Bad Dreams

So last night I had a really bad dream. I was in Europe and I found out that I had forgotten all of my tires/clothes/equipment back home. Not good. Then I woke up. Hahaha. Good times eh?

How are things going for ya 'merica? Looks to be a pretty nice day out at least for a little while longer. Oh well, if it rains that just means that no body will be out on the trails except me that is.

One last weekend in the states means a fully wide open weekend. I just took a final yesterday and I have another one tomorrow night with the rest on Monday. Yay! And people wonder why I'm not racing this weekend. The nice thing is I don't have class on Monday. I'm done dude. I'm out. But fitting in my weekly hang out time is going to be tough.

It just started to rain in B-town so that's my cue to go ride. As Chinese Dinna Man shows us, you can go just as fast in the wet as in the dry.

Pretty lame post but I'll add some pictures that have been sitting around on my computer.






Keep it tac'd 'merica.

Stretching Out

Today is good not great but good. Woke up wayyy too early today still means I'm worrying about stuff haha. Oh well that's life as they say.

I didn't write much about Tsali at all really namely because I'm trying to forget about it. The way the weekend went for me, was like this: I woke up, I had a good breakfast, I drove to the Tsali race. Then there's this big blank spot where I don't remember anything and the next thing I know I was back home. Crazy huh?

What really happened? I went out a little too hard and blew up hard
core. Good times.

A week off and full of hanging out and working on home work. Yay! Not. Then it was back to road racing for the conference finals at Mars Hill. Road race went pretty good, it was a very selective course and guys started popping off early. Made the "front group" of about ten and we tired to pull back the four minute lead the break got. Didn't work and I got popped off the group on the last climb and rolled in for seventh. Not too shabby. The crit went a little better. We tired to set up
Killer for the win but I screwed up and miss read lap cards and was at the back of the bunch for the final sprint. He still ended up using his wild animal powers to get fourth so big props to him.

So one more week of hanging out and doing work before I ship out across the pond. Hopefully no volcanoes explode while I'm flying over them. That would be awesome. Also check out the KFC south park some people might learn some life lessons from that...

And if Dungey can stay upright he'll take it but Stewarts still got
the title.

Have a good day 'merica I'm gonna miss you.

Long Week, Long Road

Well, you know sometimes nothing ever goes right. Yeah that happened to me last week. It sucked let me tell you. But I shouldn't complain I guess, although that's kind of what blogs are for.

I'll skip to the more exciting stuff. I started racing, finally it seemed like forever since I've been training since ********* (sorry can't tell you that bit). First race was a collegiate road race down in my home state. This time it didn't rain however. I felt good all weekend but it was one of those things where you're like: "Oh, this pace isn't bad I should open it up a little." And then as soon as you start going hard it's like: "Oops shouldn't have done that." Good times. I finished somewhere in the top 20 the first day and managed to get in the lead break the second day. Mr. My Shoes Are Too Big split the group and spit me out the back. Still finished somewhere in the top 15.

Nice weekend off in between collegiate races. Hung out with a CTS camp in Brevard and got in some good training miles. Colin you still owe me a burrito...

Last weekend was another race in Furman. Hard course on Saturday with some steep rollers and a bunch of wind. Got in a small break with another dude about an hour in dropped him 45 minutes later and spent about an hour off the front in a solo break. So yeah, you could say that my legs hurt after that. The crit the next day went alright. The course was flat and technical but not really to my liking. I started to give 'er in a few corners but started to get a little sideways so I backed off and acted like a little girl for the rest of the race. Made the break again and finished in the top 10?

Now it's a few hard days of training before the SERC race at Tsali. The first big test of the season. Can't wait. The throttle is sticking a little bit but hopefully it will get completely stuck this Sunday. We'll see.

In the previous post I mentioned our good friends to the north. Well they just added another gold medal to the charts.

Over and out 'merica.
By the way the cookies burned too.
T

Dethroned

This year is not starting out good. I've had two defeats and the season hasn't even started yet. First I lost to Mrs. Squirrel for not getting a post up and then I lost my title of Plank Champion last night to some burley mountain man from Minnesota. Congrats to the Elk Killer.

I don't like getting beat, so I guess I just need to go more work. Simple eh? Speaking of simple, how bout that Northern Country teaching some people how they do the Olympics. Never won a Gold medal at a home games and then taking home the most golds? Yeah that's right, turn down the funk and turn up the good.

It's been snow, snow, and more snow here in North Kack. We got like 5 and a half inches yesterday. It sucked. The trails are still covered and will be for another two weeks or so. Looks like I'm going home this weekend for spring break. My trails at the house need some loving, but I don't think I'll be able to get out since I'm getting some tooths pulled on Saturday. Yay. Not.

I like having extra teeth, they help me eat all my candy.

First race is two weeks away and I can't wait. It's funny to think that my race season always start pretty much half way through March but it always seems so far away. In the mean time I've been trying to get my throttle stuck WFO. I think it worked. Not sure yet, we'll have to see at that first race.

In other news, I've had thoughts on changing my blog title for something that describes me a little better than "How do you spell America?" Something more...er....fitting. Share your thoughts.


Even though BMXers are still little tight pants wearing girls, Mike Day can make a days work of a BMX track. Check out that manual at the end. That's pretty cereal.

Mike Day Test Shoot from Clay Porter on Vimeo.

Late Race

Well, I had my first race this year. It's not what you think though. I was racing the female Squirrel to be the first to post a new blog. I lost, by a pretty good bit actually.

Oh well, first thing's first. Except that I don't know what the first thing is. How about I do a movie since I already have that. Minnaar knows how to ride some moto. Maybe that's why he's one of the best in the World? You tell me.




Let me start out by doing some sponsor stuff. Last time I told you that I was about to announce some new sponsors but I kind of forgot to post a blog in time. So here you go. I'm proud to announce....no never mind that's wayyy too corny. Twin Six has jumped on the wagon, or bike rather for another year. For a while I was skeptical about representing them again since it's it doesn't really fit my "image" but they are coming out some some super sick stuff this time around and I'm stoked to run it again. Clothes that fit, feel good, and good rad are what Twin Six delivers. So yeah, I'm pretty happy about them coming back.

To go with some new clothes and accessories, I need some extra items to complete my "look". Just so happens that Smith Optics decided to help me out. I've always been a fan of their sunglasses and goggles and now I can finally run them. Because in the words of Smith Sponsored athlete, Aaron Gwin, "you gotta look good". I'll been running their clothes, race glasses, and goggles at select events. Pretty happy about that one too.

The last one is a current sponsor, but I wanted to give a shout out because they have really stepped it up this year. Thanks Industry Nine for all your support. And to all my other sponsors thanks again. I'll be doing a post just for my support crew very soon so watch out! Haha. It might jump out at ya.

The last part of my post is about some racing. I've spent the past week or so trying ot finalize my racing for the rest of the year. And the biggest news is that I'm taking off in April to race some World Cups in Europe.

So finally, here is my complete 2010 racing calendar. Enjoy.

2010 Races
March
GA Tech-March 13-14
Hobby Park-March 21
Furman-March 27-28

April
SERC Tsali-April 11
Conference Championships-April 17-18

May
World Cup #2 Houffalise-May 1-2
Swiss Racer Bikes Cup, Solothurn, Switzerland-May 8-9
Bundesliga Race-May 15-16
World Cup #3-Offenburg-May 22-23
Mellow Johnny's (Texas)-May 29

June
Bump and Grind-June 6
Subaru Cup Wisconsin-June 26

July
World Cup Champrey Switzerland July 24-25
World Cup Val di Sol Italy July 31-August 1

August
SERC Fontana August 7-8
World Cup Windham-August 28-29

September
World Champs Mont St. Anne-August 31-September 5 (U23 race-on Sept 3?)

October
Collegiate Nationals Truckee, CA-October 16-17

Later nerds, I have to try and get my proffs to excuse me for two weeks from school.
T

Baking and Riding

Art History: Sounds like a great class right? Wrong!

I'm actually writing this out by hand while I'm in class. I'm so bored I took out some paper and started hand writing a blog. The best part is that it actually looks like I'm being studious and taking notes when really I'm not on task. Hehe. Sneaky, sneaky.

So what's been up with me? A ton of stuff actually. I've got a bunch of funny stories that I won't tell to protect the innocent. A word of advice to those of you out there. Say you're a baker and and you bake some cookies and some brownies and you can only fit one of them at a time into the oven. But you try and fit both of them in there and things get a little crammed and things can go up in flames. So, do what Baker Bill says and decide which one you want to bake before you put them in there. Bad things will happen.

To make a long story short, I was baking brownies and then decided to cook some cookies and the brownies burned. But I've still got some awesome cookies. Yay!

Now for something completely different, I've gotten a little closer to nailing down all my sponsors for 2010. It's kind of amusing that everyone else will have new bikes and equipment before I even have all of my sponsors on board. I had a random sponsor email me today and it looks like I'll probably hook it up again. They are returning from last year but they've stepped it up a bit and I'll see if I can do the same on my side. I'll announce them and another one before too long.

So yeah, can't really say much stuff about it yet but I should have a full list of sponsors and 2010 races by my next blog post. Basically I'll be hitting some off-dirt racing with the collegiate team for a few races for March, April and May with a mix of MTB racing thrown in. Then it could be a big trip "someplace" right before school gets out and then some closer, local stuff for the first part of the summer. I'll be going back home for the summer since its relatively cheap to live with the parents. A mid-season break in June-ish/July-ish and then a ramp up for another big "trip" in August and hopefully qualify for Worlds at Mont St. Anne, Quebec.

I was hoping I'd found some good movies to put in at the end of this post but apparently I didn't so I'll leave you with a parody on the popular FML website. If you haven't heard of either you should definitely check both of them out.

Well, I've got a ******** tonight in *********. So you should totally come hangout. HAHA.
Later 'merica.

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A1

No. No not that A1. Come on St Marie. Silly boy.



I'm talking about A1 as in Anaheim One. Or the official start to the 2010 supercross season. Where have you guys been? Living under a rock. Probably. At least you don't live in the middle of nowhere like my parents. I finally rode out to service yesterday and had my phone ringing for like ten minutes. So yeah, sorry about that.

Well the primary purpose of this post was to post some movies, for you people into motos, so you could get ready for the big night on Saturday. Not a lot of stuff has been happening other than me just searching for moto movies on youtube.

Ummm..Chaput came over yesterday and we did downhill runs for like an hour. It was pretty sweet scoping out some new lines and ideas for my course. Good times had; hanging out and riding as always.

I had a pretty good time here at home over break. The parents didn't get too annoying although I still have a few more days with them and I got in a ton of riding. Oh wait shouldn't have said that. Umm... never mind, no not really any riding at all. Hehe. I almost finished painting my room, made some amazing coffee (found a new fav in Sumatran), hung out with some people in town, and went to bed at 10:30 on New Years. So yeah, successful break from school and the normal routine.

I don't want to keep you from your precious working time or relaxing time too much longer so I'm signing off Amurica. Remember that it all goes down at 10 on ESPN. Enjoy.


Somebody's been doing a little bit of work. Check those triple, triples.




I couldn't have said it better myself.