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World finals was a blur this year. But I wanted to thank a few individuals for making it go great for me personally.
Day one included a flight to Riverside, CA for a visit to Kyle, who was all too accomodating to us. Visiting DASA finally and seeing the new 1200 DASA 140mm spread center motor was worth the trip. Kyle was great as always and we got to see the new WORKS building next door. More on that in an upcoming ProRider article.
Tuesday morning we had to ourselves as we knew it was raining at WF so we took our time getting there. Little did we know that would be our only real down time for the entire trip. Finally took a run in the desert trying to keep in shape for what was to come. Didn't work
The balance of the week went so fast I will keep it to a minimum. Hanging in the booth with Steve from Fast Elements, helping with H20 Products , Rage Composite Works, and True Performance Engineering took the balance of the week, except for FW freestyle competitions and some evening riding three nights till dark. It is so great being a part of their teams. I love having them around, and talking about their products, but it did fill the entire week fast. Lots of questions, never enough time to explain all the nuances of this sport. There are so many variables that can have multiple effects on your answer.
Traveling partners: Feartheride, Paul Lamb and my wife for making the trip.
Alll the support of the riders there. Such a great group of guys, I am proud to consider myself a small part of such a huge, great group of people. Freeriders/Freestylers alike, all are supportive.
This WF was huge for me. Finally bringing a ski out made it super busy but was well worth it in the end. Justin Sylvain, Evan Krefski were on me after their competitions and said I will be back filpping on Sat. I didnt end up riding on Sat as it was so busy that day. Sunday brought the end of the event and booth teardown. Didnt think I was going to be able to ride again. Stuck the stuff in the truck hoping to ride. Barely made it to site 6 by dusk. Evan Krefski and Justin Sylvain were there along with a few others.
Evan rode right next to me coaching me the entire time. Somehow it all finally clicked, set up wake as normal, and insted of spinning or rolling, just do the normal trim to get some height and pull back this time while looking back. Its a little more detailed than that but Evan told me to trim, brap, butt to tray, full throttle, look back. I had been trying to visualize something totally differnt and way more complex to do one. He told me my set up was perfect, just needed to hit it and pull.
I did it. Didnt ride away but had finally had broken the cuse I had been under since late 2012 when doing a BF on my -2" SJ landed me in the hospital for some minor facial stitches. I had ran out of fuel mid set up wake. Since then I could not visualize it in my head. Evan helped me to clearly see it. Once that happened it was almost automatic.
I still have a long way to go to get them cleaned up, and looking back is still not natural for me. I just wanted to thank all that were involved in getting me over the fear I had and making this the best WF ever.
Special thanks to Evan and my wife for helping me mentally, Steve for the parts assistance and pump, Erik for the motor, Phil Clemmons for the tuning tips and setting my ski up to do one easily. And all the ball busters that have helped me along the way, you know who you are. All the riding partners in Team Xtreme helping me to stay in this sport.
Day one included a flight to Riverside, CA for a visit to Kyle, who was all too accomodating to us. Visiting DASA finally and seeing the new 1200 DASA 140mm spread center motor was worth the trip. Kyle was great as always and we got to see the new WORKS building next door. More on that in an upcoming ProRider article.
Tuesday morning we had to ourselves as we knew it was raining at WF so we took our time getting there. Little did we know that would be our only real down time for the entire trip. Finally took a run in the desert trying to keep in shape for what was to come. Didn't work
The balance of the week went so fast I will keep it to a minimum. Hanging in the booth with Steve from Fast Elements, helping with H20 Products , Rage Composite Works, and True Performance Engineering took the balance of the week, except for FW freestyle competitions and some evening riding three nights till dark. It is so great being a part of their teams. I love having them around, and talking about their products, but it did fill the entire week fast. Lots of questions, never enough time to explain all the nuances of this sport. There are so many variables that can have multiple effects on your answer.
Traveling partners: Feartheride, Paul Lamb and my wife for making the trip.
Alll the support of the riders there. Such a great group of guys, I am proud to consider myself a small part of such a huge, great group of people. Freeriders/Freestylers alike, all are supportive.
This WF was huge for me. Finally bringing a ski out made it super busy but was well worth it in the end. Justin Sylvain, Evan Krefski were on me after their competitions and said I will be back filpping on Sat. I didnt end up riding on Sat as it was so busy that day. Sunday brought the end of the event and booth teardown. Didnt think I was going to be able to ride again. Stuck the stuff in the truck hoping to ride. Barely made it to site 6 by dusk. Evan Krefski and Justin Sylvain were there along with a few others.
Evan rode right next to me coaching me the entire time. Somehow it all finally clicked, set up wake as normal, and insted of spinning or rolling, just do the normal trim to get some height and pull back this time while looking back. Its a little more detailed than that but Evan told me to trim, brap, butt to tray, full throttle, look back. I had been trying to visualize something totally differnt and way more complex to do one. He told me my set up was perfect, just needed to hit it and pull.
I did it. Didnt ride away but had finally had broken the cuse I had been under since late 2012 when doing a BF on my -2" SJ landed me in the hospital for some minor facial stitches. I had ran out of fuel mid set up wake. Since then I could not visualize it in my head. Evan helped me to clearly see it. Once that happened it was almost automatic.
I still have a long way to go to get them cleaned up, and looking back is still not natural for me. I just wanted to thank all that were involved in getting me over the fear I had and making this the best WF ever.
Special thanks to Evan and my wife for helping me mentally, Steve for the parts assistance and pump, Erik for the motor, Phil Clemmons for the tuning tips and setting my ski up to do one easily. And all the ball busters that have helped me along the way, you know who you are. All the riding partners in Team Xtreme helping me to stay in this sport.
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