Bill Warburton

Dear Racers, Volunteers and Supporters,

I want to thank you all for your amazing support of our Short Track and XC
Races this year! At the Short Track we had about 35 racers to burn-in the
lines in the stadium, the pre-ride gave us an opportunity to ride a fun
portion of the course together, then at the main event we welcomed just
under 280 racers plus 20 youth in the free kids race and it was a beautiful
day out in the Skyline Forest!

- This race is on 100% private land -- thank you landowners and
neighbors!
- Taylor Northwest watered the road on Friday night to keep the dust down
- Devon and Jennie from *Cascade Timing* did a great job with live
results through the chip timing
- Special thanks to *Ryan McGlone Properties* for your continued support
of our events!
- Kevin and Todd from *WebCyclery* provided all of the prizes for the
category winners and hosted our packet pick-up happy hour on Friday
- Matt from *We're the Wurst* managed to get his trailer down there and
served delicious food
- *Natural Grocers *provided snacks
- *Deschutes Brewery* served up their amazing beers in sweet new cans
- *Bendistillery* added some swag to the cash prizes for the Overall
Winners
- *Backporch Coffee *supplied the race crew and morning volunteers with
hot coffee
- Lots of *Academy Families, Sparrow Bakery and Safeway* all provided
sweet baked goods for our Bake Sale Fundraiser!
- Huge thanks to the *VOLUNTEERS* who helped with course setup,
hospitality, aid stations, moto-leads and sweeps, and keeping everything
smooth for our racers!
- And *Adventure Medics* provided great support on the course and at the
finish line for those riders who needed medical assistance

Check out some photos from *Jack Gosnell* -- he's always out there
supporting the OBRA races!

- https://gosnell4887.myportfolio.com/chainbreaker

Race Results:

- STXC 4/25
- XC Race 5/12
- Junior Series leaders -- email me if you need a jersey before Sisters
- Off-Road Series -- stay tuned for series updates from Mike Ripley,
we'll see you at Sisters Stampede!

We love hosting this event and I appreciate all of your comments and
feedback so please email me with anything you'd like me to know so we can
keep making it fun and safe for everyone next year.

Cheers,
Bill

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William Warburton

*Cycling Director*

541.335.1346

Bend Endurance Academy
442 NE 3rd ST
Bend, OR 97701