Went out with Andrew Carpenter, Shawn Wilson and a few other guys for a impromptu session. I shot pics while they filmed for AC’s video….Heres what I shot at Burien and Fennwick

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So woke up at 5am on Saturday to go pick up Travis Erickson and head to Dry Hill in Port Angele’s, Washington.

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GHY Bike shop in Renton, is now a Five Ten Dealer. We have the full line of Impact 2′s in Stock and some Womens sizes also! to see whats still in stock!

The GHY race team headed to Mission, BC this past weekend for the Arduum Challenge 2010, also the fourth stop of the BC cup series. The race is widely known as the most technically challenging course of the BC cup races. And the GHY riders agree this course is by far the most challenging course they have ever raced. On Friday the course was open for walking only so riders could pick lines to practice come Saturday. Practice started at 9 AM Saturday morning and the course was extra slick and all the rock features were coated with mud. As practice progressed the course began to dry out and speed up, but this was not beneficial to the riders. Come Sunday riders arrived to a course even slicker than Saturday morning due to rain overnight. And the course wasn’t going to improve as the day went on because of heavy cloud cover and mist. Each rider took their practice run Sunday morning and racing began at noon. Three team riders raced shortly after noon.

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It started with an amazing drive mixed in with lots of beautiful Washington traffic (Jack knifed Semi). We arrived Friday with 2 hours left of practice and the sun peaking out.  It gave us hope for good days to come.  After three muddy practice runs, the dirt seemed to be getting better and better!  Hopefully it would be fast and tacky by the next day, thank god for my new Giro goggles, dirt was a flying Friday!

Saturday, woke up at 7 to head to the hill, on the way we hit the restaurant under the hotel, delicious. When we got to the top of the hill for more practice the dirt was still wet but drying up fast. I spent most of my time in the bushes trying to pick good lines, but AJ was doing good staying on course. I was trying to get all my crashing out of the way before my race runs. After our practice we walked up the hill to steal some pro lines, Bart McDaniel’s, Lars Sternberg and Nick Tuttle (GHY riders) were looking fast, really really fast. Many others looked good going down the hill, but these guys stood out. Unfortunately when we saw Casey Northern he was having a rough go of things. He ended up a second later with a bad case of “Brokenfingeritis” and had to sit this one out.  READ MORE….

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We are so close to having a rideable prototype it is killing us. Here are some spy photos of some of the mach-up work. The pieces that you are looking at are pressed into the tubes and welded to create a strong and sexy connection. The first frame will be a hardtale dirtjumper. 100% 4130 Chromoly and 100% Washington made! The chainstays will be short and the bb is a mid. Keep tuned to this channel for updates.

We had over a 140 hotdogs and hamburgers ready for the masses. We had a descent turnout even though it was whistlers opening weekend and the movie premier of follow me. The rain held out all the way until the chainless races, and if you look at the times it didnt hurt the boys too much. We had a blast! If you missed it come out for the next one it should be late June or Mid July. Here are the Pics and the Times!!!

We are starting early this time so that everyone can get to the premier in North Bend.

Location: 1424 Grant Ave S, Renton, WA 98055 (Look for the trail that goes up the hill.)

Time: Sign ups 9-10am Sign Ups and Practice…Race around 11:00

Classes: Chainless..hitting the jumps. Chainless around the jumps. With your chain and jumping. And last but not least…with your chain and going around the jumps.

Entry Fee: $5 per person for racing. 100% of the money goes back to Riders.

PLUS a BBQ… Bring donations for beer, brats, burgers, and b’s?