Our friend and kung fu student Judy Freeman won a big one: last weekend’s Subaru Cup Pro XCT in Wisconsin.
In this post-race interview she is stoked — and she gave our skills work a nice plug.
Thanks Judy. Keep ripping it up!
Today 13-year-old Chase Willie (proud younger brother of national DH champ Alex Willie) joined the legion of fools that hikes and rides DH at Left Hand Canyon OHV Area.
Chase and I have done some work on the BMX and mountain bikes; today was our first day on the downhill sled.
On Saturday I enjoyed a fantastic XC/DH ride in Vail, CO.
It’s great to see so many civilians out having fun on their bikes. I sure had fun too.
Boulder Channel 8 is running a series of spots promoting Boulder as a bike town. I did this piece on bike selection and setup.
Wow, am I this fidgety when I teach?
Last weekend Young Skywalker won the national downhill championships — YES! NATIONAL CHAMPION! — and next month he’s heading to Worlds. Yesterday we hit Keystone for a good, old fashioned DH tuneup.
For those of you with solid core skills, I’m stoked to offer Level 2 Air classes at Valmont Bike Park.
Aug. 25, Sept. 5 and Sept. 8.
With the Winter Park Enduro this weekend, yesterday XC champ Heather Irmiger and I worked on pumping corners.
This skill builds the base of braaap.
Watch world champion 15X BMX racer Collin Hudson tear up the lower Valmont pump track on my P.3. I handed him the bike, he took 0.1 seconds to adjust to the suspension and wheels, then he rocked these amazing laps.
I am so proud of Young Skywalker. Yesterday –when it counted! — he found the perfect flow:
“There were no bobbles or moments,” Alex said. “It was just another run (but I’ve never pedaled that hard or gone that fast!).”
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The 2011 season starts now
7:1 and stoked
Paul Bunyan riding
Dialing it down to 8
Great job Alex. I’m excited to ride DH with you this Saturday. We are training for WORLDS!
Hi Lee. I’ve been desperately trying to ride our local pump track for a few weeks already. I’ve tried everything I can but don’t seem get anywhere near anything that resembles what I see on the net. What am I doing wrong here? Really hope somebody can help. I’ve resorted to going public with a video of my riding despite how bad it is just so I can get some feedback on what I should be doing.
Dynamodayak Ngieng
XC champ Heather Irmiger is seeing immediate results from this week’s kung fu skills session.
“Lee, wow – I really can’t believe the progress I’ve made! Last Sunday really was the last day I sucked 🙂 “
Check out this video from Winter Park, shot by Heather’s husband Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski:
Heather Irmiger — XC national champ, marathon national champ and singlespeed world champ — has asked me to help her descend at a world class level (and have more fun on her bike).
I am all over this project.