Introduction to the Team

Team Switchback is composed of two racers, Eric Begin and Tim Case and is kicking off the team's creation by participating in the Race Across the West bicycle race in June.

Tim Case is employed as a professional firefighter at Boulder Fire Rescue and is a three time veteran of the Race Across America bicycle race, termed the "world's toughest sporting event" by Outside Magazine, twice on a relay team and once (2008) solo. Most recently, Tim has lended his talent for ultra-endurance athletics to Team Strong Heart and continues to be a member of that organization.

Eric Begin is a Fort Lewis (Durango, CO) alum and is also a professional firefighter with Boulder Fire Rescue in Boulder, CO. He has a wife, Andrea and a new baby girl. Eric was Tim's Crew Chief during his 2008 solo Race Across America effort.

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For 2010, Team Switchback is proud to be partnering with the Southern Exposure Foundation, which is a non-profit charity based in Arvada, CO (http://www.southernexposureinc.org/) that brings funding and human resources to building homes for the impoverished citizens of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Southern Exposure has built over 230 homes for the people of Juarez, 30% of which have been inhabited by single women with children.

Team Switchback has been created for the explicit purpose of racing funding and awareness for this incredible charity and hopes to raise enough funding in 2010 for the materials and resources needed to complete one single family home in Juarez, or about $4500.

Eric and I are proud to support this mission and are pleased that we can use our talents for gathering resources and people while racing our bikes across the western third of our Nation in support of Southern Exposure.

If you would like to help Team Switchback and the Southern Exposure Foundation, tax exempt donations can be sent to the following address:

Southern Exposure c/o Tim Case
PO Box 270671
Louisville, CO 80027