In the beginning there were just stakes, PVC tubes, and helpers

With Brent Chapman's genius and Jeff Clark's guidance the Spirit of Surf City cross course was born

Kyle, from Roaring Mouse Cycles race team, shows fine stake hammering form

Amy doing one of the 5,000 jobs she did to make this race a success

Man and his best friend off to work

Isaias watches Jeff work

The happy Saturday course-set-up crew

When we flew the banner we knew it was real...Surf City was back, if only for a day

Simon's Legs...oh la la

Clinic Instructor Extraordinaire

Saucy Simon and his sassy assistant, the lovely Alyse

Clinic participants listen and watch with intensity

Learning the tricks of the trade

We rolled out the red carpet for the clinic participants

Simon leads his clinic peeps through the course

The grinning Sergeant Sexy and her daughter

And then it was Sunday...!

Calm after the storm at the registration table

Cross action at the beloved Watsonville Fairgrounds

Oh kiddo, we know your pain

Andie Mackie was beyond adorable in the costume race

Many solid performances in the costume race

The powerpuff girls descended upon Watsonville!

Whaaa? Aahhhh. No comment.

There were cute, friendly, helpful, sexy Bellas everywhere

Entertainment from the Live Band!

Baked goodies for the costume contest winners

The Bella Slayer cape

Girlie Prize Bags

Some more cross action

Bella Slayers roaming the course

Bella Slayer chillin' on the pink bean bag

Auditioning for Lord of the Dance? See http://www.pbase.com/sdukes/image/14490995

Some boys ran up this hill...

...and some biked up it!

Another cute cross boy tearing up the Spirit of Surf City cross race

The Wondeful Goldi and her Marvelous Wings

The princess looks on as boys in tight outfits prance over barriers

A little leg and some sexy Hottie socks for the boys

It's all about the accessories

One stylin' Bella pooch

Alyse and Heather were delighted to see cute boys winning awards

Podium kisses all around

Podium hugs too

Alyse gets swept away

Sexy Mama

Queen Slayer shows her hula moves

Brent takes a turn with the the hula

Stella gets her hula groove on

Even the boys got into the hula action

When it was all over we visited our leader's healing den...this race would never have happened without her