Santa Cruz X SRAM Enduro Team

Over the weekend Northstar Resort hosted Round 5 of the California Enduro Series . This year several Enduro World Series athletes made the trek down after Crankworx, including our own Iago Garay, to prepare for the 2019 EWS stop in Northstar. Santa Cruz Factory Racing was out in full force with Kyle Bowman, Kyle Harder, Mike Lee, Sam Markling , Thomas Paolini, Matt Wilbur, and Michae Musick representing across multiple categories. In addition, we also had Morgan Smith fresh off a win from the Downieville Classic to represent the Juliana Free agents . The Northstar Enduro is always a CES favorite because of the fun and technical terrain while featuring chairlift liaisons. We're looking forward to hosting Round 7 of the EWS in the Golden State next year.

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Michae Musick (Customer Experience Manager) taking second place in the Sport Women's category just ahead of Juliana Free Agent, Morgan Smith.

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Mike Lee charging his way to 16th overall in a stacked Pro Men's field.

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All set for the final two EWS races of the season.

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Iago Garay made the trip to Northstar for a preview of the terrain for the 2019 EWS stop here. [[{"fid":"9556","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[en][0][value]":"Santa Cruz Bicycles - California Enduro Series - Northstar 2018","field_file_image_title_text[en][0][value]":"Kyle Bowman of factory racing navigating the rock garden.","field_img_caption[und][0][value]":"Mike Thomas"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"6":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[en][0][value]":"Santa Cruz Bicycles - California Enduro Series - Northstar 2018","field_file_image_title_text[en][0][value]":"Kyle Bowman of factory racing navigating the rock garden.","field_img_caption[und][0][value]":"Mike Thomas"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Santa Cruz Bicycles - California Enduro Series - Northstar 2018","title":"Kyle Bowman of factory racing navigating the rock garden.","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"6"}}]] Kyle Bowman off the couch and into top 30 in the Pro Men's field.