Ok, well racing DH is a HUGE passion of mine and something that I would reccomend to just about anyone. You travel, meet awesome people, make new friends, stay in shape, come home with cool photos/trophies.
For those of you that don't race I totally reccomend trying at least one race. Riding for fun is cool too but the thrill you get from racing the clock just can't be beat!
Anyways, on that note it's sad to say that I'm just about done racing It's time for me to "grow up" and start a career. Maybe after I actually have a decent job (and NOT with Best Buy) I'll start traveling to races again. I told myself this year that I was cutting back my racing to the Fontana Winter Series, PRO GRT #1 (washington), Sea Otter, MSC in Angel Fire, National Champs, and an MSC race in Keystone. Well, I've been cutting back even more and only made 2/5 winter series races, skipping the first GRT and Sea Otter
It's REALLY hard for me to see all my friends go out racing but know it's for the better right now. Like I said...if you have the chance DO IT...it changed my life!
Only thing I won't miss from racing are the crashes...and I'm good at those!!
Snowmass...race run and about 30sec. before pain...
Later on in my race run...
Race run crash was actually happening! If he took the photo about 1/8th of a second later I was on the ground.
Race run crash at the National Champs (same corner gwinn crashed in during seeding). Fractured my ribs..
And of course...not a race but the photo that put me in a magazine...and was just called and told it's going to be in another one as well, ughhh.
For those of you that don't race I totally reccomend trying at least one race. Riding for fun is cool too but the thrill you get from racing the clock just can't be beat!
Anyways, on that note it's sad to say that I'm just about done racing It's time for me to "grow up" and start a career. Maybe after I actually have a decent job (and NOT with Best Buy) I'll start traveling to races again. I told myself this year that I was cutting back my racing to the Fontana Winter Series, PRO GRT #1 (washington), Sea Otter, MSC in Angel Fire, National Champs, and an MSC race in Keystone. Well, I've been cutting back even more and only made 2/5 winter series races, skipping the first GRT and Sea Otter
It's REALLY hard for me to see all my friends go out racing but know it's for the better right now. Like I said...if you have the chance DO IT...it changed my life!
Only thing I won't miss from racing are the crashes...and I'm good at those!!
Snowmass...race run and about 30sec. before pain...
Later on in my race run...
Race run crash was actually happening! If he took the photo about 1/8th of a second later I was on the ground.
Race run crash at the National Champs (same corner gwinn crashed in during seeding). Fractured my ribs..
And of course...not a race but the photo that put me in a magazine...and was just called and told it's going to be in another one as well, ughhh.