Category: Conrad Stoltz
XTERRA USA Champs race report, Ogden Utah. Rather late than never
All pictures by Nils Nilsen
My dad is right- one can count a humans’ age like a tree- by the number of rings it has. My dad says he is at the age where you can count the rings around his knees. One can count the number of USA XTERRA Titles I have won by the number of rings I have when smiling and squinting into the sun… (its 7, if you cant bother to count)
Seriously, check out why my dad will kick your dads ass HERE.
Conrad Stoltz’ World Championships race kit. Designed by Miltos Manetas and made by LUMA Sports.
My LUMA tri kit is made and printed by my good friend and former XTERRA pro, Gary Mandy. The amazing thing about LUMA is that you can go to LUMAsports.com, design any thing you dream up, and Gary will have it made, printed and delivered to your door in 4 weeks! The quality of the material is amazing- breathable and light- crucial for the heat in Maui and the big climbs on the run and bike. (The clothes does not get too heavy with water/sweat)
Usually I would not go with white bottoms, but Gary assured me these wont show through when wet.- Otherwise it would become my Halloween outfit.
Then it came to the design and I wanted to do something unique. Triathlon Team founder Nikola Tosic put me in contact with famous Greek artist Miltos Manetas, who agreed to design a once off Worlds Race kit.
I like it, (on paper, anyway) and Bobby thinks its “mad.” I think it means “good” in Irish… Gav?
This artwork is in the style of Miltos’ JacksonPollock.org creation. It won the 2009 Webby Peoples Voice Award. Probably one of the most fun websites I have ever visited…
The Caveman Cometh (and he’s on a 29er)
So, you are a trail mashing mofo; gnarliest of the gnar. Yes, you are a fit machine and can ride. You have skills. Skills, eh? How about swimming, mountain biking and running — as in consecutively… in one day… at race pace?
Whaddya say? That off-road triathlon stuff — Xterra — isn’t for true mountain bikers? It’s so easy even a caveman could do it?
Straight-up fact: The Caveman does make it look easy. And the Caveman will make it look easy as he smokes you out on some technical singletrack — on a big-wheeled bike, no less.
He isn’t racing Xterra — yet — on a 29er, Conrad Stoltz rides his Specialized Epic 29er the rest of the time. CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS IN THE SLIDESHOW BELOW Photo by Seth Lightcap
A couple of weeks ago I did an interview and shoot with Singletrack.com editor Jamie Bate (and photoman Seth Lightcap) in Truckee. We talked 29er, kicked some ideas around and I have to say I’m quite stoked with the result. This website has some real meat to it. Informative, technical material for the serious trail rider.
Here is the complete article from SingleTrack.com
Visit Stoltz29.org for my 29er manifesto
A pre-able to tuesdays’ race report for XTERRA USA Champs, Ogden.
Melanie McQuaid, myself, Shonny Vanlandingham and Josiah Middaugh “teaching” The Art of XTERRA at the Paul Mitchell XTERRA University. Pics by Nils Nilsen
I dont have 3hrs to write a good race report right now, but I know monday everyone spends half the day on their Facebook and reading about the weekends race results before real work starts, so here is a quick little something something about the weekend.
I’m driving to Reno today (9hrs) so I can get back to training for Maui in 4 weeks.
I finished 2nd behind Nico Lebrun on this mountain goat course, but nailed my 7th XTERRA USA Series title. More about this tomorrow.
This is a quick peek at this whirlwind weekend.
Won my 7th XTERRA USA Series. Got 2nd to Nico Lebrun
Won my 7th XTERRA USA Series. Got 2nd to Nico Lebrun
Check out Nils Nilsen’s XterraPhotos.com.
