Wolf Mountain Mayhem
The season's just kicked off and is going great so far.
A few weeks ago I got a wild hair up my butt and entered The Bountiful Bomber DH race at Bountiful, UT. One of the more technical and fast courses in the Utah State DH series, I got spanked there in 2006 and haven't raced DH since. After making a few slight modifications to my new Turner RFX and dusting off my full face I headed up and pulled out a solid Third Place in the Mens Sport 30-39 against guys on dedicated DH race bikes.
Earlier this afternoon I saddled up for the first Super D of the year: Wolf Mountain Mayhem. Ron at Salamander Promotions gave me the honor of designing this course as it was the first time we've been able to race at this new resort. For those of you not familiar with Ron Lindley he is the 'inventor' of the Super D format, holding the first Super D races down in Provo, UT back in the '90s. He later introduced it to NORBA and they've ran with it ever since.
Although we were a bit limited due to the smaller size of the mountain, it ended up being super fast and technical enough to keep the XC guys from dominating. This was also my first race as an Expert and pulled out a First Place in the Expert Mens 30-39. Once again, the RFX stepped up to the plate and performed flawlessly.
Big thanks to Turner for designing such a versatile frame and 661/Sunline/Royal for the knee pads, chest protector, bars and clothing. And I cannot forget Maxxis for putting out such great tires.
Next weekend is the NMBS #4 at Deer Valley. See you there!