:: Day 2 ::

::Garbanzo DH :: Part 7

by ebxtreme:

Yesterday, a big crew of us did the Garbo DH race. Conditions up top were challenging to say the least as it had rained for a day and a half. Ooh yeah, this was also my first DH race too, but I figured I’d been a spectator up here for the past 7 years (including the Joyride events) that it was time to participate. Nothing like popping one’s cherry on a 3,400 foot / 4 mile muddy descent down some of the tougher trails on the mountain.

For those that know the mountain, the course was O-Sin to Blue Velvet to In Deep and then a quick climb up in front of the freight train containers to Duff Man to Golden triangle to Wold Cup Single Track to Ho Chi Minh to Upper Heart of darkness, then pedal across the 4x course to Monkey Hands and then a quick jaunt into the 4x course to end it. My goal was to stay upright, not get passed by the folks behind me and be sub 20 minutes. I achieved all three and proved that my marginal DH skills and fitness are exactly that……marginal! Overall, a super fun time though and I’m stoked I did it. Some Pre-Race Pics.

(Whafe and Muttonchops on the chair up Garbo.)

( Up top, our buddy Graham’s ready to rock.)

( Matt Patt and Sam B reflect on a long race to come. Sam had a solid race at 18:04.)

( Muttonchops and Whafe duck under the tent to keep dry.)

Some Race coverage:

(This poor guy tried to straight line some roots on the 5th corner on O-Sin and went head first into a tree. He was a bit dazed, but ok and we reminded him “dude, it’s a LONG race, rein it in a bit”. )

(MattPatt takes the outside line clean. Matt was on a good run going, but flatted at the end of O-Sin, so he rode about 3/4 of the course with a rear flat and still got a 25:00 run.)

( Muttonchops on the same corner. Mutton had a killer run of 18:37 on his first dh race as well. Nicely done, dude.)

( Whafe breaking in the new Nicolai Ion properly.)

Index:

Dual Slalom - part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4
Garbanzo DH - part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9 | part 10 | part 11 | part 12
Jim Beam Air DH - part 13 | part 14 | part 15 | part 16 | part 17 | part 18 | part 19 | part 20
Slope Style - part 21 | part 22 | part 23 | part 24 | part 25 | part 26 | part 27

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