Ride Report Fontana Race/SouthRidge Races

So bummed I didn't race DH, although had some fun practice runs with Dan Blong Gua, whatever it is! Congratulations to all, as BFlo told me today, this racing stuff is addicting! My prayers and thoughts go out to my friend Rick Nunez, him and I have had some close battles over the years. Looking forward to doing it all again in January (except, I'll actually race DH next time).

 

A few photos shot by the friend of a friend. She is visiting from Japan and came to watch him in his first downhill race. He ended up placing third in his class!

CB during Saturday practice


J_Sims killin' it


Me crossing my fingers I make it through this section

 

PhotoTurbo has his shots up now:

http://phototurbo.smugmug.com/gallery/3853352#223234948

 

haha, yep, laying down the whoop ass! Out of the way or I'm goin over ya! (as opposed to 'on your left') That's Super-D for ya bee-yotch! (totally kidding)

Not sure who that was, but I was close enough to see what happened, I think she was going maybe a bit too slow to have enough momentum to get over the rocks, and then one kicked her front wheel to the left hard and blammo! She said 'pass me', she was obviously OK, but in retrospect I could have helped her up (feel kinda lame now!) after that things really went south, completely missed the sign and then had to hike a bike to get back on course. doh!

 

FcJansen's kid


Unfortunately the pics didn't come out as well as I had hoped but I did manage to edit a couple the way I wanted..I just won't be able to do the pics for everyone from the site....I can't read the plate numbers and it's WAY TOO TIME consuming right now....as I play a little more I will hopefully edit someone from the site and post it....here's a couple others I did...

Unknown riders


as you can see there were a BUNCH for STR peeps in my shot....hahha

 

it does.... bbut you cant tell cuz my head was kind of swollen and made my legs look tiny #-o

no that wasnt me... but i think i saw you then... i started 2 people behind you i think.

 

dino any pics yet? from your bro i mean..

 

Here you are(go) Sharky....hahaha
#802A



and JSims (sorry but my camera must have been bumped so it cut off the top)


ChumbaJason

 

Sweet pics guys, thanks alot... the phototurbo pics are up!!!!

 

Videos

Allison
[youtube]WGlHQKwO-O4[/youtube]
Brad
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Crash Max
[youtube]eyTN2fPVNo8[/youtube]

The guy survived, got up and rode to the finish a few mins later.

Kids
[youtube]FngouIEENJo[/youtube]
Roger
[youtube]EUfDdLOA9gY[/youtube]
Sara
[youtube]W9Qb8Y31LQ8[/youtube]
Winston
[youtube]fbYTDe0zMR4[/youtube]
More are loading, I'll come back and edit this later.

 

holy crap was that last guy ok? he smacked that rock really hard you can hear it

 

Yeah, he got up after a minute. We thought he was in pretty bad shape cause he was calling for help. The guy told me he was seeing stars. When he got up, the rider tried to ride down but everyone stopped him. He took a few minutes to compose himself, drank some water and rode down to a 5th place podium.

Later, he watched himself crash on my camera, he was in good spirits with a sore neck.:bang:

 

wow, im glad everyone stopped him because at that time it's all adrenaline and he would have been in deep doo do if he went

 

who was was just standing there looking?#-o

man thats gonna have to be a super bad headache! I think he would have been okay if his rear wheel didnt hit that rock. those things are all over the place!

 

Here's a few shots the kids took...
Darin Maxwell


"Sauce" Sarah


Allison


Dino Brown... of course!


Roger


Lacey???


Den Mother


#8


J_Sims


...and me...


...and me...


...and me again...


...good times indeed. Good to meet a bunch of new faces. Help me fill in the names if you would... j_sims #1829!!! give him a new STR sticker! See you all on the trail!:bang:

 

Sunday morning practice photos taken by my lovely assistant and I.

Stephanie:
















Chirs:




















Winston:


Chirs:


Winston:










Mechmann:


Winston:


Allison:


J Sims:


Chirs:


That’s all for now.

 

Is anyone missing a 661 knee?

 

Go team Chumba.

Let me know when you want to go big. :-k

 

I do not see a number 1829 but number 1 is Maxwell, 2 is Sauce aka Sara, 3 is Allison, 4 is the man himself Dino Brown, 5 is Roger, 6 I am not sure about but I believe it is one of the girls, 7 our one and only Nancy "Denmother" ...9 is me and I have no idea about photo number 8:beer: Thanks for the great Pics...