so its been a long week. what was supposed to be a week turned in to two and now extended due to the volcano.

sea otter went well the weather was very nice so that always helps to get you through the week, heard its always raining so i pretty stoked iv not experienced that yet. sea otter is a funny one because the downhill track is such a joke, always run a short travel bike as its so flat and boring. always have fun riding the slalom track though, that never seems to disappoint. had a few cool lines going down in the slalom but never really got me far in the final, just seemed to just get out pedaled at the bottom, oh well had a lot of fun up there on the new SX.

also got to hang out in santa cruz. had some of the best times up in the woods around there on my new Stumpjumper. pretty much went on a 2 hour ride every day up there and seemed to come across new trails every time. so fun and will definitely be coming back. thinking of coming to stay in santa cruz over next winter. think its a cool place to train and hang out. its got it all bike trails, dirt jumps and of course the beach. got to ride a days moto on my trip as well which i was very happy with. first time ive ridden since my bikes got stolen from home 2 months ago, was cool though still smoked all the boys!!!! hope they will have something for me upon my return to spice it up a bit. haha.

seems like the first world round is just around the corner, bit scary to be honest. i guess scary and exited at the same time would be a fair description of my feelings. first one of the year is always weird, seeing every one after the long off season.

got my training academy this weekend, going to be good. looking forward to getting down there again and riding.