--10/29/07: ABA Blow Out Nationals
The blow out weekend has finally come to an end! Three days of racing waking up at 5:45 AM to go pedal at 7 wears you out a bit, especially with the ABA three main format. Racing went well though, it was my first AA Pro race and I made my first mains winning the semi and ending up fourth overall. The second days mains were rough though. In the second round a few pedals before the first jump it felt like I came unclipped but my my foot was still on the pedal moving around a lot. I just kept pedaling and going into the first turn Khalen and I tangled a bit so instead of blasting him I slid out. The whole bottom of my shoe was torn out and almost split into two. The third main I had to use Eric's clip shoes which felt good but weird because it was a lot stiffer and my pedal strokes felt different. I had a good gate but came unclipped so those three mains weren't the best. The two GT riders in the main, Mikey and I, pretty much killed it though pulling in the 7th and 8th with both of us crashing in the second main haha. Kyle Bennet is still on fire right now winning the first two days and second the last. Dale Holmes.com won every lap all three days in Vet Pro. Mariana Pajon made the trip up from Colombia and dominated the women's pro class winning almost every lap. Will be good racing between her and Post if she makes the move to the US next year. Buddys Logan Collins and Kris Fox both made the move up to A Pro this weekend which was fun to watch. Both of them are going to be killin it soon. Sergio Salazar was looking fast. I had never watched him very closely until this weekend but he has tons of skills and is really good around the track. Tory Nyhaug has been on it focusing on BMX and you can tell, he is pulling everyone down the first straight right now. Props to the ABA for putting on the event, I don't think anything went wrong this weekend. They know whats going on and get the job done every time. When racing was over everyone was beat and didn't feel like doing anything but passin out. I stayed with DB44, Khalen, and Logan Sunday night and then Logan and I had to wake up at 4:30 to take a taxi to the airport to catch our flights. ABA Grands is next in a few weeks, should be good. Here's a pic of my shoe. Later - JB