bloggin

I just remembered I had a blog so I guess I should try updating it for the first time in well over a year.
Last weekend was the 2nd to last round of the NORBA series here in the US and I finally got my first podium, 2nd place only 0.33 of a second away from win which was a little disappointing but a podium is still good. This has put me up into 5th overall for the series currently which im stoked with so hopefully ill be able to stay in the top 5 at the end.
Ive had a few ups and downs this summer in the us, a 7th place at Angel Fire with a crash was an example of both, a top 10 was good but know i could of been on the podium was a disapointment again. Deer Valley was similar, after qualifying 10th with a pretty stacked field I knew I could make up time but in the final I crashed and snapped my fork through the arch so that ruined my race run and also lost me a lot of valuable points for the overall.

With one race to go in the norba series then world champs its almost time to return home to NZ and have a break from racing which im looking forward to.

whats going on?

So here I am 3 days out from leaving NZ for the USA and im wondering how i can keep people in the know of what im up to.... a blog, good idea.

whats been going on? weve finished the NZ season for 06 and now everyone is either over seas or very close to going.
I finished the NZ season a high being the highest placed kiwi pro at the oceania champs in rotorua coming in 5th for the race and 3rd for oceanias and also slotting into 4th place overall for the NZ national series.

The oceania champs were awesome being on the track that is being used for the world champs this year, most people spent the week leading up in rotovegas riding in the forest and at the bmx track to fill in the time, all the junior boys were causing havoc at the Ibis hotel, mainly ashley potts.....

by the time the race rolled around there were quite a few international riders, cedric and Fabien had made the trip from france to check out the track and a few of the aussie boys came over.
Cameron Cole and Sam Blenkinschnozzle my competition from juniors last year showed the aussie juniors whats up coming in 1-2 and both of them having top 5 pro times! watch out for these boys at worlds!!

Fabien took out pro with sam hill, cedric gracia and mic hannah in beind then me following up in 5th.