Claymore Challenge
Hey Everyone,
Well I'm in America, At Highland Mountain Bike Park for ClaymoreChallenge, Gold FMB event. I flew in on Tuesday last week, met up with a few buddies and was
stoked to see the course and what was in store for us riders. Got to
the bike park around 8pm so had a quick look at the HTC which is a
sick indoor training facility with Foam Pit Resi and some fun box
jumps. We checked into the hotel and went straight down for a swim and
chill in the hot tub. Had my first day of practise on Wednesday, built
up the bike then played a bit in the HTC learnt a few things then went
up to check out the course. The course was amazing zigzagged down the hill with drops, Boner Logs,
Berm jumps and some sender jumps. Had a good day of practise never
came off which was good and managed to whip the boner log which i was
stoked on. Went back to the hotel and of course straight to the pool
and hot tub with a beer in hand. chilled there with a couple of the
riders then headed out for dinner. Thursday was Qualifying day and I
was feeling nervous with this being my first US comp. Had a bit of practise in the morning then found out what heat I was
in, it was the last one and I was pretty much last. it was a 2 run
best 1 counts format. I dropped in for my first run and it all went to
plan. flip table the step down to whip on the boner x the drop 3 table
the Geax booter Whip the death jump down whip the quarter hip flip
table death jump no:2 table out the wall ride to flip no hands on the
last 30 footer. stoked I got my first run good and after waiting what
felt like hours I was up for run 2, wind had picked up but dropped in
did pretty much the same run but 3 whipped the Geax booter. second run
went even better than the first. Had to wait ages for the results and
out of 60 riders that were there they only took 15 so it was very
tight. Results came in and unfortunately i had missed out by 2 places so i
was bummed about that but still happy to have experienced the whole
event. For the rest of the time there I trained in the HTC got some
new stuff and learned to 360 drops so I should be good for the next
event which is Colorado Freeride Festival. I had an amazing time
chilling, riding, meeting new people and learning new stunts. Ill be
posting loads of pictures on my Facebook and Instagram so keep
checking to see what I'm up to. Just waiting in Boston airport now.
got loads of time to kill before i fly to Denver for my next
adventure. So until then look out for photos and updates of my trip
through Facebook and Instagram.