Pro DH and Dual Slalom Photos – Sea Otter Classic

Mtbr’s very own Forrest Arakawa was on hand shooting photos of the Pro DH and Dual Slalom events as well as a few XC photos thrown in for good measure. The first 3 days of this year’s Sea Otter Classic were extremely hot, but Sunday morning started off with a decent amount of fog covering the entire venue until the sun broke out right before noon.

Here for your viewing enjoyment are some of Forrest’s favorites!

Brian Lopes hauling ass on the DS course! Apparently he was going too fast!

Wild Flowers and Short Track

Jason Moeschler Short Track

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: Brian Lopes hauling ass on the DS course! Apparently he was going so fast that race officials didn’t allow him to participate!

: Wild Flowers and Short Track

: Jason Moeschler Short Track

: Mini Moeschler

: Wild Flowers

: Carl Decker with a sweet stash!

: Downhill course – Oaks and Spanish Moss

: Christian Wright heading up for morning DH practice. Race Day.

: Italian photographer Ale Di Lullo getting the shot.

: Bryceland going big

: Kona Rider?

: Cedric Gracia

: Ben Cruz

: Andrew Neething

: Gregg Minnaar

: Leigh and Grace Glaspell/Donovan on the DH.

: Fun Style on the big jump.

: Aaron Bradford taking the middle line. There were a few riders going fast through the middle and Aaron was one of them.

: Cedric with some killer whip style!

: Ryan Condrashoff showing us how it’s done. Always looking stylish.

: Greg Minnaar can whip.

: Danny Hart looking really comfortable.

: Andrew Neething

: Lars Sternberg

: Banshee rider?

: Alex Bond

: Joe Smith can whip with the best of them! He and Alex were riding killer when I was shooting this jump!

: Greg Minnaar threw a killer whip almost every time down the course.

: Your winner Jared Graves was looking smooth and keeping it low all weekend.

: Brian Lopes, always looking fast!

: Danny Hart

: Greg Minnaar

: Not sure who this guy is but he was looking good over the jumps.

: Jared Graves keeping it mellow at the top but still looking super fast.

: Brian Lopes

: World Champ Danny Hart making it look easy from every perspective.

: Lycra Clad Marshall Eames throwing his own version of the whip.

: Equally guilty of having an affinity towards Spandex, Ryan Condrashoff throwing a killer Table!!!

: Brian Lopes

: Duncan Riffle charging for Team Norco!!!

: Jill Kintner

: Danny Hart

: Tyler McCaul showing off his new muscles!

: Jared Graves

: Josh Bryceland and Ryan Condrashoff

: Troy Brosnan showing everyone how it’s done! This guy was looking killer all weekend!

: Brad Benedict has a full time job and manages to keep killing it at the races!

: Photographer and racing.

: Brad Benedict needed a full time job to pay for all the hair care products he uses daily!

: Josh Bryceland

: Kirt Voreis looking fast!

: Jared Graves

: Mick Hannah

: Josh Bryceland and Cedric Gracia

: Jill Kintner – WINNER!

: Greg Minnaar and Ryan Condrashoff

: It’s quite a scene on the DS course at Sea Otter

: Mark Weir hanging with his fans on the DS course! He is too famous to race now.

: Jill Kintner

: Kyle Strait’s winning run!!!!! He was looking badass all day but really turned on the speed in the final rounds. One this is for sure, this man can ride.