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What many thought would be the typical, pedally American enduro race was a battle against rocks, dust, altitude and some of the most challenging conditions of the year. The Enduro World Series from Northstar is in the books with Sven Martin and @maddogboris covered in dust to bring us the excitement.
Richie Rude is absolutely killing it. @maddogboris
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Not domination, rather a head-to-head battle with Sam Hill. Richie did enough to take another win today! -Sven Martin
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Richie Rude sends it while Ed Masters does a selfie. -Sven Martin
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Richie going a bit more inside than most. Straighter, shorter and faster, but also riskier and incredibly difficult at speed. -Sven Martin
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Three stage wins and three second-fastest times for Isabeau Courdurier, she wins another EWS! Congrats. @maddogboris
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Isabeau seals the season overall with her win today. That's 7 in a row with one more race to go. Can she make it a perfect season? -Sven Martin
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French Junior, Antoine Vidal, with three stage wins and victory in Northstar. @maddogboris
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Lucy Schick won half the stages on offer and that was enough to take the win in women U21. -Sven Martin
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Sam Hill. How close was that? Leading into the last stage by a fraction of a second, he gave it his all only to come up .81 seconds short to Richie. It stung. He has moved closer to the number one spot in the series rankings though with only one round left to go. -Sven Martin
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Finish approach by Sam Hill. He finished the 6 stages just 0.81 seconds behind Richie. @maddogboris
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Noga Korem with consistent strong riding and a stage win sealed her podium position, second place. -Sven Martin
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American Junior, Duncan Nason, 5 seconds of the win behind Antoine Vidal. @maddogboris
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Mitch Ropelato says he was just on autopilot and it didn't feel like he did anything special. He's in a good place right now. -Sven Martin
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Freaking rad Mitch Ropelato! After winning King of Crankworx in Whistler last week he now got his first EWS Podium with a 3rd place. @maddogboris
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Bets won and lost. If Mitch podiumed Boris was to get his Jersey, but Mitch gets to choose Boris's next tattoo. Suggestions in the comments please. -Sven Martin
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ALN, with a stage win on five today. Low and focused gets you there. -Sven Martin
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Ines Thoma got her confidence, speed and consistency back. Another 4th place for the German! @maddogboris
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Florian Nicolai had a bit trouble adjusting to the terrain here in Northstar. He is still leading the Overall even with a 13th Place today. @maddogboris
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Somehow Kevin Miquel still managed an eighth place overall with a 37th and 45th in the results and a couple of crashes. He's due another podium any day now. -Sven Martin
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Yeah Isabeau! @maddogboris
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Three riders who are pretty familiar with the podium recently. -Sven Martin
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Karim Amour took another win after an huge battle with Cedric Ravanel. Less than half a second separated them after all the racing. -Sven Martin
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WOW! Cedric Ravanel was just 0.46 seconds off the win behind Karim Amour after 28 minutes of racing. @maddogboris
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Alba Wunderlin all the way from Switzerland wins the Masters Women's class today. -Sven Martin
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Junior, Isabella Naughton, with a couple stage wins and 2nd overall. @maddogboris
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Wyn Masters awarding this week's Privateer of the Race award. Matt Stuttard with a self-supported 14th place. -Sven Martin
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Less Steeze Jumps = Faster Race Runs? So cool to Cody Kelley finish the race in 7th. @maddogboris
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Amy Morrison with a flat on stage five, turns it all around on stage six with a stage win bringing her back to seventh for the Northstar regular. Impressive stuff, not too many women have managed to snag stage wins from Tracey, Anne, Isabeau and Cecile, who all have the lions share. -Sven Martin
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McKay Vezina's best result with a solid top ten in some insanely difficult conditions. -Sven Martin
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Yeah Mckay! Top10 for the canadian Giant Rider. He had his best Stage Result on Stage 6 with a 4th Place. @maddogboris
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Morgane Charre had some issues on stage four and dropped back a few spots to sixth position, which is still a great result here. -Sven Martin
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That's just the start of it. What a gnarly save by Jesse Melamed (see the first clip in today's RAW). Also pretty impressive that he finished 5th with a still-broken finger. @maddogboris
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Thanks for having us Randy! @maddogboris
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Martin Maes up on the newly built stage four. Two new cool trails were cut and opened for this race. -Seb Schieck.
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Martin Maes wasnt really happy with his 4th place. Doesnt matter, he's already focusing on World Champs DH in MSA next week. @maddogboris
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Loris Vergier was out watching this weekend. -Sven Martin
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Shawn Neer sprinting through the finishline. 11th place for the Colorado shredder! @maddogboris
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Trek Factory Racer Katy Winton was looking strong all weekend. 5th place for the Brit. @maddogboris
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Kevin using everything he has and then some for some quick braking! -Sven Martin
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Your Junior podium. -Sven Martin
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Greg Callaghan choosing one of many lines through an uber-wide rock garden. In fact I'm not sure we can call them rock gardens here, they are rock sections, gardens are too short. -Sven Martin
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Utah Boyz celebrating with full-strength beers. -Sven Martin
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Without a doubt the best spectator award goes to WTB's Heather. Keeping the vibes and positivity flowing, -Sven Martin
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Anita Gehrig waking up to stage three this morning. What a way to start your day! -Sven Martin
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Jose Borges with intense focus through one of the long, tricky rock gardens. -Sven Martin
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Matt Walker holding it down for the Pivot team with another top ten. Hovering near the top five all day until two crashes in the last two stages bumped him back to ninth. -Sven Martin
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Thomas Lapeyrie smashing through the rocks on Stage 3. 37th place and a bit of a struggle for the fast Frenchman. @maddogboris
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Geoff Kabush on his first EWS podium (Masters). One more result to add to his already impressive resume. -Sven Martin
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Becky Cook from the Orbea Enduro Team with an 8th today. -Sven Martin
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Theo Galay streaking through the rock garden. -Sven Martin
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Canada's Kasper Woolley has been right in the mix all year and brings home a podium today. -Sven Martin
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Noga with the dubs gang signs. -Sven Martin
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Miranda Miller hasn't had the result she was looking for, but still loved the riding in Northstar. @maddogboris
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Adrien Dailly was one of the sickest riders to watch in the rock garden. Now he just has to work on his leg power! @maddogboris
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Sven sweeping the track after the last racer left the stage. @maddogboris
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Cheers Remi Gauvin! 12th for the Canadian. @maddogboris
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Lauren Bingham with a 4th Place in the U21 Women's category. @maddogboris
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Eddie on his way to get surgery before finals. They already finished his hand before we finished editing these shots. @maddogboris
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German Bulls Rider, Christian Textor, with another good result. @maddogboris
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Junior Kiwi, Brady Stone, on his way to P4 here in Northstar. @maddogboris
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Stay tuned for Pinkbike's new "EWS RAW" Series :) @maddogboris
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Take care of your kids out there! @maddogboris
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Josh Carlson with a solid 15th position. @maddogboris
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The riders had to give everything to race the gnarly tracks in Northstar @maddogboris
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EWS Northstar done and dusted @maddogboris
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Good-bye America. Next Stop MSA. @maddogboris
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