Video: California Enduro Series - Round 4 Mammoth Kamikaze Bike Games Enduro Recap
The penultimate round of the California Enduro Series, Mammoth Mountain’s sold out Kamikaze Bike Games Enduro finished off a great weekend at the legendary venue on Sunday, September 21st in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Typical loose sandy conditions were replaced with prime conditions due to rains overnight, and during the rider’s meeting just before the race start. The course lost its Kamikaze stage from the 11,053’ summit due to the weather, but there were still 3 great stages that provided plenty of good times. Stage 1 featured a technical start with rocks and sandy turns, had lung-busting flats and climbs in the middle, and finished on the lower part of the Pro GRT DH course. Stage 2 had a flowy trail section at the start, one good uphill kick, and finished down a race favorite, the Follow Me trail. After a pedal transfer to the Gondola station, Stage 3 started with some fast traverses, and the rest packed jumps, rough sections, a couple small climbs, and the bottom of the Pro GRT DH track again. Racers were very happy with the gift of rain from Mother Nature, and all agreed the event was a great time.
1st Brian Lopes (Intense)
2nd Marco Osborne (WTB/Cannondale)
3rd Tom Doran (Royal Racing)
4th Jon Buckell (Incycle)
5th Doug Thayer (Cyclepaths/Shred Head Designs)
Women's pro podium:
1st Amy Morrison (Mike's Bikes)
2nd Rachel Throop (GT/SRAM/KENDA/TLD)
3rd Jackie Swider (Art's Cyclery)
4th Lauren Gregg (FOX)
5th Brianne Spiersch (FOX/Smith)
Words by Casey Coffman
Photos by Scott McClain, Called to Creation
Video by Mitch Nuyens and Sebastian Bauer
Mammoth Kamikaze Bike Games Enduro results
Series Standings
Series Schedule
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Congratulations to Joseph Martinez of Felton, CA — the lucky winner of the FOX 36 fork raffled off at CES round 4. Buy your tickets now for the next FOX 36 fork raffle—the winner will be drawn at the CES finale, the Santa Cruz Super Enduro on October 11. Remember, you do not have to be present to win and it supports two awesome bike projects: the Stafford Lake Bike Park and Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz's flow trail at Soquel Demonstration State Forest. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased here. (Photo: FOX pro rider Lauren Gregg taking on round 1's chunky rock garden with ease thanks to her FOX 36 fork.)
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1. DONT OVERLAP races with podiums (or other races for that matter and especially the same Categories) ...
2. Mark the courses ENTIRELY at intersections. this means BOTH sides of the trail.
3. HAVE FOOD available while racers wait three hours for results after racing for 4 hours straight. (even if its a $9 hotdog)
4. Have an overall winner (points of all race results combined) it is the spirit of the kamikaze after all... all out madness (and increase your entry numbers!)
5. Simplify the practice tickets/ race day mess. Go ahead and charge more and include it... just make it simple so all the employees know what is going on.
6. Create different pricing for teams who need a team pit from companies who are there to sell stuff and make money.
7. Your trails are awesome. I hope they stay that way!
check the CES face book page. www.facebook.com/californiaenduroseries or the photographers website. www.calledtocreation.com. It doesn't look like all the weekends photos are up yet, but I'd imagine they will be in the next day or two.
Are you slow or just plain stupid? Don't ever judge a book by it's cover. Since you have obviously been brainwashed into thinking that 6 pack abs and a beach body translates into an "Athlete" your post shall be given a pass. However when you are admiring your beach body, after that intense crossfit workout, please remember that you are a slow and pathetic rider compared to Amy Morrison.