Scotty Carlile

Seriously guys… how amazing was that? Throughout much of the season I felt as though I was going to be very excited to get the season over with, you know, to get my “life back.” Now that it’s all over though, all I’m feeling is a bit nostalgic. I can’t even believe how much of a success the past week has been, and it feels so very good to be such a part of it.

We sincerely want to thank first and foremost our sponsors, Thump Coffee and Jackson’s Corner to keeping us not only caffeinated and fed, but caffeinated and fed RIGHT. We also want to thank Ben Thompson at Breakaway Consulting, not only is this guy super-fast on his bicycle (3rd at nats 30-34!), but he’s also a super-good dude and knows how to make a rad website. Also, thanks goes to Byron Roe of Byron Roe Photography, although we didn’t get to work with him this season like we wanted to, I know he’ll play a huge part in this site in the near future. MUCH thanks to Doug LaPlaca and everyone at VisitBend.com for bringing Nats to Bend, and for hosting the most successful national event in history. Brad Ross… well, you’re badass. You definitely can call yourself the king of race directors, you sir, put on one hell of a race, thank you. Everyone else listed below, we couldn’t have done it without you, thank you so very much (I’m sorry if I’ve left anyone
out)!

USA Cycling, The City of Bend, Webcyclery, Deschutes Brewery, Shimano, Bob’s Red Mill, CX Magazine, Cycling Dirt, Old Mill District, Yakima, Merrell, Brian Vernor, The Tower Theater, TalkDemonic, Barry Wicks (and Adam McGrath), Cassondra Schindler, The Downtowner’s Association, The Source, BYOB (that bike was beautiful), Elise Jones, Sunnyside Sports, Hutch’s Bicycles, Bend Bike ‘N Sport, Rebound Sports Performance, Giant Bicycles, Carl Decker, Ryan Trebon, Marcel Russenberger, Bart Bowen, Molly Cameron (and Jake!), Henry Abel, Clif Bar/Salsa Developmental Team, Sascha White of Vanilla Bicycles/Speedvagen, Lee and Meredith @ Lay It Out Events, John @ The Summit Saloon (and The Summit itself for hosting a KICKASS party), Team BEER, DJ Mud, Cloaked Characters, MOWO, Lee (double-thanks for making our sound system happen), Action Dynamix (go Ambeer), Professional Massage Therapy (yeah Michelle), Bend’s Community Bike Shed, Central Oregon Couriers, VULTURES CYCLES (Wade,
you rock!), Hammer Nutrition, and whoever else that I missed. WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

And we also want a shout-out to our past and current sponsors: TRP Brakes, Edge Composites, Hammer Nutrition, DT Swiss, Crank Brothers and Chris King.

Thanks to everyone for keeping the dream-alive.

See you next year.