2018 Southern Enduro Tour Round 3: Camp Eagle - Photos & Results

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For the third round of the Southern Enduro Tour, we are back in Texas. We've already started in the hill-country southwest of Austin for Round 1, went to the LovIt trail in Arkansas for Round 2, and brought it back for the third of six races that commenced in Texas last weekend. We are now officially half-way through our season, that's just crazy.

It's also crazy that it is still technically not spring yet... but in the hill country in Texas, it feels like summer! That only makes Camp Eagle so much better. Because it literally feels like you're at a bike summer camp for adults! It is definitely one of the coolest venues that I've ever been to for a race. When do you ever get to go somewhere that makes you feel like a kid at summer camp again?





After we were settled into our bunk-house, we put in a healthy day of practice Friday.

We rode all 10 stages, and a couple of the more technical stages that we thought could be the crux on race day a few times.

It ended being our biggest day on the bikes, 24 miles.

There wasn't one stage that I was not stoked about. The runs aren't super long, but they all belong. And that's important because I've been to some enduros that feel like some of the stages are just fillers. Each stage has some aspect, or multiple, that are fast, chundery, or have a technical feature that takes commitment and focus. If you skipped pre-riding a stage, you'd be screwed.


Saturday morning started with a good amount of s** talking' during breakfast in the cafeteria, because what else do you do at bike camp with all of your enduro homies?

We had an easy 9:30 am start.

And on the first day of racing, we battled the first five stages.

For a total of 10.5 miles for the day, 1500 feet up and down.





During the summer, Camp Eagle is full blown kids summer camp. In the off-season, they open the camp to the public for different kinds of retreats and special events. I wish I could've gone to a place like this as a young grom, and I finally got my chance. There's cool stuff sprinkled all over the property - zip lines, skeet range, soccer fields and volleyball courts, hiking and biking trails, rope climbing courses. It is insane. We were pretty stoked that they were willing to entertain our inner child and let us wear ourselves out even more.


The barn really set the tone for the party Saturday night. The Reefs from Hunt, TX played music late into the night and was great background music for the rest of festivities that were going on - high jump contest, long jump contest, keg toss, and the camp staff even set us up to play on the barn swing. And just like at every other race, there was plenty of Tupps Beer on tap!


Sunday - Day 2 Racing













Thank you again to the awesome staff for providing us meals in the cafeteria and cooking us burgers after racing all weekend. It was delicious.



At every race, we give away a ton of cool stuff from our sponsors. The first prize to go out was a set of hubs of the winners choice from Industry Nine. You can tell Tyler Rhrinck was pretty stoked by the big grin on his face. And the first thing that came out of his mouth when he sat down beside me was, "Can you lace these up for me ASAP!? I've been wanting a set of sick wheels."


RESULTS

Amateur Women - Michelle Tischler. Haley Tranum.
Juniors 0-17- Garrett Chrisman. Grant Lampson. Luke Shelmire.
Amateur Men 50+ - Rich Vreeland. Daniel Thompson. Steve Stovall.
Amateur Men 40-49 - Shannon Smith. Cooper Sellers. John Reid. Todd Hood. Brian Carl.
Amateur Men 30-39 - Chase Smith. Brandon Daurelio. Thomas Helesic. Nick Guerra. Blake York.
Amateur Men 18-29 - Kenneth Windburn. Scott Czaplicki. Grayson Buster. Ethan Anderson.
Expert Men Open - Calvin Miller. Tyler Livesay. Javier Zuniga. Chance Lehman. Logi Adrio Villar.
Pro Women - Cindy Abbott. Angie Hyndman. Rae Cook. Ivy Deason. Kaile Vierstra.
Pro Men - Carson Lange. Jimmy Smith. John Anderson. Jeremiah Work. Dustin Slaughter.




Peace out and see y'all at the next round back in Arkansas!