Back from another great hood event. I made 2 of 3 goals.
1. Do the "big stupid" ladder drop -done*
2. DO the double log step down in the trees -dont
3. break 5:15 -failed.
*I rolled the off big stupid and stuck the landing, but in the exit I wrecked bad. Pinballing off padded rocks into non padded rocks. After i stopped shaking i got roling again and sat at the log drop. Wasnt going to do it, especially after a bad fall. But watching people do it I said what the hell, i survived tha last one... So I hiked up and just went for it. LAnded parfect. It took me 2 more times off the big ladder drop to realize speed wasnt called for. Slow and low, and each time the double drop was good.
On to #3... FIrst run everything clean, but not the fastest where i knew i shoulda been. Time 5:24 (10 sec faster than my previous best run). Run 2 went into cannonball much faster, but chose the wrong line on the exit, and got sucked ointo a rocky channel. BANG, BANG, BANG..... made it to the gravel corner to fell my rear end washing out. F@#K.... Pinch flat. I was out, and instead of getting in peoles way i just gave in and went down another trail. GOod thing it wasnt combined times today. I still made 8th place after being 6th in run 1.
All in all it was a great day. Lots of pros fighting for the cash, and tootricky got his first po-deum in semi-poo. COngrats!
Joy, hope your knees ok.......
1. Do the "big stupid" ladder drop -done*
2. DO the double log step down in the trees -dont
3. break 5:15 -failed.
*I rolled the off big stupid and stuck the landing, but in the exit I wrecked bad. Pinballing off padded rocks into non padded rocks. After i stopped shaking i got roling again and sat at the log drop. Wasnt going to do it, especially after a bad fall. But watching people do it I said what the hell, i survived tha last one... So I hiked up and just went for it. LAnded parfect. It took me 2 more times off the big ladder drop to realize speed wasnt called for. Slow and low, and each time the double drop was good.
On to #3... FIrst run everything clean, but not the fastest where i knew i shoulda been. Time 5:24 (10 sec faster than my previous best run). Run 2 went into cannonball much faster, but chose the wrong line on the exit, and got sucked ointo a rocky channel. BANG, BANG, BANG..... made it to the gravel corner to fell my rear end washing out. F@#K.... Pinch flat. I was out, and instead of getting in peoles way i just gave in and went down another trail. GOod thing it wasnt combined times today. I still made 8th place after being 6th in run 1.
All in all it was a great day. Lots of pros fighting for the cash, and tootricky got his first po-deum in semi-poo. COngrats!
Joy, hope your knees ok.......