A very large turnout by the team this past weekend in beautiful Castell, Texas, to celebrate our second anniversary by riding gravel. Some great results – Padre Mora took the 100km singlespeed hammer, Paulette Williamson Moczygemba took 5th place in the women’s 75km, and John Fruehe must be commended for a valiant attempt to re-take the 75 km singlespeed hammer.

Great job out in Abilene by Cooper Sellers, William Ables, and Marlon Miller!

Here at Team IPA we like to have fun, and we are also great at making fun of ourselves. In this short clip, ace rider Cooper Sellers shows off the new team enduro kit, as well as some flashy technical skills!

The TMBRA XC series continued this past weekend out in Comfort, and Team IPA was there to represent. Several podium and top ten finishes – always good to see! Great work by Carrie Arnold, Gary Liardon, David O’Bryan, Deak Mihaly, Daniel Morales and Cooper Sellers.

Thanks to The Light Co for the great pictures.

Probably the strongest turnout yet for Team IPA at one of the TMBRA spring series favorites. Four podium finishes and a further four top ten positions!

• Gary Liardon – XC Men 19-99 SSOpen – 8th place
• David O’Bryan – XC Men 50-59 Cat1 – 9th place
• Carrie Arnold – XC Women 19-99 SSOpen – 1st place
• Sona Avedian – XC Women 30-39 Cat2 – 2nd place
• Lucie Hanzlik XC Women 40-99 Cat2 – 2nd place
• John Fruehe – XC Men 19-99 SS2/3 – 9th place
  
• Tony Fryer – XC Men 19-99 SS2/3 – 11th place
• Daniel Morales – XC Men 35-39 Cat2 – 10th place
  
• Ben Adair – XC Men 50-99 Cat2 – 20th place
  
• Deak Mihaly – XC Men 50-99 Cat2 – 15th place
  
• William Ables – XC Men 50-99 Cat2 – 2nd place

Cindy Abbott-Wood was wearing the team colors and took 2nd place in the Cat 1/Pro women’s event. Sadly, Cooper DNF’d with a flat in the Men’s Cat 2. We also had Mark Logrbrinck, Kyle Olson, Molly Wolf, Carla Jennings, Stephanie Childs and Dawn Skinner helping out with food, parking area and other thankless tasks that happen at races. The team tent was busy!

Another strong showing by Team IPA – Lucie Hanzlik placed 5th in the Women’s Cat 2 40-49 age group, and Cooper Sellers placed 3rd in the Men’s Cat 2 40-44 age group. Gary Liardon placed 14th in the SS Open, only 14 minutes behind the leader, and newcomer Deak Mihaly took 23rd place in the Men’s Cat 2 50+ group. We even had a Cat 1 success – David O’Bryan came in 12th in the Men’s 50+ group! Well done, everyone!

Watermarked pics credit to Kenny Lim, the entire slideshow from the race can be found here.

More shenanigans with Team IPA at the last event in the 2015/6 TMBRA Endurance Series. Some did the Full, some the Half. Two full laps at Flat Rock is no joke! A good time riding, camping and hanging with TIPAR racers from Austin, San Antonio and San Angelo.

From L-R: Kyle Poole, Garry Ford, Carrie Arnold, Ray Jaimez, Dawn Skinner, Lisa Lennon, Tony Fryer, Daniel Morales, Lucie Hanzlik

A great weekend for Team IPA, with a strong presence both at the 787 3/6-hour race at Reimer’s Ranch, and also at the Zombie Goat Enduro at Flat Rock Ranch. At the 787 race the team took Second Place in the men’s over-40 3 hour, First Place in the women’s 3 hour, and Third Place in both the 6 hour and 3 hour singlespeed events. In addition, a fifth place title for Carrie out at Flat Rock!

The Zombie Goat Team!

We had a great time at this event last weekend. 72 miles of gravel, potholes and water crossings in beautiful countryside west of Waco, TX. Here’s a picture of star rider Lisa Lennon forging her way through a particularly deep and cold mud hole!

Great job, guys! They both podiumed in the category.