Photo Epic: Big Mountain Enduro - Winter Park
The third and final stop of the Big Mountain Enduro series brought racers to Winter Park and the Trestle Bike Park. After two days and six stages racers battled their way to the podium. Richie Rude continued his dominance in the Pro Men's field while Anne Galyean practically walked away with the win in the Pro Women's field. With the completion of the final stop, the series overall leaders were named for all categories.
Full results here.
More on the Will Olson Memorial Fund.
MENTIONS: @BigMtnEnduro / @devonbalet
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 Day one of racing greeted racers with classic Colorado blue skies. |
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| Bright morning sun and all out speed for breakfast. |
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| The future is looking bright with the young age of some of the racers. |
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| Classic Fraser Valley fog. |
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| The Trestle Bike Park crew was out in full force for day one, set up in key heckle spots. |
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| Low and fast style of Richie Rude, proving he has what it takes to win enduro races world wide. |
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| Cody Kelley has been on fire this year. Kyle Warner and he have been in battle for the NAET overall. |
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| Wide open is the name the game for a lot Trestle Bike Park. |
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| Anne Galyean was looking smooth and fast all weekend long, besting her competitors by +0:58.79. |
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| Krista Park has had a solid season of racing after coming back from injury. Park took home second for the weekend and first overall for the series. |
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| Nate Hills is always looking smooth on his bike and this weekend was no different. |
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| Young gun Dylan Crane was on fire this weekend finishing day one sixth overall, then stepping up to a third place finish. |
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| Trestle Bike Park isn't all smooth fast bermed trails. There are a few rocks to be found as well. Scott Countryman goes low and fast over one particularly large rock. |
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| A lone racer rides the lift up into the clouds on Trestle Bike Park on the start of day two. |
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| Sparky Moir tucks into the start of stage four. |
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| Rider in the mist. |
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| The thick fog and clouds lingered well into the morning making for some interesting photo opportunities as well as racing conditions. |
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| Mitch Parsons and Andrew Dunlap top out on the lift on a foggy start to day two. |
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| Stage five sent racers onto Mountain Goat, a fun but technical trail in the deep woods. The opening section of the trail is no big deal, but later on things get more interesting. Christine Irelan airs into the start of Mountain Goat. |
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| Porsha Stockton had a great weekend of racing, earning herself first in Amateur Women 19-39. |
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| Aside from racing for the podium here in Winter Park, Kyle Warner was in a heated battle with Cody Kelley for the North American Enduro Tour overall. |
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| The man behind Enduro MTB Training proves he isn't just a workout plan. Dee Tidwell has had a great year of racing with a first place finish here in Winter Park. |
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| Alex McGuinnis kept it clean all weekend landing himself a fifth place finish in Pro Men. |
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| Anne Galyean showed up to Winter Park to win and that is exactly what she did finishing just shy of a minute ahead of Krista Park in second. |
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| After two days of racing, participants were stoked to get some fun runs in and enjoy a BBQ. |
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| There was plenty of Oskar Blues brews on hand for the post race BBQ. |
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| Big Mountain Enduro held a silent auction to help raise funds for the Will Olson Memorial Fund. Sponsors for the series stepped up big filling tables of product for auction, all to help our friend. |
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| Pro Women's Podium 1. Anne Galyean 2. Krista Park 3. Sarah Rawley 4. Alex Pavon 5. Jill Behlen |
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| Pro Men's Podium 1. Richie Rude 2. Kyle Warner 3. Dylan Crane 4. Cody Kelley 5. Alex McGuinnis |
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| When you are on the top step, everyone is gunning you as though you have a target on your.... face! |
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| The Vet Men 30+ Series Overall Podium gave a cheers to Will Olson, whom was in third overall coming into this race. Cheers to you Will. |
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| Crushing #iphonographer |
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| Series Overall Pro Women 1. Krista Park 2. Leigh Bowe 3. Sarah Rawley 4. Heather Irmiger 5. Anne Galyean |
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| Series Overall Pro Men 1. Richie Rude 2. Nate Hills 3. Jared Graves (not pictured) 4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 5. Jon Buckell |
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| Another year of Big Mountain Enduro racing is in the books. A big thank you to everyone with the BME, putting together great weekends of racing bikes! |
Full results here.
More on the Will Olson Memorial Fund.
MENTIONS: @BigMtnEnduro / @devonbalet
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