World Champs - Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, Quebec -30/8-5/9/10

Day 1 (Monday):

day 1 was practice for everyone from 10 till 3. my plan was to do as many runs as i could this day and to slowly cut back on the amount of runs each day. But that plan pretty much failed within 2-3 runs. I ended with pretty bad arm pump and was unable to hold the bars and brakes by the time i got to the first rock garden. So my plan for that day changed to taking it a bit slower and just trying to remember the track. By the end of the day i had a rough idea what was coming up as i went down the track, and had some rough line choices in my head. On this day i saw Sabrina and did a run with her down the track as one of my last runs. it was a pretty good run, and i tried to keep up with her, and ended up crashing off the second hip sorta jump in one of the fast open sections when i tried to clear it fully and ended up casing and getting bounced and losing control. I managed to get around the slight corner after it and off the drop afterwards, completely out of control, but didnt quite make it around the berm after the drop as i had to much speed and my front wheel went over the top of the berm towards the end. I only found out afterwards that even Sabrina doesnt clear that jump fully :/ . Sabrina also got me to do two jumps that i hadnt done yet, as i was yet unsure of speed nessacary to do them. the first one was a little jump of a slightly of cambre rock into one of the rock gardens. the second one was the drop at the end where you cross the 4x track. both were very easy to do. I think i ended up doing about 6-7 runs that day.


Day 2 (Tuesday):hospital day

This day i didnt even manage to do one run. I ended up going off one of the drops in the fast open section and hitting some random rock to the right of the landing nose heaving and crashing. Ended up winding myself and hurting my back. Medics wouldnt let me get up and get my breath back. Ended up having to get stretched off the track as a precaution and taken to hosiptal. The ride down the hill on the stretcher wasnt the nicest, it was slow, boring, and not very comfortable. The ambulance ride was pretty boring as well, but not as boring as waiting to be seen at the hosiptal.


Day 3 (Wednesday):

This day i took it very easy, and just cruised down the track. I was pretty sore from yesterday. Back didnt end up being the problem, it more stiff and sore neck and shoulders than anything. I think i ended up just doing 2 runs. this day was more about just making it down the track, and getting my confidence back up for qualifying the next day.


Day 4 (Thursday): Qualifying/Timed Practice

I did 2 or 3 before we went and got sorted for our timed practiced runs. I wasnt feeling to confident as i wasnt really doing anything of the jumps on the track or going very fast through any of the rockgardens and was still finding it hard to do full runs without getting arm pump or crashing. My goal for this run was to just get down without crashing and making too many mistakes. I was first one down as i was the lowest ranked rider in my group. I managed to stay on for my run and was happy with how it went. Ended up getting 4th for timed practice, the charlotte and maddy took 5th and 6th. cant remember who got what.

Day 5 (Friday):

Today was just more practice with different weather. The weather turned not so good, slightly rainy, cold and quite foggy especially up the top. You were lucky if you see 10m ahead of you up the top at one point. I pretty much just did what i did every other practice day, except i stopped and watched a few sections for a bit and tried to talk myself into hitting the 1st hip sorta jump up the top. Failed at doing it, but started pushing myself more in the rockgardens and trying some slightly different lines.

Day 6 (Saturday):

Today was the final practice day. I ended up getting up the gutts to do the 1st hip sorta jump. i only did it slowly once or twice tho. Runs were feeling like they had the past couple of days. Was still trying to push myself, but now being a bit more causious. Was looking forward to Race runs the next day.

Day 7 (Sunday):Race Day

Today was like the rest of the days really, except it was a bit windy in the fast open sections and you could feel it pushing you on the two hip sorta jumps. I think i did about 2 or 3 practice runs in the morning, i was feeling pretty good coming into my race run. Like the timed practice runs i was the first one down out of everyone as the order was still the same. I decided that for my race run since we only get one, i was going to be careful, and just focus on trying to go as fast i could but be on the safe side and take it easy. I ended up crashing twice for not really any reason, i dont know what went wrong, but it happened and i was gutted. I ended up 5th place and got the fastest speed for the junior women.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_UCI_Mountain_Biking_%26_Trials_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women



A helmet cam from one of my runs towards the end of the week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9DYwfr7nxg

Dawn to Dusk - Rotorua - 19/06/2010

This was a 10hr race held on Saturday, with the clock starting at 7am and stopping at 5pm. I went up with the Bicycle crew (consisting of: Brother Ryan, Cam, Cowboy, Marcus, Richard, Jason, Steven, Jamie, Matt, Brandon. and Amanda on the way back) on friday. Had to meet at bicycle at 12 so couldnt go to school as i had to ride there. I got there about 1130, as i had nothing to do at home, so decided to hang out there instead. Trip up wasnt as bad as i thought. I thought that it would be a loud, slow ride to Rotorua, but it wasnt. thought the trip would be loud cos of the boys, thought the trip would slow cos of the double size horse float trailer thingy with 14 bikes plus all our gear being towed behind a van, van cam got was a 3 litre diesel turbo, so trip was good.

Saturday we were up at 530 to get ready to leave at s6 for the race, since the starting people from each team wanted to be on the first shuttle that was leaving the bottom at 6.45 and we had to put the bikes together and gear up. Brother Ryan, Jason, Cowboy and Brandon were in one team (Jason was first rider). Cam, Marcus, Jamie and Matt in another team (Marcus was first rider). Amanda and me in the last team (I was the first rider) and Richard and Steven were pit crew. First run was pretty dark (went down jumps) , and scary especially since i was riding a new bike that felt completely different from the Fury. Was trying out the TR450 i am gonna be riding for world champs. After the first run down, i went up and did another run, this time down the DH, this was also scary, still not much light, bike still feeling weird. After i had finished that run, Amanda went up and did 2 runs of corners, then i did another 2 of down hill and she did billy T etc. We just continued like this for the rest of the day. After the first 4-5 runs on the TR450 i was starting to get used to it, was feeling quite good. Was loving the Marzocchi 888 evo ti's that Ryan had made sure made it onto the TR450. Didnt really think there would be much difference between the Boxxers and them, but they felt a lot more plusher especially through the first bit of travel over the little bumps . Me and Amanda ended up 4th in the 2 person team, Ryans team came first in the 4 person team, and Cams team came 2nd in the 4 person team, just behind Ryans team. Was a good race, very relaxed, more like a 10 hour long day of shuttles more than anything. Pretty keen to do it next year, might even try solo.

Maidstone DH Challenge - 13/06/2010

This race was just a one day race, held on the Sunday, but I did some runs on Saturday with brother Ryan, Carl, Cam and Lloyd as being test riders. Ryan got them to change the pedaly bit at the top so we could ride on the road instead of the soft track which really woulda sucked since it was up hill and some of it was off camber. That was only bit that we got changed, we also decided that it muds front and rear would be a good idea.

Sunday was practice day and race day. Practice started off good, did pretty much all my runs with Lloyd and Carl. was staying on for most of the day until the last 3 or 4 practice runs where i started crashing about half way down the track and in the end chute. The end chute wasn't always my fault, I blame Carl for crashing in front of me for 1 or 2 of them.... Once practice runs finished I decided to stand in front of the BBQ to warm up and to 'protect' it from the little bit of rain. Once the sausages were of the BBQ I stuck my hands with gloves on them over the BBQ to try and dry my gloves after washing all the mud off them. Worked pretty good, gloves were mostly dry by the time I had to leave for my race run. Race run went good, I could grip the bars after washing the mud off and drying the gloves. My goal for this race was to stay on and try not to take my feet off too much since I was the only girl racing so had no competition. Plan went pretty good, stayed on for my run. Nearly lost in it the end chute but kept my feet on and managed to stay on so i was happy. Got Made (mtb movie) to being fastest girl..

Leatt Crank Taupo - 22/05/10

This was just a one day race, run differently to other races. I reckon it was a good format for a race and the spot prizes were mint as. The format was do as many or as little runs as you wanted, and you had a transponder on your ankle that recorded your time. so every run counted. the 25 fastest men and the 5 fastest women got to do a standard race run at the end. I got the fast womens time. Walked the track in the morning with Carl Edmondson and Brother Ryan Williamson. Wasnt looking forward to riding the end of the track as i thought it would be slow and pedaly as. but it wasnt. it was fun as, a little bit of pedaling, but no where as much as i thought. The whole track was mint as. After 3 runs i decide to have some water, and Paris the leatt dude came over and asked me if my brace restricted my movement at all, and told me i could get a low profile padding kit for it, so said i would look in to it. went up and did another 3 runs then stopped for some food and water again. Paris came over and asked me why i had the back of my neck brace duct taped and i said cos the velco wasnt sticking, so he said he would have to 'pimp' it for me. which he did. He chucked on some black with gold trim low profile padding for free. Its sick as. didnt realise the old padding restricted me that much, noticed the difference straight away, and it looks a whole lot better. Did another couple of runs, track was getting pretty torn up in some places. the jumps just before the road had turned to dust and had ruts everywhere on the take off spitting you in every direction possible. the rest of the track was all good tho. the switch backs half way were quite torn up, but not too bad as long as you stayed high and didnt go to slow.

Won the womens prologue (what they called our runs) and got some sweet wide open handle bars for it. We went up for our race runs, mine was pretty good. wasnt pushing it, but i ended up hitting a stump on the first down up bit, and had to get off and push which sucked real bad. just hit the slippery stuff and turn and slid into the stump. not sure why cos i never hit it during any of my other runs, and i was riding the same. was pretty guttered about the crash, rest of my run was good tho, apart from where you exit the trees and into the farm land and you get sun strike. i pretty much stopped there because i didnt want to risk crashing again. I ended up second behind maddy i think i was 1sec off her

NZ Secondary School - Levin 27-28/03/10

Saturday was the xc race and the dh practice. I decided to do everything this year since it was my last year at school. Borrowed my dads bike to do the xc on the saturday and the hill climb on the sunday. The xc was knackering, the only reason i didnt come last i would have to say would be because i managed to make up time on the dh parts over some of the slower xc riders. I swear the dh on the xc course was harder then the actual dh track. the xc was slippery as, i was shitting myself on my first lap round, was so not used to riding downhill with my seat up, especially when my front wheel just started sliding sideways. I reckon that the downhill bits were fun as, made me not mind so much having to do another lap. I was knackered by the end of it. Ended up 7th for the xc. Then it was into the dh practice. we were only allowed 2 runs which sucks. I walked the track before the xc race, it was the same as last years so wasnt to worried. both runs were pretty averaged. getting stuck behind the slower xc riders on both runs. One of me mates, cant remember who, said they were letting people get a third run, so i went up for a third. that was a better run, didnt get stuck behind some people. The track was a little slippery in places for all 3 runs. was looking forward to race run on the sunday.

Sunday came and i was dreading it. Having to get up early to race the uphill, wasnt my idea of fun. Had to wait around a bit, it was pretty boring. I was glad with how i went on the uphill. I managed to ride the whole thing without getting off, so i was happy. i was pretty knackered by the end. Hung around the top for a bit waiting till charlotte and sophie decided to ride down so i could ride down with them. We cruised down together eventually, was a pretty good ride back down the single track next to the road we just rode up.

Had a bit to wait till our race runs started, so i just walked up the track a little bit and watched some people come down. then just hung out the bicycle tent we brought up with us till they told the nationally ranked riders to go up in the transport. Once i got to the top, caught up with Kaytee and walked down the first bit of the track to see how slippery it was, because on saturday it was the slipperiest part. It was still a little slippery so i came to the conclusion that i was just gonna cruise through that bit, then start riding a bit faster after i was through that bit. my main goal for that race was just to stay on, i didnt really what place that i came, as i wanted to finish the season with a race that i didnt crash on. Ended up 2nd behind maddy, i was happy with that. wasnt far behind her either.

Oceanias - Dunedin 19-21/03/10

Thrusday mourning me and dad flew down to Dunedin. Went and walked up and down the track after putting bike back together and emptying the car. Looked at some different lines. The track was completely different to the SI cup round there earlier this year. Pretty much the only part that was the same was the first lot of corners before the first jump and the end of the second rock garden to after the Tripple jumps. After we had finished walking the track, dad gave me some shuttles. Just spent this time cruising down the track looking at how to get into some different lines, and deciding what things i wanted to focus more on doing.

Friday had the practice in the mourning and the 4x racing in the afternoon. Did the friday practice, still just looking at different lines, and watching different people doing different lines in the rock gardens. Raced the 4x against Sarsha Huntington who races 4x professionally at world cup rounds, and Maddy and Kaytee raced to fill in the other two spots. The race was pretty crap, I tried to cut Sarsha off and ended up sliding out and crashing. Ended up pretty much having to sprint my arse off in order to get past maddy who i just managed to beat on the finish line, and she was just cruising.

Saturday was a full day of practice. Caught up with fellow Bicycle rider Brandon Lumsden and did some runs with him, following his lines and also followed him off the first jump a few times, but gave up on that after i relised it wasnt too much slower to go around, and was way less riskier for me to do. so just practiced going around it faster instead of trying to hit the jump. Tried some different lines in the rock gardens and stuff after watching others doing it. Was kinda tired by the end of the day, should properly stop doing do many runs.

Sunday was race day. It was a good day. did 2 practice runs, and that was it. Seeding was shit, i was just cruising, and managed to crash when i decided to pedal. clipped a root that was sticking up and rode the front wheel for a bit then half bailed half crashed when I realised I was still on the front wheel heading off a drop. As i was about to get on the bike, Georgia Wight who started after me passed me, so i just cruised down following her for the rest of the track. Seeded last obviously. Race run, i started first as i seeded last. I knew where i was back off and that was in the rockgardens, but i didnt even get to the first one before i crashed, i was just pedaling along a flat bit into the first rockgarden and clippen a small rock that was sticking up. Flipped over the bars, bike landed on top of me. got up while chucking the bike away, walked over, picked it back up and got back on it. Cruised though the rock gardens then pushed it a little bit trying to make up for my crash. Ended up 4th not too far off 1st. My whole race run went good as. better then any of my practice runs apart from the crash, i thought i rode the rock gardens the best i had all weekend. was just pissed off that i crashed.

National Champs - Wellington 26-28/02/10

Took the friday off school to do the downhill practice in the morning. That went all good, i just cruised down the track, looking at what had changed since i checked out the track on tuesday. I didnt think anything would have changed, but they boarded up a couple of parts to help stop the track disappearing down the banks, which also made a couple of lines a bit more easy.

After a the 3 hours of practice had finish, we headed to the 4x track to go and watch the dual slalom and 4x races. I thought a bout doing the dual slalom, but decided i couldnt afford to do both the dual slalom and 4x, and i would rather do the 4x. Harriet Harper and Sarah Walker raced the dual slalom. Harriet Harper ended up winning by about .6 or .06 of a second or something like that i think. For the 4x Sarah and Harriet raced that as well, and also Naomi Wilson and me of course. We only had one race run, cos there was only four of us, so no elimination rounds for us. We all did an individual timed run at the beginning to sort out our race orders. It ended up Sarah, with the fastest time, then Harriet, then me then Naomi.We did muck around runs while the guys were doing there race runs. When our race runs came around, we all lined up on the start gate. Sarah was first out of the gate of course, then Harriet, then Naomi and me (not sure who got out last, was one of us two tho). Sarah was first out of the first corner, then me, cos i cut the other two off cos they got in my way. Tried to catch up with Sarah down the rest of the track, but couldnt. She ended up first, me second, Harriet third and Naomi 4th. I got $100 for 2nd place which was pretty mint.

Saturday was a full practice day for the downhill. Just did some cruisey runs at first, hit up the pig chute a couple of times. Then decided to leave it for a bit, as i was still not comfortable on it, and decided that i know how i can hit it and where to go, so i dont need to keep to doing it, and that i would rather concerntrate on other parts of the track. By lunch break, i had got pretty much most of track sorted to a level i was happy with. After lunch i started hitting the pig chute up and doing some runs with Carl Edmondson. Started getting pretty comfortable on the pig chute, didnt really hesitate coming into it by the end of day.

Sunday was race day. First practice run down the hill, and i stuffed up the pig chute, which resulted in me crashing down it. I think i got the run into it wrong, and drop down low into corner into the pig chute, instead of going left and up a bit higher. Ended up going of the drop into the bank and rolled the bank i think. Mustve hit something on the way down, ended up with bruised ribs and a little sore. but was all good after i had a bit of a rest at the bottom while i waited to stop shaking. Cruised down the track after that. Went up for the next run, and cruised down to the pig chute, and made myself do it again. Did it all good, so left the practice ending at that run. Decided that i didnt want to risk crashing, and risk knocking my confidence or hurting myself anymore. Seeding run came and went. Was a pretty poor run, stuffed right up at the top, helmet got caught by the wind and i couldnt see, so i just cruised down the rest of the track, and didnt bother pedaling at all. Seeded 2nd about 5 or 6 seconds behind Charlotte Clouston, who

seeded first. Race run was going good. Had taken visor off my helmet to prevent it getting caught by the wind like it did in seeding run. Got the end of the track with only a few small mistakes, pedaled everywhere i could, only to crash literally 20meters from the finish line. I was guttered as, couldnt get up cos my shoelace was stuck on brake lever and bars. Didnt get to finish either, cos some dude pulled my bike off the track and walked away with it. He properly thought he was doing the right thing, i was still gutted tho and not happy. Charlotte took the win of course.

full results here:
http://www.vorb.org.nz/download/file.php?id=127590

NI Cup Round 3 - Rotorua 20-21/02/10

Friday we headed up to Rotorua after mum had finished work. Dad packed the car and we picked mum up from work on the way past. This race as a Saturday-Sunday race instead of the usual Friday-Saturday races.

Practice day was good, the track was good. The lines were a lot more open then the previous round here. Cruised down for the first couple of runs making sure they hadn't gone and changed a bunch of stuff like the previous round there. Pretty much every run I tried to get into new lines or retired lines, trying to decide what ones would be faster and also less risky for my race run. After i got most of my lines sorted i started trying to go faster, ended up crashing a few times down couch chute from jumping too far left. Also nearly lost it in front of a guy when I tried to ride it brakeless, managed to slow down and get off the main line while staying on the bike. Did some runs with Jake Boylett who showed me some mint lines. By the end of the day I had the track mostly sorted, with just a bit of the track I wasn't happy with as I felt I was exiting to slow out of it.

Sunday was race day. Managed to get 3 practice runs in which was mint. Did the first one by myself, then caught up with Carl Edmondson, and did the last two with him, trying to keep up, but failing quite miserably at my attempts to do so. Was feeling pretty good on the track after doing those two runs with Carl, I could keep him in my sight for the first half of the track on my second attempt. (i think he might have been going slow, looking at his race time especially since he crashed on it). Seeding run went all good, made a couple of mistakes up the top and forgot to pedal in some of the slightly more pedally bits of the track. Came down with a time of 4.11 putting me in first for open women. Race run came and went pretty badly but managed to beat my time of 4.11 with a 4.07.something. I felt like I screwed up most of the track, and i figured Charlotte would have beaten me, but some how my race time was faster then my seeding time. I ended up winning the open women by a good 20secs or so. Also got the North Island Cup title, and managed to just beat Charlotte for the Overall NZ Cup title.

Full results here: http://www.vorb.org.nz/download/file.php?id=127397

NI Cup Round 2 - Tauranga 12-13/02/10

I took Thursday off school to go up to Tauranga with Campbell, Amanda and Brotha Ryan in the Bicycle Van. We left sometime between 10.30 and 11.30 and made it Rotorua at about 5, in time for the Thursday evening shuttles. We did two runs down Jumps, then a couple down last weekends Race track. After the shuttles we continued onto Tauranga. We got some Fish and Chips for dinner. We stayed at a place on the beach at Papamor.

Friday was practice day. First run up to the top of the track and we got put in trucks with the end door fully closed. I swear we all all nearly died on the way up. It was so hot on the way up, we were all sweating after about a minute. The truck i ended up in was the one where it was fully enclosed, where the other two had like canvas sides so you had light coming in from the side, where the one i was pitch black. Within the first minute we had all gotten chucked around in the truck as the driver put the brakes on coming up to a cattle stop, not relalising the brakes were so touchy. For the rest of the runs up the hill, they allowed us to have the end door open a bit, but wasnt allowed it open much as the road to the top was a public road, so we had to be kept hidden. First run down the track, and i was like this is gonna be quite technical with all the off cambre lines. Just cruised down looking at the jumps and different lines. Next runs down i hit a few of the jumps and ran into the others trying to decide if i would have enough speed to hit them, by the end of the day i was doing all the jumps except for the two drops up the top, mainly because i didnt really see the point in doing the 1st one as going around it was no slower and less risky and the 2nd one was aquakwid to get into, and decided just to focus on more on getting my lines sorted and where it would be safe to push myself and where to hold back come seeding and race run.

Saturday was race day. Managed to get two practice runs down in the mourning, was feeling alright about the track, had worked out where i was going push myself, and where i was gonna hold back, and roughly how much. Pretty much holding back for most of the track, as i didnt really want to get off line and end up in all the dusty dirt, as it slowed you down more then taking it slowly would if you hit it wrong. Seeding run went pretty much perfect, i was stoked as with it. I was counting on crashing or mucking up, but i didnt, and seeded first with Charlotte second. For my race run, i decided i would just ride it like my seeding run, which i did, apart from some stuff ups. I came down to the finish line, and thought Charlotte woulda beaten my time, cos i felt like i mucked everything up so bad, but i only ended up being about 6 seconds slower then my seeding run, which was pretty good i felt. And i managed to beat Charlotte and stay on for once.

Full Results here: http://www.vorb.org.nz/download/file.php?id=127135

Video from Stumpy: http://www.vimeo.com/9463130

NI Cup Round 1 - Rotorua 5-6/02/10

Friday was practice day. Cruised down for my first run, and glad i did. Was expecting the lines to be like usual but they werent. Usualy they pick one of the lines and leave all the lines on that line open, but this time they didnt. They ran team line up the top, and picked the lef tmost line in that, then crossed over to the right to a off cambre bit, then back to the left and around the corner, then as normal to the road. Since they picked the left most line, it made going of the drop in team line a bit hard, I just had to make sure i didnt go to fast or to slow. After the road it went into the stepdown line, which was as normal, but they had built some woops before it, which took me a while to get right and comfortable enough to do the stepdown, but was algood, once i worked out where to hit it from and what gear i had to be in. After that it went into the couch chute, but not off the drop, instead it went on the bus stop to the right around the normal line. Next was Pimpstump, but not like normal, instead of straight down Pimpstump, it went down the start of the easier line then into the harder line. After that it was the last chute, different again, down the harder line at the top, then into the left line through a new line. Then into the left end jump, that part was like the only part that wasnt different. At first i was having trouble with the track, not remembering how the track went and what bits where taped off. Once i started to remember where everything was, i started pushing my self a bit more. Got a bit close to some trees down Couch chute which was scary. About half was through the day, I hit the step down, woulda hit it sooner if i hadnt kept mucking the woops before. Was algood once i worked out where to hit it from and what i had to be in to pedal into the Step down.

Saturday was race day. I got two practice runs during the mourning, and they seemed to go together a lot better then Fridays runs, so was feeling pretty good coming into seeding run. On my last practice run i had noticed that my spokes had come lose so got Cam (the dude that owns bicycle) to do them back up for me, only to find i had a decent flat spot where the spokes were lose so they couldnt be tightened. Got to the top to wait for my seeding run, while i was waiting i got bored so dusted of my rim and looked at the flat spot and noticed that there was something that looked like a crack, which it was. Did my seeding run on it hopeing that it wouldnt get any worse and that my tyre wouldnt go down as i was running tubeless. got a time of 4.06.something, only making a couple of small mistakes. Was pretty happy with my time, got fastest seeding for my group. Went over and showed Cam the crack in the rim, and said i would have to find a rear wheel that i could borrow of someone. I ended up borrowing Baylee Jacksons rear wheel as she wasnt racing, because she had work on the friday. Cam sorted all that out for me, changing the tires over and cassette and finding a brake adapter. Went up for my race run, and decided that i wanted to see if i could break the 4min mark. I was last one down the hill in my group. My run went together pretty much perfectly for me. Just in the last chute i crashed and ended up down the bank, i dont even know what happened, i wasnt out of control like i had been at the previous races i had crashed on, which annoys me.Later found out that a log on the side of the had gotten uncovered about where i crashed, so i think i must have clipped that which caused me to crash. Got down with a time of 4.24something, and Charlotte that got the winning time got a 4.17something, which annoyed me because my seeding time bet her race time by a little over 10secs. I ended up 3rd

Full results here: http://www.vorb.org.nz/download/file.php?id=126927

Video from Stumpy:

http://www.vimeo.com/9287676

SI Cup Round 3 - Nelson 23-24/01/10

Caught the ferry down to Picton on the friday, and drove down to Nelson. Got to where we were staying just past the track and was bored instantly. We pretty much just around staring at the walls of the caravan we were staying in, couldnt really go outside as it was raining. The rain started to stop for a bit, so we decided that we would go walk the track. So we went to do that, and found out they were doing a couple of shuttles to the top for people to walk down, but we thought we had missed the last one. As we headed towards the bottom of the track to start walking up, and the shuttle passed us going up to the top, so we jumped on. Walking down the track didnt seam anywhere near as scary as i remember it being last year. Also wasnt as slippery as i thought it would be. Looked at different lines and tried to remember where the track went, looked at the jumps and decided that i probly wouldnt bother hiting any of them.

Practice came and went, only got about 5-6 shuttles in i think, so not really that many. Never really got the hang of the track in that time. I quite liked the first and last parts of the track, but not really the middle. not sure why but yeah. Couldn't remember the track at all, managed to remember the first couple of corners about the top, but that is all. Rode into a few of the jumps, but decided i would rather try and get the hang of the track before i tried to do any of the jumps, as none of the girls were doing the jumps so it wasnt nesacearey.

Sunday was race day. Got two practice runs in, was feeling alright about the track, wasnt counting on winning, figured i was gonna try for a top 3 as i was having trouble remembering where the track went and stuff like that. Decided just to cruise down on my seeding because of Dunedin, so i did that and seeded first, with Charlotte first who had crashed a few times on her run, so if i wanted to win i was gonna have to push my self, so i did, since i stood a chance of winning. Rode the track the best i had ever during the weekend only to lose it on about the 3rd to last corner. not sure what happened exactly, but i think my front washed out and i went over the bars or something like that. Ended up second.

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SI Cup round 2 - Dunedin 16-17/01/10

Me and Dad flew down friday mourning, went to check out the track around 11 and did shuttles. Did some shuttles with Charlotte Clouston until she stopped, then shuttles with Steven Pattle and Baylee Jackson. I kept doing shuttles untill they stopped, i think it was around 6 or 7. The track was so much fun, the rock gardens were pretty brutal on both you and the bike. Was having a bit of trouble in the first rock garden until i started letting go of the brakes a bit more. Second rock garden wasnt quite so bad. Did the drop into all good, was pretty easy, just looked scary coming into it. Did runs following Pattle, could keep up with him through most of the track. Was looking at trying the 2nd and 3rd jumps of the tripple jumps, but decided to wait till tomorrow during official practice, as i was starting to get a bit tired and didnt want to risk stuffing them up.

Saturday was official practice day, did some cruisey runs down the hill. Did one behind Fabian, and some behind Richard Leacock. Followed Richard off the 2nd of the tripple jumps, but just cased it so pulled out of the 3rd one. Did a couple of more runs hitting the first 2, then eventually hit the 3rd after dad told me to and to stop being a wuss. Also followed Richard off the hip jump at top, did a couple more times and nearly crashed as well, due to not hipping it properly and skiding into a drift as soon as i landed, and then next run, trying harder to hip it and ended up nose diving. All good though, managed to get the hang off it alright, just had to be prepared to corner as soon as i landed.

Sunday was race day. First run down the hill, i decided i wasnt gonna take it easy. First corner and i crash, was a bit more slippery then i thought. It had rained a little over night but i didnt think it would make too much of a difference, but it did. Rest of the track i just cruised down missing all the jumps. Second practice run down and i cruised down, except this time i hit all the jumps. Next up was seeding run, i was first woman down due to not having any points from Christchurch race as they took the order from there. I dont know why, but i pushed myself when i didnt really need to, i got a bit loose in the top part of the track i think. Cant really remember as i crashed in the second rockgarden, from leaving the braking too late and slipping out a bit and losing control. Photo shows the rest. Ended up not not being able to finish my seeding run as medics wouldnt let me, and also wastnt allowed to do my race run as dad wouldnt let me out of the hospital until i got the stitches in me lip. Ended up with 9 stitches in my lip and a chipped tooth. Worst part not being allowed to race, and of course the needles. when i could have easily

raced, as it was over 2.5 hours of waiting at the hospital until i was seen. Then on top of that another 30mins as the guy didnt want to stitch it up, so got in some specialists to stitch it up.