From: Soquel State Forest <Soquel.StateForest@...>
To: Soquel State Forest <Soquel.StateForest@...>
CC: "Noah.Parker@..." <Noah.Parker@...>,

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will be surveying steelhead trout in Soquel Creek tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9, 2009.  We are in need of two more volunteers to help with this important work.  Please call or email Noah Parker (NMFS) today if you are able to help.  His cell phone number is (831) 247-2440 and his email is: noah.parker@....  See below for additional details. Please forward this on to anyone you think may be interested.
 
Each year the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, with the assistance of several agencies and volunteers, has sampled the fish populations of Soquel Demonstration State Forest (SDSF).  This is part of an overall effort to monitor steelhead trout in the Soquel Creek watershed in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  For the eighth year we have the good fortune of having the National Marine Fisheries Service play a lead role in this significant research.  In fact, they have completed new studies (that go beyond our initial monitoring goals) that include monitoring juvenile steelhead growth.
The same five locations within SDSF are inventoried each year.  Fish are netted and collected in buckets after they are momentarily stunned by an electrofishing device.  Steelhead trout are the primary fish present, but lamprey and prickly sculpin are also occasionally found.  Most of the steelhead inventoried are known as "young-of-the-year."  Young-of-the-year are fish that hatched in the spring from eggs laid in the streambed gravels by spawning adults in the winter.  Young-of-the-year are usually 2 to 3.5 inches in length when measured in the fall.
Volunteers assist in netting and measuring the fish and collecting other information.  The day will involve a challenging hike over difficult terrain to get to the creek. 
The scenery and company are terrific, and the project is a great way to learn more about the local fishery and watershed. For more information, or to volunteer, please call Noah Parker.  Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you for your assistance.
Ed Orre
Assistant Forest Manager
 
 
 
 

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Nice - good variety...  Nice job at both your first cross and your first DH race
Rafael!  Way to go Dan as well (I saw that third place when I was perusing the
results last night - didn't know to look for Rafael as well though).  Two TWW
podiums on Sunday at the CCCX DH - very cool.  I'm going to *try* to hit at
least one of the remaining races in that series if I can.  I noticed DeFeibre is
finally racing in Pro/Semi-Pro, which may give me a bit of a break in Expert...
-Scott

--- In teamwrongway@yahoogroups.com, "Rafael R" <grrrah@...> wrote:
>
> A quick recap of my last 4 races:
>
> About 2 months ago, I kicked off the San Jose Bike Club Winter Series as the
(club) Cat 4 defending champion, so we started this year's series with the
prologue time trial.  Pretty uneventful, and unfortunately I haven't
participated in any of the other winter series races since then.  I wanted to do
the Crit yesterday, but it conflicted with the last race in this report.
>
> The following week, I went to my bread and butter and entered a 50-mile
endurance mountain bike race.  A friend of mine convinced me to attend a party
in Sacramento, and I thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone.  Mixing partying
the night before bike racing usually isn't a good idea, but somehow I managed�
again.  Despite riding with a hangover and 2.5 hours of sleep, I finished 9th/19
in the open category against a lot of expert level racers.
>
> After a short brake, last week I finally finished building my first CX bike,
and what a better way to break it in, but by entering the Cross-Palace race as
part of the SF bike expo.  A quick spin around the lot before the race had me
scrambling to find tools for last minute adjustments, but I ended up finishing
with plenty of time to spare (20 minutes).  This was literally my first time
riding a CX bike.  The bike and I held up.  The steep descent was nerve racking
the first time down on a bike I'm not sure how to ride, but after the first lap,
was actually pretty fun.  Too bad my fitness pooped out after the 3rd lap.  I
was in the top 10 for the first 3 laps, but I ended up somewhere around 18th out
of about 60 or 70 racers in the Cs.
>
> Since an August vacation up to whistler, my interest has hit the DH side, so
yesterday I entered my first downhill race as part of the CCCX Fall DH series
down in Monterey.  Since the buddy that convinced me to enter was doing his
first DH race too, and entering beginner (he's faster than me), I might as well
sandbag also.  We did a couple practice runs, and watched how the other rides
take certain turns, trying to learn whatever we could.  We saw and hung out with
Dan Abernathy before the start.  Eventually went up for our starts.  I had a
pretty good race, except I went off the course at one point and rode my way back
on.  The lower half was pretty flat so we had a mad sprint toward the end.  I
finished second about 7 seconds my buddy out of 6 in our category.  I think we
had a bit of an advantage over the other DHers since this course required quite
a bit more pedaling. Our third almost-sandbagger friend decided to enter sport
since he has a tiny bit of DH experience, otherwise our group would have swept
the podium.  This was kinda fun and I'll probably be back for more!  Congrats to
Dan for making his podium also!
>
> So four race; four disciplines.  I love this sport!
>

A quick recap of my last 4 races:

About 2 months ago, I kicked off the San Jose Bike Club Winter Series as the
(club) Cat 4 defending champion, so we started this year's series with the
prologue time trial.  Pretty uneventful, and unfortunately I haven't
participated in any of the other winter series races since then.  I wanted to do
the Crit yesterday, but it conflicted with the last race in this report.

The following week, I went to my bread and butter and entered a 50-mile
endurance mountain bike race.  A friend of mine convinced me to attend a party
in Sacramento, and I thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone.  Mixing partying
the night before bike racing usually isn't a good idea, but somehow I managed�
again.  Despite riding with a hangover and 2.5 hours of sleep, I finished 9th/19
in the open category against a lot of expert level racers.

After a short brake, last week I finally finished building my first CX bike, and
what a better way to break it in, but by entering the Cross-Palace race as part
of the SF bike expo.  A quick spin around the lot before the race had me
scrambling to find tools for last minute adjustments, but I ended up finishing
with plenty of time to spare (20 minutes).  This was literally my first time
riding a CX bike.  The bike and I held up.  The steep descent was nerve racking
the first time down on a bike I'm not sure how to ride, but after the first lap,
was actually pretty fun.  Too bad my fitness pooped out after the 3rd lap.  I
was in the top 10 for the first 3 laps, but I ended up somewhere around 18th out
of about 60 or 70 racers in the Cs.

Since an August vacation up to whistler, my interest has hit the DH side, so
yesterday I entered my first downhill race as part of the CCCX Fall DH series
down in Monterey.  Since the buddy that convinced me to enter was doing his
first DH race too, and entering beginner (he's faster than me), I might as well
sandbag also.  We did a couple practice runs, and watched how the other rides
take certain turns, trying to learn whatever we could.  We saw and hung out with
Dan Abernathy before the start.  Eventually went up for our starts.  I had a
pretty good race, except I went off the course at one point and rode my way back
on.  The lower half was pretty flat so we had a mad sprint toward the end.  I
finished second about 7 seconds my buddy out of 6 in our category.  I think we
had a bit of an advantage over the other DHers since this course required quite
a bit more pedaling. Our third almost-sandbagger friend decided to enter sport
since he has a tiny bit of DH experience, otherwise our group would have swept
the podium.  This was kinda fun and I'll probably be back for more!  Congrats to
Dan for making his podium also!

So four race; four disciplines.  I love this sport!

> I had to bounce early on a countuv I had to finish cleaning up our
> place in SF. We just moved to San Mateo(last monday)! I look forward
> to joining some of the southern peninsula rides now that home isn't as
> far north.

Sweet, I'm living in Mt. View now. Hope to meet you in the woods in the
near future.

Erik

>
> Cheers,
> isaias
>
>
>
>
>

Scott,

Nice work clawing your way back up. It can be super demoralizing to have a
mechanical, or worse yet, get crashed out by somebody right at the start. Good
for you!

The frick'n corner got me last year to. Somebody ran me right into the tape, I
got all tangled in it. It wasn't funny to me, but I'm sure from the spectator
viewpoint it was frick'n hilarious! Any who, glad you landed on your feet and
not your shoulder like poor Haneous.

I had to bounce early on a countuv I had to finish cleaning up our place in SF.
We just moved to San Mateo(last monday)! I look forward to joining some of the
southern peninsula rides now that home isn't as far north.

Cheers,
isaias

 

Today was the 4th race in the Bay Area Super Prestige cyclocross series - this race being at Golden Gate Park. Weather was PERFECT in San Francisco this morning - really, really nice. Probably about 70 degrees by 10am. It was a slight bummer to arrive (once again) so close to my race start, that I had no time to get in a practice lap. But, no biggie - I was pretty warmed up from sprinting from my far-off parking spot to the starting area :-). I think this is perhaps my favorite local cross course, with a fair amount of good singletrack. I hadn't checked where I was in the points after race #3, and was taken by surprise when they called my name (and "Team Wrong Way!") for the Nineteenth place spot during the call-ups. Sweet! Ok, so I'm not a pro, and I'm not even a contender for the top-5 in Master Mens B's 35+ in this series, but it's still a rush to have your name called out like that over the PA system...

I barely had time to make my way up to the front lineup when all of the rest of the 35+ B's started to surge forward, jockying for a place as close to the front as possible. Impatient bastids. Cool - OK, so I'm finally getting a good starting spot (maybe the first time this season?). 5-4-3-2-1, and we're off in a mad dash up the asphalt road to the right hand turn onto the dirt trail. A few roadie-sprinter-freaks of course able to outsprint me from behind. Then... BAM! One of them decides to dive in front of me and immediately crash going into the first dirt turn. I ended up sort-of running over his bike, going OTB, but landing on my feet, and then realizing after hopping back on and pedaling about 20 yards that I had lost all the air out of my front tire (first flat since going tubeless - must have folded sideways when we tangled). F(&*!!! Why is it that at almost every cross race that I've been in, there are always a few dudes who should know that they absolutely suck at riding in the dirt, that feel the need to sprint ahead of everyone at the start and then crash?

So I start walking my bike, then pull off the trail completely, and just stood there and watched as all of the 35+ Bs go by, followed closely by all of the 45+ B's. I began walking along the side of the trail, wondering if I should just hang it up and bail... Screw that - I've been looking forward to this race, and it's an hour drive each way for me - I'm finishing this damn thing! So, I did my best impression of a slow-jogger-carrying-a-bicycle, and gradually made my way to the mid-point of the course where the neutral tent was. Dude threw me a wheel, I popped it on and started riding my @ss off to try to claw my way back. By the end of the first lap I started to catch the slow 45+ guys. Gradually over the next batch of laps, I managed to catch the tail-end of a large 45+ group, and then even managed to pass a handfull of 35+ers.

I have no idea how I ended up placing, but at least I left knowing it wasn't DFL. (yeay!).

Didn't see any other TWWers this time - Hane (though I didn't expect him after his crash at the last BASP), Allan, Leonard, or even Isaias.

Next weekend is the series final at Coyote Point - which is cool, as that place the coolest playground around - good venue for the Schlachter family.

-Scott

Today was the 4th race in the Bay Area Super Prestige cyclocross series - this
race being at Golden Gate Park.  Weather was PERFECT in San Francisco this
morning - really, really nice.  Probably about 70 degrees by 10am.  It was a
slight bummer to arrive (once again) so close to my race start, that I had no
time to get in a practice lap.  But, no biggie - I was pretty warmed up from
sprinting from my far-off parking spot to the starting area :-).    I think this
is perhaps my favorite local cross course, with a fair amount of good
singletrack.  I hadn't checked where I was in the points after race #3, and was
taken by surprise when they called my name (and "Team Wrong Way!") for the
Nineteenth place spot during the call-ups.  Sweet!  Ok, so I'm not a pro, and
I'm not even a contender for the top-5 in Master Mens B's 35+ in this series,
but it's still a rush to have your name called out like that over the PA
system...

I barely had time to make my way up to the front lineup when all of the rest of
the 35+ B's started to surge forward, jockying for a place as close to the front
as possible.  Impatient bastids.  Cool - OK, so I'm finally getting a good
starting spot (maybe the first time this season?).   5-4-3-2-1, and we're off in
a mad dash up the asphalt road to the right hand turn onto the dirt trail.  A
few roadie-sprinter-freaks of course able to outsprint me from behind.  Then...
BAM!  One of them decides to dive in front of me and immediately crash going
into the first dirt turn.  I ended up sort-of running over his bike, going OTB,
but landing on my feet, and then realizing after hopping back on and pedaling
about 20 yards that I had lost all the air out of my front tire (first flat
since going tubeless - must have folded sideways when we tangled).  F(&*!!!  
Why is it that at almost every cross race that I've been in, there are always a
few dudes who should know that they absolutely suck at riding in the dirt, that
feel the need to sprint ahead of everyone at the start and then crash?

So I start walking my bike, then pull off the trail completely, and just stood
there and watched as all of the 35+ Bs go by, followed closely by all of the 45+
B's.  I began walking along the side of the trail, wondering if I should just
hang it up and bail...  Screw that - I've been looking forward to this race, and
it's an hour drive each way for me - I'm finishing this damn thing!  So, I did
my best impression of a slow-jogger-carrying-a-bicycle, and gradually made my
way to the mid-point of the course where the neutral tent was.  Dude threw me a
wheel, I popped it on and started riding my @ss off to try to claw my way back. 
By the end of the first lap I started to catch the slow 45+ guys.  Gradually
over the next batch of laps, I managed to catch the tail-end of a large 45+
group, and then even managed to pass a handfull of 35+ers.

I have no idea how I ended up placing, but at least I left knowing it wasn't
DFL.  (yeay!).

Didn't see any other TWWers this time - Hane (though I didn't expect him after
his crash at the last BASP), Allan, Leonard, or even Isaias.

Next weekend is the series final at Coyote Point - which is cool, as that place
the coolest playground around - good venue for the Schlachter family.

-Scott

Esther and I are riding Mt Hamilton this Sunday.  Meet at the intersection of
Alum Rock and Mt. Hamilton Rd at 9:15am, ride by 9:30am.

We will split in to groups if anyone wants to race me to the top!

Loren

I will be there, both days.

Erik

On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 18:22 +0000, mtbhead wrote:
>
> Pretty quiet lately... Did my cross reports silence this list, or
> what? :-)
>
> So, who's in for the LG Turkey Day Ride? I'm going to head up with
> Riley and Liam again - Liam in the iBert, and Riley on a
> trail-a-bike.
> http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=565576
>
> For tomorrow's Weds South Bay Ride, email me for the details.
> -Scott
>
>
>
>
>

 

Pretty quiet lately... Did my cross reports silence this list, or what? :-)

So, who's in for the LG Turkey Day Ride? I'm going to head up with Riley and Liam again - Liam in the iBert, and Riley on a trail-a-bike.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=565576

For tomorrow's Weds South Bay Ride, email me for the details.
-Scott

Pretty quiet lately...  Did my cross reports silence this list, or what? :-)

So, who's in for the LG Turkey Day Ride?  I'm going to head up with Riley and
Liam again - Liam in the iBert, and Riley on a trail-a-bike.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=565576

For tomorrow's Weds South Bay Ride, email me for the details.
-Scott

Thanks Matt.  Cross Dressing is Isias's thing - and yours too I guess.  Tattoo:
my wife would freak.  Skinny jeans: too constrictive - I need breathing room. 
I'm still searching for my cross "thang" I guess...  In the mean time, my cross
racing has been going pretty well - at least I'm happy with how I'm doing with
my limited training regime (Weds South Bay Ride, and usually one other weekend
ride with one or both of my sons, or a cross race...).  I keep meaning to be a
good TWWer and post a race report or two, but with a third kid now at home, time
is... You can guess.   I've been the sole TWWer doing both the Pilarcitos Bay
Area Super Prestige Series, as well as the Surf City series - with the noteable
exceptions of Daniel at the Halloween Surf City, and regularly seeing Alan and
Matt L., and occasionally seeing Hane - all of them in their other team's cross
kits. No dig, just stating the facts :-)  They've actually been my regular
cheering section, so I'm very stoked that they're there.  I return the favor by
heckling Matt and taking off before Allan's Cat-A SS start.  Yes, Alan is racing
As - and doing quite damn well I must add.

Anyhow - here's a nice looong rundown of my races thus far for anyone who might
give a flying yahoo.  It's long, so delete now if you'd rather eat a worm than
read a cross report.  All races except for the Halloween race were in Mens B
35+:

9/5/09: LARPD #1 (Livermore): started the year with a 12/23 placing - almost
perfectly at the mid-pack mark, which totally followed suit with how I did at
almost every race last year. Sorta fun course, very flat though.

10/4/09: BASP#1 (MacLaren Park, SF): everyone told me this was a good "mountain
bikers course" going into it.  I didn't get that...  It had some switchbacks
going up, and some hillside singletrack, but no more single track than Aptos
high, and I thought it was pretty boring.  Anyhow - pulled my usual mistake of
lining up too far back, and then cursing the Barny's who are going slow as
snails in every technical corner - this is always worse in the first lap - in
this case it was painfully slow.  At one point I couldn't help myself and even
yelled out (to no one in particular) "if we were going any slower, we'd be going
backwards!".  The guy behind me commented "and you'd be on the perfect team"
(TWW), which made me laugh.  In the end, I suffered to get 33/76.  Pretty darn
close to that half-way mark of 38th, but at least on the good side...

10/11/09: Surf City#1 Soquel High:  I always enjoy racing at Soquel - not
necessarily because of the course, but because of the nostalgia/juxtaposition. 
See, this is where I started High School as a freshman back in 1981.  I only
went there for that one year (even longer story).  This is where I went from Jr.
High Geek to High School Stoner.  I used to hang out at the "smoking section",
which interestingly, is part of the typical cross course now...  I'd smoke
cigarettes during breaks, and get high at lunch.  This place is where I took a
wrong turn in life.  At least I didn't totally fry my brain - For example, I
remember there was a major storm that Winter which devestated SC County.  School
was closed for two weeks due to Aptos Creek overflowing and flooding downtown. 
Anyhow, here I am now, 28 years later, happily married, three amazing children
of my own, solid career, happy.  It's just trippy to go back there and race my
bicycle...  OK, back to the present: this race was fun.  At one point I lunged
ahead of a guy that kept skidding in the turns in front of me, almost causing me
to wreck into him (happened repeatedly).  So, I got sick of it and finally
lunged in front of him right before one corner, and did the same thing to him
(sliding out right in front of him and slowing *him* down).  I actually didn't
mean to slow down, but it happened, and apparently that pissed him off.  Next
thing we're bumping elbows around the next few corners (this was in the
serpentine grass section).  Another racer behind us actually told us to "settle
down guys".  I was actually having fun, but we settled down.  I let him
temporarily take the lead, but stole it back a few hundred yards later and I
never saw him again.  I managed to get  10th/32 - the best I'd done in B's at
that point.  Holy crap - I'm in the top third!  Riley, Liam, Shaney and Aleah
cheered me on, then Riley and Liam raced in the kiddie cross race, got medals
and treats, and had a blast.

10/25/09: BASP#2, Coyote Point.  One of my favorite cross venus.  Fun course,
and the boys get to play at one of the coolest kid playgrounds I've ever seen
while I'm out racing.  Poor Hane had a crash at his start, cracked his helmet
and looked like he ruuuung his bell.  Sorry dude.  I managed to get 25th/69,
sticking with the almost top-third theme.

10/31/09: Surf City#2 SC Fairgrounds(Halloween).  Showed up in the family
minivan with the whole family in tow, right as the MM 35+ B's were taking off. 
Damnit.  OK, signed up for MM 35+ A's.  Two goals: don't get lapped (by Don
Myrah), and don't DFL.  I like that course.  I managed to not get lapped (by Mr.
Myrah), and got 39th/44.  Mission: accomplished.

11/1/09: Surf City#3 SC Fairgrounds.  The day after - MUCH smaller turn out (and
I wondered how many of them were hung over :-)).  No family this time, but I
baaaarely got there in time for MM 35+ B start.  No warm up, registered and went
directly to the start line.  I handed my wallet to one of the Bellas working the
start line (I think it may have been Miss Mary - not sure).  Starting whistle
blows - damn I actually felt good.  Maybe there is something to the
school-of-thought that you should get some short intensity riding in the day
before a race - Eric T. and Ross M. were telling me this after the previous
weeks' Weds South Bay Ride.  Ended up getting 4th/20.  Best place in B's yet. 
In the last lap, I traded places with a guy I've gotten to know at the races
named Kieran Sherlock (nice guy - not related to Allan, but this guy is almost
as strong).  I was ahead of him the whole race, and then he caught me in the
last lap and we traded places about 5 times, with him getting me the last time
just after the last hike-up.  Podium went down to 3rd place, and he would have
won a nice big delicious looking bottle of imported beer, but wasn't present -
damn roadie...

11/14/09:  BASP#3, Sierra Point.  It's a little boring, and very flat, but for
some reason I kinda like that course.  As Matt said, I managed 27/72 -
struggling a little behind that 1/3 mark...  Scrounged a Grilled Bacon Chile
burger and fresh beer from the Team Sheilla Moon booth - ooooh that was good. 
Then some spiced cider as it proceeded to get damn cold out there.  Heckeled
Matt a little - I think he's getting slower.  :-)  It must have been freezing by
the time Allan raced (on his spectacularly beautiful new Ibis) - though I don't
see his time in the results - wussup???

Next up: BASP#4 at Golden Gate Park on 11/29.  Last years course there was one
of the funnest...

Damn, that was a fun break from work... :-)
-Scott


--- In teamwrongway@yahoogroups.com, Matt Leonard <maleonardphi@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I think Scott is one step away from skinny jeans, cross dressing and
getting a tattoo.� If he wasn't such a weenie and would line up near the front,
I think he'd actually have a chance at the top 10 in the master 35+B race.� 27th
out of 72 isn't too bad for starting in close to dead last.� His lap times were
actually 4 seconds fast than mine.� Nice work Scott!
>
> Matt
>

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Greetings mountain bikers,
We have all heard about how this State budget mess is impacting State
Parks but now it's impacting CDF and specifically Soquel Demonstration
Forest (a.k.a Demo).
If you're a mountain biker then you know that Demo is the best LEGAL
place to do technical/DH style riding. We received notification that
due to the budget problems the funding at Demo will be severely cut
and all their remaining resources appear to be focused on the timber
harvest - which brings in revenue.
Also, the porta potty - which is generously provided to the community
by Specialized Bikes - was vandalized recently and this was the "last
straw" for a decision made to close the parking lot. This parking lot
was threatened due to Fish and Game concerns over the runoff and
erosion from the lot getting into the streams. Also, this parking lot
is the scene of many full moon raves - which has been an ongoing
problem for the forest management.
How does these two issues impact mountain biking at Demo? Severely.
* Trail work and any activities not associated with the timber harvest
will cease.
* They are planning a spring timber harvest in the Tractor area. They
plan to turn the Tractor Trail into a logging road (bye, bye
singletrack).
* The parking lot will be closed this winter thereby creating a
shortage of parking along Highland Way - which is less safe (break
ins, traffic).
Clearly, this issues are a serious threat to our enjoyment of Demo and
our way of life.
What can we do about it?
We have been in contact with Ed Orre - the Forest Manager of SDF - and
he has agreed to show up at the MBOSC meeting at Seabright Brewery on
Monday at 7 pm. He is a friend of mountain biking and is willing to
allow the MTB community to help out. We will be discussing these
issues and look for solutions. This meeting is only the beginning of
this process.
Clearly, this issue is bigger than MBOSC. I urge you speak to your
friends who enjoy demo who are not on these lists to get engaged in
this issue.
In the meantime, I'll be riding Demo tomorrow and appreciating the
trails and terrain.
Thanks,
--Mark
President, Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz


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