Thursday, December 31, 2009

Updated Race Schedule

January 31st - DH- CCCX - Salinas, Ca
April 3rd - DH - 1st of a DH Series- Auburn, Ca
April 16th -18th- DH & Super D - Sea Otter Classic-Monterey, Ca
(May 13th - 19th - Trip to Moab!!)
June 19th - Super D - The Oak Tree Super D - Auburn, Ca
June - October TBA- Super D Series (5 races)- Northstar-Tahoe, Ca
August 14th - Super D - The Oak Tree Super D - Auburn, Ca
September TBA - Mammoth Bar DH - Auburn, Ca
October 2nd-3rd- Super D - Tara 4 - Northstar - Tahoe, Ca

kd

Excitement is a new bike . . .

Some of us were very nice this year and got a BIG present under the Christmas tree (no, it wasn't me. I'll try and be nicer this coming year - hehe). Yummy, my mouth is watering looking at the picture. Can't wait to meet the new beast in person. TRW - we are all gonna have a blast!!
kd

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Our Playground




Out here are some awesome local trails you can't beat for a five minute trip into the canyon! This morning as I took a side-tracked drive through the canyon just taking it all in I saw a truck full of guys we know with their bikes hanging out the back and I knew they were doing shuttle rides into the mist. I wanted to go home and grab my bike and join them so badly, but the flu and office work I had to attend to left me musing about the rides these boys were about to take instead of taking one myself. Hohum. Tomorrow is another day! You bet I'll be there.
kd

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Girls on the East Side Hit Northstar on the Back Side

(We found the back side of Northstar had fewer people and more powder than the main trails. Right up our alley).
(Hey, what happened to Livewire?)

What do you do when your home town trails have been washed out and the snow has fallen thick in the mountains? . . . you head up to your usual mtb park and trade in the bike for skis -- for now. (Two of the three Girls pictured here with one daughter on the snowboard. She's a bad-ass in her own rights on the board. That's the way it's done darling).

That was Monday. Today the trails had a chance to dry out a little, and although there were a few slippery areas, some lines washed out and tree branches littering the trails -- it was an awesome ride! In fact on Flood Trail (aptly named) a fallen tree lay across the trail with a bare branch on the ground and the bushy part of the rest of the tree making a perfect arch above it. The obstacle at first caught me off guard and I grabbed a handful of brakes, then my brain quickly processed it as something fun to try and hopping my bike over the branch while at the same time crouching down to fit snuggly through the opening of the other leafy branches, it was an obstacle that rivaled any made at a bike park. Yeeehaa! All that was left to do was light the branches on fire and I could have lept through a burning ring (nod to the Man In Black). Just joking -- even though the canyon was still quite damp, no one is recommending lighting anything on fire, ever, I assure you. Luckily where we live there will be plenty more winter riding ahead -- and we'll hit up more skiing too. It's good to cross train and you can't beat it when it's so much fun!
kd

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tenetive Race Schedule 2010

January 31st - DH- CCCX - Salinas, Ca
April 16th -18th- DH & Dual Slalom- Sea Otter Classic-Monterey, Ca
May TBA - DH - Spring Thaw Downhill - Ashland, Or
June - October TBA- Super D Series (5 races)- Northstar-Tahoe, Ca
October 2nd-3rd- Super D - Tara 4 - Northstar - Tahoe, Ca

Yeeeehhhhhaaaaaaaa!!
kd