RR Fontucky WS #3 (Feb 9-10) XC, Super D & DH practice pics

My brain hurts....

 

I can't imagine riding without gloves, heck it feels beyond bizare just riding without them from my truck to the front door.

 

I called you- your phone was off!

 

eric - are the photos from your site downloaded or do i have to wait for a disk?
nice photos. hoping to d-load some tonight.

 

Regarding purchasing? I got two from the last race and he just emailed the images a day or so later!

 

Some pics I took this weekend:

Maxwell's new Godzilla green paint job:



It actually has texture. Very cool!

The men's all get ready



Sport Men XC 27-34



Sport Women 34 & under (there were 5 of us!)



The scumbag even took home some hardware!



"Not bad for a guy with a broken ankle!"

Rut skips a few steps on the podium



Sunset antics



Or, When Jeff gives Justin a beer



Sooo many people out watching the carnage





Sequence of Justin







Paulina



Expert women 34 & under



Sport men 27-34



Sport women 34 & under



Carla, FTW!!



1st place won on Sharky's bike!



At least someone gets some use out of it :lol:

Robo Anchor in 3rd and Socom_Jason in 2nd!



Thus concludes my photos for the weekend.

Race report forthcoming either here or my blog tomorrow.

Thanks to all the spectators!

Hope that everyone that crashed (including me) heals up nicely in 2 weeks!!

I forgot to mention my highlight of the day!!! Annie!!! woohoo

 

That was an awesome race. I had a great time as usual, really loved the track. And healing vibes to everyone this course claimed. It was definitely harder to watch than race.

 

About how long and how much altitude is there in the XC race? Thanks.

 

The course is a hair over 7miles and around 1100ft of climbing per lap. Most of the climbing is over around mile 5.

 

Broken Wrist Guy

Hey All - I just edited plates A-F and they're uploading now. I captured broken wrist guy in frame-by-frame detail. I have included only a couple images here - but the full sequence will be up on my site later tonight.

It's hard to tell in these images, but the second image is the moment he broke his wrist, and the third image shows it right after as he was still in motion.

He was laughing when they loaded him into the ambulance, so he probably had some really nice pain meds on board by that time!

:~)

Jody (PhotoMom)

 

We need to start a "Where's Sharky" game, she shows up in the background of nearly all of the pictures.
:lol:

 

Ahhhh Mudman you're really getting to be quite famous for your crashes ...I predict a new nickname in your future. You were looking sooo good just prior. Hope your head feels better soon!!!

 

Sharky!!

Here you go girl! :wave::wave:

 

Ouch! That just doesn't look like fun!

 

I actually don't remember falling in that way...

 

Damn Mudman/Crashman!!!!!!!!!! I am glad I missed that and probably a good thing you do not remember it... No wonder your brain hurts.... See you in 2 Weeks. Heal up my friend

 

I hope I can out of bed tomorrow. My right shoulder is killing me!!

 

Killing you yes but you did one He!! of a job working through the brain f%&# of your fall and bombing that hill today :beer: to you

 

With regard to the picture SHARKY took of Mudmann's crash- it was much scarier to watch than the picture would have you believe!

If Sharky had taken another couple of pics:
1st would have shown: Mudman flipping over the rocks (and out of sight)
2nd would have shown him lying on his back
3rd would have shown his bike coming to rest on top of him. One tire on his chest/head... another in the air!

 

I took a few but with the cloud of dust between us you couldn't see him clearly so just posted the one for now. He's in the background of the following crash, also. Ton of crash pics man that section was tough on those guys today.