Roll Call for US Open!!
- Thread starter yuroshek
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Hey Dennis, I'll hit up Macy's and buy you a real nice purse. 
Ha, you know i'm in. Only Diablo racing worth looking forward too.
I'll be there. Did pretty well last year; should be a good time.
I just hope people aren't such bastards during practice...
I just hope people aren't such bastards during practice...
you mean stand in the middle of the course and not move? nah itll never happen, they all have trail etiquette
Going for the first time this year. Haven't had much time on my bike since I broke a couple ribs at the BMX park a few weeks ago, so I'll more than likely be heinously slow.
I'm all up in that, along with the EVIL crew.
I'll be manning the e13 pit it looks like. Come by and say hello!
Richard
Richard
yarp, ill be flying out for my first time there!
Yeah, that, but mostly other stuff. Example: I was behind a rider CREEPING down the trail during practice. Basically, I got yelled at by some tool behind me for waiting and letting this slower rider get ahead a bit so I didn't catch him in 2 seconds and I could then pass him at the fire road. The yelling dude behind me passes me and has the same problem I did 10 feet later- stuck behind the same rider with nowhere to pass. Lot of good his yelling did him (and he didn't say "rider up," which would have been fine; it was more like "get the f*&% our of the way!")
So that and people just riding by the line that always forms at the rock garden, people yelling angrily for no good reason...I just thought there was a bad vibe in practice because everyone was annoyed and people are too "pro" (in the amateur ranks, mind you) to wait a second for slower riders, to give proper space between riders, to hold up if there's a crash, etc.
Maybe its time to start having practice by class for the Open. 
I'll be there for sure. I have to make up for last years disaster.
Practice by class would be great but that'll never happen.
Practice by class would be great but that'll never happen.
I'm trying to head up there. Anybody from down south (NC, SC) trying to carpool?
there is. Open w/ 100+guys and Amateur w/ 400+ people
ugh knew it was going to be bad
how many riders were in the am senior class last year?
last year they didnt break it down by age. it was just Open and Amateur. this year they have a Junior class, but are qualifying top 25 Junior Boys
umm alot? i dont think it was 400 i think it was more like 250 range.
i think you are right dennis. between 250 and 300 people in am class. and yes i will be racing, only race this year. cant wait
Headed down. Its always a great weekend. Skipping the DH parking lot practice this year in favor of the GS. Hopefully it wont be as bad.
thats right i knew that, nvm. top 25 is going to be tight they better pinn
I'll be there riding. I'm passing on entering the downhill though after my kidney incident last year. This is the only race I have bad luck in each year; gotta know when to fold the cards. Can't wait to watch pro and have a relaxed weekend on my big bike :biggrin:
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ill be there running over people in am practice and swearing as usual! lol:biggrin: my goal is to get one full run this year.
is anyone going from the Boston area? i am looking for a ride down there.
I only do things 100%!
Let me know how that works out for ya.....
Last year I hit AM practice right when it opened and still had to wait at the rock garden but only two people were in line when I rolled up so I really didn't have to come to a complete stop, 2nd run and after it was the usual. The AM field is, well, amateur so you're going to end up waiting.
J
not this year
Psssst....Sparky, sign up for GS. You'll get friday and saturday lift tickets cheaper than you would buying them there, and you can schlub your way through the course with us.
My favorite race of every season, I'm in. Racing Pro this time.
Let's be realistic here.
thats nuts, why is it so impossible to get a run in? just because of slow people or do people stand in the course?
Both. Pretty much impossible to get a run through the Toyota rock garden at speed. It is like a bottle neck through there with dumb noobs. Just watching it last year(broken hand), the practice for amateurs sucks.
I can't wait to race it this year though.