dhx2001

The DHX was called the biggest comp ever held by many, they had the off duty pigs to take us up and down the hills, how much better can you get!, Red bull truly held a great event, All I heard were positive comments,
Wednesday 28 february(I think)

A local luger wiped out down Kloof neck(a hill which craig and dallas skated one time and were CARVING and AIRBRAIKING to SLOW down but were ONLY doing 80 PLUS, he messed up both his legs, I spoke to his buddy(who alsmost crashed) he said to me"you know that feeling you get when you get to the bottom of a hill and your buddy isn't there with you you just get that sinking feeling"

Friday 2nd March(practise day)

If there is one thing better than skating it is getting off school to go skating, we got to the lodge where all the pros were staying and jumped into the "skater mobiles" which took us to red hill, this was the practise venue and what a plce for a practise venue, I t is the roughest road I have ever skated(good practise alright) But this was not all about skating fast it was about getting your equipment setup right, meeting new people and finding out who is who, some people didn't even skate but just chilled and met people and stuff, Afterwards some people went to eat lunch(booooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrring) we went for our own skate mission to the SMOOOOOOOOOthest hill we could find, and skated for about 2-3hours having a blast, racing carving, drafting and the rest, afterwards it was off to the lodge for the riders meeting Gerhard explained everything and most people seemed cool about the rules and Tom Mason Burnt a inliner
From there it was off to the welcoming party where most people were very conseravative and most left very early to get a good nights sleep, and be fresh for the morning to follow

Saturday 3rd march(Qualificatoin)

This was the day we had all been waiting for I had trained for many months for this event and was SSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO amped up to go and skate, Practise was so cool you have no idea how good it is to get the road that you have been training on with cars all year all to yourself, My first run was slow to check out the hay bales positioning, my next was............ FASTER and my last one was as fast my wheels could handle without fully slding through the corner I decided to take my first qualification run at a medium pase just to get in and not fall over, my next one however I absolutly smoke the S-bend causing me to slide and in turn lose speed I did however improve my time by 2 seconds, I did not skate as well in my qualification as I had hoped to, but tommorow was another day and I had a relaxing day, and went home for some sleep,

Sunday 4th March(RACE DAY)

I had trained for so long for this one day and all i could do was stress, I realised that I was stressing and decided to not really care how I did on the day but to have fun, My first race was pretty cool, I started and Dallas got a big head start on most of us whcith his fricken frog-leg push(the guy pushes like super man!) I slowly started to catch up to him, at the first corner of the S-bend he decided to put down his foot, i thought AHAH heres my chance if I can get through this corner fast enough I'll ctach up, I went into the corner catching up to Dallas so fast, then I realised half way through that MAYBE I should have put my foot down, I sliding like a mainiac, i slid over- recovered, over recovered from the over recovery and fell on my ass, (they showd my wipeout on live television, Highlights, ESPN and on KTV and like one or 2 other local channels, All you see is Dallas coming out of the corner and me skiding on my ass at like twice his speed(DOE!), I thought in those few seconds"I put way to much training to just fall on my ass this suks, lord please lord please help me" as I got to my board I looked around the corner to see the other 2 guys wiping out(SUPER STOKED) I picked up my board and started pushing, the commentator was completely confused as to who was who and thought that I had lost, But I ended up getting a second in that race,
My next race however was a a bit tighter(!) I had Chris Chaput, Dallas, and eric lee, I knew I could get through and at the second corner I thought I had the 2nd place, I was meters behind Eric Lee and gaining, we got to the shicain and he picked up on me, I was chaing and slwly I strted to take him I was gianing but was forced to take the out side line, and he got ahead again In thoought that it would be my last chance to pass him If i could get on his inside, BUT as I was going to go that way Chris started to take me and him on the inside I was forced onto the outside again, and tried to use a sllom type turn to get in front but it did not happen, CHris beat me by about a foot and Eric beat Chris by like a foot, Dallas took that one by miles,
On the way up I was sooooo bummed that I fell out and soon remembered to have fun, the rest of the day was just a jol I went up to the competitors area and OD'd on Red Bull(hey it was free) The rest of the day was just partying and fun, I saw myself on TV and was super stoked, It was all summed up by one sentance
WHAT A DAY!

I'll post pics as soon as I can get my grubby little paws on them

Monday 5th March(rest and revival day)

On Monday I had to get prize money and say cheers to everyone
I picked up 2 sponers and was stoked