3rd in Super D, All Mountain Cup (Race 1):

Race 1 of the three race weekend is done and thankfully I had a trouble free run and got from the top to the bottom of the Super D safely and smoothly.

I managed to slot into 3rd place after the mud and dust had settled from the Elite mens race runs. Here is a photo that Russ Baker captured near the top of the run. It is a classic shot with the contrast of the white clean top and the filthy muddy puddle roosting out the side of the bike.  

Lets hope the weather holds off today with a high chance of more random and sudden showers forecast like we had yesterday just as racing was scheduled to start.

Keep it clean :-)

Getting Wild @ Wildside... Pumping some life into the legs and website!

The Wildside MTB has been run and won for 2012 and it did not disappoint. I will post a full stage report summary when I get a second, but know that for all involved it was an absolute blast with typical Tassie weather from scorching hot to bitterly cold! We had our ups and downs in the racing also, but luckily for the most part I was on the ups. 

These photos are from each stage @ Wildside. I managed to win 2 stages in the overall and all 7 in the u23 category.   

 Stage one sprint finish with 'Team mate' Andy Blair with Sid Taberlay getting a face full of dust coming across the line. A very hectic finish to a tough first stage.

 Stage 4 and the rain came rolling in off the west coast... THis was coming out of the 'spray tunnel' and onto the filthy false flat fire road climb.

 The beach section of stage 7 is Famous in Australia riding through Hells Gates and back into the coastal town of Straun.

Completing the Wildside MTB how I started with a stage win! Only just slipping past Max Plaxton in the final 50m... Little did I know that Sid Taberlay had a Flat Tyre and I almost stole the overall win from the Local Favourite. Sid won by just 2 seconds after 6 hours and 7 stages of racing!

Thanks to Christine and Mum for being such a well oiled support krew. Thanks to the Felt-Oetztal-X-Bionic world cup team and associate sponsors. Also to my new sponsor Fox Suspension for the Amazingly smooth forks and shock!

Thats all for now but I will try and upload some more reports from the race when I get a min....

Breathing some life into the website after some time away from the keyboard feels good. I just need to get into the groove of updating again.

Cheers :-)