Race Report Southridge Winter Series #2

Will do, thanks.

 

thanks to your wife for pics, hey 9th isnt bad! Saturday practice was my first time back on the DH bike after being off saddle for 6 months recovering my L1, L2, and L4 spine discs. and I end up 23rd.. my stamina is missing, although no crashes!

 

Of all the people with cameras pictured, only one other person besides me took a photo.


Support your local photographer and buy from Blue Fire Pictures. Because Andy (I think is his name) got you covered. And if that's not Blue Fire and it's not Andy then my bad but buy local anyway.

No prisoners!


More here but I was experimenting with panning today so the pictures there are only the ones that were decent. In any case, good job to all that raced. See you next round!

-Ade

 

That is BlueFire and is Andy.

Thanks man. Your awesome!

 

There were some nasty falls in that section.

My buddy Eric is the guy getting passed, he raced the 12hrs of Temecula XC race solo (got like 95 miles) on Saturday & didn't get a chance to practice DH at all till Sunday morning. Needless to say his legs were toast before the race even started.

 

Is it possible to get higher res digital copies than what's currently listed on the site?

 

thanks as usual to all the guys out there taking photos! a lot of work goes into that for not much return. greatly appreciated.

 

Pics are up! A big thanks to Andy from Bluefire Pictures for loaning me an extra memory card :bang:
Another big thanks to Rich Houseman. My son took his DH clinic on Saturday that lasted all day. I noticed a hugh improvement from my son on race day! My son's confidence level shot through the roof and he can't wait for the next race :bang:
See ya next race!
Enjoy! :wave:
www.cleghornphotography.com

 

Southridge Winter Series 2011 DH, Day 1

Hey guys, Im new to this site as well as Mountain Biking in general. I was invited to this event from a friend and decided to bring my DSLR. I ended up getting some really cool footage so I decided to put together a video of the 1st DH run. I had a great time and meet some cool peps, so if there are any other events out there please let me know, I would love to come and shoot it!

Screens are from video.

Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/19115917

Hope you guys like it!

John
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I've only got one question... why is Hinkdog still in Beginner?? LOL

 

Because HinkDog hasn't won a race in over a year......

 

And you're not asking about Mccormack???

Unfortunately, it's tough for the older guys having to compete with the young kids. Even a skilled rider like Mccormack doesn't have the fitness of a 20 year old. And Tom has to go to work on Monday.

 

I was just messin'
*&$#, I don't even have the cajones to race 4X.

 

Yeah but Toms still a sandbagger.:lol:

 

And the one you did win you were the only racer. HAha

 

I have only won two races since I started two years ago, and BOTH of them were boat rides.......but hey, not my fault nobody else showed up

 

Totally tubular, man...

Felt good on the bike all day saturday in dh practice, even still wearing an ace bandage on the wrist I sprained two weeks ago during practice. Only fell once, another lowside trying to make the bike corner like an R6... Then Sunday I took one practice run, felt great. Come race time I started out perfect, good line through the first turn, even pedaling between turns up top, then SMACK! Another lowside, which appears to be turning into a theme for me. But I quickly picked the bike up and got back to crankin'. I finally get to the wall and sit down because, frankly, I'm kinda pooped by that point, but I keep pedaling as hard as my legs will bear until PSSSSSSHHHHHH I guess I should have steered around that knife-edge boulder sticking out of the ground. Instant flat rear tire, so I got off and walked. Ended the weekend with a DNF.

Hmm, I'd forgotten how frustrating racing can be. I can't wait for the next race, hah!

 

Great vid and editing...but your post should belong here..
http://www.socaltrailriders.org/for...nter-series-race-1-photos-merged-threads.html
Your vid is for the first race.

 

Andy, are all the SuperD pictures up? I can't find my picture or any of the beginner class.

 

Were you right near the end of the race? There was a 5+ minute gap and we though that was it. We heard Donny on his bike headed down so we left. We ended up missing the last 5 riders or so.

What was your plate number?