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 Hey guys,
Well the end of the season is finally here and what a year it has been. I want to thank everyone for their support, it was an awesome first year of racing and I couldn't ask for much more..
The last time I wrote I was in Sol Vista for the MSC G3 race. I ended up winning all 3 stages for the overall. My teammates Chris and Joey finished 2nd and 3rd making it a top 3 sweep for the Yeti team! After Sol Vista I headed to Schladming, Austria for the final round of the World Cup Schedule. It was my first time in Europe and we had a great time. The track was super fun and with all the rain, it made for quite a race. I felt good in practice and knew I could finish strong if I had a clean run. Well my run ended up pretty good and I finished 8th in the finals, my best result of the year. To top it off Justin finished 6th and Sam got his first world cup win! With all three of us in the top 10, we (Yeti) were the top team for the weekend and moved up to 3rd overall in the team standings for the year. We look forward to going up another few spots next year!
After getting home from Austria I headed back to Keith and Taf Darners house to relax and hang out for a while. I went to Interbike in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and thats always a good time. I raced the first ever Arena Mountain X race, which was held inside of the South Point hotel and Casino. It was a cool event and I think it really has a future if things are done right. I was having a hard time with my gates all night but managed to get 3rd against a pretty stacked feild of 4x racers including the World Champion (Rafael Alvarez) who finished 2nd.
Other than all of that, I just signed on with Yeti to race the full World Cup schedule through 2010! They have an awesome team and I'm super excited to be on the program for a few more years. I'll be going back home to California in a few weeks to start preparing for next season. I have a strong program for the off season and I can't wait to show it off next year! There are some big things happening in the next few months so I'll be sure to keep everyone posted on whats going on. Thanks again to anyone who has helped me this year, I way appreciate it.. See ya at the races!
Thanks to my sponsors- Yeti cycles- Fox Shox, Monster Energy, Smith optics, Freestyle watches, Nema, 661, Dylan Dean designs, and Loopd.com
Photo by Sven Martin
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