Buck Carving Cup

[Bubba]

Was wondering who was planning on attending. Knee hurts, shoulder is toast, but am looking forward to utilizing my "chin stop". Had some friends at Welch this weekend who saw Trent and Bobble, any issues? See you on Sunday.

Kenton

[BobD]

I'm going to do it, but I'm torn whether to ride or ski. I don't think I'm fit enough to do the double act again

BobD

[bobble]

... Had some friends at Welch this weekend who saw Trent and Bobble, any issues? See you on Sunday.

no issues. life is good.

[trent]

i sent in my pre-registration on saturday. i'll be there.

-trent

[MUD]

I'll be there. I'm not competing, just riding......

[thebionicman]

I'll be there as a spectator. I think I need to improve my skill before I try to do any competitions.

[Kent]

I'm out...cyclocross national champs in KC.

http://www.kccrossnationals.com/

My race is on Sat (Master's), so I suppose I could drive back. I'm a definite maybe...but probably not.

Looks like a blast. What track wins..the narrow and fast or the wide and slow?

K

[oldkey]

....should be represented by approx 10 riders. Just one older adult rider (17) plus coaches. always a good time.

[Scuff]

Will be there! Still trying to convince Mrs Scuff to race too.

Just talking with ski-racers on the lift, quite a few have heard or are interested in the event..
Might be a larger turnout than two years ago.

[BobD]

just pulled this off the carving cup site. That's pretty cool for a skier

BobD

[Speedzilla]

I'll be there. I'm not competing, just riding......

Oh come on Doug, it's fun!

[MUD]

Oh come on Doug, it's fun!

Sorry, I don't use fun and competition in the same sentence, unless it has a motor.....

[Scuff]

If you're not racing - bring your cowbell!

[bobble]

If you're not racing - bring your cowbell!

... and a video camera.

[BobD]

Forecast is for heavy snow. That was like the first year. Just hope we don't get the uphill wind as well. I seem to remember it was more a matter of who could balance on edge at slow speed

BobD

[MUD]

... and a video camera.

Not with the weather it looks like we are going to have.......

They can't make up there mind if it is going to snow or (Eeek) rain.....

[Scuff]

Check with the course-setter -
If there is heavy snowfall they might be asking for volunteers to help slip the different lines of the course.

[Scuff]

Hardbooters 14
Breakdown: 10 racing, 3 freecarver/supporters and 1 in skier-mode.
Weather: Raining. Overcast. Blah. Gosh we're a devoted bunch...

Big thanks go to Buck Hill/Tammy for not canceling - Was great to have support, commentary on the PA system, courseworkers/slippers, updated times on the big screen. Even though this event has been cursed by the elements THREE TIMES now.. it was still, I think, the best carving cup to date.
(Next year, maybe an evening race??)
Also big props to Super-Dave (a.k.a. Speedzilla - a.k.a. "Holmy") for setting a wicked-fun course that was not only challenging to ride, but didn't favor one line over the others.

Results:

Mens SB 17+
1- Joe
2 - Patrick
3 - Karl
4 - Trent
5 - Dave
6 - Greg
7 - Mark

SB 11-16
1 - Thomas
2 - Meghan
3 - Zach
4 - Lizz
5 - Alex

Women SB 17+
1 - Jessie

Mens Ski 17+
1 - Reed
2 - BobD
3 - Rick

Jonah - 1st in SB 10>
Claire - 1st in Ski 11-16
Sophie - 1st in Ski 10>

Ben - would love to see video footage - esp. of Jessie's spin-out. : )

[Speedzilla]

I had a blast today, thanks to everyone that came out.

There was a mention of trying to pull off another carving cup in the Spring! (Although, I'm pretty sure we need to ban the Kesslers)

[oldkey]

.....as it was so much fun to watch. Speedzilla, please let Tammy and her staff know how much we all appreciate what they did. I didn't see how many people were at the start area, but from below it seemed like there were just as many employees involved today as there were riders. Very, very well done. As Scuff noted, the screen and announcing made all the difference. Everyone involved did an excellent job.

We'll try to get more people there next time. Hopefully they will consider a spring event.

Thanks everyone for all the fun today.

[trent]

yes! big props to buck hill for having a great event, despite the weather.

i'm still laughing that dave and i kept thinking we were fighting over 3rd place. we knew the 2 silver surfers had us beat easily (karl and joe), but i forgot there was a 3rd under patrick's feet. and i kept watching patrick rip in course, checked out his td3's a few times, talked to matt a couple of times, and was even told he was racing in the 17+ group. but i still forgot about him until they gave him the silver! i know, i'm dumb.

next time, i've got to trash talk to patrick as much as i do karl, joe, and dave. maybe then i'll remember he's about to kick my ass!

nice work y'all!

-trent

[bobble]

i didn't capture much video footage. my battery died prematurely. not the best quality. oh well.

having problems with my laptop. for some reason i get "dropped frames" on some of the clips. it took me a couple tries to get the clips to upload into the laptop. the clip of dave has dropped frames. when i uploaded it the camera would abort right where you see the noise towards the finish of the run.

as i was trying to resolve the dropped frames my laptop flaked out and wouldn't connect to the web. then i tried my back-up pc and that was having problems. after several reboots of the laptop, the router, the modem, the backup, everything seems to be working.

so, i got one of dave, karl, bob, ben posted here on youtube.

i'll try to put a few more up tomorrow or the next day, provided that i can make it work.

[powell1.8]

Sounds like a I missed out on a great time. I wish I could have been there. I can trash talk with the best of them. I may not have the racing down, but I'm well versed in the trash talk arena.

[BobD]

Definately, a big thankyou to Buckhill. It was a blast despite the weather. The organisation was very good and the attitude of all the staff made for a very relaxing atmosphere. Also, what a great bunch of people to spend a day with.

BobD

[oldkey]

i'm still laughing that dave and i kept thinking we were fighting over 3rd place. we knew the 2 silver surfers had us beat easily (karl and joe), but i forgot there was a 3rd under patrick's feet. and i kept watching patrick rip in course, checked out his td3's a few times, talked to matt a couple of times, and was even told he was racing in the 17+ group. but i still forgot about him until they gave him the silver!

Patrick was very humbled today....new board, boots and bindings....too much at one time. He's tall - but he's just not ready for a 185 board yet. Watching everyone else blowing away his score, he went back to his SL board for the forth run and dropped the "go fast" line and starting carving wide. It took him until the very last run to dial it in. Good edges seemed to matter as the course deteriorated. Not sure we got the wax right for the conditions.

JoeD and Scuff were best most consistently, but everyone had very good runs. Things would have been very different if the race didn't go all the way to six runs.

[bhh1128]

Ben - would love to see video footage - esp. of Jessie's spin-out. : )

Here you go!

Of course I have video of the other much better runs, and video for almost everybody else, and I'll upload those when I can. Forgive me if I mix up a few names.

It was great meeting a few more of you today, and thanks for the video Bob!

[bobble]

Here you go!

Of course I have video of the other much better runs, and video for almost everybody else, and I'll upload those when I can. Forgive me if I mix up a few names.

It was great meeting a few more of you today, and thanks for the video Bob!

i like how the recorder picked up everyone's voices.

[oldkey]

I hope that you are counting your blessings Mr. Scuff.......

[Jessie K]

Yes seriously thanks to Buck Hill for making the day so fun, especially the man in the booth at the top who kept complimenting my "picnic" pants (sorry Trent i think i got the last pair, neenur neenur!)

Big, big thanks to Bobble and Ben for the video too- there's nothing Scuff likes better than showing our family my risky behavior on snowboards... and wakeboards... and longboards........ It's cool though, definitely turned out to be a fun fall. The applause from the spectators wasn't bad either!

You guys are all so fun. Keep an eye on Scuff for me and we'll both see you out on the hill soon.

[bhh1128]

A few more videos are up here. They are basically straight off the camera, so I hope you enjoy random conversation in the background.