Thank you everyone for attending our 2009 Awards party, and for all of you who took the time to vote on our different categories. Here is a list of all the awards we recognized last night:
OBRA Champions - photo
- John Foulston, Peak Sports Mudslinger/OBRA XC Championship Cat 2 45-54 Men
- Jeff Ballantine ,Peak Sports Mudslinger/OBRA XC Championship Cat 3 19-34 Men
- Jeff Ballantine, Rehearsal Road Race Men Cat 4
- Bob Bigwood, OBRA Track Championships: 1 kilometer TT Category 4 Men
- Bob Bigwood, OBRA Track Championships: Sprints Category 4 Men
- Bob Bigwood, Master's Track Championships: 1 kilometer TT Men 40-49
- Matt D'Elia, OBRA Track Championships: 1 kilometer TT Category 5 Men
- John Banks, OBRA TT Championships: 40K Sr Men 3
- Alex Kroman, OBRA Hillclimb Championship Category 4/5 Men
- Ron Babcock, Johnny Banks, Todd Rosier, Steve Brown OBRA TTT Championships Cat3
Wildcard Awards:
- Working Man's Racer Malcolm Johnson
- Most likely to use Nair rather than chamois cream Ty Lambert
- Most Stylish Rider Sal Bondi / Sherry Schwenderlauf
- Shortest bike ownership Bob Bigwood
- Points scored in the widest variety of categories Jeff Otto
- PV Rider still with us in spirit Matt Couzens
OBRA BAR - Awards
- Men's 5: Erik Spillman
- Women's 4: Traci D'Elia
- Men's 4: Ben Johnson
- Women's 3: Kaytee Petross
- Men's 3: Mitch Lee
Men's Overall BAR Champion 60-65: Einar Traa
PV Elected Awards. The people below were elected by their peers. Congrats to all!
- Rookie of the Year Victor Duong and Donovan Stewart, Ally Angle
- Ride of the Year The "Where's Harvard?" Ride, aka Timber, Vernonia, Scappose
- Pimpest Ride Ben Johnson's Vanilla CX Rig, complete with carbon pit wheels
- Comeback of the Year Alex Kroman & Sierra Callahan, proving together that collarbones are overrated.
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Breakout Season Jeff Ballantine and Traci D'Elia
- Best Community Support Matt D'Elia and Steve Brown
- Best Team Support Sal Bondi
- Best Teammate Mitch Lee
- Best Example of Teamwork Brian Ratliff, for PIR in April 3/4 Series, CCC Day 1, PIR in August 1/2/3 Series
- Best Team Success Cat 3 State TTT Team
- Best Forum Post Bob Bigwood
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Best Crash Alex Kroman being run over by Mitch Lee @ Hillsboro Fairgrounds Cross
- Best Media Production Burk Webb
- Rider of the Year Jeff Ballantine
Congrats to all of our winners and a fabulous 2009 season.