Dave Aumentado rips into the final corner of stage 2, TechnologyOnce again the SDES was graced with good weather for Round #3 in McKinleyville California. Heavy rains through the prior week presented very slippery trails for the Macduro riders. Saturday’s sunshine only seemed to exacerbate the already slippery conditions, as successive runs created packed slippery turns and deathly slick roots. Many riders found themselves careening off course or quickly hitting the deck before they had time to react. Round 3 sported the biggest turnout yet for the 2017 series and many riders got to sample the fun and challenging Mac trails for their first time. Short and technical stages challenged riders to push their pace while minimizing mistakes, before finishing the day on the epic, long and physical run down TV, aka Jude’s Trail. The conditions saw many an order mixup as participants pushed their luck against the clock. Local favorite Noah Samson threw down at his first SDES appearance on his home trails. Consistently riding his way to third on the day, Samson split the  favorites for the series overall podium widening the gap between the series leaders and runners up. Tyler Green also laid down some hot stage times in his SDES debut. Though hampered by mechanicals and navigation issues, Green would take a third on stage 2 and a second place on stage 5, showing the leaders he had the pace to hang. Joel Graves returned to the series on his home town trails after missing round 2, and would post an impressive fourth place on stage 4, but was beset by major offs in other runs that would bury him in the field. Trevur Keyes had his best performance of the series to date, landing in a solid fourth place on the day, narrowly ahead of close rivals Ryan Reichlin in fifth and Denny Snyder, who would fall to tenth on the day after being penalized 30 seconds for cutting the course on the final stage. In the masters field Mike Clem rode a strong round to finish eighth overall, distancing himself further from close rivals Travis James, Curt Reichlin and Justin Brown.

Kira Rose returned to the series and would ride all stages impressively for her first time on the Mac trails claiming another round of first place points in the women’s field. Ali Osgood amazed aboard a slick tired, one brake, dirt jumper. And Stacey Purifoy had a consistent day on her hardtail in her first visit to Mactown.

All eyes were on the battle for senior men series overall with Steve Pearl returning to the series after missing round 2. After winning round 1 at Lacks Creek, Pearl had an opportunity to distance himself from close rival and comrade Justin Graves who finished in second place at both rounds 1 and 2. The two riders would battle through all 6 stages, trading the lead a total of four times before the day was done. A timing error on stage 1 saw Graves have to perform a rerun within minutes of his first go. Despite the winded frenzy of the second attempt Graves would manage to edge Pearl in rounds 1 and 2, building a very slim 1.7 second lead. With pressure mounting Pearl delivered on the long and technical stage 3, edging Graves by four seconds and taking over the lead by 2.5 seconds. Graves would answer back taking the win on the short and intense stage 4 by a fat 3.0 seconds, with Pearl blowing off course two turns from the finish, again giving Graves a narrow advantage of only 0.5 seconds. The back and forth continued with Graves throwing a chain half way through the shredful stage 5 known as Car Crash. Graves managed to avoid total disaster salvaging the run and preserving the chain, coasting into third position with Pearl taking another impressive stage win and reclaiming the lead by a familiar 1.7 second advantage. The round would be decided on the final stage. Graves descended first and put together a strong run that would only be tested by Pearl. However it was not Steve’s day as a wipeout and run in with a motorcycle on course would stall his run and give Graves the margin needed for a solid victory as Pearl fell 12.8 seconds short of all but clinching the series overal, leaving the two tied with a round win and round second place apiece.

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Thanks so much to all who came out, was a lot of fun. Appreciate everyone’s good humor putting up with the sparsely marked courses. And huge thanks to Ali and Noah for all the raking, the trails were super.