welp no new news from the wildflower rush, cept that im not there. instead im back in junction working... kinda bummed since i've never ridden or raced there and the track was rumored to be super fun this year! oh well, i finally started hittin the gym trying to get my scrawny ass back into shape and ready for nationals less than a month away!!

Angel Fire 2009

Once again I made the trip south to Angel Fire for my first real pro race. Anyone who knows Angel Fire knows you don't leave with injury, mechanicals and all in all a feeling of getting worked; this year was no different. The course was the usual brutal rock gardens fast open fire roads super technical woods sections complete with sniper lines. I was feeling pretty strong in practice but knew i would have to step it up in qualifying, after qualifying 51st i was a little dissapointed because i knew i could've gone alot faster. So in my race run i decided as i was rolling out of the gate to hold nothing back. My run was going great nailed every line i had practiced and was hammering on the fire roads, until the tight s-berms into the wood section above the last fire road. I came into the first turn too hot and blew the corner and sampled some silt. I knew right away that was all she wrote for a good result but i grabbed the bike and pushed as hard as i could through the bottom 5th of the track finishing a very dissapointing 73rd, definately not how i wanted to make my professional debut. after finishing and catching my breath i realized my brake lever was broken off. i had ridden the rest of the way with out a rear brake and barely noticed it. this just added insult to injury knowing how fast i couldv'e been...

wow its been a long long long long LONG time since i've updated this thing, better get on it i spose!
anyways the 2009 season has started off really really slow. being broke really puts a damper on your first pro season. but at the first race of the season, Ranch Style Jump Jam dual slalom i put down a pretty good weekend of racing against some tough competition. after qualifying 12th in pro mens i had a crash in my first heat losing by the max differential of 4 sec. then in my second heat i won by 3.65. not enough to make up the difference to move on. but it was a sick weekend of racing and the slopestyle on sunday was siiiick!! there was huge tricks being thrown on huge jumps. Tyler McCual took the win with force, throwing a massive tailwhip over the 40 footer. All in all a good week end of good clean cycling fun ;)