DUC/Devo Short Track #7 Results and Photos

July 20th 2011 at the Durango BMX Track

B Men: 1. Valentino Blackmore, 2. Derrick Blackmore

B Women: 1.Shaila Blackmore

Kids Race: William Dubois, Liam and James Storm

A Men: 1. Chris Blevins, 2. Taylor Borucki, 3. Miguel Ramos, 4. Payson McElvenn, 5. Trevor Downing, 6. Erich MsAlister, 7. James Rowan, 8. Levi Kurlander, 9. John Trousdale, 10. Nate Weston, 11. Chad Cheeney, 12. Dave Hagen, 13. Mike Zarlinger

A Women: 1. Kaylee Blevins

Past Results

Next Short Track Race is at the Factory Trails of FLC’s campus in the sky

This Sunday!!! July 24th Purgatory Triple Crown at Durango Mountain Resort, Circuit race, Hill Climb and Super Downhill in one day. Do as individual or team. Register online on this very website. Solo winners get s DMR seasons pass! Super fun we swear!

August 3 Durango Devo wednesday night Short Track Race at DMR

casual prerace
Ladies Coach Annie, mans the reg
The A/B/Kids race start
Mig was the first around
Levi throws the knee
Erich was pumping
FLC Team Manager Dave on the gas
Kaylee flies through the track
The Blackmore brothers do battle
Derrick with the seat down low
Coach Taylor rode well and finished 2nd
Shaila is riding like a BMXer!
James takes a break in the shade
Shaila is riding like and mountain biker
there were many battles to be had

photos by Devo Dad Scott Kurlander

Devos Drive Home, Day 7

Coach Annie post cheep burrito in Bellview, ID
Where is HeMan when you need ham?
Will gets some road sleep
Sepp gets some road sleep
Rebecca and Andrew chillin
Andrew shakes to awake
Coach Brendan drives good
India gets some road sleep
yeah right
Wall Mart makes cheep bikes that need work off the rack
Wall Mart has video games you can play, and football cards you can buy
Our van blew an alternator, hence the Wall Mart experience
Chillin at the Icy Truck in Bountiful, UT
Icy Shack let us tag their truck
In and Out is fast, but the verdict is still out whether its of higher quality than McDonalds
Our unicorn followed the rainbow that led us back to Durango
Will won the MTB Road Rules Challenge that got him $10 on the Devo cc for anything he wanted from Maverick. He picked a microwavable pizza for $1.49 and donated the rest to charity.
Brendan was caught on the Maverick surveillance camera by the Devo surveillance camera

Devo Pool Party

Will attempts to unlock the gate via long bomb
Will stretches out for a completion
Andrew lunges for the catch
Christopher goes Bruce Lee on the pigskin
India completes a pass to Andrew
Pass complete for 7 yards on the play
Christopher stretches for the pass
Will is way off
Chlorine softens the pigskin
Will going for the drop kick punt
Andrews successful frontflip, photo a second late
Andrews unsuccessful front flip, also with the late photo, thus ending the pool party in grandiose fashion.

Devo is at Nats, Day 6

Coach Sarah takes 4th on pro super dizzle
Christopher rode fast in the U18 Super D and placed 15th
U19ers Kaylee and India threw down in the Super D U18. Kaylee won and India took 5th!
Coach Chads helmet won
Our inspiration on the road, Saint Melinda or Aunt Deva, or…
Saint Melinda cheers on Alicia Rose’s stxc win
Sweet Elite director Gaige and Coach Joey were at the finish line
Gino rips a corner in the U18 stxc
Haakon had his bike stolen in Wisc. on thursday night. Flew in for fridays noon race and rallied on a borrowed bike
Howard repeats in the short track
Howard sign autographs for the kids
SRAM’s Jeff and HB head out to shred the course after a long day of dialing in Coach Chad’s suspension and drivetrain.
Coach Sarah head to awards with Jr Devo’s Jack
Rebecca came with us on the trip and rallied a 14th in the pro stxc!
Tad is an amazing, fun to watch athlete and Devo Alumni
Adam Craig finds our sweet river spectation zone after his below par stxc performance, that followed his amazingly sweet Super D win
Teal rallied a sweet late attack to take 5th in the pro stxc
these girls were headed to Canada and offered us a test ride on there sweet random

Devos at Nats Day 5

Stephan and Levi take 3rd and 5th on the cat 1 15-16 boys
Chris takes first
Camryn and Alli go 1-2
The Baldwin boys from Texas ride with Devo every summer to prep for nats
the Yakley boys from Cortez pose with their hero Howard
3D Racing’s James spent the night with us before his singlespeed race
Coach Chad takes a moment to photo his bars on his singlespeed race preride
Coach Shafer leads out the race early
Coach Brendan feeds coach Annie during her singlespeed race
Coach Sarah takes third in her singlespeed race
Greg Herbold poses with the Cheeney’s, his second cousins
Sweet Elites Sage rode so well and took 8th in the pros
The U19ers chill between spectation
Coach Sarah and Chad ice their legs after the hard race
Coach Annie gives Sweet Elites Teal a huge hug after Teal race ended early from a bad crash
Devo alumni Tad rode so fast and took 6th in the pros
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were at the races, but they missed the ultra famous Ned riding by in the background
Ned is the man!
Todd won for the second year in a row as Tad finishes in 6th in the background
Coach Brendan takes the win in the Cat 1 24-29 race
Ivan dodges a crash at the intergalactic pump track worlds
Coach Chad rides the pump track worlds race
The scene at the pump track worlds was amazing
Team dinners at the condo are sweet

Devos at Nats Day 4

Mom and team photo master Jeanne take Alicia’s photo
Jill Behlen, was the fastest U23 of them all through the rocks
Kaylee charged hard and placed 2nd in a tough race
former Deva, Kail Hart rode rad
the top three 17-18 Cat 1 ladies
Howard was all smiles with his 5th row start position
Stephan gave the thumbs up on the first climb, then placed 3rd in the 15-16 dudes
Gino is a muscle!
Sepp catches some air for the crowd in the sketchy rocks
Colin rode into shape on the third climb, finished 25th
Colton was looking rad for the Sweet Elites
Howard wins and raises his arms like they do in the tour of france
Howard get interviewed by the press
Sepp was dusty after his 7th place race
Dad Bob congradulates his son Stephan on his 3rd
Levi was 5th and stoked in the shade
ALumni Joe Schneider and his gal/natty champ Jill pose for a shot
Colin is the man
Lemonade stands littered the preride race warm up route
Christopher had to deal with traffic in the rocks
Will had scrapes and dirty lips
Alli was rad and went from 5th to 2nd in 2 laps
Camryn was amazing today
11-12 Girls first and second place with their coach Annie
Chris sold Wyatt, a jr bmx pro teammate kid from cali, his bike and then let him beard up his face.
Chris Blevins catches sweet air on the flyover!

photos by coach Chad

Devo is at Nats, Day 3

U19er Andrew sits on the Cat 3 15-18 line with Yokyo Joes development riders. Garrett in the middle ended up winning
Andrew got caught up in a crash in the rock section and had to run
Jack takes the SUn Valley pump track by storm
Dad Bob Davoust rode strong in the Cat 3 Mens race
Andrew ended up taking 16th place
Coach Brendan and Andrew give Nate some advice before his Cat 2 15-18 race
Nate placed 29th of 62 riders in the Cat 2 15-18 men!
Andrew kept his cool behind the super crash heavy start lap
India has the skills to pay the bills
Cortez’z Nye Yakley has a sweet hair do while spectating
Ladies coaches, Elke, Sarah and Annie discuss the dinner plan for tonight
Cat 2 15-18’s 1-3 place finishers, Emily, India and Sarah from NJ

photos by coach Chad

Devo is Off to Nats, Day 1 and 2

the team gets ready to leave from Chapman Hill
the rain looked like it was going to come hard
Coach Elke kisses a moose
we found a painting of Saint Melinda and packed her on the roof for the trip
gas station games
Will blows a mean bubble
football was tossed
we stayed with Nick in Park City, he has his own bike polo card
we ate at a sweet mexican joint
Elke loves this cat and the cat loves Elke
getting ready to ride in the VanDine garage
Coach Brendan broke his chain on our sweet Park City town loop ride
Group photo on the Prospect Trail
Nick is a wheelie master
sunset rides rule
sunset rides rule again
Coach Annie goes deep to Andrew
Coach Shafer keeps his teeth brushing on the DL
Coach Brendan keeps score in the Devo MTB Road Rules Challenge
Coach Brendan is a wheelie master too
registration was so fast and easy, except for Will
Nate rides the steep climb on preride
Andrew gets focused for the impending doom of tomorrows race
Levi and Gino had to do dishes, Coach Sarah made them

Photos by Coach Chad

Telluride State Championships Team Race Photos

U14ers Wyatt and Shane battled in the 4x. Later in this photo Shane accidentally ran over Wyatt’s head!
Coach Elke eats sardines
Stephan wins the super d
Devin drinks between Cortez’z Yakley boys
Coach Brendan won the Cat 1 state title
Stephan is congratulated by dad Bob after his cat 1 xc win
Coach Lucas chills at the 4x
Coach Chad wins the super d
Coach Annie preps dinner in the rain
the course is hard to preride in Telluride, so we went a little ways and then laughed
Coach Elke wins the super d
Our biggest fans Kieri and Ruby
Stephan and Collin helped Sage from Salida with her derailuer out on the trail
Conor is always pumped to race
Coach Sarah and Sweet Elites Teal get ready to suffer
MSC man Keith Darner and his dawgs
Sierra and dad Nathan get ready for the big day
Steamboat has a new coach…Rishi Grewal. Former superstar of sport!
3D Racings Chris Herting made a suspension fork for his Fat Bike!
India and Robin are congratulated by coach Elke after their title winning rides
Kennan dresses up for the xc
India and Robin do something with eggs
Coach Annie poses with her pumped U14ers, Marit, Katja and Sierra

photos by Coach Chad

Devo Plays Golf Instead of the Typical Bike Ride

Golf can be dangerous
Golf can be dangerous
Eat your heart out Todd Wells!
Eat your heart out Todd Wells!

Its raining squirls and thunder-kittens in Durango right now, so the U14 and Explorers Club got in on some golf action up at Hillcrest this tuesday morning. 4!

DUC/Devo Short Track #7 Photos

Nate Andrew wakes up from his bike nap
Dave Hagen prepares for lift-off
Scott Kurlander keeps track of laps
Miguel Ramos takes second with a cold
Sarah Sturm throws the knee into the corner
Nate Andrew Talks with Caleb about his race
Kaylee Blevins laughs at something
Matt Phillips takes charge
Teddy Rodd spins to win
Chris Blevins goes to pass Luke Allen through the air
Andrew Cunningham leads out Sven Brunso
Henry Larson looking large
Andrew checks a photo from a fan
Coach Chad Cheeney tries to go small
Texas’s Luke Allen and Gino Pastore chat
Teal Stetson-Lee catches air
Kaylee Blevins and Emily Schaldach talk shop
Colton Andersen wins convincingly

photos by Jeanne Pastore