Last year figured I would chill at the bottom where it was warmer and didn't want to watch the Pros to see how bad I really suck. Met up with a local rider to my area and he talked me into going up even after I told him how bad he would feel after watching the Pros go through.Before my race runs both last year and this year, I watched the pros and Jr. X's through the upper rock garden, and both times Neko was clearly the fastest guy through there.
We got to the upper rock garden a few minutes before Neko came through. Our jaws dropped and I looked over to him and said "You feel like you suck now?" "Yeap" he said. Then we got stuck freezing our nut sacks for 2 hours until our race run.
I hope Neko continues to progress and becomes a force to reckon with.