Fun bags at Sea Otter!

Keith and Jon better be working and not playing on this...
They tell me the Primes getting alot of attention.

If you're at the Otter can you ask ken how much one of those cost. I want one!

If you are at Sea Otter this weekend you better be at the COC area and be up on the ramp for the air bag. It is there for your pleasure, say hi to the crew and buy some discounted Straitline Pedals.

Camp loaded up with 30 or so blemished pedals for sale at a discount. Swing by and check it out.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Free-Camp-of-Champions-Big-Air-Bag-Sessions-At-Sea-Otter.html

Thanks GREG at Straitline for writing the last part... I totally stole it off your blog!!! USAUSAUSA

Fogelsode #24: Sea Otter and Post Office Jam

Well, better late than never I suppose.  This Sea Otter was my favorite to date, with rad trains on the downhill course, perfect weather, and good times with the crew!  Epic got me set-up with their Epic HD helmet cam so that I could get some onboard footage of the downhill course.  It worked out great, and I ended up filming with that most of the time because I could ride and film at the same time!

The Post Office Jam was about as perfect as it could have been!  With rain showing up on the forecast, everyone was unsure as they rolled up to the jumps.  It was overcast, and looked like it could rain any second, but it didn’t, resulting in my favorite type of weather to ride in.  Everyone had a good time and threw down, with some highlights being Brandon’s corked 720, the longest train Post Office has ever seen, and Alex Pro going for a swim.  It was definitely one of the most fun days of riding that I’ve had; seshin’ all day with tons of riders that I don’t see very often!  Plus nobody got hurt!  To top it all off,we ended the day with some hefty burritos at Gordos. 

Enjoy!

 

 

-Jack

Team Geronimo at Sea Otter

It's another Sea Otter for the books, but 2010 marked the debut of Team Geronimo at the nation's biggest biking event.

Brian Buell and Graeme Pitts arrived back stateside from competing in the Pan Am Championships in Guatemala just in time to load up the Team Geronimo trailer in the middle of a Sierra blizzard. Michael Buell and Brandon Turman joined them a day later, and the trip to Monterey was underway. Team mate Cody Eichhorn was forced to miss celebrating his birthday at Sea Otter due to an elbow injury earlier in the year which required repeat surgery. He is healing well and due to join the team at the US Open at Diablo Freeride Park in NJ over Memorial Day weekend.

The Team Geronimo/Banshee Bikes tent was conveniently situated right next to the Hayes Bicycle Group tent, and the whole area was abuzz with energy. Banshee Bikes engineer, Keith Scott, Trident Performance Sports and the Canadian Banshee Team joined in the pit, providing good cheer and camaraderie for the entire event. The team and the bikes got a huge amount of attention, with many people getting a chance to try out the team Legend Mk II, Rampant, Amp, Paradox and Spitfire.

This post is a short one, on the way to the Port Angeles Pro Gravity Tour race, which is turning into a mini World Cup race due to the ash from the Icelandic volcano, causing planes to be grounded. As we get situated there, we'll have more photos from Sea Otter and more news. Above photos courtesy of Geoff Pitts; more available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffpp/

Thanks to Jay MacNeil at Banshee Bikes for continued support and all his hard work behind the scenes as we get to enjoy these magnificent machines and bring them to the world. We'd also like to thank Lawrence Saiyo for his help in getting them built in time for Sea Otter, and being present in the pit as our mechanic. A big thank you to Devon Balet, who got some incredible shots of the team as he put up with us all week. You can view his photos at http://devonbaletphoto.com

Sea Otter

I am not sure what day it is or what time it is. I do know that for the last 24 hours I have been traveling by car, plane, shuttle bus and even walked a couple of kilometres to finish it all off. I have the Legend MKII show bike all wrapped up and in a sweet EVOC Travel Bag. I also have 50 or so Banshee shirts that will be up for grabs at a reasonable price. Stop by the Banshee Booth (booth #546) and buy one so I do not have to take them back to Taiwan with me.

I am tired, dirty and hungry so pictures of the Evoc Travel Bag and Banshee shirts will have to wait.

EDIT: INSIDE THE EVOC TRAVEL BAG

SHIRTS COME TO BOOTH 546

Keep Riding,

Rob Dunnet