We're half way through our week in Whistler at the Crankworx festival and it's been a very busy past few days. Justin and I raced the Garbonzo DH last weekend, the longest downhill race in the world. Justin had won the event before and showed me the lines so that I could get up to speed on the 13 min track a little quicker. Justin finished 4th despite a broken shifter cable, and I finished up in 16th place. Now that I have the experience and some knowledge of the track, I am looking forward to coming back and racing the Garbonzo again next year. Tuesday I took part in the whip-off world champs. There were tons of spectators lining the jumps as the riders tried to see who could throw the biggest whip. It was a cool event and a lot of fun. Yesterday was the air downhill, a downhill race down a-line at Whistler, the most famous jump trail in the world. I wanted to race it to get an interval in on my downhill bike. Scrubbing jumps was really good practice for world champs in two weeks. I ended up 14th, not too bad as most guys had shorter travel bikes that were faster over the jumps. Im having an awesome time in whistler and looking forward to more riding this week.
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