Neck Brace

My much needed Leatt came in today. This thing is sweet and really comfortable. Gonna test it out tomorrow.

US National Championships

Well I recently got some awesome news. My good friend Bobby Stenson is now the fastest Cat 1 downhill racer in america! He placed first over the weekend in the 19-29 year old category 1 downhill race at the US national champs! Yeah buddy!

Also another good friend Erik Nelson placed 4th overall in Pro 4x. while a crash in the finals left him with a dislocated shoulder, and no hopes of racing DH the next day, he still managed to make it to the podium and look like he was having tons of fun. Check it out!

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/USNatChamps2010Day4.html

Congrats to both of them! Glad they are at the top of their game, they both deserve it and im proud of them!

Socom

The tired socom after riding

Brianhead, UT

As I sat in the truck making my way towards Utah, I came to the conclusion that I was going to use this trip as training for some upcoming races that I would like to do. Since I really haven't gotten to ride much DH this summer, I really just wanted to work on a few things, like my technique, body positioning, and looking ahead. So after doing a few runs to get warmed up and to get comfortable with the trails, I set to work....

Everything was going great and the trails were alot of fun, but of course something had to go wrong. I got to the top of the lift and quickly realized my front axle was really loose. Slowly I nursed myself and the bike back down the entire mountain and coasted into the parking lot to the tool box, it was a waste of a run needless to say. So I had to make the next series of runs worth it, and thats exactly what I did. The choice of trails was limited to only about 4 or 5 different trails but they were all fun in their own way, a variety of terrain and man made features kept me smiling and working hard the rest of the day.

As my dad and I were resting eating some food, we both started to realize that there was only a few trails for him to ride on, as he was riding his xc bike. This proved to be very true when I thought about it more, and I began to feel bad for him because its not too much fun when your limited by a bike or some other outside force. The majority of the trails were too rough and abusive to be riding that kind of bike on. We slowly came to the conclusion that we were going to head home after the day of riding and cut our trip short by two days, which was fine with me because I got about 2 hours of sleep the night before in my tent. Even though our decision affected my training plan a bit, I got plenty of runs in and worked on alot of things throughout the day. All in all it was a fun trip for both of us, I did some necessary work on my skills and got to hang out with my dad.

Summer time

Well i'm home for the summer and its not all that its cracked up to be. With more yard work than riding going on as of late, and friends going to awesome races that I couldn't attend, its not exactly what I pictured my summer turning out to be. But money is a good thing when your a college student and i've been having a good time. Anyway, I have had some fun DH rides in the last few weeks though, one being a trip to Sunrise ski park here in AZ, and more on some local trails around town.

Well with the weekend approaching fairly fast this week im getting more and more excited. Im headed to Brianhead, Utah for a weekend of fun shredding. I will post pics and updates of the weekend when I can...

Welcome

I decided to create this page for friends and family to follow the experiences that not only myself, but my friends are having throughout a year of college which revolves around riding and racing mountain bikes.

I got the inspiration to create this page from my good friend Erik, who also has a creative mind and a lot of fun on a bike. I guess im stealing his idea, but it is going to be fun starting this new project. I have tons of ideas that I would like to do starting now, so this will give me a place to be creative and share with everyone.