What up yall back in the big CO 303. Its yer favorite Rotec rider Brian Buell here, just hangin out in the Mountain Creek parking lot. Where i'm parked on the asphalt it is 104 degress yet still east coast humid!!! I'm sweating buckets
Still having a blast though. The riding this week was very good, yet varied day to day. friday it poored so much we had a river the size of the platt running through our camp almost washing away trash cans, tool box's and not the mention Dave camps shoes. Practice was wet and pretty slick in the upper part of the coarse where most of the rocks and roots were, the bottom half of the coarse was just a little slow through the berms. Pro practice is great, all good riders and not too many holdups. Sat came along with the dreaded qualifying run. I somehow ended up with the #9 plate which was cool becuase i didn't have to wait. I fell once, yet who didn't and made the rest of the run clean enough to qualify by .7, WHU! The course did dry up and SUN practice was good and fast. Dave almost killed himself but recovered right infront of me, he also does crazy good can-cans. I ate a delicious roast beef wrap before my run which was one of the first, i was sixth out of the gate with minute intervels, cool! I was buzzing while visualizing the course right before i was in the gate. The time was now, to let go of the brakes and go. I almost ate it again ye trecovered and when i reached the rock garden the crowd was going nuts with air horns and the whole deal led by my brother Michael who didn't qualify, he's slightly injured. I used the energy from the crowd and went for it, peddling and pumping everything all the way down, through the berms, over the bridge and into the finish to be rewarded by a red bull and a place on the hot seat, hell yeah i was excited
I was only there for two riders yet it was a great two mins, david K sneaked infront of me so i'll take that. I was pumping my fist everytime a rider would come down just behind my pace. I finished in the top half which for me on fri seamed impossible. Only seconds behind top Pro's makes for a great confidence booster. Mountain Creek is a great mountain with lots of good riding that i would suggest all to visit. Camping in the parking lot is pretty sweet too, i love mountain biking! Thats all, for now! Happy trails eh!
Still having a blast though. The riding this week was very good, yet varied day to day. friday it poored so much we had a river the size of the platt running through our camp almost washing away trash cans, tool box's and not the mention Dave camps shoes. Practice was wet and pretty slick in the upper part of the coarse where most of the rocks and roots were, the bottom half of the coarse was just a little slow through the berms. Pro practice is great, all good riders and not too many holdups. Sat came along with the dreaded qualifying run. I somehow ended up with the #9 plate which was cool becuase i didn't have to wait. I fell once, yet who didn't and made the rest of the run clean enough to qualify by .7, WHU! The course did dry up and SUN practice was good and fast. Dave almost killed himself but recovered right infront of me, he also does crazy good can-cans. I ate a delicious roast beef wrap before my run which was one of the first, i was sixth out of the gate with minute intervels, cool! I was buzzing while visualizing the course right before i was in the gate. The time was now, to let go of the brakes and go. I almost ate it again ye trecovered and when i reached the rock garden the crowd was going nuts with air horns and the whole deal led by my brother Michael who didn't qualify, he's slightly injured. I used the energy from the crowd and went for it, peddling and pumping everything all the way down, through the berms, over the bridge and into the finish to be rewarded by a red bull and a place on the hot seat, hell yeah i was excited I was only there for two riders yet it was a great two mins, david K sneaked infront of me so i'll take that. I was pumping my fist everytime a rider would come down just behind my pace. I finished in the top half which for me on fri seamed impossible. Only seconds behind top Pro's makes for a great confidence booster. Mountain Creek is a great mountain with lots of good riding that i would suggest all to visit. Camping in the parking lot is pretty sweet too, i love mountain biking! Thats all, for now! Happy trails eh! 
I envy all of the terrain in your town
but i would never forget the buells
goodtimes