Sea Otter Classic - End of Days

Apr 25, 2012

by Margus Riga

The Sea Otter Messiahs have come, and they are Jared Graves, Kyle Strait and Jill Kintner.

Holy Holly Feniak.

Margaret Gregory.

Jill Kintner. Lit.

Lopes is actually an alien from outer space put here to kick your ass. There's no way those arms are human.

The hecklers.

Mislav Mironovic. Euro steez.

Katy Holden.

Ear to ear crowds.

Dean Talley. One of the many rowdy fans pushing riders to go faster. Thanks fans. You are what makes Sea Otter so great.

The DH rock garden.

Neko Mullaly.

Curtis Keene the American dream.

Aaron Gwin. Blasting into third place.

Jared Graves. Winner!

Monteray, we love you. Signed...the 2012 Pinkbike crew...

Aaron Larocque, Video man of the hour, and Radak Burkat, the man who holds it down on the backside.

Karl Burkat. Big boss man.

Ian Hylands. Photo and hoola master.

Julian Coffey. Managing the signal.

Richard Cunningham. Mountain bike pioneer. For more info, check the Mountain Bike hall of fame. Enough said.

Tyler Maine. Content king.

Mike Levy. Gear whore.

Fraser Britton. WTF!

Ben. The reason this site works.

Nic Genovese. Intern from heavan. You'll soon be hearing a lot more of this guys name.

Michelle. PB booth girl #1. Watch out for this one.

Monica. PB booth girl #2. Making sure we get our dance moves straight.

Road manager extraordinaire, Jay Louden. Tabarnak!

Margus Riga. Who brought this guy?

The Bee.

Until next year Sea Otter.

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43 Comments

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brucemacd FL (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:04)

THE BEE!!!!

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ThermanBElkins (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:01)

where is the video of him shredding pinkbike

joe13542 (Apr 25, 2012 at 13:30)

if you look carefully you can just see black and yellow under Aaron Gwins jersey

zmcycle (Apr 25, 2012 at 16:23)

Reminds me of that Mexican Bee Character from the Simpson's

airbornmtnbiker (Apr 26, 2012 at 11:07)

awesome pictures, it's spelled Monterey not Monteray though

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lukegriffiths (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:08)

This is Rad. Brian lopes must get the alone time in...5 knuckle shuffle winner.

mickeywillis (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:30)

And I love Margus Riga's shots, hope he's shooting at deep summer this year

rismtb (Apr 25, 2012 at 9:32)

watch out for that guy, those arms are fuelled by….. ANGER!…….hat the UCI idiots cancelled dual slalom and have some other confusing event that they are trying to morph into….on the fly. The UCI should stick to expanding the road rule book and accepting bribes for doping controls.

mickeywillis (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:28)

Lopes totally would have won...! If only he wasn't wearing those old knee/shin pads...

WAKIdesigns (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:39)

Yea dude! and think how much additional aero drag you get with the helmet on!

larock (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:58)

Margus wins MVP of Sea Otter for his Big Picture articles. Was a pleasure to work with such a great crew of wicked talented people. Stoked for next year!

cuban-b (Apr 25, 2012 at 20:07)

EXCELLENT coverage once again, //pinkbike crew. It's cool that you put faces to names at the end to give credit where credit is due.

And how about Graves! winning the DH on his DS bike w/ no pads. Strait and Kintner mos def deserved to win too. three classic riders winning the classic. wish i was there.

Aljaor (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:55)

Hello Katy Holden!

mattsplat (Apr 25, 2012 at 20:47)

On friday i just wanted to see some video,but after those pictures that is mad skills with a camera lens,it told so many more stories then video will ever do,lopes s arm tells you how hard he works for what he has!Cheers!

conv3rt (Apr 25, 2012 at 8:17)

I spy a sacred ride shirt. nice. wicked photos. truly amazing

mrdecker (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:40)

This article is full of pods...... the photos with the lights behind the riders are all amazing!!!

CrashAB (Apr 25, 2012 at 11:52)

Third image with Feniak, and the B+W of the rock garden are just mind-blowingly good. Incredible photography.

ibis09 (Apr 25, 2012 at 17:11)

Lopes at 41 still rocking it and still in the podium. Man, what is this guy eating?

larryssman7 (Apr 25, 2012 at 19:32)

can someone ask a tech guy, im assuming ben, to make pinkbike a httpS site so that i could log on from school? thanks!

boogiel (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:47)

Look at Lopes' arm!

WAKIdesigns (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:42)

Yea that wild thing knows no arm pump and he's so lean as if this arm hasn't put a burrito to his mouth for months!

xpto27 (Apr 25, 2012 at 8:11)

there wasnt a best whip contest ? =S

Neely (Apr 25, 2012 at 11:10)

awesome photography guys. thank you

Stinger28 (Apr 25, 2012 at 19:41)

Hell Yea Buzz the Honey Stinger BEE

folsombikerboy (Apr 28, 2012 at 22:16)

does anyone see the the kid is holding up in pic 10 it said show your tits

andypandyuk (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:12)

Damn, the brits never did very well in the DH race.

bismojo (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:33)

very nice photos and wrap up! thanks pinkbike

jlev (Apr 25, 2012 at 6:52)

Why Jay tabarnak? Is it a Québécois?

fraserbritton (Apr 25, 2012 at 9:57)

Yes, he is.

carlpresseault (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:23)

Louden, TABARNAK!

thekayo (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:33)

lol those goofs made pb again... SHOW YOUR ...

Oscarmonk (Apr 25, 2012 at 11:21)

wtf is lopes on, look at the arms!

norcalrider16 (Apr 25, 2012 at 12:20)

when are the otter dh pics gonna be up?

Husky360 (Apr 25, 2012 at 13:47)

Aussies on the podium 1st & 2nd.

buffalolee (Apr 25, 2012 at 16:47)

Awesome pictures that witness our passion for MTB!

tdunk (Apr 25, 2012 at 20:53)

Great coverage of the event PB!

evaselenak (Apr 25, 2012 at 20:43)

EPIC!

totonito (Apr 25, 2012 at 20:53)

Im ready for next year

fullbug (Apr 25, 2012 at 7:32)

i spot a doubledouble!

fraserbritton (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:00)

Look again... That's a 4x4, animal style. At 10am.

kylepape (Apr 25, 2012 at 10:00)

4 by 4 keepin it real

Hamishcg (Apr 26, 2012 at 6:58)

FOREARMS

madmax650 (Apr 26, 2012 at 10:49)

*Monterey*.