Thursday, November 10, 2016

THE EPIC PALAWAN FINALE: NATIONAL ENDURO MTB RACE 2016

THE EPIC PALAWAN FINALE: NATIONAL ENDURO MTB RACE 2016
By: Ione Baron-Mejia


Mark Ibon of Team Downhill Enduro Palawan Rider ( DEPR)


Palawan finale, how thou I describe thee?  Your trails are as ridiculously captivating  as your city, as insanely enchanting as your people, as crazily delicious as your cuisine.  Wait for me when I go back, dear Palawan.

The Enduro Pilipinas/The Endure Network,  national  enduro mountain biking race finale  was held last November 5 and 6 in the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. enduro  mountain bikers from all over the Philippines flew to Palawan to participate the event,  but harkors from Manila dominated it. Certainly, we save the best trail  for last.


Hat’s off to these winners! You guys rock! Palawan’s trail is every bit what an enduro rider's dream is made of. It challenges every rider’s technical  skill,  physical fitness, stamina , strong  determination, mental toughness while fearfully  at the same time excitably  shredding those exceptionally gnarly trails and being treated with the most amazing views the Puerto Princesa had to offer. This trail definitely separates the men from the boys.

I will now let the pictures speak for themselves.

To the winners and finishers kudos to all of you.

Now,meet the big winners in Palawan!!! 

                                     

         Chino Mendoza, Chico Lavina, Ryan Solinap, Joseph Obra and                                                     Angelo Nick Velasco


      ELITE CATEGORY

1ST              RYAN SOLINAP                                           DIRT BROS.
2ND             FRANCISCO “CHICO” LAVINA                       TEAM BMC
3RD             JOSEPH OBRA                                             TEAM DEPR
4TH              CHINO MENDOZA                                       TEAM RUROK 
5TH             ANGELO NICK VELASCO                              TEAM DEPR
6TH             ROMMEL RAGASA                                 REKLAMO RACING TEAM
7TH              IVES TORRENTE                                          TEAM SIPAT
8TH              BETTY KULLALUL                                         TEAM ZERO
9TH            ERNESTO DALIZON                                       DEPR 
10TH                MICHAEL HAMID                                                            TEAM ZERO
 



Renan Ricafrente, Heydar Hossieni, Heinz Tabinas, Jeffrey Calalin and Jerwin Ibon


AFICIONADO CATEGORY

1ST               HEINZ TABINAS                                         DEPR
2ND              HEYDAR HOSSIENI                                     TEAM ZERO
3RD              JEFFREY CALALIN                                        DEPR
4TH               RENAN RICAFRENTE                       REKALAMO RACING TEAM
5TH               JERWIN IBON                                             DEPR
6TH               GARY  GEREVELA                                        DEPR
7TH               JOBERT FAJARDO                                        DEPR
8TH               DRU DEL ROSARIO                       TEAM ROTTENWHEELS
9TH               NELSON CONAN                                           DEPR
10TH             AL MUKHAM UMAR                                       DEPR




Jose Obra and Renax Lim



LEGEND CATEGORY

1ST             RENAX LIM                                                BIKE LAB
2ND            JOSE OBRA                                                DEPR


Mark Ibon, Shanville Villaflor, Joyce Del Socorro and Marjorie Ibon


FEMININO CATEGORY

1ST            JOYCE DEL SOCORRO                      REKLAMO RACING TEAM
2ND           SHANVILLE VILLAFOR                      DEPR



CURIOUS CATEGORY

1ST            JAYSON OBRA                                DEPR
2ND          CHRISTOPHER TORRES                    TEAM ZERO
3RD           FERNAN   HERAMIS                         DEPR
4TH          MASHAR   BERNAN                           DEPR
5TH          MARVIN    BALAN                             DEPR





THE ELITE RIDERS



RYAN SOLINAP - DIRT BRO.



CHICO LAVINA - BMC



JOSEPH OBRA - DEPR


CHINO MENDOZA - RUROK





ANGELO NICK VELASCO - DEPR



MARK IBON ( BULLET RIDER)



RHOMMEL RAGASA - REKLAMO RACING 




IVES TORRENTE - TEAM SIPAT


BETTY KULLALUL - TEAM ZERO



ERNESTO DALIZON - DEPR



MICHAEL HAMID - TEAM ZERO




BRYAN KAISER LEONOR - REKLAMO RACING TEAM



OJ PETERSON LELINA - REKLAMO RACING TEAM




ALEC DY-LIACCO  - REKLAMO RACING TEAM



LEGEND


RENAX LIM - BIKELAB



JOSE OBRA - DEPR




AFICIONADO


HEINEZ TABINAS - DERP




HEYDAR HOSSEINI - TEAM ZERO



JEFFREY CALALIN - DEPR


RENAN RICAFRENTE - REKALMO RACING TEAM



JERWIN IBON - DEPR



DRU DEL ROSARIO - TEAM ROTTENWHEELS




ELMER CABESAL - DEPR



GARY NOEL GEVELA - DEPR



JOEBERT PAJARDO - DEPR


NELSON CANON - DEPR


MATTHEW TOPPING - REKLAMO RACING TEAM


MARVIN CACHO - DEPR


FEMININO


JOYCE SOCORRO - REKLAMO RACING TEAM



                                SHANELLE VILLAFOR - DEPR






CURIOUS CATEGORY

JAYSON OBRA -  DEPR




MARVIN BALAN - DEPR



FRANCIS FERNANDEZ - DEPR





Finally, i would like to thank the people of Palawan, especially the people in the community of Magarwak and Sta. Lourdes area of Puerto Princesa for welcoming us in their community.Thank you to the marshalls, drivers and everyone who helped in the event. Thanks to our race director Mr. Mark Ibon, for all your hard work, you were a one man team in organizing this successful event. Congratulations! Special thanks for the lechon and the "special carderetang kambing ", it was a treat, we loved it. To our race director's other half,   Marjorie Ibon, thank you for the support. I  truly enjoyed my stay  there because of your company. Thank you very much Marj.  I hope to see you soon in Manila. 




Thank you Palawan. I had a blast! I'm head over heels with your food, your trails and your mountains. I will be back soon.  :-)





Click link for more pictures from the event:

TRACK READING PICS


TRACK READING PICS II


DAY 1 STARTING PICS


DAY 2 STARTING PICS

DAY 2 STARTING PICS II

DAY 2 PICS

Dirt Bros at Magarwak

PALAWAN FINALE SS7 ACTION SHOTS

AWARDING

PALAWAN FINALE SS4


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