Meet the Winners!
After 3 months or so of frenzied and shameless polla-tikkin' by the candidates, the 1st annual Breck Epic Blogger's Grant has come to a close. Well, the voting part at least. After a tightly and mostly nobly fought contest, four winners have emerged, 3 solos and one team. Each was required to submit 3 pre-race articles, then one each day as the race unfolded. So without further preamble, the winners. Click on their names to see their original and pre-race submissions, or just click on the stage links after their names. As an added bonus, we had lots of little elves posting as the race went on. We tried to capture as much as we can. Click on their names to access their editorial goodies.
Team Dicky, aka Rich Dillen, Charlotte, NC
Prologue- Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Played by: Rick Moranis. Team Dicky's blogs will be hosted by the big-brains at Mountain Bike. Click on his name up above to be whisked away to Rich's Electric Fantasy-land where anything goes and no subject is off limits.
Jen Hanks, Salt Lake City, UT
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Played by: Jennifer Garner from “Alias” and “Elektra”. Jen's blog entries will be hosted here until the race starts...and are do-not-miss entertainment. Click her name to be taken to her most recent posts and her original blog application.
Tomi McMillar, Carlisle, PA
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Played by: the "I've fallen and can't get up" lady. Tomi's schtick will be broadcast across the digital ether by Bike Magazine. Don't tell Rich, but Tomi's my favorite. Click his name for his latest entry.
Heather Szabo and Mary Monroe, Lafayette and Durango, CO
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Played by Cameron Diaz. And Cameron Diaz. I just read on MSN.com's "Wonderwall" that Cameron Diaz is "too clingy" according to Hollywood insiders. Whatever. Like Mary and Heather, she rips. Their stuff will be hosted by Mountain Flyer. Click 'em to get to the goods.
Jeffrey Carter, Denver, CO
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Played by that guy from Breaking Away. Jeff was a late add when we added Spot Bikes to the sponsorship mix. He's swishing, err...switching from a 5" travel all-mountain race rocket to a 0" travel hardtail singlespeed. He'll be blogging on Outside Online. Click-a-le to get to his latest.
The Freelancers...& the VIDS!
Brandon Dwight - Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Devon Balet - Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Heide Volpe - Jeremiah Bishop/Wendy Skean Interview - "5 Days Down"
Don Karle - Day 6 Photo Gallery
Peter Keiller - Misfit Cycles
Jeff Kerkove - Team Ergon
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Jen Gersbach and Chad Melis - Team Spot Bikes/Dale's Pale Ale
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5
Travis Underwood - The Alpineer
Evan Plews
Jeff Wu
Ben Thompson - Cannondale Factory Racing
Cory Wallace - Sleepmonsters.com
...and the blog contest also-rans. There's are some amazing voices among them and we hope that we'll be able to point you towards their personal blogs once the race starts.
Sarah Uhl, Fort Collins, CO
Played by...wait for it...SARAH UHL!
Brandon Dwight, Boulder, CO
Played by Bill Murray. Directed by Wes Anderson
Ryan Draper, Canmore, Alberta Canada
played by Owen Wilson (he hopes)
Larry Grossman, Eagle, CO
Played by: Robert DeNiro
Matthew Juth, Evergreen, CO
Played by: Edward Norton
Anthony Maguire, Taos, New Mexico
Played by “Ant” Maguire
Neil Miner, Boulder, CO
Played by Jon Heder
Wendy Skean, Mountain Center, CA
Played by: Tinker. In drag.
Ben Thompson, Bend, OR
Played by: Himself
Luke Wiens, Temecula, CA
Played by: Robert Duval
Mary Wilcox, Ogden, UT
Played by: The 5th Element. Or Angelina Jolie. Or Will Ferrell.
