Friends,

 

          Thank you all for your support of the Mountain Bike Pow Wow. Hearing the stories of your journeys across the Santa Ana’s is an inspiration to us all. The Great Spirit spoke to you in the wind much the way he does in life, sometimes making your journey easy, other times hard. But rest assured he will never allow you to experience something that you cannot, through spirit and determination, rise above.

          It is our hope that you were reconnected to the land in which we feel privileged to ride upon. It is our goal to open your eyes to that which cannot be seen but only felt; the love of the Great Spirit of which the beauty of the forest testifies. If the Warrior’s Society accomplished this then the Forest will be in good hands.

          The Warrior’s Society would like to thank the following individuals and organizations that helped to make the Pow Wow possible: The U.S. Forest Service and District Ranger Clem “Friend of the Native Peoples” La Grossa, Rangers Sue “Dodges Many Arrows” Zahn and Lee “OK’s Event” DiGregorio, Chris “Protects the Warrior’s” Pena and the Orange County Search and Rescue Team, who gave us the peace of mind knowing the riders would be taken care of if they got into trouble, Warrior’s Society member Ron “Leads Many Warrior’s” Cooke for being our Communications Director and teaching us how to do an event right, Mac Lopez for his guidance and sharing his music with us (thank you so much for the gift of the flute, we are blessed our Shoshone Brother), Becky Vargas for being camp boss and making sure you’re taken care of once you got back, Dave “Hears a Lion” Goldstein for calming the Event Director down, fellow Club members Jesse “Fights the Oak” Vargas who worked from Thursday through Saturday non-stop, Bob “Wise Hawk” Haislett, Nathan “Little Hawk” Heronen, Pat “Knows No Fear” Killiam, Terry “Cries Blood” Hamlyn, Randy “Knows All the Trails” Vogel, Genny “Fighting Dove” Devries, Tim “Say’s Very Little” Salter, Pete “Shares the Vision” Allen, Lon “Keeps His Scalp” Hanson and wife Donna “Walks Big Dogs”, Joe “Looks for Air” Lopez, Bruce “Sees the Land” Gray, Sue “Medicine Woman” Gray, Bob “Three Leaf” Hefner, Bob “Keeps Many Trails” Loeffler  and his perspective on things, Shidan “Seeks a Vision” Towfiq, Jim “Rests Many Times” Meyer, Jim “Hunts for Food” Simescu, Keith “Keeps His Word” Eckstein, Mark “Hears Many Voices” Ayers, Will “Keeps Many Tepees” Boyd, Russ Robinson, John McKenzie, Mike Bergevin, Colleen Rashford, Max Adams, Jason Mc Million, Greg Cope, Bobby, Keirsten, Sarah and Tanya Vargas, Brandon, Pam Woodson for Drawing the Event T-shirt design, Dee and Gena Muro, Dave Strege for the positive coverage of mountain bikers in the Orange County Register, Martin Beck for the positive coverage of mountain bikers in the Los Angeles Times, John Colcough, County Rangers Cliff Caywood and Don Pifper, County Supervisor Todd Spitzer for his support of mountain bikers and for the Sheriff escort, Clarice Tuttle for keeping Art Tuttle up late Friday night, and Art Tuttle for co-operating with the event after realizing what was going on Saturday morning.

          We would also like to thank the following sponsors for their support: Our major sponsors, Manitou and Tom Rogers and Joel Smith, Oakley and Scott Bowers, Revenge and “Iron”, Cliff Bar and Ken Souza. Our contributing sponsors: Irvine Uhaul and Karl “Breaks His Horse” Greenblatt, Whirlwind Studios and Mac “Message in the Wind” Lopez, Arrowhead Water and John Mangini, Tioga and Jeff Holt who also encouraged us in our darkest hours, Serfas and Wayne McClean, Shimano and Christain DeStefano, AXO Cycling and Steve Behrens, Bike Magazine and Sean Smith, THE Enterprises and Toby Henderson, White Brothers and John Anderson, Tribe X and Jeff Renkenberger, Minute Maid Orange Juice and Tony Beneventi, Crank Brothers, Sprocket Head, WTB, Team Dirty Girls, Kona Bikes and Kelly Steelman, Share, Trails4All, BGR, IMBA, our sponsoring bike shops, Jax’s Bicycle Centers, Rainbow Bicycle Company, Edge Cyclesports, The Bike Company, Switchback Cyclery, The Path Bike Shop, and Rock and Road Bikes. Please support these companies that contribute to keeping the trails open. And Last but not least Geriann, for putting up with the Race Director who loves her dearly.

         

Vision Quest Finishing Times (4 no shows)

 

          Name                                  Age               Time           Comments

Jesse Beck

28

5:03:18

“Counts Many Coup” Founding member of the Warrior’s Society

Tom Rogers

32

5:15:16

Race Manager for Answer/Manitou and a 3 year sponsor

Emilio Cervantes

37

5:21:33

 

Chris Nessor

24

5:26:28

 

James Hahn

38

5:28:23

 

Todd Brown

37

5:33:29

Warrior’s Society Nominee

Andrew Juskaitis

27

5:36:47

 

Paul Miller

41

5:45:47

Rode single speed

Calvin Mulder

40

5:52:26

 

Peter Vidmar

38

5:52:36

 

Keith Eckstein

40

6:03:01

“Keeps His Word” founding member of the Warriors Society

Robert Rich

31

6:08:38

 

Jon Dutton

38

6:09:57

 

Robert Morris

40

6:12:51

 

Tom Taylor

39

6:14:25

“Swings Battle Lance” founding member of the Warrior’s Society

Jeffrey Leenhouts

37

6:16:47

 

Laura Anderson

29

6:26:44

First Female back

Greg Groom

35

6:39:37

 

Brian Stockdale

36

6:49:18

 

Doug Farnham

32

6:50:49

 

Pat Beezley

47

6:57:08

“Little Badger” founding member of the Warrior’s Society

Ron Lytal

41

7:03:09

 

Andy Darragh

34

7:03:12

 

Tony Zarinelli

36

7:05:43

 

Mark Friis

33

7:06:48

 

Pete Sturtevant

26

7:07:44

 

Stephen Nudge

25

7:07:46

 

Brian Lewotsky

43

7:10:07

 

Mike McDonald

54

7:18:55

Elder/Chief of the Laguna RADS

Scott Chenue

28

7:18:58

 

Karl Greenblatt

49

7:20:30

“Breaks His Horse” Warrior’s Society Member

Bradley Hartsock

34

7:30:07

 

Ramon Dacquel

44

7:30:35

 

Collette Sicotte

31

7:31:04

 

Martin Greer

40

7:32:53

 

Jeff Nelson

24

7:33:53

 

Jeff Bryan

33

7:39:45

 

Fran Bryan

40

7:39:49

 

Brain Gaiser

30

7:45:46

 

Gordie Smith

42

7:54:20

 

James Cudworth

38

7:54:31

 

John Stuetzel

35

8:02:30

 

Jacques Brosseau

42

8:10:47

 

Reuben Gerber

28

8:10:50

 

Ray Williams

49

8:21:50

 

Pete Kirkham

43

8:28:32

 

Nolan Ballard

29

8:38:47

 

David LaKomski

40

8:45:19

 

Craig Chojnowski

41

8:51:48

 

Gregory Barr

37

8:54:19

 

Mark Ayers

44

9:14:10

“Hears Many Voices” founding member of the Warrior’s Society

Andrew Anastasio

41

9:18:49

 

David Guidotti

38

9:29:00

 

Ned Reynolds

36

9:31:00

Warrior’s Society Nominee

Jerry Henderson

57

10:31:00

“Blessed by Family” Warrior’s Society Member and Big Bear representative

Bob Loeffler

45

9:30:00

“Keeps Many Trails” founding member and elder of the Warrior’s Society. Time reflects original Course ridden 2 weeks before event.

Nathan Heronen

17

9:33:29

“Little Hawk” new member of the Warrior’s Society. Time reflects original Course ridden 2 weeks before the event. Youngest rider to ever finish the original course.

Terry Hamlyn

47

10:35:55

“Cries Blood” new member of the Warrior’s Society. Time reflects original Course ridden 2 weeks before the event.

Bob Haislett

67

10:55:00

“Wise Hawk” member, Chief, and Elder of the Warrior’s Society. Keeper of the Club Coup Staff. Oldest person ever to complete original Course. Time reflects original course ridden 2 weeks before the event.

Dave Wonderly

40

13:00:00

“Thunders Across The Mountains” founding member of the Warrior’s Society, Elder and Northern Chief. Hiked the Course

Bob Conklin

40

13:00:00

Past and one of the best presidents of the Laguna RADS. Hiked the Course.

Eric Kinscher

27

13:00:00

“Flies Down The Mountain” founding member of the Warrior’s Society. Hiked the Course.

Rick Berg

42

DNF

Did not make cutoff time of 12:00 at Holy Jim – Aid Station #2

Luigi Petrigh

24

DNF

Did not make cutoff time of 12:00 at Holy Jim – Aid Station #2

David Sheehan

36

DNF

Did not make cutoff time of 12:00 at Holy Jim – Aid Station #2

 

Counting Coup Finishing Times (4 no shows)

 

Steve Timm

44

4:24:00

 

Andy Lightle

32

4:29:20