I will spare you the details of the course description because you all probably remember my ramblings from last season. The course change only very slightly. They roped off the double jump at the top to force riders to jump, they built up the creek crossing's jump, they routed people into a rocky jump section and they added a small jump towards the end.

The TWW gang consisted of myself, Seery, Schlachter, Mark and Eve, Jon Heim, Nick, Mike Urbina (sp?) and a couple of our friends from CAL Bikes. Uh... did I forget anyone?? Anyhow, how did we do you ask?!? Well... we came, we saw and we KICKED THEIR ASS!!!! Podiums babaaay!!!

• myself 3rd I think my quickest time so far
• Seery 1st I told you that you would kick butt!
• Schlachter 4th Kick ass race time!
• Mark 6th Got beat up on a hard tail.
• Eve 2nd On a flat tire even!
• Nick 1st First DH race, right?
• Mike I didn't find out...
• Cal bike guys 2nd and 4th Looking good
• Rich Henthorn Volunteer Timer
• Rob Butner Photographer

Unfortunately the bad news... this would have been a Great day if it wasn't for just one item. Jon Heim had a bad spill during his race run and dislocated his sholder. I'm sure he was hauling ASS!! I know that there are several degrees of severity for dislocation but, it sounds pretty severe. We stopped by the hospital on our way out of town and had a short visit. I'm sure he wasn't feeling a thing with all the drugs they pumped in him. Get well soon!

Ron Chai