Summer racing photos

Hi everyone,

I apologize for my lack of commitment in keeping up with posts on Trimble Racing; however, I look forward in sharing with you photo’s from this past summer.

The fast paced movement of my summer began as soon as I marked the final question of my physics exam and bolted down the hall, out the door, and back to my house across from campus where I found my friend Ben Hulse (aka Benji) already packing up his car.  Bikes, tools, clothes, and basically everything I owned was sprawled out across the lawn mingling with Benji’s belongings and awaiting to be carefully packed into his car.  To the passer by it must have seemed like an impossible task, but thanks to Benji’s meticulous packing job, we somehow managed to make it work.

All of this fit inside of Benji’s car!

Benji and I moved from college directly to a campground a couple miles away from Diablo Freeride park in Vernon, New Jersey; the mountain that hosted the US Open of Mountain Biking.  Despite my first two years of breaking into the gravity scene to be dominated by disappointing injuries; I was determined to give downhill one more shot in 2009.  The US Open, where I broke my neck the previous year, would be our second race of the season.

Benji on the pro jump at the end of the US Open course

My friend Stephanie and I…she is fast!

Benji and I

My dad and my uncles Sam and Vance came from NYC to watch me race!

There were a lot of pros racing the US Open…including the monster team with Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough!

Pro Men’s Podium

Me racing through the Toyota rock garden

I made it through the weekend without a scratch, and finished fourth in the women’s amateur class.

My friend Johanne won the am class and a brand new bike!

After the race I packed up my bags from the campground and left New Jersey with my friend Stephanie.  She has fun, local trails near her house in Lehigh, Pennsylvania.  I spent a week with her riding and having fun.  Stephanie is a pro rider and I learned a lot riding with her even for a short amount of time.  At the end of the week she drove me to NYC where I would make my home base for the remainder of the summer.

Steph and I

We did a race at her local mountain-Blue Mountain…I didn’t have my downhill bike, so I only raced slalom.

Steph racing the DH at Blue

Ben racing the DH at Blue

Steph pushing my DH bike through NYC

My summer was just beginning when I moved into my brother in Brooklyn, NY.  During the week I would work for my uncle at his architecture firm in Manhattan and every weekend I would travel to a different race.  My summer season consisted of the Gravity East Series and a couple of the Diablo Freeride races.

PICTURES FROM MY SUMMER AND FALL

My friend PJ talking to Ben

My friend Kris and I

The Mulally’s trailer..I am very grateful for all their help at the races!

Alejandro and I at Attitash

My friend Alex Moschitti racing at Attitash Mountain

Shuttling the slalom at Plattekill Mountain, New York

Plattekill, NY

My brother Nate came to cheer and be pit crew at Plattekill!  It was freezing outside, but he warms himself up with a cup of hot chocolate.

Plattekill Mountain

My 2010 season starts in April!