Folsom, Granite Bay, CA
Varsity Boys (~25-30?)
Teammates: Bobby Zidek, Eliel Antilla, Sven Beer and Taylor Smith
Result: 1st
I came into this race with low expectations and some doubt. First Varsity race and I was sick the entire two weeks prior, barley getting healthy with clear breathing and sinuses after a hard first lap. I started at the back, literally in 2nd to last place after the gun, figuring it wouldn't be impossible to get to the front, where I could then at least got a top ten for a good start once the real racing begins. The whole field went really hard for the first half lap, which I spent the first half of trying to bridge up to the lead five, pushing all out just to do so. I thought it was going to be like another Balboa World Champs with the Whole Athlete-Specialized Team experience: Crazy hard from the get go and never letting up leaving me at the back to the end. Fortunately, I was up against mortals this time so it wasn't.
Finally I did, and then there were 3: Taylor Smith (Whole Athlete-Specialized), Bjorn Fox (Above Category, fresh from CX Worlds), and I. 
Bjorn ran out of gas on lap two so I led with Taylor. We were just ripping single track like a really fast team ride! I'd break into a sick two wheel drift on one of the many flowing tacky corners, and we'd get amped and push even harder. Too much fun. I rode away in the beginning of lap three and time trial-ed/rode smooth is fast to the finish ending with a 3.5 minute gap! And Taylor came second, Bobby 4th! There's nothing like shredding corners in the woods as fast as you can and getting solid results.
Especially on the sickest bike ever! Losing 1.5 pounds going to race tires and pedals made my bike come alive like none other. So nimble and maneuverable, yet still stiff and efficient. I knew trying out my race set up on muddy Tamarancho the day before that if there was something holding me back in the race it would definitely not be my bike. XX shifting was dialed as I dropped/added gears 3 at a time out of every corner, or short up and down, and 1.9 S Works Renegades hook up amazing for 400g and I want to run them for every race this year that's not insanely rocky!
I really wanted to see where all my training and preparation put me amongst the competition, and am totally stoked on the win! It's a super motivating way to start the season and really reaffirms everything I've been doing to train and prepare!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Norcal HS Prologue WIN - Max Houtzager
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Fontana Winter Series Round 4
Round 4 of the Fontana Winter Series is in the books. Our local heroes John Hauer and Ben Vickery made the trip down and brought back some good results! 1st place in expert men for Mr. Vickery!
Photos by Mike Lord
Full results
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Jordan Lopez in Outside Magazine
Jordan Lopez featured in the March 2011 Edition of Outside Magazine - pg 55. The picture is an advertisement for the city of Monterey and is of the running start of the infamous Sea Otter Pro Men Super D held at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
MTB Gear Tech Pedal Review
MTBGearTech did an initial review on our Podium pedals, please click on the photo to read the whole article. Thanks guys!
Urban Downhill at Santos, Brazil
Descida das Escadas de Santos! Emmeline Ragot with an impressive 2nd place finish by less than 1/2 of a second!
Masculino:
1º Mario Jarrin (Equador) - 1.00.801
2º Cedric Gracia (França) - 1.01.406
3º Djone Fornari (Brasil) - 1.10.452
4º Cris Van Dine (Estados Unidos) - 1.32.103
5º Gabriel Oliveira (Brasil) - s/ tempo
Feminino:
1ª Luana Oliveira (Brasil) - 1.09.559
2ª Emmeline Ragot (França) - 1.09.900
3ª Bruna Ulrich (Brasil) - 1.11.659
4ª Melissa Buhl (Estados Unidos) - 1.16.451
5ª Fionn Griffits (Grã-Bretanha) - 1.15.454
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
VitalMTB Daily Shot
Another VitalMTB Daily shot for Point One Racing. This time it is Christian Wright destroying a berm at Sol Vista in Colorado. 
Photo by Long Nyguen
Friday, February 11, 2011
Fogelsodes
Check out some recent Jack Fogelquist episodes featuring Point One Racing athletes Christian Wright and Allen Stoddard.