So its been a Rad few weeks here in the Okonagan. I have been skiing/riding about 5 days a week, some days I am doing morning park laps up on Silverstar then XC laps in the afternoon down in the lower elevations. I have been getting a chance to go back country sledding/skiing with the Monashee Mulisha, a bunch of friends/rippers who love going to the back country and slaying pow!!! The terrain in the monashee mountiain range is just sick!!! I was like a kid in a candy store out there! The stability of the snow pack has been very sketchy in the past few weeks so we had to be super carefull. A lot of the best looking lines were death traps due to the avalanche potential. RobE managed to pop off a small class 1.5 avi on my second day out. Enough to keep us off anything that looked remotly risky. These are good days for chillin and building booters!! I have to admit, riding a sled was pretty damn fun! Actually it was freakin rad!!! I can't wait to do it again! It's hard on the body if your a newb, I managed to get stuck a dozen times and digging out is pretty hard work. I was sore for days after my excursions.
It's been wet and warm still. Rides have been on the muddy side still, but the trails are really drying out. The snow pack has melted up to near 900 meters now which makes me excited. Only a few more weeks of this and we will be shuttling here. I have to get my new bike and fast!!!! There are only 2 more months left untill race season kicks off. There is still a lot of work to do, but I am happy with how this season is setting up. I have never ridden this much this early in the season so the added fitness will be on my side I hope. Not only in results but in keeping me healthy. Injuries have ruined a few of my seasons before and I blame only myself for a lack of fitness and preparedness to shred. I've only realized this over the past few years and you'll never forget once you've been sidelined due to injury. I missed the last Mt 7 Psychosis ever after having a fractured wrist. Nothing was as discourgaging as sitting at home reading stories of that epic weekend on pinkbike. The rest of the Skyride crew have been gearing up for this season and I am hoping for some good results out of our jr riders. Regan is in his last year of Jr Expert and has an opportunity to have a real breakout season before moving up to the elite class. Noah is going to try racing this year and I am excited to see what he can do on a timed lap after he rocked crankworks last year. The team has some real good talent on board for 2010 and I am expecting good overall results from all riders. From what I have seen the young guns are all solid riders who are very capable of podiums on any givin sunday. I hope the good karma continues and we all stay healthy. But like I said before that requires some had work.
It's been wet and warm still. Rides have been on the muddy side still, but the trails are really drying out. The snow pack has melted up to near 900 meters now which makes me excited. Only a few more weeks of this and we will be shuttling here. I have to get my new bike and fast!!!! There are only 2 more months left untill race season kicks off. There is still a lot of work to do, but I am happy with how this season is setting up. I have never ridden this much this early in the season so the added fitness will be on my side I hope. Not only in results but in keeping me healthy. Injuries have ruined a few of my seasons before and I blame only myself for a lack of fitness and preparedness to shred. I've only realized this over the past few years and you'll never forget once you've been sidelined due to injury. I missed the last Mt 7 Psychosis ever after having a fractured wrist. Nothing was as discourgaging as sitting at home reading stories of that epic weekend on pinkbike. The rest of the Skyride crew have been gearing up for this season and I am hoping for some good results out of our jr riders. Regan is in his last year of Jr Expert and has an opportunity to have a real breakout season before moving up to the elite class. Noah is going to try racing this year and I am excited to see what he can do on a timed lap after he rocked crankworks last year. The team has some real good talent on board for 2010 and I am expecting good overall results from all riders. From what I have seen the young guns are all solid riders who are very capable of podiums on any givin sunday. I hope the good karma continues and we all stay healthy. But like I said before that requires some had work. 
No comments:
Post a Comment