Dainese USA MTB riders hit Nevada State DH Championship 2011

Here's a great little video of the Nevada State DH Championship 2011 shot at Bootleg Canyon a couple weekend ago. Dainese USA's "privateer" team members Erik Nelson, Cris Ries and Washington State's Bob Stenson made the trip to Nevada as part of their 2011 race program and preparation for the 2011 Pro GRT tour.

Check Bob sporting his Dainese Roar Evo pants at 40 sec into the movie.

Nevada State DH Championship 2011 - Bootleg Canyon - SickLines from Sick Lines on Vimeo.

9th for Erik nelson despite a big crash, 11th for Bob Stenson, 21st for new Team Geronimo and Dainese member Lear Miller and a good job in 3rd (Cat 1 - 19-29) for one of his last races as an Amateur beofre turning Pro for Cris Ries.

Results Men - Pro.
Place	Points	Name	City, State	Time	License	Bib	Team
1	60	Mitch Ropelato	Ogden, UT	3:11.18	240150	11	SPS NA
2	Exp	Michael Sylvestri	Truckee, CA	3:19.69	288977	7	Specialized Allride
3	Exp	Bryson Martin	Castaic, CA	3:20.35	295629	37	Oakley / Marzocchi /
4	0	Tyler Allison		3:21.37		19
5	Exp	Derek Teel	Roseville, CA	3:22.00	250236	24	Team Teel / Race Bra
6	35	Tyler Immer	Rancho Murieta, CA	3:24.01	276049	32
7	30	Jonathan Widen	Mammoth Lakes, CA	3:24.87	217988	10	All Mtn Cyclery/Canf
8	Exp	Cameron Zink	Reno, NV	3:25.36	112265	30
9	26	Erik Nelson	Gilbert, AZ	3:25.52	240674	39
10	24	Naish Ulmer	Park City, UT	3:26.44	175253	16	KHS / Spy Optics / D
11	22	Robert Stenson	Bellevue, WA	3:26.52	279077	18	Absolute Bikes Team
12	20	Arthur Babcock	Fulton, NY	3:26.54	312428	14
13	19	Spencer Mehr	Saint George, UT	3:28.57	321450	21
14	Exp	Jon Wilson	Carson City, NV	3:29.23	38543	31	Northstar/Giant
15	17	Evan Geankoplis	Goldriver, CA	3:29.45	290045	33
16	16	Dante Harmony	Sedona, AZ	3:29.77	192657	40	All Mountain Cyclery
17	14	Troy D'Elia	Moreno Valley, CA	3:31.28	224206	28	FOES/MARZOCCHI
18	13	Michael Nash	Auburn, CA	3:31.83	277198	36	Canfield Brothers
19	12	Christopher Mari	San Luis Obispo, CA	3:31.89	249170	26	Zeal Optics
20	11	Ethan Quehl	Grayson, GA	3:32.34	175816	5
21	10	Lear Miller	Sedona, AZ	3:33.56	221501	12

Dainese's Erik Nelson MTB National Championship report

Here is a full right up Erik's national championships, including video and pictures.

http://erikdnelson.blogspot.com/2010/07/national-championships.html

Erik Nelson's next event will be the Maxi-Avalanche in Are, Sweden, then the Windham world cup finals.

Dainese's Erik Nelson crash video during Super D

Good to know Erik is wearing the right protections :-)

http://gearsnbeers.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-super-d-crash.html

Dainese's Erik Nelson MSC #2 Race Report

Hey guys

First off I want to say thank you for your continued support, you make things more possible every day.

This past weekend was the first race of my moderately busy summer schedule, here is a brief report on the event.

Mountain States Cup  Nathrop, Colorado

Classes: Pro 4x & Pro Slalom

Slalom: I felt great in slalom practice as course conditions were perfect. By the time qualifying came around the course in Colorado dried out significantly. In the final turn of qualify my front wheel washed out on the dusty surface, sending me to the ground. I got up and managed to qualify 32^nd, just well enough to qualify. In the first round of finals I was forced to race number 1 seed Chris Boice.  Boice managed to eliminate me by narrow margins; he then went on the win the finals. I finished a disappointing 32^nd overall

4x: The mountain States Cup has implemented a new qualifying system for the 2010 season. In short it consists of three randomly generated motos for each rider, points are awarded according to placement, most points in the field qualifies first and receives lane choice.  I managed to win all three of my seeding rounds in convincing fashion. The field was then narrowed down to 32 riders from roughly 40. I qualified third ( tied with first and second).  I was feeling quite fast on my bike and nearly swept the rounds leading up to the finals, with 1 minor exception. The finals, were quite hard, the 4 riders were the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 5^th qualifiers.  All of us riders came together on the first straight away in a tangle, by the time it was all over I cam across the line in 3^rd place.

My next event takes place in two days, the Flagstaff MBAA XC race. It’s a 23 mile XC race on my home trails, the trails that I train on regularly. The XC race is Saturday with a Super D taking place on Sunday

Expect another report from this race

Erik Nelson