mountain Bike Trail System, an IMBA EPIC, the Buffalo Headwaters Challenge (or BHWC) is the OORC's annual membership drive.
We have several volunteer opportunities throughout the weekend!
*While you have to be a member to participate in the rides (liability), all volunteers will receive a complimentary festival pass ($50 value) as recognition for their efforts! This means that if you are already a current member of the OORC, you can attend the event weekend for FREE just for helping out a little with the festival.
The festival pass includes 5 meals, 3 days of riding, live music both Friday and Saturday night, camping, and event swag... all inclusive!
It is requested that all volunteers check-in at the Headwaters School 15 minutes before their shift starts. Some task, like registration, require a little pow wow before they kickoff.
We will have a volunteer sign-in and waiver we request everyone ink prior to starting their shift. Tracking volunteer efforts are critical to organizations like the OORC.
Checkout the list of opportunities and signup today. We'll see you at the Headwaters!
Note: There is very little (none really) cell service on the event grounds so plan on an amazing weekend off the grid. Cell service can be found just a 5 minute drive away though so if it is critical to check-in with civilization you'll be able to.
Also, no pets on event grounds. We are guest to the Headwaters community and for liability reasons they have a no pet policy... so we do to.
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Registration
Opens Nov 27, 2018 4:37pm
Registration Closes
Jan 23, 2019 5:00pm or when space runs out.
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Shifts (19)
1 - 7 of 7 Shifts
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
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| Friday Event Setup | 12:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Lets get this party started! Looking to get your volunteering out of the way? Signup to help with event setup! Efforts will focus on readying the school and event grounds for a weekend of friendly shenanigans. Unloading trailers, staging materials, setting up event signage, and other general setup duties. | 2/2 | Over |
| Gravel Course Marking | 12:00pm (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Pretty painless volunteer opportunity to hop in with our course marshal and spend the afternoon pre-marking the course for Sundays Gravel Fondo. We'll supply all the materials, just dress to be hopping in and out of a vehicle and wear good shoes. | 1/1 | Over |
| Friday Evening Onsite Registration | 2:30pm (CT) | 6:30pm (CT) | All attendees are required to go through onsite registration (only once) for the weekend. Signup to help our registration lead filter folks through the registration process including new member sign-up, pre-register check-in, and more. | 7/7 | Over |
| Friday Evening Parking Attendant | 3:00pm (CT) | 7:00pm (CT) | Signup to assist our FOORC branch with parking for the festival. We'll have 3 designated areas depending on vehicle size and volunteers will work as a team to sardine with vehicles in place. Parking opens at 3pm and should be wrapped up in the early evening. | 4/4 | Over |
| Friday Evening Dinner Volunteer | 3:30pm (CT) | 7:30pm (CT) | Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing our impact on mother headwaters and strives to run a Zero Waste event. Attendees are asked to act like big boys and girls and wash and... | 5/5 | Over |
| Friday Evening Bartender | 6:00pm (CT) | 10:00pm (CT) | The most popular volunteers! Signup to assist in serving cold beverages to the thirsty lot! The event is BYOC (Bring your own cup) to minimize our waste streams. Responsibilities include serving adult beverages, keeping kegs iced down, switching taps as necessary, verifying participant age (participants will receive an arm band... | 2/2 | Over |
| Friday Evening Parking (2nd Shift) | 7:00pm (CT) | 10:00pm (CT) | Folks tend to trickle in throughout the evening and having a couple volunteers to continue to monitor the main gate and assist attendees in parking after dark is needed. | 2/2 | Over |
1 - 8 of 8 Shifts
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Morning Breakfast Volunteer | 6:00am (CT) | 9:30am (CT) | You'll have first dibs on the coffee! Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing our impact on mother headwaters and strives to run a Zero Waste event. Attendees are asked to act like... | 6/6 | Over |
| Saturday Morning Onsite Registration | 6:30am (CT) | 9:30am (CT) | All attendees are required to go through onsite registration (only once) for the weekend. Signup to help our registration lead filter folks through the registration process including new member sign-up, pre-register check-in, and more. | 7/7 | Over |
| Saturday Morning Parking Attendant | 6:30am (CT) | 9:30am (CT) | Signup to assist our FOORC branch with parking for the festival. We'll have 3 designated areas depending on vehicle size and volunteers will work as a team to sardine with vehicles in place. Parking opens at 3pm and should be wrapped up in the early evening. | 4/6 | Over |
| Saturday Dinner Volunteer (AM - Smoker) | 7:00am (CT) | 11:00am (CT) | Know your way around a smoker? Signup and fire up the OORC smoker to get dinner going! Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing our impact on mother headwaters and strives to run... | 1/2 | Over |
| Saturday Aid Station Assistant/Runner | 10:00am (CT) | 2:00pm (CT) | Not up for Saturdays Challenge ride? Want to help with our party in the woods? Early on volunteers will help with mountain top food prep with some of our partners before keeping up with hydration needs and making refill runs as necessary. Later in the shift volunteers will be tasked... | 4/4 | Over |
| Saturday Dinner Volunteer (Day) | 11:00am (CT) | 3:00pm (CT) | Know your way around a smoker? We want you! This daytime opportunity will focus primarily on manning the OORC smoker and prepping food for the evening. Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing... | 2/2 | Over |
| Saturday Dinner Volunteer (Evening) | 3:30pm (CT) | 7:30pm (CT) | Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing our impact on mother headwaters and strives to run a Zero Waste event. Attendees are asked to act like big boys and girls and wash and... | 6/6 | Over |
| Saturday Evening Bartender | 6:00pm (CT) | 10:00pm (CT) | The most popular volunteers! Signup to assist in serving cold beverages to the thirsty lot! The event is BYOC (Bring your own cup) to minimize our waste streams. Responsibilities include serving adult beverages, keeping kegs iced down, switching taps as necessary, verifying participant age (participants will receive an arm band... | 2/2 | Over |
1 - 4 of 4 Shifts
| Shift | Start Time | End Time | Description | Registrants Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Morning Breakfast Volunteer | 6:00am (CT) | 9:30am (CT) | Signup to assist in prepping and serving a meal for your hungry friends, with some light cleanup afterwards. The OORC is committed to minimizing our impact on mother headwaters and strives to run a Zero Waste event. Attendees are asked to act like big boys and girls and wash and... | 6/6 | Over |
| Sunday Morning Onsite Registration | 6:30am (CT) | 9:30am (CT) | All attendees are required to go through onsite registration (only once) for the weekend. Signup to help our registration lead filter folks through the registration process including new member sign-up, pre-register check-in, and more. | 2/2 | Over |
| Sunday Cleanup Volunteer | 10:00am (CT) | 2:00pm (CT) | Ah... our favorite volunteers! After a weekend of shenanigans our cleanup volunteers are by far the true heroes of the weekend. Signup to assist with returning the school house and event grounds back to there pre-event conditions, load trailers, take down event materials, etc. | 6/6 | Over |
| Sunday SAG Driver | 10:00am (CT) | 4:00pm (CT) | Have a vehicle that can haul 4 cyclists and bikes, and possibly a photographer too? We want you! Signup to sweep Sundays gravel route while setting the photographer up to grab some great shots. Fun way to spend the day in the woods. Unless seriously injured, riders that opt for... | 1/1 | Over |
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Jay Mihalevich wrote on November 18th, 2019
Were some people taken out If they were not registered at the time of sign-up?
John Goins wrote on January 3rd, 2019
I plan on helping with cleanup on Sunday. I don't know if I can stay all the way tell 2 but I'm planning on it.
