Temecula is found in southeastern California. This moderately-sized city is home to the 12 and 6 hour Mountain Bike Race, that was held in June, 2012. The race is held at the Vail Lake Resort, a beautiful mountain lake area known for its beauty and fun activities.
The Temecula Valley was originally settled with a Spanish mission founded in the late 1700's. In the mid-1800's, a level coach line between St. Louis, Missouri and San Francisco, California stopped in Temecula. Temecula was also home to the next post office in California, the first being in San Francisco. The Vail family started a ranch in the Temecula Valley in early 1900's.
The Vail family built a dam in 1948 on the Temecula Creek, and the lake behind the dam became the middle of activity in the Temecula Valley. The area also houses many vineyards and is known for its wine growing.
Freestyle motocross (FMX) has brought us residence in the Temecula Valley. It's warm, desert climate and sunshine make the ideal setting for the game, and most of the big names in FMX have adopted residence in and across the valley.
Some of the notables in the area include Robbie Maddison, Andrè Villa, Mat Rebeaud, Levi Sherwood, Taka Higashino, Blake Williams, Rob Adelberg, Nate Adams, Jeremy Stenberg, and Cameron Sinclair. Also, most of the manufacturers of equipment and landing ramps have moved in to the area.
Nate Adams, winner of the Red Bull X-Fighters Championship said this in regards to the Temecula Valley, "If you're not here, you intend to be here pursuingoutdoors! If you intend to maintain the mix all of the time then you've got to call home here."
Form FMX community, ultimate sports are popular with the community. Temecula offers a skate park with a a 60-foot diameter bowl and 10-foot apron. There are competitions for inline skating and ultimate skateboarding. There are 97 miles of bike trails to ride in and across the Temecula Valley. Biking through your wine vineyards is an especially unique and enjoyable ride.
Temecula also is home to the Balloon and Wine Festival event where hot air balloons fill the skies on the vineyards. The event dates back once again to the 1980's when there have been just a half-dozen wineries in the valley. Today, thousands gather to attend the event because the hot air balloons sail around 1, 500 feet in the air on the beautiful wine valley.
Temecula is well-suited for extreme sports enthusiasts. It's not just a large city, but it's easy use of large population centers nearby. The elements is warm and dry. The area has drawn many big name sports participants. It's a beautiful corner of the united states that will be highly into sports.
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