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Highlights, Tiny Footprints & MTB Reversal of Fortune
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Just When you Think It Can Go No Higher, the Sea Otter Classic Raises the Bar
Big Steps Leave Tiny Footprints
Sea Otter Classic Inspires a "Reversal of Fortune" for Mountain Biking
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Day Four: Sea Otter BMXers Advance Toward Olympic Dreams
Kabush and Gould Continue to Dominate; Atherton, Rennie Score Fastest Descents to Win Downhill Rac
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Dirt Jumpers Get Crazy Silly at Furry Fury
The Road to Pro
Keeping it Green - Sea Otter and Sponsors Work to Be Environmentally Sound
Day 4 Video on Demand: Kabush, Streb, Ibis and Cytomax
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Day Three: Daniel Ramsey Stuns Field in the SRAM Pro NRC Circuit Race
Jonnier, Hannah Beat the Best in Dual Slalom
Saturday, April 14, 2007
The XX Chromosome Marks the Spot
Day 3 Video On Demand Featuring Circuit Race, "Green" Partners, Expo, Egg Hunt, and Dual Slalom
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Day Two: THULE Adventure Race Proves to Be a True Adventure
LUNA's Stellar Job in the MTB Time Trial: Nash, Gould Finish First and Second
Friday, April 13, 2007
Pros Ready for Saturday's NRC Circuit Race with a Warm-up Road Race on Friday
Clif Bar Staff "Peddles" Renewable Energy
Day 2 Video On Demand Featuring Adventure Racing, Kids' Bike Rodeo, Soundbites, Interviews, and Highlights
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Day One: They Might Be Giants: Craig, Emmitt Win First Ever Sea Otter Super D
Cerebral Multi-Sport: Preview to the THULE Adventure Race
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Video on Demand - Courtesy of Sea Otter Classic Cycling Festival
VNR 1 Event Flavor / Bike Skill Ride Zone (Kids)
VNR 2 - Pro Athletes/Super Downhill Winners, Action Shots/Interviews
For your convenience the Sea Otter Classic is providing video to enhance your news coverage of the largest cycling event in North America. The Sea Otter Classic is making available twice-daily video content including highlights, sound, and B Roll of pro and amateur athletic events, shows, demonstrations, and a sampling of local flavor that makes this event the world's pre-eminent four-day cycling festival.
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SRAM Circuit Race Showcases Fresh, Eager Talent for the 2007 Season
World Champion Armstrong Seeks Repeat Victory at the Sea Otter Classic
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 , Wendy Booher
The women's NRC race looks to be a showdown of the very best that North American racing has to offer, featuring the reigning world and national time trial champion, Kristin Armstrong with TEAm Lipton; Dotsie Bausch fresh off a win in the Time Trial of the Geelong Tour with Colavita/Sutterhome, Presented by Cooking Light; and other national-level squads such as Aaron's Pro Cycling and ValueAct Capital.
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Sea Otter Classic To Welcome the Latest Olympic Celebrity, BMX
Athletes Prepare for Beijing's Global Arena at Sea Otter
Thursday, March 29, 2007
"The course will be a downhill course with lots of different kinds of obstacles: step-ups, tabletops, and doubles - those will be the obstacles as the riders come down the hill," said Mary Garcia, co-commissioner for Golden State NBL BMX. "It will basically be a downhill, zig-zag course with five straights, which will make for exciting racing."
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SRAM MTB Races: Debut of Super D to Kick Off Mountain Bike Events at Sea Otter Classic
Olympic Watch – Newly Crowned Pan Am Champ Puts Georgia on Our Minds*; 2004 Olympian Todd Wells Shares Sea Otter Racing Strategies
Sunday, March 25, 2007 , Wendy Booher
Super D will appeal equally to cross-country and gravity racers alike since both disciplines influence the outcome of the race. National Super D champ, Adam Craig, is expected to defend the Stars-and-Stripes jersey while "gravity goddess," Marla Streb, is expected to go after a jersey of her own. Since having a baby last year, Streb has allegedly vowed to clinch one more national title before retiring from racing.
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WORLD'S LARGEST CYCLING FESTIVAL GOES GREEN
Sea Otter Classic Right on Course in its "Path to Sustainability"
Monday, March 12, 2007
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Neither Speed Nor Wealth Will Guarantee Victory in the 'Sea Otter Classic Thule Adventure Race'
Sea Otter's Debut Adventure Race to Test Brains, not Brawn
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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Sea Otter Classic Presents the Squeaky Clean Side of Cycling
Recreational Rides and Activities Pass the Toughest Test of All: The Parent Test
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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Where the Girls Are!
Women and Cycling Present a $2.7 billion market potential
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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Sea Otter Classic Strays from Tradition, So What's New About That?
BMX Returns; Adventure Racing and Super D to Debut at Sea Otter Classic 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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CALENDAR ALERT: 2007 Sea Otter Classic
Cycling's Grand Season Opener, adds BMX, Adventure Racing and Super D to the Lineup
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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SEA OTTER CLASSIC SAYS GOODBYE TO SWEET 16
Bicycling Festival Hosts Largest Downhill Race in History of Sport
Monday, April 24, 2006
The most well-attended Downhill event ever! Gravity pilots from all over the world flocked to the intense, mud and jump-laden sprinter's course," said Sea Otter spokeswoman Marla Streb (Luna Women's Mountain Bike Team/Red Bull).
Sea Otter's Downhill race held court to 1,310 competitors on a BMX style course that proved, physically, to be one of the most difficult ever. "Never before have so many up-and-coming amateur riders signed up to test their finesse and fitness on the famous cycling season opener," says Streb. "The athletes prevailed in wet and unpredictable conditions with smiles beaming through full-face helmets. An epic Sea Otter Classic!"
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Day 4: CREAM RISES TO THE TOP IN PRO CROSS-COUNTRY
THE SEA OTTER DOWNHILL: LEGS OF STEEL REQUIRED; SRAM DIRT JUMP COMPETITION ENDS WITH HUGE AIR AND BIG SPILLS
Sunday, April 9, 2006
The Sea Otter Classic winds up its 16th year as 8,600 athletes, 250 vendors, 100's of volunteers, 300 members of the media, and tens of thousands of spectators call it a day. But not before checking out the jammed-packed action in today's Mountain Bike Cross-County, Downhill, Mountain Cross and SRAM Invitational Dirt Jump events at the world's largest bicycling festival.
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Day 3: RECREATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TOUR: 10, 20, & 40 MILE ROUTES
Saturday, April 8, 2006
With a backdrop of brilliant blue skies and lush green hills, hundreds of colorfully clad cyclists stood Saturday morning on the Laguna Seca Raceway track, awaiting the start of their 7 a.m. mountain bike tour. When the announcer said, "Go!" no one tried to sprint ahead. Instead, families cheered and friends waved to one another as the group rolled out together at a leisurely pace.
"We are here to have fun. We just want to be outside, work-out and laugh," said Kelly Crandall, 42, of Seaside, who was riding with her friend, Maureen Greeves, 39, of Ohio.
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DAY 3: TASMANIA RULES
CRAIG COMES FORWARD IN DAY 3; DAHLE DOES MORE DAMAGE IN SHORT TRACK
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Road racing took centre stage on Day 3 of the 2006 Sea Otter Classic presented by SRAM. In the men's race a trio of Tasmanians thwarted the ambitions of Tour de France favourite Levi Leipheimer and the powerful Health Net squad, while top rated Tina Pic of the Colavita team easily outkicked the rest of the women's field in a sprint finish.
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DAY 2: MARY MCCONNELOUG MAKES UP FOR LOST TIME; NAEF BALANCES PAIN AND PERFECTION
GRAVITY: IT'S NOT JUST A GOOD IDEA, IT'S THE LAW, SRAM MTB PRO GRAVITY OMNIUM PREVIEW;
Friday, April 7, 2006
Sea Otter's Path to Sustainability
"We are really pleased to focus on green initiatives as a way to mitigate any negative impact we may have on the environment," said Sea Otter's President, Frank Yohannan. We fully intend to grow our environmental protection measures as our event continues to grow."
"Sea Otter is a good match for us," said Clif Bar founder and owner Gary Erickson. "We like to play in the great outdoors. It's where we do our sports and we want to protect it," said Erickson, who noted that his company shifted to making nearly 70 percent of its products organic.
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Day 1: STILL THE TOP GUNN; PERAUD FIRST OVER THE LINE
Following a World Cup win last weekend in Curacao, Athens' Gold Medalist, Gunn-Rita Dahle Takes the Leader's Jersey on a Sunny Day 1 of the Sea Otter Classic
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida) opened up a gaping lead in Day 1 of the MTB Omnium today at the 2006 Sea Otter Classic, the world's largest cycling festival. The 2004 Olympic gold medalist got to work right away in the first lap with a strong effort in the first climb, which motivated her to step on her pedals even harder.
"It's always a matter of the way I'm thinking: that I always have to be on the limit, like don't lose a second just because I want to relax for five seconds," said Dahle. "It's a matter of thinking 'Am I doing a 100 percent right now?' and then the next meter 'Am I doing 100 percent?'
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SEA OTTER CLASSIC NRC ROAD CIRCUIT RACE
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
The Circuit Race will utilize an intense, multi-lap format, sending the racers on 2.3-mile course known for sharp tempo changes and a "death-by-a-thousand-tiny-cuts" paring down of the fields. The NRC Circuit race will wind around the Laguna Seca raceway, with its challenging 300-foot climb leading straight into the hair raising high-speed Corkscrew.
The Pro 1/2 Men will tackle the Laguna Seca circuit a leg-breaking 31 times, clocking over 9,000 feet of climbing along the 71-mile route. With a wide open course that favors the pure strong man over mountain goats or sprinters, a race of attrition is all but assured. Coming off several major early season wins, the Health Net presented by Maxxis squad will lead the charge with a duo of pre-race favorites, Gord Fraser and Karl Menzies.
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MTB GRAVITY OMNIUM: International Debut of Glen Jacob's Mountain Cross Course; An International Field Likely to Dominate the Streamlined Downhill course;
Dual Slalom Race considered the World Championship
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Conceptually, the DH will feature mini "pump tracks," tight rhythm sections that one could either double or single, a few step up jumps, a couple high-speed descents, a fancy hip jump, and off-camber corners. Riders experience all of this in two minutes of white-knuckled exertion.
"For this DH course a light, short-travel bike will probably be the wisest choice, especially if there's some mud," says Downhill goddess Marla Streb, (Luna Women's Mountain Bike Team / Red Bull). "In addition to the right bike, the winner will need superb jumping skills, an ascetic's aversion to brake dragging, and fitness especially on the short, steep, lung-busting, up-hill section."
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CYCLING COMMUNITY RAISES MONEY IN HONOR OF BOY WITH LEUKEMIA
Proceeds from Sea Otter Classic will be given to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of Salinas' Joshua Alfaro
Monday, April 3, 2006
Not many people are as impressive as 8-year-old Joshua Alfaro. When asked about his battle with leukemia, which is a blood cancer, Joshua is very matter-of-fact and composed.
"There are some good parts and some scary parts, but in the end it all balances out," says Joshua. With jaw-dropping confidence, he even points out his "favorite parts of having cancer." He adds that if he hadn't had cancer he wouldn't have ever met so many nice people (like his favorite nurse), he wouldn't have learned to make bracelets at Camp Okizu and he wouldn't have received a medal for his 3rd-place finish in the camp's archery tournament.
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MTB STAGE RACE: NEW XC COURSE WILL MAKE FOR A RACE LESS ORDINARY? FRESH OFF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES: KABUSH AND KILLEEN TO REVISIT LAST YEAR'S ONE-TWO PUNCH?
The Blue Train of Luna Adds Another Engine
Thursday, March 30, 2006
The revamped cross-country (XC) event at the Sea Otter Classic, the world's largest cycling festival, breaks free from routine this year with a course set on "power." Veteran racers expecting the XC event to be "just another day at the office" will need to prepare for a race studded with technical ascents, more passing sections, and a final descent to the finish.
"From a competitive standpoint, what the racers will notice is a lot more frequent climbing, more ups and downs that will make the race more interesting," explained Jeff Frost, who designed the new course. "For the traditionalists, they'll love it!
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