HERE'S A PRETTY BORING POST FROM RABBIT VALLEY MSC..

GREALISH LEAVES CROSSVEGAS TO START CHARGE TOWARDS 2011/12 BOULDER CX NATIONALS

Race Promoter Chris Grealish has decided to drop his ties to the Mega CX race CrossVegas, which I feel is responsible for part of the large growth in CX fields across the nation, and concentrate on bringing CycloCross Nationals to Boulder, Colorado for the 2011/12 seasons. Grealish wants to bring the races to the Valmont Bike park, which had it's first "test run" for CX this past season, it's a "manufactured" bike park which is going to be an awesome addition to the front range and their cycling contingent.

Below is a rendition of the Valmont Bike Park and it's "chutes and ladders".

Nationals in Boulder would be amazing as it's a natural fit, the crowds as we know would be HUGE, and racer numbers would be off the charts. Hell, I might even line it up to "time trial" for my starting position, (that's an entirely "other" rant). This would be an event of monsterous epicly proportions, good luck from A2B and here's to Boulder Nats in 2011/12!

TEVA GAMES JUST AROUND THE CORNER..

Once again, as race director for the Teva Mountain Games Vail Pass Road Bike TT I'm sending out a reminder to all of you who plan on racing. This event has sold out the previous two years and already has over 50 registered participants for this year. Be sure to register early if you want to participate in one of the richest road bike purses of the season with $2000 going to first place in both the men's AND women's field. This field is STACKED every year so be sure to get in soon!

WE HAVE A CONTENDER FOR THE 2010 TITLE

Funny thing is I'm not sure whether to nominate the fan or the cop...maybe they could enter the "Team Douchebag" competition for 2010?

DAMN I HATE TO ADMIT THIS...

But I went on a road ride with one of these guys today and as usual he kicked our asses...he'd be the dork with the clear lenses, PFD. I think he is the only one in the pic checkin out some chix arse while the rest of the USA team poses for the camera, I mean really.

THE FIRST ANNUAL POST FASHION SHOW HANGOVER RIDE..

First of all, if anyone has any pictures from the fashion show, of me, walking the catwalk, at Yeti's Grind, on Saturday night, please delete them from you cameras and computers now before I end up on some blog somewhere being called the "douchebag of the year". Secondly, Kudos to Tara at Yeti's and Everyday Outfitters for use of their retail spaces to throw a hell of an event in Eagle Saturday night. The Eagle County Literacy Project was the beneficiary of a huge crowd that was privy to a great evening. Thirdly, we rode hungover on Sunday, in a freekin blizzard AGAIN, and I could not get home fast enough. The only problem, the faster you went on the front to push the pace, the quicker you froze your balls off....just another weekend in Eagle, but it was damn fun. The 2010 Green Bike program kicked off Saturday as well, and Sunday morning most of them were gone to far away places, which means many potential drunk drivers were instead drunk riders, which in my book is a good thing.....

GILA MONSTER SIGHTING, TAYLOR PHINNEY TAKES STAGE FOUR

Photo: © Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
Wow, Taylor Phinney takes the Crit win at the Tour of the Gila yesterday outsprinting Ivan Dominguez and a super strong FlyV Austalia charge at the end of the race. Phinney made it two in a row for the Trek-Livestrong team at The Gila and it appears there is some incredibly talented young blood riding for this team. The Gila ends today with the toughest stage of the race, Levi Leipheimer still holds the overall lead going into the last stage of the race.

BACK TO THE ROOTS, FOR A DAY.....

Somewhere up on the East Wall in Radly conditions

We all have very special places that we like to call home, some of us have great summer homes on lakes, some of us have beach houses in exotic lands, some of us have shacks in the woods of the Carolinas. I have Arapahoe Basin, The Legend, the place I just feel at home everytime I go back. After spending 14 years skiing every inch of the place, everyday of the ski season, it just makes me smile to go back, and have everything be the same and familiar, including some of the old "crew". And the beauty of Arapahoe is the more brutal the weather, the more I love skiing there. Big wind is the Basin's friend, and it's the skiers friend who braves it, for when you find the APs, which are all over the mountain, you have found skiing bliss. To top it all off, with ice cold temps, the mountain skied like it was February today, April 30th. It dumped and blew and was bitter ass cold, perfect. Pali was insanely good, Gauthier does not ski better. But the oober treat was the East wall being open both from the Lenawee gate as well as the stairway up Willie's, which drops you off close to 13,000 ft if you take er to the top, just like the good old days. The hike and the skiing still have me smiling, for you can feel no more alive than I felt today. The same steep ass hike, the same rock outcroppings from 28 years ago, the same buttery turns coming down, and the same smile I had when I was a young man skiing the same freekin lines. I love Arapahoe Basin, and I hope it felt some soul while I was there feeling young again today. Awesome. Damn it was a good day. Unreal skiing and so good to see OLD friends.

Sitting tight in a cool zone in foul weather.
Did someone say something? The wind was RIPPIN.


40-50mph winds with heavy snow? PERFECT. I've been told there is an idiot born every second, well, I guess I was that guy when my second came up, but damn this was fun.

Pretty high pooh factor on the otherside of this, you CAN'T fall in here.

The drive home was fairly entertaining on Vail Pass..