Last Weekend’s Stuff:

Well, since I got my new Specialized Demo 8, I had to get out and practice for next week’s race. Was having lots of fun on it even though the weather wasn’t so nice...... The race day came and I felt pretty good, the qualifier was my first run and made some mistakes but was hoping to correct those in the final. Rain was off and on, and after the qualifier, it stopped raining for over two hours and was looking like a dry final run, so I changed my tires back to normal tires instead of the mud one I had on the front for the previous run. Rain tires are not my favorite on rocks and this course has a few.....

However, once in the gondola on the way up, it started to pour rain.......lots of rain so I was thinking oh no!!! I tried my best but unfortunately didn’t have the confidence with my dry tires in the slick wet grass and rode too cautiously.....which means slow.......lol, anyway I ended up fifth and a bit disappointed because I was a chicken.....but determined to get back in the saddle and practice more to rip it up for the next Fujumi race in September........

The next day, I was resting and it was raining again, but a friend of mine invited me to do a photo shoot. This friend and I have been chatting on the net for about a year now and finally we set a meeting to meet face to face. His name is Ian Miller, in the mountain bike community he is a well known magazine editor and photographer, check out his stuff here. NIck Kowal, another local Hakubite, (who runs a pension called Powder Lodge) and I, were going to do a photo shoot with Ian. I was stoked, this was a great chance to work with a professional from Canada......

Can’t wait to see the pictures he took, here are a few I took........enjoy. As soon as I get his shots they will be up on the site!!!!

Well I have to run off to work now.....hope it’s not to rainy where ever you are, like it is here.......have a great week!!!