This past weekend in Kamloops was the first round of the BC Cups. It was my first time racing on the track but I had heard horrible things . It turned out to actually not be too bad, with a good little tech section at the top and the rest of the track just being a series of super fun berms and Jumps(there was a pretty brutal 15 second sprint at the bottom)
From the get go conditions were super dusty. If you have ever been to kamloops you know that the place is super dry and this weekend there was no lack of blown out dusty corners.
It was awesome to have another weekend of Dean, Drew, Rob, and myself all out practicing and arguing about our line choices.
In drews race run he layed down a smoking start and crushed the top section including the jumps and pedalling at the bottom. He placed second in the huck to flat off the last feature of the course. He finished in a solid 3rd
Dean messed up in the same rock garden I did right out of the gate and he said he struggled through the loose steep corners. He apparently went furthest in the huck at the bottom so he placed 1st there and 5th overall in the race.
I was feeling good all weekend. I was struggling with a hip on the course that went over some rocks. I almost went down on it in practice than watched the after math of a kid breaking his back on it. Come race run I actually nailed the hip smooth but blew off my line through a rock garden up top and slid out in a pretty crucial spot lower down the track in some flat corners. However given the track conditions I was pretty stoked with my time. Times were super tight.
I finished 12th 3 seconds off the podium with a couple mistakes so I was still pleased.
Me sending the Last step down in my race run.
Rob the pedaling machine apparently just cruised the steep bit up top than layed down some serious horsepower in the bottom and came in with a solid 16th.
Awesome weekend stoked for next weekends race on the sunshine coast.