Historical Information:
IN 2024, THERE WAS A PROPER ROUTE GROUP START OF 34, A TOUR ROUTE GROUP START OF 28, AND 1 ITT ATTEMPT
Fundraising Accomplishments!
Grizzly Cycles Crew / Bakersfield, CA raised $1,500 for Teresa Burke Elementary and Wasco Union Elementary School District!
Kelly Pasco / Ojai, CA Raised $500 for Get It Done Crew and $500 for SAGE Trail Alliance!
Proper loop route (aka "Toads" route) group start finishers:
Chase Witter / Los Angeles, CA (Fastest Time of 2 days, 12 hours, 26 Minutes!)
Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA
Henry Wildeberry, Northern CA
Wes Barber and Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish)
Dipper Ben / San Luis Obispo, CA
Jesse Barnett / Ventura, CA
Brandon Bussinger / Los Angeles, CA
Lizzo Alexander / Santa Barbara, CA (Fastest
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA
Kieran Hook / Santa Barbara, CA
Nathan Kamens / Los Angeles, CA
Stephen C. / Oakland, CA
Matthew David Reed / Santa Barbara, CA (Slowest known time of 6 days, 14 hours!)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Daniel Connell / Goleta, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 5 hours, 2 minutes!!!)
Erik Rutherford / San Luis Obispo, CA
John Breinholt / Los Angeles, CA
Dima Kogan / Los Angeles, CA
Brendan Borrell / Los Angeles, CA
Jason Lytle / Glendale, CA
Pat + Krust (home town not known)
Marin Sigurdson / Goleta, CA and Elsa R / Goleta, CA (team finish, fastest female time of 3 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes!)
"Tour" route ITT finisher:
Matt Daily / Santa Barbara, CA
95% Finishers (minor route deviations and/or had outside support):
Kelly Pasco / Ojai, CA (finished entire proper route but slept at his own house the last night, so not entirely self-supported)
Elliot Goodrich / Oakland, CA (proper route, skipped Ventura River Preserve Trails)
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA (finished entire proper route but needed outside support to repair bike)
Topher De Felice / Orcutt, CA (finished entire proper route but needed outside support to repair bike)
Grizzly Cycles (Drew Raney, Steven Haught, Gene Hanson, James Coyle, Justin Pfeiffer, Johvany Mireles, and Rafael Mireles) / Bakersfield, CA (took main road through Quatal Canyon instead of singletrack).
IN 2023, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 29, AND 8 ITT ATTEMPTS (the routes were figure-8 loops because of forest closures due to storm damages)
Fundraising Accomplishment!
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA Raised $1,025.00 for Los Padres Forest Association
"Proper" route group start finishers:
Chris Burkard (aka Burky) / Pismo Beach, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 14 hours, 11 minutes!!!)
Daniel Connell (aka Dirty Dan) / Goleta, CA
Gregg Dunham (aka Snake Plisskin), Thousand Oaks, CA
Ian Graham (aka Pedal Commander) / Santa Paula, CA and Elliot Johnson / Los Osos, CA (team finish)
Julie Kanagy (aka Shredchic) / Felton, CA (fastest female time of 3 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes!!!)
Groundskeeper Willy / Victor, ID
Erin Carroll (aka ECduzit) / Santa Barbara, CA
Ben Van Der Kar (aka Bennys Jammin) / Carpinteria, CA and Jesse Barnett (aka B+Barnett) / Ventura, CA (team finish)
Henrywildeberry & Ms. Cool, Northern CA
Eric Hildinger (aka Bitten), Santa Cruz, CA
Nancy Aguilar (aka Nancyrides) / Newbury Park, CA
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Nate Kirby (aka Kirby) / Ventura, CA (fastest tour route group start time of 2 days, 12 hours, 24 minutes!)
Shaggy / Los Osos, CA
Robert Cochran (aka RC) / Los Osos, CA
Matt Chapek (aka Mattador) / Santa Maria, CA
Scooby / Santa Cruz, CA
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Wes Barber and Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish) Fastest Tour Route Time of 2 days, 41 hours, 51 minutes!)
95% Tour Route Finishers (they finished almost the entire tour route, but with route deviations!):
Beau Velo / San Luis Obispo, CA (*went off route at the eastern end of Elkhorn Road in Carrizo Plain, actually added more climbing)
Marin Sigurdson / Santa Barbara, CA (*skipped Padrone Canyon Section in Carrizo Plain and took Soda Lake Road instead)
IN 2022, THERE WAS A PROPER ROUTE GROUP START OF 15, A TOUR ROUTE GROUP START OF 16, AND 9 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishments!
Drew Raney / Bakersfield, CA Raised $1,500.00 for All Kids Bike
Ian Chidester / Goleta, CA Raised $526.00 for Girls Who Code
"Proper" route group start finishers:
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA and Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus. Team finish, fastest group start time of
4 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes!)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus)
Alissa Bell / Redwood City, CA (Cerro Alto Peak, fastest female time of 4 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes!)
Drew "Vegan" Taylor and Mason Jones (team finish) San Luis Obispo, CA (Condor Lookout bonus)
Lizzo Alexander and Zach Bobbitt / Santa Barbara, CA (Condor Lookout bonus, Team finish)
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA (Condor Lookout bonus)
Evan Sollberger / San Diego, CA and Brandon B / Los Angeles, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus)
Marin Sigurdson / Santa Barbara, CA (Condor Lookout bonus. Slowest known time of 6 days 16 hours 50 minutes!)
"Proper" route ITT finishers:
Kristopher Wehage / Monrovia, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, and Condor Lookout bonus. He attempted Big Pine too, but didn't quite find the top) Record time of 3 days, 20 hours, 26 minutes!)
Alex Broekhof / San Francisco, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Condor Lookout, and Singletrack Heavy bonus)
Alex Stephan / Toronto, Ontario
Dima Kogan / Los Angeles, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, Condor Lookout bonus)
Scott MacDonald / San Jose, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, Condor Lookout bonus)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Braden Batsford / Vancouver, BC (fastest group start time of 1 day 4 hours 0 minutes!!!)
Ton Van Daelen / San Diego, CA
Sasha Magee / San Francisco, CA
Drew Raney / Bakersfield, CA
John Breinholt / Los Angeles, CA
Julie Kanagy / Felton, CA (singletrack heavy bonus, fastest female time of 1 day, 23 hours, 20 minutes!)
Matt Covill / Long Beach, CA
Joe Sulka / Goleta, CA (singletrack heavy bonus)
Nate Kirby / Ventura, CA
Chandler Harnett and Ryan Lach / Santa Barbara, CA
Ian Chidester / Goleta, CA
Robert Cochran / Los Osos, CA
Owen Stenzel / La Canada, CA
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (fastest known time for 2020 through 2022 tour route! 20 hours 45 minutes! Wow!)
Hallie Silva / Santa Barbara, CA
IN 2021, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 27 AND 5 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Hallie Silvia raised $4,000.00 for Save the Foothills Foundation and for Seeds to Forest Defense.
Benjamin Van Der Kar raised +/- $4,000.00 for Los Padres Forest Association
Paul Schickler raised $1,650.00 for Sage Trail Alliance
Rhett Ney Jacobi raised $685.00 for Wilderness Youth Project & Los Padres Forest Watch
Proper loop route group start finishers:
Ben Salthouse / San Francisco, CA (fastest group start time of 2 days, 16 hours and 38 minutes!).
Nicholas Ruiz / Santa Barbara, CA
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA (fastest female time of 4 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes!)
Rhett Ney Jacobi / Ventura, CA (summited Mt. Pinos, Malduce, Big Pine Mountain, West Big Pine Mountain, and Little Pine Mountain!)
Braden Lloyd / Cayucos, CA
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA (summited Mt. Pinos, Malduce, Big Pine Mountain, West Big Pine Mountain, and Little Pine Mountain!)
Proper loop route ITT finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (new record time of 2 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes!)
Julie Kanagy / Felton, CA (fastest female time of 2 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes!)
Tedd White / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Gregg Dunham and Aaron Mcnaught / Thousand Oaks, CA (team finish, fastest time of 1 day, 9 hours, 15 minutes!)
Christina Ooi and Peta Takai / Santa Monica, CA (team finish, new female record time of 1 day, 13 hours, 29 minutes!)
Janet Wagner and Brian Lucido / Atascadero, CA. (first ever tandem bike finishers! time of 2 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes! summited Big Pine Mountain)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
Bill Rey and Robert Cochran (Atascadero, CA and Los Osos, CA. team finish)
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Paul Schickler / Manhattan Beach, CA
"Tour" route finishers not registered on Mapprogress tracking Map:
Ian Graham and Brett / Ojai, CA and Wes Barber, Santa Barbara, CA (team finish)
IN 2020, THERE WAS NO GROUP START OR TRACKING MAP DUE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS :-( THE LONGER ROUTE WAS A BRAND NEW LOOP ROUTE! THERE WERE 10 ITT ATTEMPTS AND ANOTHER 7 RIDERS WHO OPTED TO ONLY RIDE A PORTION OF THE ROUTE.
"Loop" route finishers:
Julie Kanagy / Santa Cruz, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 17 hours and 45 minutes). First woman to finish the loop route! First woman to ever to achieve the fastest time! Julie also raised $1,395.00 for Mtnstosea.org outdoor youth program!!!
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA (Summited Big Pine Mountain)
Evan Sollberger / San Diego, CA (first ever finisher of the loop route! Summited Big Pine Mountain)
Brian Moran and David Wilson (Orange County, CA, team finish, fall season)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA and Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (team finish, slowest known time!)
"Tour" route finishers:
Max Leonov / Los Angeles, CA (fastest known time for 2014 through 2020 tour route! 17 hours, 51 minutes. Fall season ITT. WOW!!!)
IN 2019, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 15 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS
"Proper" route finishers:
Brian Lucido / Atascadero, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 6 hours, 47 minutes and new record; WOW!!!)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA
Flemming Bertelsen / Santa Barbara, CA
Ben Salthouse / San Francisco, CA
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA; Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA; Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (team finish)
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA
"Tour" route finishers:
Blake Garnard / Santa Barbara, CA
Michael Grosso / Culver City, CA (ITT) (fastest time of 1 day, 3 hours, 31 minutes)
Unofficial "Tour" route finishers (assumed to have finished but were not on the Trackleaders Map):
Dima and his Friend / Pasadena, CA.
Honorable Mention: Roland Sturm / Santa Monica, CA. He can never seem to stay on route, but he always seems to make it to Santa Barbara in one piece! He holds the record for the most course deviations over the last 6 years, while never actually having to "bail out"!
IN 2018, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 21 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS (multiple riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
"Proper" route finishers:
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA and Tony Buoncristiani / Ketchum, ID (Team Finish, Tony and Art shared the fastest time of 2 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes)
Phillip Scott / Roseville, CA
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Aaron Sas / San Diego, CA
"Tour" route finishers:
Joe Sulka / Santa Barbara, CA (finished at the same time as Daniel)
Daniel Barlach / Goleta, CA (finished at the same time as Joe)
Mark Smith / Buellton, CA
Paul Smith / Buellton, CA (finished at the same time as Mark)
Marin Sigurdson / Goleta, CA
Nikolay Zapreyev / Santa Barbara, CA
Larry Stead / La Mirada, CA
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (added out and back hikes to the summits of Malduce Peak, Big Pine Mountain, and West Big Pine Mountain)
Devin Carter (ITT) / Newbury Park, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 7 hours, 0 minutes)
Drew Thorne Thomsen (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
Unofficial "Tour" route finishers (assumed to have finished but were not on the Trackleaders Map):
Alex Henson (Alex may have had the fastest tour route time, but who knows?)
Matt (Paul and Mark's Friend)
Joe (Larrys Friend)
Wes Barber (ITT with Drew Thorne Thomsen)
IN 2017, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 15 AND 8 ITT ATTEMPTS (2 riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
"Proper" route finishers:
Jeff Kerkove / Eagle, CO (fastest time of 1 day, 13 hours, 11 minutes)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA
Tommy Karen / Bend, OR (finished with Lynne at the same time)
Lynne Slivovsky / Los Osos, CA (fastest female time of 3 days, 11 hours, 55 minutes)
Shelly Peppe-Nani / Bonsall, CA and Angela Baker / Lytle Creek, CA (Team Finish)
"Tour" route finishers:
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 6 hours, 40 minutes)
Eric Nelson (ITT) / Oakland, CA
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA
Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (finished with Wes at the same time)
Joe Sulka / Santa Barbara, CA
Group of four tour finishers (all finished at same time; this is the slowest known time ever on the tour route!):
Timothy Wilder (ITT) / Goleta, CA
Nate Kirby (ITT) / Ventura, CA
Nikolay Zapreyev (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
Gen Matsui (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
IN 2016, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 11 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS (a few riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Erin Carroll raised $2,882.50 for K-9 Pals Placement and Assistance League
Gregg Dunham raised $335.00 for Make a Wish Tri Counties
"Proper" route finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes)
Rita Jett / San Jose, California (first ever woman finisher!!! time of 2 days 13 hours 7 minutes)
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA (finished with Rita at the same time)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA
Sarah and Tom Swallow / Petaluma, CA (Team Finish)
Armand Kizirian / Santa Monica, CA (finished with Sarah and Tom at the same time)
"Tour" route finishers:
Lynne Slivovsky / Los Osos, CA and Ted Bibby / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish fastest time of 1 day, 17 hours, 36 minutes)
Eric Brown (ITT) / Los Angeles, CA and Patric Karlsson (ITT) / Thousand Oaks, CA (Team Finish)
Wes Barber (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA (unofficial finish, not on Trackleaders Map)
IN 2015, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 18 (2 riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Robert Newton raised $879.00 for Nowzad Dogs Animal Shelter
Gregg Dunham raised $1,210.00 for Spina Bifida Association of America
"Proper" route finishers:
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 21 hours, 7 minutes)
Sam Harney (aka "The Duke") / Canby, OR (first ever out of state finisher)
Rob Roberts / Burbank, CA
Mike Abbott / Santa Barbara, CA
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA
The Tortoise / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
The honorable mention 99% Finishers (they were able and should have finished!!! But deviated from the intended route):
Rich Nielsen / Auburn, CA (proper route) Skipped the 4 miles out and back near Mt. Pinos Summit. Single speed rider.
Rachel Finch / Santa Barbara, CA (tour route) rode entire tour route except skipped the 4 miles out and back near Mt. Pinos Summit and rode the highway instead of the singletrack after Pine Mountain Club.
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA (tour route) rode the highway instead of the singletrack after Pine Mountain Club, summited Big Pine Mountain, which made up the difficulty lost at the route deviation).
IN 2014, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 9 AND 4 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishment!!!
Erin Carroll raised $1,400.00 for Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
Only 5 riders finished the proper route:
Eric Lord / Ventura, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes) first ever finisher of the proper route!
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA
Mike Abbott / Santa Barbara, CA
Arthur de Goede / Arroyo Grande, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
Fundraising Accomplishments!
Grizzly Cycles Crew / Bakersfield, CA raised $1,500 for Teresa Burke Elementary and Wasco Union Elementary School District!
Kelly Pasco / Ojai, CA Raised $500 for Get It Done Crew and $500 for SAGE Trail Alliance!
Proper loop route (aka "Toads" route) group start finishers:
Chase Witter / Los Angeles, CA (Fastest Time of 2 days, 12 hours, 26 Minutes!)
Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA
Henry Wildeberry, Northern CA
Wes Barber and Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish)
Dipper Ben / San Luis Obispo, CA
Jesse Barnett / Ventura, CA
Brandon Bussinger / Los Angeles, CA
Lizzo Alexander / Santa Barbara, CA (Fastest
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA
Kieran Hook / Santa Barbara, CA
Nathan Kamens / Los Angeles, CA
Stephen C. / Oakland, CA
Matthew David Reed / Santa Barbara, CA (Slowest known time of 6 days, 14 hours!)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Daniel Connell / Goleta, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 5 hours, 2 minutes!!!)
Erik Rutherford / San Luis Obispo, CA
John Breinholt / Los Angeles, CA
Dima Kogan / Los Angeles, CA
Brendan Borrell / Los Angeles, CA
Jason Lytle / Glendale, CA
Pat + Krust (home town not known)
Marin Sigurdson / Goleta, CA and Elsa R / Goleta, CA (team finish, fastest female time of 3 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes!)
"Tour" route ITT finisher:
Matt Daily / Santa Barbara, CA
95% Finishers (minor route deviations and/or had outside support):
Kelly Pasco / Ojai, CA (finished entire proper route but slept at his own house the last night, so not entirely self-supported)
Elliot Goodrich / Oakland, CA (proper route, skipped Ventura River Preserve Trails)
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA (finished entire proper route but needed outside support to repair bike)
Topher De Felice / Orcutt, CA (finished entire proper route but needed outside support to repair bike)
Grizzly Cycles (Drew Raney, Steven Haught, Gene Hanson, James Coyle, Justin Pfeiffer, Johvany Mireles, and Rafael Mireles) / Bakersfield, CA (took main road through Quatal Canyon instead of singletrack).
IN 2023, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 29, AND 8 ITT ATTEMPTS (the routes were figure-8 loops because of forest closures due to storm damages)
Fundraising Accomplishment!
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA Raised $1,025.00 for Los Padres Forest Association
"Proper" route group start finishers:
Chris Burkard (aka Burky) / Pismo Beach, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 14 hours, 11 minutes!!!)
Daniel Connell (aka Dirty Dan) / Goleta, CA
Gregg Dunham (aka Snake Plisskin), Thousand Oaks, CA
Ian Graham (aka Pedal Commander) / Santa Paula, CA and Elliot Johnson / Los Osos, CA (team finish)
Julie Kanagy (aka Shredchic) / Felton, CA (fastest female time of 3 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes!!!)
Groundskeeper Willy / Victor, ID
Erin Carroll (aka ECduzit) / Santa Barbara, CA
Ben Van Der Kar (aka Bennys Jammin) / Carpinteria, CA and Jesse Barnett (aka B+Barnett) / Ventura, CA (team finish)
Henrywildeberry & Ms. Cool, Northern CA
Eric Hildinger (aka Bitten), Santa Cruz, CA
Nancy Aguilar (aka Nancyrides) / Newbury Park, CA
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Nate Kirby (aka Kirby) / Ventura, CA (fastest tour route group start time of 2 days, 12 hours, 24 minutes!)
Shaggy / Los Osos, CA
Robert Cochran (aka RC) / Los Osos, CA
Matt Chapek (aka Mattador) / Santa Maria, CA
Scooby / Santa Cruz, CA
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Wes Barber and Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish) Fastest Tour Route Time of 2 days, 41 hours, 51 minutes!)
95% Tour Route Finishers (they finished almost the entire tour route, but with route deviations!):
Beau Velo / San Luis Obispo, CA (*went off route at the eastern end of Elkhorn Road in Carrizo Plain, actually added more climbing)
Marin Sigurdson / Santa Barbara, CA (*skipped Padrone Canyon Section in Carrizo Plain and took Soda Lake Road instead)
IN 2022, THERE WAS A PROPER ROUTE GROUP START OF 15, A TOUR ROUTE GROUP START OF 16, AND 9 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishments!
Drew Raney / Bakersfield, CA Raised $1,500.00 for All Kids Bike
Ian Chidester / Goleta, CA Raised $526.00 for Girls Who Code
"Proper" route group start finishers:
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA and Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus. Team finish, fastest group start time of
4 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes!)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus)
Alissa Bell / Redwood City, CA (Cerro Alto Peak, fastest female time of 4 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes!)
Drew "Vegan" Taylor and Mason Jones (team finish) San Luis Obispo, CA (Condor Lookout bonus)
Lizzo Alexander and Zach Bobbitt / Santa Barbara, CA (Condor Lookout bonus, Team finish)
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA (Condor Lookout bonus)
Evan Sollberger / San Diego, CA and Brandon B / Los Angeles, CA (Soda/Buckeye and Condor Lookout bonus)
Marin Sigurdson / Santa Barbara, CA (Condor Lookout bonus. Slowest known time of 6 days 16 hours 50 minutes!)
"Proper" route ITT finishers:
Kristopher Wehage / Monrovia, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, and Condor Lookout bonus. He attempted Big Pine too, but didn't quite find the top) Record time of 3 days, 20 hours, 26 minutes!)
Alex Broekhof / San Francisco, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Condor Lookout, and Singletrack Heavy bonus)
Alex Stephan / Toronto, Ontario
Dima Kogan / Los Angeles, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, Condor Lookout bonus)
Scott MacDonald / San Jose, CA (Soda/Buckeye, Cerro Alto Peak, Condor Lookout bonus)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Braden Batsford / Vancouver, BC (fastest group start time of 1 day 4 hours 0 minutes!!!)
Ton Van Daelen / San Diego, CA
Sasha Magee / San Francisco, CA
Drew Raney / Bakersfield, CA
John Breinholt / Los Angeles, CA
Julie Kanagy / Felton, CA (singletrack heavy bonus, fastest female time of 1 day, 23 hours, 20 minutes!)
Matt Covill / Long Beach, CA
Joe Sulka / Goleta, CA (singletrack heavy bonus)
Nate Kirby / Ventura, CA
Chandler Harnett and Ryan Lach / Santa Barbara, CA
Ian Chidester / Goleta, CA
Robert Cochran / Los Osos, CA
Owen Stenzel / La Canada, CA
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (fastest known time for 2020 through 2022 tour route! 20 hours 45 minutes! Wow!)
Hallie Silva / Santa Barbara, CA
IN 2021, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 27 AND 5 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Hallie Silvia raised $4,000.00 for Save the Foothills Foundation and for Seeds to Forest Defense.
Benjamin Van Der Kar raised +/- $4,000.00 for Los Padres Forest Association
Paul Schickler raised $1,650.00 for Sage Trail Alliance
Rhett Ney Jacobi raised $685.00 for Wilderness Youth Project & Los Padres Forest Watch
Proper loop route group start finishers:
Ben Salthouse / San Francisco, CA (fastest group start time of 2 days, 16 hours and 38 minutes!).
Nicholas Ruiz / Santa Barbara, CA
Nancy Aguilar / Newbury Park, CA (fastest female time of 4 days, 23 hours, 17 minutes!)
Rhett Ney Jacobi / Ventura, CA (summited Mt. Pinos, Malduce, Big Pine Mountain, West Big Pine Mountain, and Little Pine Mountain!)
Braden Lloyd / Cayucos, CA
Ben Van Der Kar / Carpinteria, CA (summited Mt. Pinos, Malduce, Big Pine Mountain, West Big Pine Mountain, and Little Pine Mountain!)
Proper loop route ITT finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (new record time of 2 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes!)
Julie Kanagy / Felton, CA (fastest female time of 2 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes!)
Tedd White / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
"Tour" route group start finishers:
Gregg Dunham and Aaron Mcnaught / Thousand Oaks, CA (team finish, fastest time of 1 day, 9 hours, 15 minutes!)
Christina Ooi and Peta Takai / Santa Monica, CA (team finish, new female record time of 1 day, 13 hours, 29 minutes!)
Janet Wagner and Brian Lucido / Atascadero, CA. (first ever tandem bike finishers! time of 2 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes! summited Big Pine Mountain)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
Bill Rey and Robert Cochran (Atascadero, CA and Los Osos, CA. team finish)
"Tour" route ITT finishers:
Paul Schickler / Manhattan Beach, CA
"Tour" route finishers not registered on Mapprogress tracking Map:
Ian Graham and Brett / Ojai, CA and Wes Barber, Santa Barbara, CA (team finish)
IN 2020, THERE WAS NO GROUP START OR TRACKING MAP DUE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS :-( THE LONGER ROUTE WAS A BRAND NEW LOOP ROUTE! THERE WERE 10 ITT ATTEMPTS AND ANOTHER 7 RIDERS WHO OPTED TO ONLY RIDE A PORTION OF THE ROUTE.
"Loop" route finishers:
Julie Kanagy / Santa Cruz, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 17 hours and 45 minutes). First woman to finish the loop route! First woman to ever to achieve the fastest time! Julie also raised $1,395.00 for Mtnstosea.org outdoor youth program!!!
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA (Summited Big Pine Mountain)
Evan Sollberger / San Diego, CA (first ever finisher of the loop route! Summited Big Pine Mountain)
Brian Moran and David Wilson (Orange County, CA, team finish, fall season)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA and Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (team finish, slowest known time!)
"Tour" route finishers:
Max Leonov / Los Angeles, CA (fastest known time for 2014 through 2020 tour route! 17 hours, 51 minutes. Fall season ITT. WOW!!!)
IN 2019, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 15 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS
"Proper" route finishers:
Brian Lucido / Atascadero, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 6 hours, 47 minutes and new record; WOW!!!)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA
Flemming Bertelsen / Santa Barbara, CA
Ben Salthouse / San Francisco, CA
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA; Ian Graham / Santa Paula, CA; Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (team finish)
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA
"Tour" route finishers:
Blake Garnard / Santa Barbara, CA
Michael Grosso / Culver City, CA (ITT) (fastest time of 1 day, 3 hours, 31 minutes)
Unofficial "Tour" route finishers (assumed to have finished but were not on the Trackleaders Map):
Dima and his Friend / Pasadena, CA.
Honorable Mention: Roland Sturm / Santa Monica, CA. He can never seem to stay on route, but he always seems to make it to Santa Barbara in one piece! He holds the record for the most course deviations over the last 6 years, while never actually having to "bail out"!
IN 2018, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 21 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS (multiple riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
"Proper" route finishers:
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA and Tony Buoncristiani / Ketchum, ID (Team Finish, Tony and Art shared the fastest time of 2 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes)
Phillip Scott / Roseville, CA
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Aaron Sas / San Diego, CA
"Tour" route finishers:
Joe Sulka / Santa Barbara, CA (finished at the same time as Daniel)
Daniel Barlach / Goleta, CA (finished at the same time as Joe)
Mark Smith / Buellton, CA
Paul Smith / Buellton, CA (finished at the same time as Mark)
Marin Sigurdson / Goleta, CA
Nikolay Zapreyev / Santa Barbara, CA
Larry Stead / La Mirada, CA
Jeff Phillips / Santa Barbara, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (added out and back hikes to the summits of Malduce Peak, Big Pine Mountain, and West Big Pine Mountain)
Devin Carter (ITT) / Newbury Park, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 7 hours, 0 minutes)
Drew Thorne Thomsen (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
Unofficial "Tour" route finishers (assumed to have finished but were not on the Trackleaders Map):
Alex Henson (Alex may have had the fastest tour route time, but who knows?)
Matt (Paul and Mark's Friend)
Joe (Larrys Friend)
Wes Barber (ITT with Drew Thorne Thomsen)
IN 2017, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 15 AND 8 ITT ATTEMPTS (2 riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
"Proper" route finishers:
Jeff Kerkove / Eagle, CO (fastest time of 1 day, 13 hours, 11 minutes)
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA
Tommy Karen / Bend, OR (finished with Lynne at the same time)
Lynne Slivovsky / Los Osos, CA (fastest female time of 3 days, 11 hours, 55 minutes)
Shelly Peppe-Nani / Bonsall, CA and Angela Baker / Lytle Creek, CA (Team Finish)
"Tour" route finishers:
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 6 hours, 40 minutes)
Eric Nelson (ITT) / Oakland, CA
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA
Drew Thorne Thomsen / Santa Barbara, CA (finished with Wes at the same time)
Joe Sulka / Santa Barbara, CA
Group of four tour finishers (all finished at same time; this is the slowest known time ever on the tour route!):
Timothy Wilder (ITT) / Goleta, CA
Nate Kirby (ITT) / Ventura, CA
Nikolay Zapreyev (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
Gen Matsui (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA
IN 2016, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 11 AND 3 ITT ATTEMPTS (a few riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Erin Carroll raised $2,882.50 for K-9 Pals Placement and Assistance League
Gregg Dunham raised $335.00 for Make a Wish Tri Counties
"Proper" route finishers:
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes)
Rita Jett / San Jose, California (first ever woman finisher!!! time of 2 days 13 hours 7 minutes)
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA (finished with Rita at the same time)
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA
Sarah and Tom Swallow / Petaluma, CA (Team Finish)
Armand Kizirian / Santa Monica, CA (finished with Sarah and Tom at the same time)
"Tour" route finishers:
Lynne Slivovsky / Los Osos, CA and Ted Bibby / Santa Barbara, CA (Team Finish fastest time of 1 day, 17 hours, 36 minutes)
Eric Brown (ITT) / Los Angeles, CA and Patric Karlsson (ITT) / Thousand Oaks, CA (Team Finish)
Wes Barber (ITT) / Santa Barbara, CA (unofficial finish, not on Trackleaders Map)
IN 2015, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 18 (2 riders did not show up on Trackleaders Map)
Fundraising Accomplishments!!!
Robert Newton raised $879.00 for Nowzad Dogs Animal Shelter
Gregg Dunham raised $1,210.00 for Spina Bifida Association of America
"Proper" route finishers:
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA (fastest time of 1 day, 21 hours, 7 minutes)
Sam Harney (aka "The Duke") / Canby, OR (first ever out of state finisher)
Rob Roberts / Burbank, CA
Mike Abbott / Santa Barbara, CA
Gregg Dunham / Thousand Oaks, CA
Art deGoede / Arroyo Grande, CA
The Tortoise / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)
The honorable mention 99% Finishers (they were able and should have finished!!! But deviated from the intended route):
Rich Nielsen / Auburn, CA (proper route) Skipped the 4 miles out and back near Mt. Pinos Summit. Single speed rider.
Rachel Finch / Santa Barbara, CA (tour route) rode entire tour route except skipped the 4 miles out and back near Mt. Pinos Summit and rode the highway instead of the singletrack after Pine Mountain Club.
Wes Barber / Santa Barbara, CA (tour route) rode the highway instead of the singletrack after Pine Mountain Club, summited Big Pine Mountain, which made up the difficulty lost at the route deviation).
IN 2014, THERE WAS A GROUP START OF 9 AND 4 ITT ATTEMPTS
Fundraising Accomplishment!!!
Erin Carroll raised $1,400.00 for Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
Only 5 riders finished the proper route:
Eric Lord / Ventura, CA (fastest time of 2 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes) first ever finisher of the proper route!
Blake Bockius / Truckee, CA
Mike Abbott / Santa Barbara, CA
Arthur de Goede / Arroyo Grande, CA
Erin Carroll / Santa Barbara, CA (summited Big Pine Mountain)