My team mate/mentor/legend, Karim Amour was on Duty in Whistler so I had a loose grip of the reigns all to myself. Good friends Joe Barnes and Liam Moynihan were broken down in Chamonix so the bad in black VW with the extra weight was forced to carry a bit more corner speed than usual and the San Bernadino pass squealed in delight all the way to Italy only to be greeted by the bloody Matterhorn…
Friday practice was 2:30 – 7:30 or so we thought until after 2 runs of the qualifying track the lift closed. The race track would have to wait until tomorrow. We had mad rad fun on the quail track so didn’t mind too much when someone told us they had packed in 3 runs of each! After a pedally top section the quali track was a mix of natural rocky walking trail and quality man made sections including a corkscrew berm, generally it was quite rough and difficult to hold your speed. Read More→