1 final in an hour, 1 tomorrow

maybe a revamp coming on for the good ‘ol sharpracing. probably just the result of not studying at the moment. we’ll see.

ridding has been cool by the way.

For right now my upcoming schedule is as follows:

Snowmass MSC this weekend (7.14)
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Vermont 7.21

telluride 7.28

Snowmass national (8.11)
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SolVista G3  (8.18)

keystone (9.1)
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Today has been a good day of rest while it has been raining. The previous 24 hrs, not so much. Starting with a hill sprint training ride going into a cross country ride, then 3min intervals, and finaly DH runs. I managed to hurt my shoulder last saturday at the bootleg race, that is starting to heal and should be better by this weekend, just in time for the final race of the trip in Fontana. Here is the past week in a photo format.

Enjoy

steve and I ridding over to balboa island for the seascape sunset, along with some muscle beach antics

We had to take the ferry

Is this winter work attire in boulder … NO

Valentine’s day dirt jumping, EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Matty and Spomer, EAT YOUR HEART OUT

on to bootleg, gratuitous butt shot. PHIL … EAT YOUR HEART OUT

the landing of this drop is about 200 vertical below, YA hank

gene has ridden these trails once or twice … maybe more

BUELLER? BUELLER? gonna fall off of this 80 foot ledge? not a chance

see you all in coloRADo … and I just realized this. 2 butt shots in one post, you guys got lucky -especially phil

and sorry to everyone else who cannot understand all of my captions.

the ocean gave me a message to give all of those stuck in a colder climate. boy those sand crabs sure are hatefull.

that was last week. more pics to follow, but that should hold you guys over. Although, Jon, I am dissapointed to hear that this may not excite you as much as it should. Your sea legs will grow, in good time.

just got back from Sharkee’s here in newport / costa mesa. and let me say that the “tuesday taco night” fish taco’s were amazing. fish on the coast in general is, of course, way better than in land locked colorado.

anyways, down to the knitty gritty. some pics

at the lookout pt on the san juan trl with Abby, Ariel, Steve

Today : Steve at the beach, Huntington beach to be precise

This one is for Fisher specifically, but for all you In’n'Out fans, we’re here

Hidden Valley trails, this is Pierre – he is french and we found him with no place to stay, so he was my roomate for a couple of days, he is on the adidas freeride team, and a fine dirtjumper, and commas are good

these are “sheep hills” today, before steve and i jumped them

this is also steve today ridding on the beach, notice it is empty because these warm weather people beleive it is too cold, take that Colorado

another one of the adidas team guys, good jumper (obviously)

out of order, but this is a pic of some of the other adidas team guys, mostly european, but all from different countrys, so it was quite the group of accents

moving on , back actually, to this past sunday racing at fontana in the rain

and after this very angry lady made us some very awesome sandwiches at the local delhi

steve is weak – jess is hulking

look at that mug, Juan Reynaldo

hidden valley : big jump, i have not hit said jump, steve has hit jump, steve goes far

SoCal week 1: We arrived late tues night, and wed morning I was awaken by the groundskeeper mowing the lawn. Sure ‘nuf I looked out side and saw fresh cut, green grass… in Feb. So far, only one day of bad weather, in which we rode anyways, because of a race. The cold that I got in the car on the way out here(?!?!?) is almost gone, knock on wood. I’ve been trying to take some photos for youguys, which i have done more successfuly than posting them. Here are a few from yesterday’s ride on the San Juan trail that included close to an hour of descent on a 1hr30min trail!!! the ride was awesome, even on the hardtail. Then some also from our beach cruise today, just for all of you CO-ans. and if you are lucky, maybe later tonight I’ll try and get the rest all resized and posted, maybe.

alright, i had less time than i thought, but off to taco night

This past week the snow has really gotten to me. So much so, that I’ve resorted to ridding at the local sledding hill. It seems as though the local children have grown weary of sledding for the past several weeks in a row. The hill is covered with packed snow 8 inches deep everywhere. Ski slope conditions by all means. Well today was the culmination of the boulder rider angst toward the snow. We gathered a large group of people to kick winter in the pants and show this snow who’s boss. Using small flags, turns were marked down the hill and the sliding was to begin.

you may or may not know what I’m talking about here

my brothers car – after the fact. on our way to pagosa springs for Thanksgiving.

These couple of pictures were taken in august, and while that was not too long ago they are already lost in memories of last summer. Early morning in Steamboat Springs, CO fishing, camping, and ridding. This was a good day. Imagine waking up early because it feels so cool and crisp, fishing the morning river because it feels so serene and pure, ridding for hours in the vast mountains because it feels so energetic and intoxicating, then washing in the river because it feels so fresh. A lot could be said for a day that feels like that. Unfortunatley for you I don’t have much to say, but pictures are worth a thousand words. It’s too bad that I left my camera on low-res for these ones.

- enjoy

TJ