Saturday, February 13, 2010

i tried a new sport


I found out I am not good at cross country skiing.

I have never skiied before, downhill or xc; and I've been wanting to try it. So today Szabo and I head out to Chapin to give it a go.

I tried skate skiing at first and could never get the rhythm down, had zero technique, and stumbled all over the place.

I then tried classic style and although i felt much more comfortable on them, I did the most falling on these. They were tough to maneuver in.

On almost every downhill, I took ugly tumbling falls. Going down the 'death drop' as I named it, I was going to walk it, but was told by some strangers to just do it. I did. I fell. Twice. I now have a cut/bruise/bumped shin. Thanks strangers.

I would like to try it again however. It was horrible, but fun. I think I might want to give it another go with the skate style skis.

Friday, February 12, 2010

finally after much anticipation

It is here.

Stats:
29 inches of rolling thunder
23.85 lbs of welter weight fury
driven by 2 legs producing enough watts to get seismic readings

right.

well anyway here it is:
click on pics to get them all nice and big

2010 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon 29er



xtr pedals
x0 cassette
x0 gripshifts
redwin x0
scale
2 2010 carbon bikes
my new shirt

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

It says

Q: Will I be hitting up the trails more this year?

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

why in the world?




Why in the world would I have this?? Pictures coming soon.