Race Recap: Kamloops - MEC BC Enduro Series presented by Intense Cycles

Boldly Unscripted in Kamloops

Boldly unscripted couldn't be a more appropriate tagline for the Kamloops stop this past weekend at Harper Mountain. Rider opinions were unanimous, this truly was a 'perfect course'!

This event is a fan favourite, what could be better than naked grass slalom, fifteen-minute stages, lakes, cold beer and some very fast singletrack—all this and at round four four of the MEC BC Enduro Series (BCES), presented by Intense Cycles.




Trail Club and Community

I'm super lucky to live in Kamloops;

Kamloops is one of the few communities in BC where mountain biking was born; the trails grew organically, the riders created a style that you only get from living here, and if you look at any magazine/podium/video/other mountain paraphernalia, you'll undoubtedly see Kamloops' influence oozing from every corner. My favourite part of Kamloops is the humbleness of the community, we won't tell you how great we are, we'd prefer to just take you on a ride and let you decide.

This is highlighted by the humility of riders in Kamloops—you won't know their names, they don't have an Instagram following, yet, the fact remains that everyone in the community of riders here is an absolute shredder; I've never been to anywhere in the world where everyone you ride with is simply a treat to follow—if you can keep up.

The trails at Harper Mountain are a local gem, the area is maintained by the Kamloops Performance Cycling Centre, the weekend before the event saw a massive trail day, with over 20 volunteers coming out to prep berms, fix drainage issues, and take care of fallen trees.

I want to give special thanks to Cheryl from the Bicycle Cafe. She's always pitching in to help me out with this event, from calling in the heavy hitter volunteers (Jay B. drove from Canmore, Devin K. came from Revelstoke) to staying at the lodge until the late hours to clean up, she does it all! Also thanks to the Bicycle Cafe Crew:
• Jordan Proctor, Chainsaw and berm Wizard
• Olly, course marking machine 8+hrs!
• Lachlan/Dylan/Tyler—Grass Slalom Engineers

I also owe a couple of other big mentions:

The Helly Family, show so much kindness to the series:
• Sue is the jack-of-all-trades: registration, timing, garbage control, podium awards.
• Jeremy and Johnny. Somehow they managed to skip school and course mark with me for eight hours.
• Frank, always keen to course mark, or lend me his dirtbike to "course mark"

These guys really make these events special and I likely wouldn't be able to sleep without their help

Joel Moore—thanks for manning the road crossing on Saturday.

Kamloops Bike Riders Association—Thanks so much for helping me get volunteers and for being a great community stewardship group.

Spoke Bike and Ski—Paul, Carolyn, Greg, Mike and the shop crew have supported me chasing my dreams for years, and I'm super thankful for your confidence, honesty and for always keeping me humble on the climbs.

Local Supporter's—Thanks

In addition, I couldn't do this event without the support and help from:

Tourism Kamloops | Spoke Bike and Ski |Reservoir Coffee | Cookshack Cravings | RSTBC | Harper Mountain | Mostly Mental Shuttles | Red Collar Brewing | Sara Ludtke | We Are One | District Bicycles | Jeff, Candace, Eric N, Jill, Mike Acton | Jacob H. | Restore Performance PT




Racing

Race Photos—You can find more race photos courtesy of James Cattanach and Sam Egan, by clicking on their names.

The Trailforks route doesn't describe just how big this day was. At around 1,800m of climbing, 38kms, and 15-minute stages, we'll let the photos do the talking.















The Course



Stage 1 | Harper Ski Hill » Nate's
1.486km distance, 0m climb, -172m descent
Stage 2 | Upper Nate's » lower Nate's
2.062km distance, 3m climb, -362m descent
Stage 3 | Unicorn DH > Tempus Fugit
5.2km distance, 32m climb, -571m descent
Stage 4 | Easy Rider
1.005km distance, 1m climb, -116m descent
Stage 5 | Slalom
56m distance, 5m climb, 0m descent

Our Trailforks profile is here

Shuttles

Big thanks to Mostly Mental Shuttles, Kamloops' only MTB shuttle company.

Bike Check



Apres and Partying








Results

You can find the full results here.

For series points, please check out Roots and Rain.


U15 Men
1 // Neve Abraham // 22:25
2 // Johnny Helly // 23:03
3 // Emmett Hancock // 24:32

U21 Men
1 // Ian Milley // 22:52
2 // Jack Cormack // 22:55
3 // Jacob Murray // 22:56
3 // Felix Abraham // 22:56

U21 Women
1 // Sena Odyakmaz // 43:48
2 // Marike Henderson // 57:41


21–29 Men
1 // Sam Poarch // 23:18
2 // Patrick Ladyman // 23:40
3 // Mike Reid // 23:58


30–39 Men
1 // Anthony Boussetta // 22:58
1 // Jeff Pont // 22:58
2 // Kevan Chesney // 23:33
3 // Guillaume Racine // 23:39

40+ Men
1 // Shane Kroeger // 23:48
2 // Ryan Hayes // 23:57
3 // Trevor Syrowy // 24:07

Open Women
1 // Sarah Moore // 26:15
2 // Jo Peters // 27:22
3 // Fejola // 27:33

Short Course Men
1 // Francisco
2 // Chris Elliot
3 // Scott Egan

Short Course Women
1 // Keri Lewis
1 // Kelly Kozevnikov
2 // Andrea Walsh
3 // Katrina Ballance

Short Course U21 Women
1 // Amy Ertel

Short Course U21 Men
1 // Seth Cooperman
2 // AJ Timewell
3 // Benett Steers


Pro Women
1 // Emiy Slaco // 24:43
2 // Georgia Astle // 25:51
3 // Cathrine Pendrel // 25:51


Pro Men
1 // Matt Beer // 21:24
2 // Stu Dickson // 21:33
3 // Kasper Woolley // 21:50


A massive thank-you to this year's series sponsors and supporters

• And anyone who Volunteered with us and anyone who helped with a shuttle, a beer or a spare tube!



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• Jersey
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• Discount entry to any other race, for you or for a friend/kid/dog
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