Day 1 With Paris Gore - Sea Otter 2013
Sea Otter 2013 kicked off bright and early today with the Pro DH practice at 9:00 a.m., while vendors opened up their booths to show off their new products. With less wind today, the course was blazing hot. All the riders checked out the course, and started testing some of their new bikes for the season. As many know, the DH track is very mellow and quite short. Most chose a shorter travel bike, while others decided to stay comfortable on their full DH rigs.
People of the Otter
Until tomorrow...
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 Jared Graves and Sick Mick ride up the hill to the top from the venue. With the DH track a 10 minute ride from the show, shuttles ran riders back up to the top. No lift access here. |
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| Yesterday involved motos going 150+ and today road bikes were cruising the track, albeit with slightly less noise... |
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| Bryn Atkinson has been training hard over the winter up in Seattle and is looking deadly fast! |
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| Team partners Aaron Gwin and Troy Brosnan flat out in the speed trap... Tuck or die... |
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| Rolling hills for miles. Monterey offers a beautiful venue. |
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| The better half of Pinkbike's photo team for the week here at Sea Otter. Margus Riga strolls the course in search for unique angles at one of the most shot venues in mountain biking. |
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| Jill Kintner also looking deadly fast, and said she was pretty much race ready after only a few pinned practice laps. |
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| Gwin. Enough said. |
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| Greg Minnaar laying out the style on Sea Otter's DH track. With a fairly mellow track, most riders are choosing 160mm bikes for the race. On the other end of the spectrum, Greg was riding a V10. Hard to say which option is fastest, but we all know Greg knows best... |
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| Diamondback's Kyle Thomas rips into the first corner of the course. It's hot, loose, and dusty. |
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| Legendary speed trap. Riders tuck and let it loose in the lower section of the course with a decently long straight away before the last section. |
People of the Otter
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| These guys. Transiton's Cam and Kevin start the day right. The company has also launched Anvl Components... Look out for a full preview of their parts coming up shortly. |
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| Sam Dueck takes a break from the heat and enjoys a few beers at the Teva booth. |
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| The Claw and his P. Slope |
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| Lars N' Mexi Bars and the bandito Covert. |
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| Luke Strobel rocking on with his Evil Uprising trail bike. |
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| Gregg Watts and his Haro |
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| Cam Zink with his prototype Hyper Slopestyle bike. Soon to be in production... |
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| Steven Bafus and his Deity Cryptkeeper. |
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| Shredders of the future. Little buddy in the foreground was destroying the pumptrack this afternoon. |
Until tomorrow...
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however I would love to see it with 650b
source: www.vitalmtb.com/photos/member/Mike-Day-Almost-Going-OTB-at-Sea-Otter,5441/Mike-Day-Almost-Going-OTB-at-Sea-Otter,53841/mdelorme,825
ps: how do you post links properly on pinkbike? :o