I took a buddy who has never raced DH to his first ever. Boy, what an education. And Jeremy did it for the first time too.
Plus, it marked the first time in it's history that I've gotten to stay overnight instead of drive back. Stokage was HIGH!!!
Highlights:
1. The berm - SLAM!! Solid ice..but not just any ice...ice with braking bumps and a RUT!!!
2. The final off-camber - Frozen from the start in all the wrong places..but slow enought to be comical.
3. The slowly freezing course - It mutated every run and became Disney on Ice at dusk.
4. Richard Beytagh and hot spice wine at the finish - Nothing like hot, liquid fire in your gut at races end.
5. All the super nice people on the shuttle - Everyone was positive.
6. Manimal - The only cop to have a "calming" effect on a crowd of people.
7. Jeremy's play by play.
8. Wes D - Sarcasm to the third power with a smile.
9. That guy that knocked me down the bank for no reason while I was talking to Chris "Caveman" from the NOC. Long story short- some deuche I didn't even see first shoved me down a bank and everybody thought I did it. Bad scene...big asshat!
10. All that FREE BEER!!! Man..so great. Everybody takes it for granted when they get a keg and good company, but not me. I was one happy camper all night long and so was the whole crew...Jeremy, Matt and my buddy newbie, Greg. We were the last to leave the party and laughed our butts off all night.
Doing the race is part of the weekend...but it doesn't make the weekend.
Oh..my result. I fell on a patch of ice up near the top, tweaked my bars and my light...and coasted down from there grinning the whole time.
Kip, the beast, won. That's all I know.
Plus, it marked the first time in it's history that I've gotten to stay overnight instead of drive back. Stokage was HIGH!!!
Highlights:
1. The berm - SLAM!! Solid ice..but not just any ice...ice with braking bumps and a RUT!!!
2. The final off-camber - Frozen from the start in all the wrong places..but slow enought to be comical.
3. The slowly freezing course - It mutated every run and became Disney on Ice at dusk.
4. Richard Beytagh and hot spice wine at the finish - Nothing like hot, liquid fire in your gut at races end.
5. All the super nice people on the shuttle - Everyone was positive.
6. Manimal - The only cop to have a "calming" effect on a crowd of people.
7. Jeremy's play by play.
8. Wes D - Sarcasm to the third power with a smile.
9. That guy that knocked me down the bank for no reason while I was talking to Chris "Caveman" from the NOC. Long story short- some deuche I didn't even see first shoved me down a bank and everybody thought I did it. Bad scene...big asshat!
10. All that FREE BEER!!! Man..so great. Everybody takes it for granted when they get a keg and good company, but not me. I was one happy camper all night long and so was the whole crew...Jeremy, Matt and my buddy newbie, Greg. We were the last to leave the party and laughed our butts off all night.
Doing the race is part of the weekend...but it doesn't make the weekend.
Oh..my result. I fell on a patch of ice up near the top, tweaked my bars and my light...and coasted down from there grinning the whole time.
Kip, the beast, won. That's all I know.