Patrice clearing the obstacle with ease.

Charles Cormier trying to decapatate the photographer. Charles is always a threat on a bike.

Pablo showing how to do it and whistle while he works it.

Mark Boudreau (a strong xc racer and wicked DH racer), having never ridden a cross course before didn't realize he wasn't supposed to be able to ride over the barracades :-)

Up close and personal with Chris and his bike

Its not about style

Imagine how fast he would be with a cross bike!

Mike making it look easy

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Pablo and RJ. This of all the photos encapsulates how this event went down. Most everyone had someone to race against for the duration. The size of the pack and the short and twisty nature of the course ensured that you were always insight of other racers.

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Martin Pelltier. Martin is a superstrong expert level racer and sadly only came out to this last race. He's riding an OCR Giant, with road tires. He flatted (hard to imagine right?) and then as a testament to his attitude...ran the rest of the entire race! Well done Martin.

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Fun for all ages! Way to go Brandon!

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Sherry Mercer. Sherry has improved immeasurably not only over the season, but visibly over this 4 week series. She is climbing, descending, nailing switchbacks and doing full on cross style dismounts over obstacles. I've even noticed that she's starting to trade in her warm smile for a bit more of a Race Face. She's made me very proud and is representing the BOB's excellently in attitude and skill.

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Notice Christians hands resting off the bars. Conserving energy and getting more aero at the same time. Kids got skills.

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Andre Leger (peanut), a former racer who went to the dark side for a while...but now he's dropping kilos, working hard and is really coming into form. Thanks for working so hard Peanut!

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Luc Arseneau, coach/trainer/racer. Luc's been on the other side of the fence for a while coaching his athletes, but now, in this series he's had a chance to come back and remember why he started riding his bike hard in the first place. This race was between himself, frank, RJ and Pablo. Wicked fun to watch.

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Mark Boudreau rode around and around the Mikes Bike Shop podium. I think Bud wants to switch teams wha?

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Mark, Tony, Krista, Mutt. (oh from left to right that is...)

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The brotherhood. Frank/Luc/Mike post race.

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Luc, Kristy and his two sons. They were there to cheer him on in. And I know how much he appreciated that.

Ian:Nursing a cold/drinking hot tea and wearing an artic parka.

Charles, drinking his Cross Medicine (fireball) and wearing his Motley Crue Headband :-)

Ian Dennis. Ian helped to create then tabulate the results. What is just out of frame are the viles of voodoo potions, magical charms and the cray supercomputer that somehow helped him and his obscure decimal point calculations. I don't know how you did it...and i don't think i want to either. But thank you.