I went to the Wisp Gravity East Series race this past weekend. This race is really cool because it is a two run format, one run on Saturday and then another run on Sunday on a different track. I rolled up with Pete Mills from Asheville and Ethan Quehl. We woke up Friday to pissing rain and decided to wait it out at least until the rain stopped to start practicing. By about mid afternoon the rain had stopped and we headed on up to find the tracks in decent condition. The middle rock section of the first track was slick as could be but if you stayed on the line it was fine. It wasn't supposed to rain any more so I knew the tracks would get really good. Unfortunately I got a head cold on the Thursday before the race weekend, and it really messed me up. I wasn't able to breathe very well and suffered pretty hard in my race runs, but I made the best of the weekend. I felt like the congestion really messed up my balance or something because I was just "off" all weekend. I couldn't find that flow at all but managed to stay off the ground for one of the runs. I had fun and learned a couple things again so all is well.
Wisp is a really cool resort. They have a whitewater center at the top of the mountain and also a mountain coaster that you can ride which winds down the mountain. We did a mountain coaster run on Saturday and it was really crazy! If you stay off the brakes it feels like you are going to be ripped off the rails!
Next up is the first Snowshoe race then I get my eyeballs fixed so I'll be out for a few weeks.
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