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| CHATEL MOUNTAIN STYLE |
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| Going big! |
Last weekend it was time for Chatel Mountain style in France , CMS is a Big mountain event on "The Face" at Chatel bike park.
I showed up on the Thursday and checked out the course. Holy Sh*t , it was pretty Gnar , the first drop was about 11 metres High , straight into a pretty massive step up jump , the rest of the course flowed down the hill with more jumps drops and Chutes and off course ROCKS. Ha ha
I was actually pretty stoked on the course as every one was shittin their pants about some of the stuff, its good when there are only a few guys who are brave enough to ride some course features.
The weather in Chatel is crazy, every day without fail at 2pm it POURS rain. Some thing to do with the big lake I think, so conditions were always pretty slick on the course.
I was riding my Corsair Crown DH bike but I ended up switching it for my Corsair Konig 130mm slope style rig , I swapped a few parts over and got up the hill for my I maiden voyage on the bike down the course which was also my qualifying run! The Konig was pretty sweet on the course, very manoeuvrable, so I was stoked , 2pm the rain came and we all went home and hoped for a nice Sunday.
I woke up Sunday and it was mint weather, we headed up . The course was still pretty slick but we rolled in for finals runs. I dropped in and flipped the monster step up and couldn"t have landed any smoother! I was hella stoked and my run was going really well, then I slid out on a wet off camber drop landing, and crashed pretty bad, I was pissed cause it was so small and stupid, my run was pretty much done. A crash knocks your fluidity point"s allot.
We had a second run to get it dialled but when I got to the top, 2pm rolled around and so did the pouring rain... and they called the comp off.
That"s comp riding for ya, one mistake and it"s all over! Next year I'll be back!
Results
1. Brandon Semenuk : 8,57
2. Darren Berrecloth : 8
3. Cam Zink : 7,07
4. Alex Prochazka : 6,92
5. Sam Pilgrim : 6,64
6. Mike Kinrade : 6,21
7. Amir Kabani : 6,07
8. Tyler McCaul : 5,87
9. Antoine Bizet : 5,78
10. Cam McCaul : 5,78
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