Results: DH - Sea Otter 2016

Apr 17, 2016
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65 Comments
  • 122 24
 I hope I'm not the only one asking who Mike Day is...
  • 115 9
 Worldclass bmx racer, tested himself at a few mtb races the past few years. It would be great if pinkbike also included bmx race news, it is so under-represented in the media.
  • 23 2
 Hero of the day
  • 45 1
 Silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic in BMX. Hell yeah!!! Mikey! I believe Graves was in that BMX main event as well in 2008.
  • 14 0
 @Murraybmx: Yeah, so were Jill KIntner and Caroline Buchanan. Anne Caro Chausson won (held my breath when Shanaze Reade tried to take her out in a horrible move). Didn't Mike Day race 4X as well?
  • 32 1
 He's taking all of the KOMs in Ventura county these days. Dude is fast.
  • 20 26
flag Boardlife69 (Apr 17, 2016 at 14:21) (Below Threshold)
 @scvkurt03: Strava is known in the state of California to cause trail closures.
  • 3 2
 @vinay: Caroline was only at London in 2012.
  • 3 0
 www.pinkbike.com/news/mike-day-is-the-crossover-video-2014.html
  • 3 0
 he was on the Cover DECLINE the one that had a 3d cover about a year ago when he got on the DH Team from BMX .That was Him In California up in crestline
  • 4 2
 @Boardlife69: Ok, he's not taking all of the KOMs....

?
  • 4 14
flag fecalmaster (Apr 17, 2016 at 18:24) (Below Threshold)
 Thats a good one "who is Mikie Day". Pure ignorance is faster than any racer.
  • 2 1
 the most humble guy i ever met, who actually killed it at riding..
  • 2 4
 @scvkurt03: DigitalEPO.com
  • 4 0
 Mike 365 Day is the proper nomenclature
  • 1 0
 @Jim-laden: I think the Hero was Jared, he was on 26" wheels
  • 2 0
 @Jim-laden: Defeater of the Nightman
  • 1 0
 @enrico650: For de Day familiy he is the hero of the day...
  • 20 2
 Mike Metzger 91st place. Gwin should teach Mike to scrub instead superman back flip. Although, maybe we should add style points to time.....
  • 7 1
 Is that the freestyle legend? Are you serious that is so sweet!!!
  • 7 17
flag fecalmaster (Apr 17, 2016 at 18:27) (Below Threshold)
 You do realize this race has no significance what so ever right!!!!???!!!?
  • 3 0
 The mullisha goes hillin!!
  • 1 0
 @Rider656: He has a bike shop in big bear, you can catch him at snow summit and fontana races regularily

Renner is there frequently as well

they both have fast kids
  • 16 1
 What happened if people like Cam Zink, Sam Reynolds, Kyle Strait, and Brian Lopez have a DNF on a course like this? Tried to frontflip a 1ft stepdown?
  • 1 1
 The race doesn't count for much so you hit the 3 jumps on the top to show off and then pull off the track before the fun runs out. They aren't there to podium or race they are there to represent their brands and have fun, realistically you cant do both you have to focus on one or the other. I raced and it wasted inordinate amounts of time I would rather have been at the festival or watching another race
  • 1 0
 @jewpowered: Their mind works differently apparently. To me once you've taken the uplift, waited for your turn to eventually have a piece of trail free for you to ride, I can't see how it would be more of a waste of time compared to pulling over while you're actually riding. If this is the case, I'd more suspect they'd rather have a DNF on the scoreboard than a (relatively) slow time. Then again I can't see Sam Reynolds care about that at all.

Maybe I'm not getting the point of the festival indeed. To me it seems like if you have a whole team making sure you can ride there, you'd better just do so.
  • 2 0
 @vinay: As i said many are representing brands/sponsors, maybe they won't be competitive in the DH but they focus on the dual slalom or pumptrack challenge etc.

The race course is meh and my race was 1.5hrs past my start time, not to mention the shuttle up can also be time consuming.

Cam Zink, Sam Reynolds, Kyle Strait, and Brian Lopez, none of these people are racers, their sponsors should care more about their fan followings
  • 1 0
 @jewpowered: Allright, I get it, thanks.
  • 14 1
 Hell yea Mike Day! Dude's still got some serious speed, always cool to see BMX guys at the top of events like these.
  • 9 1
 Be great at Sea Otter had a DH Legends of Legends race, bikes all same, specc sus tires etc, Intense Tracers or something, invite likes of Tomac, Carter, Lopes, Cullinan, Kirkildie, Henderson, Day, Rockwell, Palmer, Herbold, Ronning, Rennie etc sry to any missed, all to compete for fun but with those dudes always competiton, but keep it level no individual sponsors only event sponsors, be amazing spectacle, prob event of the week, maybe why it wont happen, show up the current crop too much, but I reckon it would be amazing! Bring out the old helmets but leave the lycra in the closet, though so,e of those old suits would be funny as hell too, anything to spice it up!
  • 1 0
 they already do this with the kamikaze legends DH but i agree that they should also do this at sea otter DH as well! i believe there is a legends class in the dual slalom.
  • 10 0
 Way to go Kiran!!! Nice work buddy!!
  • 7 0
 Say what you want about it not being a gnarly course, but it's still super fun to race.
  • 5 7
 fun to race no.. fun to ride yes
  • 4 0
 @g0shj0sh10: they're both pretty fun. Practice is definitely more fun tho
  • 5 0
 I hadn't raced there in 10 years. The course is so much funner, flowier, jumpier than it used to be. However the 3 sets of tables before the finish line are an annoyance to my lung sucking.
  • 1 0
 and there was a constant headwind!
  • 8 1
 DAMMIT PINKBIKE. Show the junior results....
  • 3 0
 Jubal Davis 1st @ Bootleg Benduro, 2nd @ Fontana Enduro, 8th in a pretty stacked field @ Sea Otter. Should be a good season!
  • 5 0
 Back in the Day Mike was!
  • 3 0
 da man, still is btl
  • 3 0
 Jared Graves, Morgan Hill, CA Cedric Gracia, Santa Cruz, CA ....... Interesting. Learn something new every day.
  • 2 0
 those places are where the team's headquarters are based.
  • 3 0
 cody kelly snapped his chain in the first turn I think
  • 1 0
 Yep something odd happened with the drivetrain in that first turn.
  • 1 0
 @Trudeez: He was pedalling way too hard and unclipped
  • 6 3
 Sea Otter Dh, the Kansas of North American dh races
  • 3 0
 what the hell is in the water in newbury park
  • 1 0
 plutonium and strontium thanks to Rocketdyne nuclear meltdown in the 50's
  • 1 0
 that is the headquarters for Giant Bikes
  • 1 0
 I think both these comments answer my question
  • 2 0
 That is a pretty stacked field!!
  • 4 0
 the first results sheet was intense...
  • 2 0
 What happened to Cody Kelly?
  • 9 2
 Invalid registration. Last name field was left blank.
  • 2 1
 Wow...let em race anyway...lame.
  • 1 0
 Chain came off around the first corner
  • 2 0
 Especially Ventura County!
  • 2 0
 Nice job Gatto !
  • 2 0
 Micayla Gatto!
  • 1 0
 why is there no video coverage of this race?
  • 1 0
 SoCal !
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