RR: St. Patty's Day Feast

[denmother]

What can one say, but racing at Bootleg Canyon always rocks!!! We had wind on Saturday and wind, rain and snow on Sunday. Thanks to "Crash Collins" for having the fortitude to promote and host his first Super D and DH race. Recognized a lot of friendly faces all part of the volunteer staff (thanks for your efforts!!!!).

It ended up being Roger, me, Jonathan, Troy & Family, Jason Simpson (Foes), Brad (sandbagger), Mandy and Russ.

It was Mandy and Russ' 1st trip to Bootleg and even though they decided not to race, they had a blast and want to go back soon. They both brougth their Fontana DH bikes (shorter travel/single crown forks) and found that they got beat up a little to much in the rocks (sore forearms).

The Sport/Beginner course was Snakeback to Reaper and the Pro/Expert course was Armegeddon to Reaper. The course was fast and tacky for Sunday's race run.

Brad ended up winning his class, Troy got 3rd and Roger and I both got 1st.

At the end of the day I remember why I like racing at Bootleg, 4 - 6 minutes of pure heaven!!!!

The highlight of my day was helping the 2 girls in the Sport 19-29 class that raced in front of me. At the start line they asked if I had any good tips. I said "remember to breathe, smile on the way down and most of all have fun". They both had a great time and said the smiling really helped!! They both ran up to me after my run and said "Wow you were realling flying, you pinned it!!!". And that's how the geriatic set gets r done!!!

Only took a few pics, too busy riding. Troy's Mickey mouse pancake was my favorite!!

[allison]

Congrats everybody!!