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The second event of the year is in the books. All went well....except for the first time in a while the Elite winner wasn't named Webster! Japanese Elite rider Yasutaka Shibata came over and just barely beat John. There wasn't a lot of difference between the two....a tough timing (language?) issue for Yasutaka and a very slight brush on an arrow by John were the only mistakes the two made. They were both flawless on what I thought were going to be some tough sections. They have two totally different riding styles but the results were basically the same.
Just slightly behind those two were Jeff Anderson and Steve Dickin, then Russ Phillips and Steve Baia. A couple of Euro riders who I thought were going to be here didn't show. They all will be at Whistler though.
Jason won a real close Expert field with honorary Canadian Pete Hellenbrand was 2nd with first time Expert rider Jesse Ellingson coming in 3rd. Jesse rode amazing for his first time with the biggger boys but I think they had to pry his fingers off his brake levers at the end. It is definitely a big step up from Sport.
In Master Dave Lloyd came away with the win in his first Master Category competition, taking the crown away from perennially winner Ian Johansen. Ian was seen checking Dave's ID after the competition.
In Femina Chantal won with Haley Martin 2nd. Both rode well on some tough little sections.
Danielito Chernetski took first in Poussin with another first timer, Jackson Goldstone (5 YEARS OLD) coming in 2nd. The sections were a little tough for Jackson but you couldn't tell that by the huge smile on his face the entire time.
Another very close race was in Sport with John Goodwin and Mitchell Long never more than 2 points apart the whole day. They ended up tied at the end of the day but John won in a ride-off. These two really missed Jesse (who moved up) and Kevin Minato (vacation) but they put on a great show nonetheless. I think these 2 will be joining Jesse in Expert very soon.
The rain held off all day and many thanks to Lauren and Kylie Goodwin who ran an awesome bbq and concession ....... on their birthdays yet!!!!
Heading up to Whistler Sunday....see y'all up there!!!
Just slightly behind those two were Jeff Anderson and Steve Dickin, then Russ Phillips and Steve Baia. A couple of Euro riders who I thought were going to be here didn't show. They all will be at Whistler though.
Jason won a real close Expert field with honorary Canadian Pete Hellenbrand was 2nd with first time Expert rider Jesse Ellingson coming in 3rd. Jesse rode amazing for his first time with the biggger boys but I think they had to pry his fingers off his brake levers at the end. It is definitely a big step up from Sport.
In Master Dave Lloyd came away with the win in his first Master Category competition, taking the crown away from perennially winner Ian Johansen. Ian was seen checking Dave's ID after the competition.
In Femina Chantal won with Haley Martin 2nd. Both rode well on some tough little sections.
Danielito Chernetski took first in Poussin with another first timer, Jackson Goldstone (5 YEARS OLD) coming in 2nd. The sections were a little tough for Jackson but you couldn't tell that by the huge smile on his face the entire time.
Another very close race was in Sport with John Goodwin and Mitchell Long never more than 2 points apart the whole day. They ended up tied at the end of the day but John won in a ride-off. These two really missed Jesse (who moved up) and Kevin Minato (vacation) but they put on a great show nonetheless. I think these 2 will be joining Jesse in Expert very soon.
The rain held off all day and many thanks to Lauren and Kylie Goodwin who ran an awesome bbq and concession ....... on their birthdays yet!!!!
Heading up to Whistler Sunday....see y'all up there!!!
posted by Mike and Shirley on Saturday, August 08, 2009
