January 31, 2001
The Honorable Paula Kamena
District Attorney
County of Marin
3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 183
San Rafael, CA 94903
Re: Prosecution of Medivac Trail designers/builders
Dear District Attorney Kamena:
This letter is to confirm my comments to the Board of Supervisors at
yesterday's meeting, and to advise you that the film "Superheros" was
submitted to the Board for transmittal to your office as evidence.
The year 2000 film, "Superheros," was sponsored by Wilderness Trail Bikes
(WTB), 187 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941. WTB's owners are
Patrick Seidler (who sits on the Marin County Bikeways Committee), Mark
Slate, Charlie Cunningham, and Steve Potts.
The film features one of WTB's employees and pro downhill racer, Mark Weir,
speeding down steep, narrow trails, with a Marin County Open Space District
sign in the background (also shown at www.wtb.com under "Fun Stuff"). One of
these trails is said to be the Medivac Trail. The Marin scenes are
interspersed among other locales throughout the film. The film features
trespassing and mountain bike stunts on public property, including the State
building, 505 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. It features a biker urinating on
a car in a parking lot. The film was made by Jay Brunelle and Neil Sanders,
and is distributed by Action Sports Videos (www.justpushplay.com).
Individuals who claim to have first-hand knowledge of who designed, built, or
rides, the Medivac Trail include:
1) "Smitty", employed by Marin Mountain Bikes, 84 Galli Drive, Novato, CA
94949
2) Forrest Arakawa, General Manager, Fly Fishing Review
(forrest@flyfishingreview.com)
3) Michael Foley, General Manager, Mountain Bike Review
(michael@mtbreview.com)
4) An individual with the email address of mtbnovato@aol.com
5) Orven Zaragoza (orven@rocketmail.com)
I forward this information as a follow up to Supervisor Murray's
correspondence to your office relative to this investigation.
Very truly yours,
Therese F. Alvillar