Dual Slalom

Loads of confusion in the Dual Slalom. The timing wasn't working come race time so they couldn't run the event Friday night. They tried to reschedule for Saturday, but everyone had other stuff on the go. Only 4 girls showed up for the race, so they decided it was only fair to run the official results on qualifying times. Lucky for me, I was the fastest qualifier and therefore the official event winner! Sweet! That rounds out 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze for the week.
Off to the states on Thursday to start the Jeep King of the Mountain Series in Utah. Should be a busy month! Word on the street is that my best friend, Katrina Miller is coming out of retirement to race this series. I can't wait to see her!

BikerX and Garbanzo

So far so good, especially now that the sun is out again! The first few days/races were wet and muddy, but I guess that worked well for me. I finished both of the first two events in 2nd place! Not bad, not bad! I am busy training now for Wednesday's Air DH and Friday's Dual Slalom.

Results: Biker X:
1st - Jill Kintner
2nd - Fionn Griffiths
3rd - Joanna Petterson

Garbanzo DH
1st - Tracy Moseley
2nd - Fionn Griffiths
3rd - Joanna Petterson

Crankworx

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY! It has been pouring since we got into Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon. And it hasn't stopped yet! They are expecting a record breaking amount of the wet stuff tomorrow here in Whistler...enough that there is talk of postponing the Garbanzo DH until Monday. We have qualified for 4X already and I am loving it up here, even in the mud. I have been looking forward to riding the park for a while now. I was awake at 6:30am this morning just waiting for the park to open!!! I love feeling like this...just wanting to ride. Hopefully the rain lets up a bit for tonight's 4X race. Makes it easier for the spectators. I have never really ridden Whistler in the rain, but it is still fun. There is talk of the sun coming out next week, so hopefully it will be dry for the expo stuff next week.

Off to Vancouver

Looks like things are set now for tomorrow's am flight to Vancouver. I can honestly say I am looking forward to getting away from the rain here in the UK, and I have only been home a week! National Champs was okay. I finished 3rd. I was riding well, I just kept going off track in my race/quali runs. Oh well, not my weekend I guess. Tracy Moseley took the win and Helen Gaskell was close behind in second. The race was MUDDY and wet. Rained all day Friday and Sunday. Good 'Ole UK. Hopefully Whistler/Vancouver will have some sun for a change

Schladming

Sorry for not updating lately. There was very limited email access in Scladming. We had a good time though! Great parties, awesome riding and a solid 4X result. I was 3rd in 4X. Unlucky in the DH though....FRONT FLAT. Sucks cause I was having a decent run. oh well, nothing I can do about it.
Back in the UK now after a 1000 mile drive home. Pretty tired now. We did it in about 20 hours. Too many traffic jams and road works for one day.

Schladming and Night Race

Just been hangin out in Schladming for the past few days taking in some of the touristy stuff. It is a pretty cool area to hang out. Beautiful hikes and rides around here.

I was supposed to take the weekend off from racing, but we had noticed a bunch of flags set up down the steep grassy field in the finish area of the World Cup track so we had to investigate. Turned out there was a Saturday night Dual Slalom race. I just couldn't resist a few flat grassy turns and some sketchy jumps off metal grates! I had to race! There were 4 girls, and I qualified the fastest. It was kind of crazy the whole time. The track was quite steep and the turns were very slick. I felt out of control most of the time, especially since you really couldn't slow down once you got up to speed. I held it together though and won the race over another World Cup rider Petra Bernard. It was a bit of fun for a Saturday. Racing under the flood lights is always pretty cool! It was all televised too and had quite the turn out from the locals so it was great.

Just resting up now and getting settled in our accomodation. Stoked to ride this track later in the week. I think it is mostly the same, just a few new sections up the top!

2008 World Cup dates are out now. Check out TranscendMagazine.com for info.