NW Cup 2&3

For the second NW Cup we headed back to Port Angeles to race. The nice thing about coming back here is that we usually get to race a different track than the race before which was case this time. Its fun to learn different track and keeps things interesting. It was again very dry, loose and dusty which meant that everything was running scary fast. My qualifier went smoothly and felt like I could put down a fast run for finals. Unfortunately a root caught me out down towards the bottom and I ended up sending it into the woods which put me at the end of the pack. 

The next stop was Mt. Hood, Oregon. One of my favorite tracks because of how high speed and rocky the whole trail is. Usually at this time of year there are still a few patches of snow left to keep the the dust down and a few muddy patches. This year, because of how little snow the Northwest had, the trails were blown out and dusty. Every corner had a sand trap somewhere through it adding an extra level of difficulty. I had a relaxed qualifier because we were doing finals on the same day and was hoping to bring my time a good 10 seconds faster in final. My housing got yanked somewhere between practice and finals making it so that I couldn't get into any of my high gears putting me a second back from my qualifying run. Overall I was happy with how I rode and I get to race Hood again in a few weeks so I'm stoked for the second try. Hopefully the mountain gets a little bit of rain between now and then!