Week after Mont Saint Anne we moved to Bromont, 3 hours far from MSA, for another UCI World cup. It was first time for me to racing in Bromont so I was looking forward to this race. After raining weekend in Mont Saint Anne it looked like that the weather should be good. Unfortunately as the trainings and race were coming the weather was getting worse and it was wet and muddy again.
Luckily the 4X course was made from good dirt so it wasn´t too bad for riding. Track was over 1 minute long full of all different kind of obstacles like rock sections, logs, big doubles, flat corners and much more. It wasn´t really fluid and it was physically demanding a lot. But for racing it was so good track with possibility for passing in almost every corner.
Race started really bad for me as I got a flat rear tire in the first part of the track during qualification. I lost lot of time and finished 32nd in qualification. I got through the first run but in second run I made a mistake and finished 3rd, didn´t get through and finished on the 12th place overall in Bromont.
Kamil
Although the Bromont World Cup track was a lot shorter than the MSA track, it was still a tough one. The weather played a big role in that as it didn’t seem to want to stop monsooning. There were a few crazy thunderstorms, one that delayed practice for a bit the first day.
As soon as I walked the track, I knew there was a chance I could do well. There were a lot of big jumps on the track and some really technical sections made extra slippery with mud. I knew if I practiced smart, prepared my bike well and stayed strong, I could post another good result. I finished 6th again and I am very happy with that.
My goal for the season was to get into the top ten and for the first 3 World Cups, I came 11th!!! Three times!!! I was just shy of my goal. Now I have proved that I can do it and that it isn’t just a fluke!
So now I am back in Whistler coaching adult week for the Summer Gravity Camps. The weather is good and our friends from the circuit are arriving in town for Crankworx so it’s going to be good fun. It’s Neethlings birthday tonight so I’m sure there will be some sort of debauchery going on in the village…..
Later.
Claire.
At Colorado Crankworx in section 1 with an impressive Backflip Double Bar Spin. Overall he landed 8th.
Aggy, Sombrio Am, was close behind in 12th after a bad crash in the final.
Crankworx Colorado slopestyle results:
1. Brandon Semenuk 280
2. Andrew Taylor 276
3. Cam McCaul 273
4. Cam Zink 267
5. Jamie Goldman 255
6. Tyler McCaul 225
7. Kelly McGarry 217
8. Greg Watts 214
9. Justin Wyper 213
10. Alex Prochazka 212
11. Geoff Gulevich 206
12. Graham Agassiz 200
13. Mitchell Chubey 189
14. Kurtis Sorge 188
15. Andreu Lacondeguy 180
16. Logan Binggeli 166
17. Kyle McDonald 155
18. Brendan Howey 151
19. Logan Peat 144
20. Dave Smutok 118
The crew is looking forward to next week in Whistler.
Kamloops loc’ Graham Agassiz brought home a 2nd place at the Red Bull Round Up. The Red Bull Round Up was a 2 day invitational event open to BC amateurs. Day one was a street course on the movie set of Chicago Town in Vancouver, while day two moved everything up to Whistler for a show down in the Boneyard. The riders battled it out for two days, with amateur videographers watching every move for another side contest- best Am Film.
The results other than the top 3 have not yet been posted, so please stay tuned for those. There was a good turn out by Sombrio’s Am team, which also included Eric Lawrenuk, Garett Buehler, and Luke Fulton. The Sombrio Am’s where throwing down hard!!!
Last weekend I did another DH race of this season, national DH championship in Bozi Dar. It was great fun to ride DH bike again and I was enjoying it a lot. The course is pretty fast with few technical sections and is about 4 minutes long. During trainings on Friday and Saturday it was raining so the track was even more technical. Luckily on Sunday the weather was good and we were riding on the dry course.
Sunday afternoon was the race time. Weather was nice and there were lot of spectators cheering and making great atmosphere on the track. My run was pretty good and I was having lot of fun on the bike. When I crossed the finish line I was on the first place but there were still 2 guys coming. Finally I finished on the 2nd place just 0,5 sec. behind Czech best DH rider Adam Vagner.
At the moment I´m already in Canada getting ready for another fourcross World cups in Mont Saint Anne and next week in Bromont.
-Kamil
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