Sea to Sky 2020 Beach Race! (Saturday Update)

"Nom De Plume" (unlistedusername) 09/26/2020 at 12:45 • Filed to: None

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By a wide margin my favorite stage race of the Fall (traditionally). Beach race is always a madcap exhibition of pro level skills. Such is the nature of a track like this that backmarkers are quickly jammed up with the leaders attempting to penetrate the massed carnage. A highly dangerous single wide metal tunnel assures nobody can outright dominate at the front.

Bearing that last in mind. For the first time ever course design was a bit of a letdown. I’d say a pass is deserved this year when every event was in doubt. It bears mentioning because of how consistently innovative the designers are on what is a fairly static track layout. Lap after lap things fall apart more than they allow being linked. Which after about 2:30 ends up making things very interesting.

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Update: Best video to come out of this year’s stage race so far. Most of these GoPro videos stink of big sponsor money robbing you of the real experience. Being inside the race on a bike set up to choke on dust and rocks long enough to suffer untold abuses. Lee “Conkers” Thomas deserves every tin nickel and slug quarter he can shake loose from Youtube for this video.

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Darkbrador > Nom De Plume 09/25/2020 at 13:46

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Excellent !

I’m just an armchair commenter with neither the balls nor the skills to race that course. But damn ... that looks both amazing and horryifing all at once.

That would be me, at every obstacle, all along the race.

Respect. 

Nom De Plume > Darkbrador 09/25/2020 at 14:31

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Totally, the video I posted was very light on capturing things that would upset people. Drone crashing and all the other craziness is still almost too much to keep up with.

If you can handle seeing a crowd of people standing too close together and highlights of the carnage try this video.

Darkbrador > Nom De Plume 09/25/2020 at 15:31

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Th at’s the best part ...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nom De Plume 09/26/2020 at 07:35

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no way known i could do that

Nom De Plume > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/26/2020 at 08:41

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That’s what makes rare encounters with stuff like this enjoyable.  

Goggles Pizzano > Nom De Plume 09/26/2020 at 13:55

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This guy.

BJ > Nom De Plume 09/27/2020 at 23:04

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I’m too old and too poor to t ake up motorcycle racing, but hard enduro looks like so much fun!