WITH THE NEAR ARRIVAL OF SPRING, IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE THE LITTLE DARLINGS ARE OUT RIPPIN IT UP AT THE JUMP AND SKATE PARKS.

WHICH MEANS YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE DOC ED DENT'S CELL PHONE NUMBER ON SPEED DIAL...

IT'S OFFICIAL, WINTER OF 2009 HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN IN EAGLE....AND IT'S APRIL/2008

All the joking officially ended this morning with the arrival of winter/2009 in Eagle. I guess the 55 degree day we had two weeks ago was spring, summer and fall all wrapped into one glorious day. The enitre Valley is on suicide watch as the snow just keeps on coming. Personally, I'm going to hit up Yeti's grind for a cup of coffee then spend the rest of the day drinking frozen Pina Coladas to celebrate the arrival of next winter, then I'll wake up tomorrow with a hangover and get my taxes done so I can pay Uncle Sam the $$$$ I owe him.
LETS WAX EM UP...IT'S A POWDER DAY!

HINCAPIE IN THE MIX BUT FAILS TO DELIVER AT FLANDERS AGAIN

BIG GEORGE H.....HOW DID GEORGE KEEP HIS HANDLE BARS IN TACT IN THIS RACE? HE GOT RID OF THE TREK.

graham watson photos

THIS LOOKS FUN, THE FAMED KOPPENBERG COBBLE HILL CLIMB. HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THIS CLIMB? GO RUN UP TICK ALLEY WITH YOUR BIKE TEN TIMES A DAY WHILE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS HITS YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

BELGIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION STIJN DEVOLDER TAKES FLANDERS WITH A WELL TIMED BREAK.

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY I'M FREE AT LAST

FIND THIS VIEW...AND YOU'RE CLOSE.

THEN FIND THIS TRAIL...FORGETTABOUT IT

FINALLY, I GET ALL HOOKED UP ON THE TRIP OUT WEST TO RIDE ON DIRT FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL SEASON....AND WHAT A RIDE. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU WHERE THE HOME BOYS TOOK ME RIDING, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED. JONO, ZB, AND COURTMAN MET DOWN IN EAGLE THIS MORNING AND THEN WE HEADED WEST, WAY WEST, TO RIDE THE TRIPLE TOP SECRET SINGLE TRACK THAT NO ONE BUT A HANDFUL HAVE SEEN AND WITNESSED, THE SHIT WAS DOPE, AMAZING RIDING IN A SPOT THAT WILL SOMEDAY BE THE NEW FRONTIER. WE SAW NO ONE ALL DAY, RODE NEARLY 4 HOURS OF SINGLE TRACK, AND PAID TRIBUTE TO A NEW TRAIL WHICH YOU WILL SOMEDAY HERE ABOUT....THERE IS NO DOUBT.

AS USUAL, THE GUYS JUST CRUSHED IT, CRUSHED ME AND INTRODUCED ME TO AN ENTIRE NEW WORLD OF UNTAMED SINGLE TRACK AND MOUNTAIN BIKING BLISS. A COUPLE OF TEN FIDYS AND A GORDON ON THE WAY BACK AND A STOP AT OUTLAW RIBS IN PARACHUTE AND THEN SONIC IN RIFLE, FOR DESSERT OF COURSE, AND YOU HAVE AN EPIC FIRST DAY ON THE DIRT OF 2008, ONLY TO RETURN HOME TO MORE GALL DAMN SNOW IN THE FORECAST. CAN'T WAIT TO GET SOME MORE AND EXPLORE...AND FIND OUT WHERE THE JANOBRAH CUTOFF GOES.

WHAT GOES DOWN...MUST COME BACK UP...

JONO, GLAD TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE "ASTHMA HILL"

AND IF YOU AINT HITTIN UP OUTLAW FOR CHOW ON THE WAY BACK HOME, YOU'RE LOSIN.

Alcohol Abuse and Cycling

While cycling one of my favorite backcountry stashes, I came upon this disaster, which can only be classified as extreme alcohol abuse. Fortunately I had my emergency "road" kit which consisted of a straw. I immediately jumped into service as any good cyclist would have, being a good Samaritan and all, and sucked up as much of this delectable delight as I possibly could be fore it drained off the highway and was consumed by unassuming worms, ants and beetles. After pounding what I could, I then used 47 patch kits to get to the other end of the mess but made it OK and continued my ride home.....

then the fight started

Officer, this is how the fight started...I rear-ended the car in front of me. I admit that. It was my fault. So, we both pull over to the side of the road, and slowly the driver of the car I hit gets out of his car. . . and you know how you just-get-sooo-stressed... and life...sometimes life seems like... suddenly funny? Well, the driver of the car I hit is a DWARF! He gets out of his car and I get out of my car. He is frowning and scowling and he storms over to me. Right up close to me he looks up in my face and says, "I AM NOT HAPPY!" And I don't know what possessed me, officer, but I looked down at him and I said, "Well, if you're not Happy -- which one are you?" .. . . and that's when the fight started...

SQUIRT LUBE CREW IS OFF TO SEA OTTER IN TWO WEEKS.

yeah dog, after being cooped up in this god foresaken hell hole of a winter in Eagle County. Dave G., Dewet and Myself are heading out to Monterey for some Sea Otter action to promote and sell SQUIRT lube. If you were at the Cult Cross party this past saturday, you already have the goods.

BEST OF ALL...killer MTB CX racing at the Otter which I Plan on participating in if I can find a bike to ride when we are out there..should be the first dirt ride of the year since it continues to be a freekin snowfest in Eagle this spring, It's snowing as I type this...and I'm over the shit.

and here is some vijeo of the course...looks just slightly more fun than plowing and shoveling snow.

TEVA GAMES...CMON

WITH THE TEVA GAMES COMING UP THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE...I AM STILL TALKING WITH THE PROMOTERS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING ON A CYCLOCROSS RACE AS PART OF THE WEEKEND EVENTS, IT'S UP TO TEVA AT THIS POINT. I HAVE BEEN HIRED TO BE THE HILL CLIMB RACE DIRECTOR HOWEVER, AND WILL BE HOWLING WORTHLESS NOTHINGS CALLING ALL OF YOU UP TO THE START RAMP...GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, NO DIRT IS SACRED ON ANY RIDER...INCLUDING FLOYD IF HE SHOWS AGAIN!