I'm backkk!

I'm recovered except for a small cold and hacking cough! I got all this energy bundled up in me, and I bombed the hills the last couple of days.

Today, I went riding and ran into an old friend. We rode together, and we were pumping each other up. I was rooting him on to nail his cork 7s, and I was able to get some productive criticism on what I've been doing wrong in the pipe and about how to get some air out of the 22-footer pipe. I managed to squeak out of the pipe by a few inches! YAYY progress! I'm seeing some immediate improvements already! I'm excited to take his pointers to heart and keep working on getting better! Stay tuned!

P.S. Only two more weeks left in Colorado?!?

out of commission at the moment

I haven't been training lately. Been sick for 4 days and counting. Totally blows. I want to be out there on the hill everyday, and my body's not letting me. 

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. I only have less than 3 weeks left here in Colorado! Time is money!

Pow Day at Copper

It started pounding snow on the day of the boardercross finals and lasted throughout the night. This translates into one thing: pow day at Copper! Halfpipe was a mess, and the features in the park were covered in snow. There's only one thing left to do: ride the entire mountain!

Here's the clip from from yesterday. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxbzmCmhb8g

Krahooligan Cash Cow Finals!

SOooooo I placed 5th!

I seriously could have placed either 3rd or 4th, but I made a stupid mistake in my first heat. Meh. I beat myself up pretty hard over it, but now I'm over it. At least I can say I learned something from it and that it won't happen again. Not bad for my first legitimate boardercross race!

Now I'm hearing words there will be another boardercross comps in steamboat springs this weekend and then in winter park sometime in the near future. Maybe....? We'll see.

Krahooligan Cash Cow Part 1

Today was practice day followed by two time trials. Thankfully we had a couple of hours to practice, and the people who worked on the course had to fix up some parts of the course when they saw how dangerous it could be. The course is a bit sketchy in some spots and super fast. As for the competitors there are 10 girls and 40-ish guys. Shaun Palmer made an appearance and competed, but he didn't win the fastest time. In the time trials, I think I placed 6th or 7th. Not sure. The step-ups right off the starting gate were super technical! I failed to get over it a few times, but afterwards it didn't become too much of a problem. I still need to figure out how to seriously clear it like several other people could so it doesn't slow me down. Tomorrow, there'll be some more practice and then the finals. Not gunna lie, I'm nervous about it! Wish me luck!