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Another dirt jump competition win!
Saturday August 5th 2006 was the Freeride Challenge& Dirt jump contest at Santos in Ocala Florida.
Plenty of people showed up to compete and even more showed up to watch.
Santos state park has the most intense mountain bike trails, freeride hucks, and dirt jumps in the state of Florida.
I was the only competitor riding a hard tail and a 3-inch travel fork in the freeride comp and the 20-foot drop looked like the lander was a little flat so I took a pass on that one. I did do the 15-foot drop and landed at the 20-foot mark, but they don’t score the same for that.
Then we gathered at the dirt jumps and the spectators were lined up from top to bottom. I flowed my first run and did a slow motion back-flip on the last jump.
My second run was lame because my timing was off, however I did clear all the jumps in the line. On my third run I flipped the third jump and did a big no footer on the last jump to take the win. Second place went to a young man they call
Bedtime Ben and he’s getting good so fast that I have probably beaten him for the last time.
I was just happy to be out riding, so you can imagine how pumped I was to have meet a super cool dude (Bill Miller) local to Ocala. In fact he is one of the original trail cutters that got Santos started in the first place. It turns out that we know a bunch of the same people throughout the entire state. Then I survived the big drops and jumps and was crowned dirt jump king of the day. Then I saw my friend bust his first back flip ever. Another one of my friends thought he lost his backpack with 1500 dollars worth of camera equipment, but I told him it would get returned and it did. Then I got some unexpected company for the four-hour ride home. (Thanks Bobby)
Nothing went as planed and everything went perfect. What a great weekend!
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