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Out for a ride on some home trails after a sweet weekend out of town.

Angel Fire

Just got back from a road trip to Angel Fire NM. It was a great trip and had tons of fun hanging out with Erik. It was my first time there and is now my favorite place I've ever ridden. We will most definitely be going back.

Hopefully for collegiate national champs in October. Anyway, here some photos of the trip. Enjoy....

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On the way to angel fire

Ready to ride this weekend.

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Went out for a ride with Michelle.

New project

With the recent receipt of a new iPod touch. I am now going to start a daily photo project. Something to do with the biking world everyday, maybe a few times a day. So stay tuned for some cool pictures and rad content!


Here's todays.

AM madness

We've been shredding the AM bikes quite a bit lately, here's a rad picture of Cris' dirt unibrow.....The affects of 6 dudes shredding dusty trails!

End of an era, of sorts

With the recent lack of interest in putting in the effort to ride DH this summer, I've made the realization that I'm not sure if I want to keep doing it. Trying to gather people up to ride, who's going to shuttle, where we can ride, etc.. And when I do happen upon a day that we do ride downhill, it's just not as fun as it used to be. Even though I feel I've gotten a lot faster as of late, It's just not that mind blowing and adrenaline charging as it used to be. It could have something to do with the fact that all my downhill friends are pretty much out of the game, and that's the reason I started doing it in the first place.

Thoughts of trying to plan on going to races and riding bike parks has all but diminished from my brain nowadays. I've come to the conclusion that I can't afford and probably won't be able to afford doing that stuff until I've finished school and have a job where I make real money.

However.......

With this recent realization comes some exciting and potentially ground breaking news. After the years of despising riding uphills as well as down, I've been drawn to the side that I'd never thought I would. XC and Enduro riding. I've been doing it for about 3 months now, riding XC, and getting in better pedaling shape to where its actually really fun now, and I am having a blast doing it. So you can say that its sort of the end of an era, no more downhill. Just new and exciting adventures on my trail bikes.

 I want to try and hit a few super-d races and possibly an XC race or two, since there are more of these races closer to me, and cost far less money than traveling and racing DH. With the recent purchase of a new Enduro bike, I'm more than excited to get going in this field of riding, and learning a whole other side to mountain bikes!!

Here's a recent photo of a great trail ride the other day. Getting my pedal legs under me!

Opening Weekend

Sunrise will be opening for the season this weekend, and I couldn't be more excited. This means shuttle free downhill! Lift access DH trails only exists in Arizona at sunrise ski park, and its almost open once again.

Getting back up to date

This past weekend marked the first race of the season for myself and a few friends. Although it was not really my area of expertise I decided to enter anyway and see how it went. It was a super-D race here in Flagstaff. Sitting on the starting line I was really stoked and didn't care what placed I finished in, I just wanted to ride and get back into race mode. Long story short I broke the derailleur on my bike within a minute of the start. It held together somewhat until about 3/4 of the way down the track then proceeded to explode into pieces and into the wheel. What would have been a really fun race turned into a long walk to the finish line carrying the bike. In other news, I've been riding a lot of XC in the past few weeks. Preparing and getting in shape for downhill this year. Michelle recently got a bike so she can ride with me and shes doing great and loving it. I've noticed riding XC is more enjoyable the better shape that I'm in. So that's the news for now, hoping that I get to a DH race in the coming weeks!

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Wow its been awhile. I'm getting stoked to shred!

Today's ride

Pictures from my ride today in Sedona....

Winter rides

I'm off to Sedona to get some trail riding in. That's about all I can do right now since its still winter up here. I could probably ride up here as its been sunny and warm the last few weeks, but the trails in the woods don't seem to dry up very fast. Usually tons of snow and mud for as while after winter. So Sedona here I come!

I'll try and document the ride today with some cool pictures if I can remember to stop and take a few.

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Got the goods from my sponsors!

Winter Series round 5

I just got back from a race in Fontana. It was a great weekend and nice to get out of the snow and into the sunshine. Ended up getting second place, losing out by .72 seconds. Got a few pictures and a short clip for you to check out. Enjoy!