The official beginning of the season has started off with the trip up to the annual Sea Otter Classic, I was excited to be there with my new team and have our pits set up so everyone can check it out. The Otter is the same thing every year pretty much but it's fun to go check things out, see everyone, and race a fun slalom and downhill. I raced my first slalom race at the otter and ended up doing poorly due to a mechanical in qualifying. After that, I was motivated to do well in the downhill and practiced all my lines through the mud pots and ruts trying to keep my speed. On Sunday, I started out in the beginning of the field and wanted to come down into the hot seat and thats what I did. I held it for a while until three guys came down to beat me and the end of the race so I ended up 4th out of about 60 guys. I was pretty happy with that because thats the first time I had a good result there. The first race with the whole team (minus Kieran Bennett) was a big success and I had a lot of fun.
The next weekend was the first Pro Gravity Tour in Port Angeles, Washington. This was the 2nd time Ive been here and it's awesome. Just a really fun, high speed track with your good dirt and some roots. Practice was really good all through the week and I was feeling really good. The team worked really well together all weekend and our mechanic Steve killed it making sure the bikes were dialed all weekend. In qualifying on Saturday I was on a good run hitting all my lines then at the bottom I got off line and hit a tree stump and went over the bars. I got shaken up a bit and pulled my calf muscle in my right leg and it never seemed to strech out again till I got home. On Sunday however I pulled out a good run but could have carried more speed in the tight corners but overall I was happy with it. I came down into the hot seat which I wanted to do after my bad qualifier the day before and ended up holding it until I got beat by two canadians. Overall good weekend with the team and results. Next up is the U.S. Open. See you guys there!
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