Monterey Bay Area Advocacy Booth at the Sea Otter

Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC)and Monterey Off Road Cycling Association (MORCA) will be sharing a booth at the Sea Otter this year.

We would love to invite you to visit our booth and hang out during the Expo. Our booth is #106 near the Schoolyard dot on the Expo map.

This location is really sweet. The view from the booth is perfect for watching the dual slalom, flow show, jump contest, the main stage and race finishes.

Come out meet people in MBOSC and MORCA and learn about our organizations, the events and new riding opportunities that we have been working on.

Even better, come out and volunteer at the Sea Otter. We need volunteer course marshals for the dual slalom and the cross country races. We would also like people to help staff the booth. Contact me if you are interested in volunteering and I'll put you in touch with the right people.

To sweeten the pot, Charlie Meehan from Seabright Brewery has graciously offered a few cases of delectable Seabright beer that we will make available to volunteers on Saturday at our booth (thanks Charlie!). Come volunteer and experience the delectable flavors of Seabright's well crafted beers. Beer and bikes! What fun!

See you at the Otter!

Volunteer Course Marshals Needed for Dual Slalom at 2007 Sea Otter Classic

Hello Race Fans!

Once again, the Sea Otter folks are looking for course marshals for races to be held April 12-14. Team Wrong Way and MBOSC has again agreed to organize volunteers for the Dual Slalom, and possibly other events depending on how many of you donate your time. The DS schedule is:

• Thurs, Apr 12: 8am-3pm
• Fri, Apr 13: 7:30am-Noon
• Sat, Apr 14: 8:30am-4pm

The first priority is to fill the Dual Slalom roles. Half-day requests (morning/afternoon) will be accommodated, if possible, with the morning shift getting the food bag.

We can also supply volunteers for the Downhill event: Fri, 7:30am-6pm

As well as the all-new Super D event: Thurs, 8am-4pm

Volunteers receive an event t-shirt, lunch (higher quality promised this year), festival pass for the entire weekend, and the warm fuzzy feeling that you are contributing to an exciting and important event on the domestic and international racing calendars. Volunteers do NOT
receive a free race entry this year, sorry.

If you are interested in volunteering this year, please respond and include the days/times you can commit, shirt size, and sandwich preference (turkey/ham/roast-beef/veggie). If you are flexible with events and/or times, please indicate that as well. I'll send updates to you every so often to let you know what I have you down for, and to relay more details as they become known to me.

The SOC has added more events this year, and spread-out amateur events a little. Check out their web site www.seaotterclassic.com for details, but I know they have added SuperD, BMX, and Adventure racing. The village area has also been reorganized to offer a better experience for everyone. Seems like they're really trying to make the event interesting and fun for more people.

Hope to see you all out there!

Best Regards,

Rich Henthorn
rhen_tww@yahoo.com