Sea Otter Classic 2015 - The Virtual Guide

 Nice. we needed this in pinkbike. Very similar to vital's

 It's totally a good time. Everyone is super chill and weather is always perfect. I've been going for about fifteen years now and I consider it a religious pilgrimage to attend each year. It's really fun and as far as I can tell it gets better every year in terms of the trade show and big name pros racing.

 Let me guess....You are a young person with zero appreciation for events as historic and essential to MTB as SeaOtter?

 Young person? Relative to what?

Some days I feel young...but irrespective of ageism, my point relates to the over the top coverage of a small local (from a global perspective) event. I understand the historical relevance of the event to North American mountain biking and perhaps the broader global mountain biking community...but this volume of stars and strip waving gets a bit much. Which is perhaps my real point:

Why do americans feel the need to have so many flags waving and shouting 'GO USA' in some sort of patriotic symbolism when you are still in your own country surrounded by your own countryman? I guess it's something to do with defining your social identity ? The flag waving 'group' gives you a sense of social identity: a sense of belonging to the social world? Your social world, not 'ours'...not to labour on about the origins of in group out group theory... flag waving and nationalism throughout the coverage of the great and historic sea otter was getting a bit too much.

But I humbly apologise for offending your 'old' sensibilities ;o)