Ah, the last of the classic late-spring snow is melting away and temperatures, like gas prices, are on the rise for tomorrow.

Anyway last week I saw some amazing riding go down. Where? Well, just about everywhere.

Midweek Pump Session:
LLB Style

• It was really impressive to watch Steve and Lee upping the anty's every round. It went from jump-to-manuel this thing to double everything that is possible all the way around the track.



• I rode away from Lee's backyard last Tuesday exhausted and inspired, dissapointed and pleased.
  

Precision and speed are often two very difficult things to attain. But to accurately combine both takes innumerable hours of practice.

Saturday: Airtime Madness
Local: Wilson's Woods

• Props to Elliott & Shane for always stepping it up to the next big one.

Rider: Elliott Hoover

Also Gale Dahlager made a guest appearance up at Evergreen on Saturday. I can't begin to explain how good it was to ride with her. Thanks for coming out Gale!

I wish I had a picture of Gale just sailing through the line of doubles. All I have is a picture of Gale taking a picture and a sweet group picture of people witnessing the events in the picture above (hah, how many times can you put picture in a sentence). Gale and I were to busy chasing eachother through the line of doubles to worry about snapping the digi.



Saturday Night: Snap Sesh
Bangert Residence, twin lakes

• Drive up through Leadville viewing a brilliant Rocky-Mountain sunset; hop out of Molly (elevation: 9200') and jump directly into a full on NBL-gate-start session which included a super smooth double into the most brilliantly crafted berm.

• Those in attendance: Cole Bangert, Mik Hannah, Steve Wentz, Gale Dahlager, Neven Steinmetz, and of cource the Lasian.

• Official Gate Keeper: Deryl Bangert

Rider: Cole Bangert
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SUNDAY: Final 4x Race in the Spring Series & Hammock Fest



It was really good to see everyone out at Darner's ranch. The coolest thing I saw that day was Neven killing it over the table and I think it wins the best-picture-of-the-post award. Check it yo's

Neven has really been stepping it up latley. Nice riding!


Something else was on my mind other than racing this past Sunday. So, I split shortly after quilifyers and went back up to Twin Lakes running solo. I spent the rest of the afternoon in a rotation of 4 different places:

• Kitchen table with a variety of BBQ leftovers and Oreo Cookies
• Riding the massive berms on the backyard mountain side
• Dozing off in the hammock tied between two aspen trees
  
• Practicing whips over the double into the berm

After the race, everyone came back to the Bangerts for more riding. Neven and I finished off the day on Cole's trick jump. I was the last person to finish riding that day. Neven only sat out the last five minutes though. I really didn't want to see the day end.

Precision and speed are often two very difficult things to attain. But to accurately combine both takes innumerable hours of practice.