
Carl Decker and Kelli Emmett (Team Giant) won the men's and women's super
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Sea Otter has a festival atmosphere.
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Adam Snyder (Team Jamis) sports a new scruffy look.
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The pro men started sitting with their backs to their bikes
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LeMans starts are often a contact event.
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Robert Marion (American Classic/Kenda) gets off to a good start.
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Men at the top of the first downhill section
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A masters racer came dressed for the party.
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Ross Schnell loves this mostly downhill events.
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Costa Rican champion Manny Prado doing a track stand for the photographers.
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The pro women run to their bikes for the LeMans start.
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Lynn Bush (Tough Girls) races to a third place finish.
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Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) was planning to film the race
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) amidst the pro men in the staging area
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Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) gets off to a terrific start
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) runs through the tall grass.
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The Monterey wildflowers were in bloom.
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) leads Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) at the start.
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) leads Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) on singletrack.
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Jason Sager (Jamis) before the race
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The Sea Otter super D course is on wide open terrain.
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Robert Marion (American Classic/Kenda) gets eighth place today.
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Carl Decker (Team Giant) before the start.
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Racers run to their bikes at the start of the Super D.
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Carl Decker (Giant) with his new prototype 29er full suspension
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Carl Decker (Giant) wins the Super D
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Marco Fontana (Cannondale) leads the chase group across the line for second.
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Carl Decker and Kelli Emmett, both super D winners, after the race.
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Carl Decker (Giant) after his win
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Marco Fontana (Cannondale) after the finish
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) rides to the win.
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Amateur racers wait their turn to race
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Adam Snyder (Jamis) gets the hole shot.
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Men's super D start on a fireroad
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Pro men ride on a distant ridge
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Lynn Bush (Scott / Tough Girls) finished third.
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Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) was second.
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Carl Decker (Giant) with his new prototype 29er full suspension bike
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) on her way to winning the super D
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Kelli Emmett (Giant) leads Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) uphill just after
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