* 4th Annual Groovy Gravity Games * Dang, what a weekend! This definitely was our biggest and baddest GGG ever!!! Thanks so much for your support - we hope you had a great time. Other than the last minute panic Saturday night (actually technically Sunday morning), all went smoothly. The course was great (amazing how a year of weathering can change that place), the racers were great (thanks for leaving us alone in the scorers tent), and the vibe was two words: SUH WEET!!! We can't think of a better way for this to end. Finishing on top. No Michael Jordan's here (he should've stayed retired after hitting that winning shot of his last championship). Of course, I suppose we should never say "never"... This event couldn't have happened without the help of the Team Wrong Way crew (and their significant others who provided much needed support through all the bickering and madness). A mad shout out to the TWW peeps: Scott "See, I told you I could pull it off" Schlachter Shaney "He won't be pulling it off next year" Schlachter Scott "Show us again how you do that first jump" Seery (course guru) Dave "Lunch Boy" McCrimmon Isaias "Hill Humper" Job Jenny "I wanna be like Shaney" Impey Paul "Oh &!#@% to the above" Oellerich Frank "I'll think twice when loaning something to Gin" Walden Erin "Justa little rip stop nylon will make everything better" Ambrose David "Might have a chance against Gin in the bunny hop this year" Ambrose Bob "Mountain Man" Lofland Loren "Macro Man" Thomas Julie "Phuck/G-spot, err G-out" Brown Mark "Reverse Engineer" Davidson Eve "Please don't leave us again" Davidson Dawn "Note to self - don't leave keys in the car/that 'Pro' picked the wrong TWW chick to deal with" Weathersbee Jeff "Gate Boy" Hane Kathleen "Note to self - reset clocks at daylight savings like the rest of TWW did" Meyer Bob "Radio GGG" Knight Lloyd "70V" Ranola Ken "Trek Boy" Jeffery Robert "Steady and dependable as always" Ouye Kirsten "you can fluff me any day" McDaniel Rich "Stop watching Kirsten fluff and keep an eye on the timer" Henthorn Allan "I'm Mike Gin, the reigning TWW Bunny Hop Chump, don't you forget it" Sherlock Keith "I need to have my resources ecologized" White John "Finish line bouncer who never needed to bounce" Coomes Brenton "Best sounding voice on the walkie-talkies" Hamilton John "Oh by the way hello" Hillstrom Todd "I hope you're sitting in the exit row when the plane goes down" Lindemann David "Sorry, can't think of a nickname" Bostedt Peter "Just can't cut the umbilical cord with TWW" Donohue Ben "I ain't afraid of McCrimmon Hill" Green Jerry "Gonna be a shoe in for the Hub with his GGG efforts" Brown John "Don't recall seeing you but probably was in a haze" Street Justin "Again, everything but the kitchen sink" Suarez Nick "Bob Vila" Relampagos Mike "Note to self - don't leave keys with Dawn" Gin And there were others who helped as well. We're sorry if you weren't given props here. Shoot an e-mail to mike@teamwrongway.com and let me know so you can be posted here. We'd also like to thank the folks at Carnegie as well - they had the confidence in us to let us put our event on while they had another major event happening in the park. And they let us camp fo' free and gave us our own entrance so we wouldn't have to wait in those long lines for the MX hillclimb. April 4, 2004 (04.04.04) - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Okay folks, we're back - and this likely will be our last one. The planets have aligned for us (our 4th race on 04.04.04) and we're going out with a bang. This year's event promises to be the biggest and best one yet. Don't wait to register - we will fill this year's field. Some people have said we're a good warmup for that race in Monterey - well, we feel ours is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better (no disrespect to them, however this is a REAL downhill course, right?) We had to raise our price this year (we apologize for that) but there are several reasons why. The cost of everything has gone up - insurance costs have increased significantly. We're now required to provide an ambulance on practice day. Shoot, even the cost of those freakin' porta potties has gone up. I guess it is true when they say sh_t runs downhill (and no, we're not referring to our racers). :) But we are making all shuttles for both practice and race day FREE. Anyhow, enough babbling. The course will be similar to our epic course last year with the berms and jumps and of course the freeway section. We may add some surprises to the course, so make sure you get out and practice. As usual, we'll have the fun atmosphere, tunes playing throughout the day, results posted very quickly, and tons o' schwag (well, we're still working on that one). But this year we promise not to throw out all the loot. The people who buy raffle tickets will be rewarded. (We're tying up our "tosser" this year). Check out the freakin' suh-weet video of the GGG by Pete Fagerlin. Learn more about Carnegie here: Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area Main Page Please note - while we are putting on a DH race, Team Wrong Way does not condone reckless DH riding on trails open to the general public (hikers, equestrians, etc.). We have chosen CSRVA as our venue because it is a motorcycle/4WD park - it will have minimal impact on the aforementioned users. Because the park is not utilized by hikers and equestrians, we believe this is an appropriate venue for a DH race. Please respect other trail users, ride in control, and ride on open trails only.