10/5/12
February cont...
Next event in Feb - Baker Banked Slalom. Funnest event ever, been the last 3 years but this was the first year competing. Rode on the Full Sail team, thanks Joe.
Though fun, the event is nerve racking. No pressure, just peers. The who's who is there plus all your friends, all you have to do is not fuck up and make it to Sunday.
Im in the older ams category which goes dead last each day, just when the course is in prime condition...not. Friday qualifiers went fine, first time competing, pretty stoke with how I did.
Though the photo doesn't show, I did qualify on Friday. Not sure what happened but I didn't ask questions...I'll take it.
I must be doing something right cause Blue was waxing my board for me. Got some crazy wax from Darrin Rhalves, shit was fast.
Saturday - practice/freeride runs...
Sunday - Most were saying gnarliest course they'd ever seen, I wouldn't doubt it. Six foot vertical ice walls. Again older ams go last, when the course is the hardest and the weather starts to roll in.
Run 1 - blow up on what should be an easy turn. Caught the inside edge, shot me out of the track...DQ
Ok don't do that again, you got it. Stay low, stay powerful.
Run 2 - blow up again, turn 7, the one everyone was talking about...DQ. Fuck, im out. Well there's always next year...
Didn't feel bad though cause Travis Rice DQ'd his runs too...
Coolest thing all weekend was Kevin Pierce getting back on the stick and running the course. Soon as he dropped the starting deck went wild. Pretty damn awesome.
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