SEA OTTER

I got some fox shorts and 2 pairs of Vans at the outlet on wed. Had to wait for a too long time in the preregistered line in the cold and wind. got one plate instead of two for the hardtail and sport dh.

thursday- watched pro dh practice which was rad. rode dh with elizabeth on the cheeta with one v brake. it sucked on the cheeta. long line to get in the shuttle.course was rough from last year. went back and got the turner for the sport practice. just rode the top mostly and did the jumps several times. chain came off again. ugh! rode to the bottom. pretty fun on the turner. long long line to get in the van. i rode and pushed to the top. i think i did this on the cheeta also?
went over to the bikeskills.com ride area. FREE. yeah. they had two pump tracks and some table tops and other stuff. it was really fun. voreis, tara llanes, lee were there too. legs were tired.

friday- rode dh on the cheeta. it sucked. e went and got my turner i rode the turner a little bit and then went over to the bmx track and rode that on the cheeta. it was super rough. went got the planet x. that was better. got some photos. rode the pump track.

saturday-RAIN. not raining in the morning. get there and it looks all right. trying to find start time is a complete mess. sea otter sucks. go back to car. get more stuff. go back to car and get rain jacket because it was sprinkling. get to top and wait a little. it gets cold. it rains. rains more. e shows up. rain gets bad she leaves. it gets windy and pouring. this sucks. wait. wait wait. finally after freezing i start. zero nervousness. ride to the first turn chain comes off. fuck. coast over the jumps. coast around the turn coast more it is raining. pass bobby mcmullen who crashed in the rocks. i am going really slow. push with one foot up the hill hit the two berms go around the log drop. go pretty good down the hill can't see that great. coast up pretty far and then run with my bike the rest. go down the super bumpy hill and down to the road. look down and my chain is on. so i pedal. yeah pedaling. finish the course not tired at all. wait. wait. wait. not posting results. get in van. wait. wait. wait. get to the top and get my bag and look for e in the parking lot. don't see her. call her. she is in the motel. i go to my truck. it isn't raining now. get changed. feel much better. not sure what to do but decide to go back to motel.

sunday- go watch pros-okay should have left though. same thing over and over. went to the bmx track races over go watch the dirt jump contest pretty boring with all the wind. go back to bmx track and they are racing again??? my name is not on the list ask the guy no help. i leave dissappointed. go ride the slalom course. have fun. it is cold and windy.
go watch 24 SOLO which was cool thing to do.

monday-go to polo grounds and jump the outside jump and have fun. go to post office and some pros are hanging around. i drive by too intimadated to stop. eventually drive back and park. more pros arrive and more and more. i can't leave if i wanted to because there are cars parked behind mine. carter holland, voreis, porter, ebbert, haderer, sven martin, neethling, mccaul, mcaul, revelles, goldman, watts, waddell, guy marsh and a bunch of others were there. 30 pros jumping. best thing ever. so fun. i stayed from noon until 8 when it got dark and they had to stop. it got windy and cold.

tuesday-worked

wednesday- went back to aptos. post office deserted and quiet. jumps are big. i jump some little table top things. go to polo. king of motocross was there. some 5 year old kid. okay time kind of bored though. drive to sc to look for rr track jumps. dont find em. go by the skatepark by the pier. it is now a bikes only park!!! not opened yet though.

thursday- typing this