Jared Graves has won the 2011 Sea Otter Downhill, followed by Andrew Neethling in second and Tyler Immer in third. On the womens side Melissa Buhl avenged her loss in the dual slalom yesterday and beat out Jill Kintner for the win. Miranda Miller was third, followed by 16 year old Cierra Smith in fourth.
With most of the major pro teams already in South Africa for the first World Cup of the Season next weekend the field at this years event was pretty thin. Transition and Giant and Yeti were the only pro teams at the event this year on the gravity side, and while they did well here at Sea Otter they'll be arriving in SA with barely a day to recover from the 20+ hour flight and the 9 hour time change. It will be interesting to see how they fare against the other teams that have already been there for a week or more training.
Graves and Buhl both won decisively, Graves by over 3 seconds, Buhl by 2.
Jared Graves
Mens Top 10 (full results below)1. Jared Graves
2. Andrew Neethling
3. Tyler Immer
4. Bryn Atkinson
5. Eric Carter
6. Cody Warren
7. Eliot Jackson
8. Curtis Keene
9. David K
10. Danny Hart
Mens Podium
Womens Top 10 (full results below)1. Melissa Buhl
2. Jill Kintner
3. Miranda Miller
4. Cierra Smith
5. Jaime Rees
6. Joanna Petterson
7. Lauren Rosser
8. Mary Moncorge
9. Darian Harvey
10. Adrienne Schneider
Womens Podium
Jared Graves
Andrew Neethling
Tyler Immer
Tyler Immer
Andrew Neethling
Graves and Immer stoked after the race...
Melissa Buhl
Jill Kintner
Miranda Miller
Cierra Smith
Full Results2011 Sea Otter DH Men2011 Sea Otter Womens DHCheck back for more photos shortly
Looks like Danny was celebrating a little too much through the week doh! saying that with WC this weekend who really cares? S.A is where its at.
But seriously this is not DH and the results are nothing to get wet over, seriously they just prove that! Why the other big names aren't even they're its no preparation for the WC!
Big Graves fan and cool to see him take the win on a serious DH bike what? but Sea Otter really call it what it is, BMX run in a DH formatt!!
Nice pictures, looks like a fine day for a race !
3 graves, without a doubt one of the top all round riders out!