2012 Sea Otter Classic DH Course

This video of the Cat 1 racers shows the downhill course pretty well ….

Sea Otter DH on a tandem mtb

2011 Sea Otter Classic downhill course on a tandem mountain bike

Interesting perspective. I’d like to see them try this at Bootleg Canyon

Speed and Style at Sea Otter

Speed and Style finals at the Otter with Semenuk, McCaul and Pierre Edouard Ferry in 1,2,3!

Sea Otter Downhill Results for 2011

Wow!!! Local riders are killing it!   Cierra Smith nails a pro podium finish at the Sea Otter Classic with a 4th place in the Pro Women’s Downhill!  Jon Wilson took the gold in the hardtail (but missed his pro dh run)! Andrea Napoli 1st in slalom, 2nd in downhill!  Don Morehouse 6th in dh!

Huge congratulations to Cierra, Jon, Andrea and Don from everyone at dhReno!!!

Pro Men DH

1. Jared Graves    2:11.9
2. Andrew Neething 2:15.1
3. Tyler Immer 2:15.9
4. Bryn Atkinson 2:16.1
5. Eric Carter 2:16.5

Pro Women DH

1. Melissa Buhl 2:28.1
2. Jill Kintner 2:30.6
3. Miranda Miller 2:37.6
4. Cierra Smith 2:39.4
5. Jamie Rees  2:41.7

• Complete DH Pro results at  Pinkbike with photos
• Other DH results at SeaOtterClassic.com
• Pro DH photo gallery at VitalMTB

2011 Sea Otter DH Course Practice

Day 1: April 15th, 2011

Look at the Pros practicing on the new Otter dh course. There is still some major off camber on this track.

Helmet Cam of the new Sea Otter DH Course

Quincy Shanks has some awesome photos from last years Sea Otter downhill over at Pinkbike!

Sea Otter DH Course Construction

Sea Otter Classic * Monterey, California * April 14th-17th, 2011

Check out the slide show about the dh course at VitalMTB. This is the berm right before the road hip jump. The guys from Momentum Trail Concepts are doing a bang up job!  To register:  http://www.seaotterclassic.com/

Update 4/11/11: another article with photos and a video on Pinkbike

Sea Otter Downhill Course Changes

Sea Otter Classic 2011

See the second by second course changes at Vital Mtb

AllRide Academy 2010 Sea Otter Classic

Mikey Sylvestri, Richie Rude, Austin Aldrich and Cierra Smith shredding 2010 Sea Otter Classic. By Kirt Voreis

Sea Otter Classic 2010

Big congratulations to Cierra Smith (14 years old) for taking a 3rd place in Cat 1 Women’ s Open DH! Way to go Cierra!

Ride along as GT’s Mick Hannah takes the win from Yeti’s Aaron Gwin in the Dual Slalom Final at the 2010 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, CA.

RESULTS

Dual Slalom:

(Pro Men)

1st – Mick Hannah (GT)
2nd – Aaron Gwin (Yeti)
3rd – Jared Rando (Giant)
4th – Jared Graves (Yeti)
5th – Greg Minaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate)

(Pro Women)

1st – Jill Kintner (Transition)
2nd – Rachel Atherton (Animal/Commencal)
3rd – Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis/Rocky Mountain)
4th – Melissa Buhl (KHS)
5th – Leigh Donovan (Intense)

Downhill:

(Pro Men)

1st – Jared Graves (Yeti)
2nd – Aaron Gwin (Yeti)
3rd – Brian Lopes (Ibis)
4th – Mick Hannah (GT)
5th – Cam Cole (Maxxis – Rocky Mountain)

(Pro Women)

1st – Melissa Buhl (KHS)
2nd – Rachel Atherton (Animal/Commencal)
3rd – Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing)
4th – Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis/Rocky Mountain)
5th – Leigh Donovan (Intense)

Links:

• Team Northstar Photos

Sea Otter Classic ’09 dhReno Race Report

Laguna Seca Raceway * Monterey, California * April 16th – 19th, 2009

2009 was a great year for Sea Otter.  The racing was super fun, dhReno scored lots of podiums and the group was awesome.

dhReno racer Bernadette Opperman and Santa Cruz Jr Syndicate racer Cierra Smith practice for the downhill race.  Bernie took 2nd and Cierra scored a 1st place!  Photo by Wil Smith.

We had a great group of riders and support including: Kyle, Michelle, Jasmine, Mark, Janet, Zack, Matt, Randy, Debbi, Davie, Greg, Misty, G2, Curtis, Bernie, Steve, Bill, Brandon, Jasen, Sean, John, Clark, Tom ….

Dual Stunt Sea Otter 2009

The Pro Dual Stunt finals. Sea Otter 2009. Won by Brandon Semenuk. Kyle Strait took 2nd.

Sea Otter Classic Downhill OnBoard

Go for a ride with rider Tom Doran on the 2009 Sea Otter Classic Downhill Course and watch through the lense of the GoPro Helmet Hero 5mp WIDE mounted on the “Chesty” Chest mount. Thanks to GoPro for the footage and NoFear MX for the gear!! Full Quality version is 100mb and awesome quality, this is a scaled down for Youtube.

Sea Otter Classic ’09 Video

Downhill and Dual Slalom pros at the Sea Otter Classic 2009. Some great isolated shots of Syndicate riders Greg Minnaar, Josh Bryceland; and Specialized riders Sam Hill, Brendon Fairclough.

Live from Sea Otter ’09

The weather is just awesome and we’re having a great time!

Saturday dhReno downhill podiums! L2R: Bernie 2nd, Greg 3rd, Jasen 1st, Kyle 4th. Not in the photo Cierra gotta 1st and the fastest cat 2 women’s overall time.