Ellis Tull -- Crankworx 2007

Results: 2nd bikercross, ( short course took 2 min, ) and 2nd in the feature event the A-Line downhill.

I was at a mountain bike festival in Whistler called Crankworx. It was from the 2st to the 29th of July. Every day there is a different race featured. We got there on Thursday the 26th It was raining and rained until Monday. On SaturdayI had to race an event called Bikercross (it is a downhill supercross course, with doubles, whoops and a few good sized tables) . So I had to get a few runs in on Friday, to check out the course. Saturday it poured rain. We had to qualify on time and then race elimination heats. I qualified 2nd and had to race the 3rd seed in the first heat. I won the heat by 12 sec. and moved to the final. I finished 2nd in the final. I got beat by the Ricky Carmichael of bikercross (never been beaten). The main thing was I felt good about my race. It should be noted that I had the most awesome umbrella girl all night (Shelley). On Wednesday I raced a race called the A-line air downhill. This is a downhill with at least 100 jumps and about the same number of corners. It is scored on time. Earlier I was practicing and was turning times in the 6 min 45 sec range and on the race day I turned a 6:32 for second place, which I was very pleased with. Shelley raced on Sunday in a race called The Garbonzo Downhill, one of the longest races in the world. It is a race from the very top of the mountain, to the bottom, through roughest terrain there is. It had rained for days, and all the roots and rocks were slippery and impossible to race flat out on. She raced in the Intermediate Ladies class and she was 7th out of 13, with a time of 24 min. My bike is a four wheel, downhill, mountain bike made in Whistler by a company called R-One Fourcross. It has 5 inches of travel, 4 wheel independent suspension, 4 wheel hydraulic disc brakes, a steering damper, and is propelled by pushing like a wheelchair. You wheel to the chairlift, hop out, get on the chair and put the bike in your lap. Shelley sits on the other side and up we go. Sorry if this is longwinded but it is hard to sum up the week in a few words
Cheers Ellis

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