BlueWolf Events, LLC

04/28/2024

One of the most recent memories of Sea Otter - mornings are always the best.

12/24/2023

Happy Holidays!🎀🚴‍♂️

12/18/2023

Tough decision - cancelling PAPAGO. Less than 40 registrations - and need 150 to have it make sense. If you are on of the few who have registered, keep an eye on your inbox for an email detailing refunds. Happy Holidays!

12/15/2023

Register before Sunday 12/17 to get an event shirt - PAPAGO is right around the corner and the kick-off of the MTB race season in AZ!
https://register.chronotrack.com/r/76050

08/02/2023

Mark your calendar.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!! Click/scan the QR code below to register for early-bird pricing 🔥

https://cavecreekcactusclassic.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=12606

02/10/2023

02/08/2023

Stay tuned for a new event - June 3-4, 2023. Barn Burner MTB 2.0 + CK Gravel on Sunday. Full details coming soon,

01/18/2023

USAC and VR7 Hot Laps

01/13/2023

Register before Sunday 1/15 to get one. -

You must register by this Sunday 1/15 to get one of these - Complete (and current 2023) event details are best found here.  

01/09/2023

The season is here.

01/05/2023

PHOENIX (AP) — Brian Lemke tries to be a positive person, and view even doing the most mundane task as a success — such as stringing holiday lights on his Phoenix home. “This year I was putting up Christmas lights and using an extension ladder.

01/01/2023

Register here. Duo Teams? Make sure you have both members complete the entry online – here’s the how-to: Please be sure that both team members complete a registration form as follows: …

12/28/2022

Complete details for PAPAGO.

12/22/2022

🎄 Wishing you and yours a Merry Bikemas! 🎄

12/18/2022

Enjoy the season!

12/08/2022

VR7 Hot Laps -

Long-time friend of the event VR7 is set to give the fastest male and female lap a commemorative jersey! A sweet jersey - if you turn the fastest lap of the day. 

11/18/2022

2023 is right around the corner. Best event in between Estrella and White Tanks? Do not forget about Papago 6 on Jan 26!

Promote, protect, and preserve Arizona trails

11/18/2022

Second "legacy" gravel event to go on a hiatus - Rotted Vermont announced the same earlier this week. Hmmm......

Howdy friends, you may have noticed that we have not set a date or posted about the 2023 Opal Wapoo. We needed some time to process the future of Opal Wapoo, and all that goes along with it. We have decided to put the Opal Wapoo Gravel Experience on indefinite hiatus.

When we created Opal Wapoo, our main goal was to bring the cycling community to our community of Excelsior Springs. We truly believed (and still do) that the gravel roads here are unlike any other in the country. We feel proud to have accomplished that - our hearts swell hearing stories from the ride and of packed businesses on race day and seeing Airbnb’s filled with bike racks on cars. We even had some out-of-town riders make the news!

With the growing popularity of the gravel scene comes higher expectations, higher risk and a more demanding workload. We are constantly seeking the right balance between risk and reward. We have taken on additional weight in our careers over the last 2 years and have to admit it has cheated our ability to produce Opal Wapoo at the level we would like.

We have made so many new friends all because of Opal Wapoo. We have ridden the highs and the lows of the Opal Wapoo experience right along with you. We do not take this decision lightly, and there is a bit of heartbreak involved in this decision.

Finally, THANK YOU! These past 5 years of Opal Wapoo have provided some of the best memories of our life. So many stories, so much love and support from sponsors, volunteers and most of all the gravel community that descended on Excelsior Springs to ride some of the most challenging gravel out there. Just because there isn't a race doesn't mean our gravelhood is closed.

You are ALWAYS WELCOME in our GRAVELHOOD!

Phillip & Stacey