Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Sea Otter Classic: 04.13.07 - 04.15.07

Headed up to Monterey over the weekend to check out Sea Otter for the first time. Upon arrival, took a few pics of the crazy dirt-jumpers and walked around the trade show where every manufacturer from huge to small was present.






Saturday AM did the XC race along with Alfredo Alforque and hundreds of others. The 19 mile course started out on the Laguna Seca race-track then headed off on a mix of fire-road and fun single-track. Finished 14th out of a field of 137 in the Men's Beginner 40 - 44 category.

See below for the course elevation profile and a link to details on MotionBased.



Map of Sea Otter Classic XC Race

Alf's friend Jose who oversees fork manufacturing at Fox raced downhill on Saturday PM. In treacherous, muddy conditions, he placed 2nd out of 22 in the Men's Beginner 35-39.



Stuck around for awhile on Sunday to watch the pro downhill and XC races and take a few pics. Here are snaps of Steve Peat, April Lawyer and an unknown other ripping up the DH course which dried nicely from the previous day.





All in all, a super-fun weekend. Will definitely be back next year.

1 comment:

Andre Alforque said...

Sounds legendary! That last, uphill leg looks painful.

Glad you made it out alive and ahead of most of the pack. Congrats!