Capitola’s Valarie Jenkins ties for second at Vibram Open disc golf tourney

Capitola’s Nate Doss takes 9th in men’s open

Capitola resident and pro disc golfer Valarie Jenkins finished just one throw off winner Catrina Allen in the women’s open division of the PDGA-sanctioned Vibram Open at Maple Hill in Leicester, Mass., on Sunday.

Both Jenkins and Sarah Hokom of Caldwell, Idaho, threw 66s in the final round to land at 23-over 263 for the tournament. Allen of Phoenix won the event with a 64 in the final round [262 total].

“Yup.. lost by 1 stroke, again.” Jenkins tweeted after the event.

Most recently, Jenkins missed out on a win by one stroke in the world championships.

Jenkins’ partner Nate Doss also competed, taking ninth in the open men’s division with a 14-under 226 over four rounds. Jenkins’ brother Avery Jenkins took 21st overall [235], and Aptos disc golfer Shasta Criss placed 35th [246]. Cale Leiviska of St. Paul, Minn., won with a 215.

Results included in this report are from the Professional Disc Golf Association website.

Aptos native Tyler McCaul becomes Official Whip-Off World champ at Crankworx-Whistler

Photo courtesy of Crankworx.com.

Aptos native and pro mountain biker Tyler McCaul said in a press release that he learned how to do whips by watching video of Vancouver’s Thomas Vanderham, so imagine how he must have felt beating Vanderham in the Crankworx-Whistler Official Whip-Off World Championships final last week.

A whip is a stylistic aerial-based move where the rider flips out the back of his bike to one side in an effort to get “the bike flat, sideways and dragged out,” according to a press release.

McCaul [Fox] dominated the competition, which was held on the fourth day of the Crankworx’s event Aug. 10-19 in Whistler, B.C., beating out Vanderham, who was second, as well as MVP Brendan Fairclough and Cam Zink, who garnered honorable mention.

“So apparently I’m Whip Off World Champ now!!! So damn pumped!! Thanks everyone for the kind words! Such a fun event @crankworx #whipsdontlie,” McCaul tweeted via Twitter afterward.

McCaul’s brother Cam also had a top-three finish in Whistler, taking third in the slopestyle final. Belgium’s Thomas Genon [UMF Velo Team] won with 90.20 points after three runs, while Sweden’s Martin Soderstrom [Spcialized] was second with 86.80 points and McCaul came in with 82.80 points.

Results included in this report are from the Crankworx website.

For more photos, check out the Crankworx Flickr stream [Warning: Contains some adult content].