The bike trials competition up in beautiful Mammoth Lakes, California went great! Big sections, great weather... This event is always a good one to make it to. I didn't have the best time, though, as I got food poisoning and became so ill that I couldn't even film the entire competition, much less ride in it (expert mod). Due to my illness, I completely missed the speed trials on Saturday, but I heard it was fun, and that Jeff Lenosky won. I got to talk a bit with Jeff, especially about the whole Schwinn being bought out (possibly) by Haro thing... He's not quite sure if he'll have a job in a month or so, but isn't worried, as he graduated from college and has the skills to make a living... He also talked at length about Contact, and how much of a ruckus it raised in the trials community (it didn't have enough "pure" trials for some people, apparently). He went on and on about how cool non-trials bike riders thought it was that you could do those sorts of tricks (skatepark stuff) on mountain bikes... Anyway, enjoy some video of Tom Nebb from the competition for now...

Video

Tom Nebb in mid-flight (771 K)

Tom Nebb in another section (555 K)

Results

Pro 26"

1. *Jeff Lenosky 10
2. *Jeremy Vanschoonhoven 17
3. *Shaun Miller 19
4. Andrew Fulton 39
5. Matt Robinson 43
6. Ryder Okumura 46

Pro 20"

1. *Shaun Miller 21
2. *Scott Thompson 29
3. *Andrew Fulton 41
4. Tom Neb 53

Expert 26"

1. *Tony Fernandez(jr) 32
2. Josh Barney 49
3. *Scott Smith(jr) 56
4. *Brian Davis(jr) 58
5. Tim Halberg 63

Expert 20"

1. *Zak Maeda(jr) 38
2. *Chris McNutt(jr) 44
3. *Josh Cummins(jr) 52
4. Phil Lucero 54
5. Derek Mogenson 58
6. Alex Ma 60

Women Open

1. *Monica Thompson 34
2. Gina Grether 54

Sport 26"

1. Danny Urdamn 29
2. Louis Hollingworth 35
3. Mike Wagner 42
4. Petr Sturtevant 49

Sport 20"

1. Casey Holm 12
2. Rocky Rapetti 45
3. Ryan Rapetti 45
4. Alecs Miller 60

Beginner 26"

1. Christian Graham 23
2. Elam Terry 23

Beginner 20"

1. Drummond Buckenroth 58

* automatic US National Team selections