#sea-otter

#sea-otter

Santa Cruz is offering the Bullit CC in two new frame colors this year. The new Matte Carbon/Purple Sunset Chameleon colorway has color-shifting graphics/decals. The other is Gloss Purple Smoke/Spring Green, which looks pretty classic Santa Cruz.

Smith's new Pilot MTB helmet is a budget-friendly offering, blending modern styling with a $95 price tag. It represents a significant step up in coverage and aesthetics from the old Convoy model.

Taken Cycles was one of the first brands that I saw that really caught my eye. First, I didn't think I'd ever heard of a bike brand dubbed 'Taken.' Secondly, it features a high-pivot take on the CBF suspension platform.

Erik rides more than you. He has been pedaling the country and living off of his bike for the last three years, learning to take life as it comes.

A surfer at Steamer Lane says a sea otter bit her foot and then climbed onto her board Tuesday evening, holding it hostage for roughly 20 minutes as rescuers rushed in. Isabella Orduna was paddling out when she felt "a nip" on her foot. She rolled off and turned to see an otter perched on her board. Orduna says that after biting her, the otter took over her board for at least 20 minutes and, in the moment, she didn't know what to do.

Around 5:06 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched for a report of a surfer who was possibly bitten by an otter. Lifeguards arrived to find a group of surfers surrounding another surfer in the water, as well as an otter who appeared to be sitting on the victim's board, the fire department said. The surfer was pulled from the water and evaluated by medical personnel.

Sea Otter was the place to be if you had a prototype suspension fork this year. MRP joined in on the action with a fork that wasn't inverted.