2009 is NOW- Happy New Year !

77 SHOVEL

I MISS MY KICKSTART 77 SHOVEL!

DAY DREAMING OF POW

This is where I was last night


This is where I wish I was right now!

IT'S A BOY!

My bro Jeff and his wife Jess just had their first baby. His name is Finlay.
CONGRATS!

SURF - ONE OF THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT MATTERS

F.I.B. CX RACING ------------------

can't really seem to get motivated to go race with the F.I.B's this weekend. it's winter! i don't really want to think about racing bikes right now but rather ripping down Apre' on the way to Chickenyard with B Davis. Fuck...I need to go get sideways soon.

IGOR @ THE BLASTER 2008

JESS AND JEFFER DOWN UNDER

HERE'S JEFFER GETTING A LITTLE CRIT RACING DONE IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE HE AND JESS HAVE THEIR BABY.
HE'S THE ONE IN BLACK AND PINK.

TURKEY DAY RIDE

THANKSGIVING DAY RIVER TRAILS.
GOT OUT FOR A GREAT RIDE WITH JESSE AND MARK.
PRETTY MUCH PERFECT SUNNY WISCO WINTER DAY.

SO CAL SUICIDE

HB

WI STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

DECIDED TO RACE 30+ MASTERS WITH THE CREW. JEREMY, RONSTA, MIKE, RONKO, JERRY, AND ALL THE OTHER LOCAL 30 + DUDES. WE ENDED UP HAVING ABOUT 25 OR SO AT THE START. AS USUAL I WENT OUT HOT AND THEN RONSTA PUNCHED IT AND I HAD HIS WHEEL. AFTER THE BARRIERS I WENT FOR IT AND GOT A GAP AND WENT WITH IT. 3 QUARTERS AROUND THE FIRST LAP I ROLLED MY FREAKING TUBULAR AND WAS PRETTY MUCH OUT IN MY MIND... ROLLED INTO THE PITS AS THE GANG PASSED ME. I TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND DECIDED TO TRY AND ROLL IT BACK ON AND SURE ENOUGH...POP.... I'M BACK IN THE RACE.... I CHASED THE BOYS DOWN. ONE BY ONE I GOT BACK IN. RONSTA AND JEREMY SEEMED TO NOT BE FEELING THAT RAD.... I GOT PATRICK AND NOW I HAD TO GET ONE MORE DUDE....SEAN I THINK HIS NAME IS. WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE AND THEN I TOOK HER UP A NOTCH AND GOT A GAP AND HELD IT TO THE FINISH.
STOKED!
WISCONSIN STATE CHAMP 30+

MIKE AND RONKO HAD A GOOD RACE GOING TOO...BOTH WITHIN THE TOP 10.... NICE FUEL KITS BOYS....YOU LOOK HOT!

TWS - THOWBACK THURSDAY - CHILE

CHECK OUT THIS LINK MY BUDDY AT 32 SENT ME TODAY.....THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN I JUST HAD TO WORRY ABOUT SHREDDING! TWS THROWBACK THURSDAY

WHITEWATER CX

Whitewater brought a cold and hilly CX day. Mike, Kevin and I drove up to spend the day racing and watching in the cold. Here's a few pics of me and the boys!


Joe crossed up!Scotty J

Ronko

Kevin Sparrow run up!Joe C

Mike with the holeshot!

Brian Merklien getting it done!

See ya at the final race on Sunday.

OZ

My bro Jeffer is living in Sydney for the past few months with his wife Jess. They are within 2 weeks of having their first child. Holly shit. I can't believe it. Anyway, they are pretty much livin the epic life. Jeff has been racing road bikes with a few new auzie friends of his. Every week Mike and I get the race reports from him and we send him the race reports from the CX weekend. It's pretty rad. Anyway, thought I would share this pic of my bro and his new boys!

HALLOWEEN CX WEEKEND

KICK ASS WEEKEND BOYS........
MORE PICS AT GARAGE864.COM

PAIN CAVE

Kletsch park is riding sick.
I think the Polska boys buffed it out yesterday.
Here’s the climb that is gonna kill everyone. 3 times up it. Front side run up, then back side climb, then front side traverse.

Get ready to enter the PAIN CAVE!

FINAL DAYS AT THE BEECH

23 Tuesday Night Rides
4-6 Weekend Rides
1 (4 lap) Blaster
60 + laps

This place is epic. Thanks Mike and Jay for the kick ass season!

16.78

Curtes Speedvagen 16.78 lbs - Milwaukee Carbon Tubulars
Sick as Fuck!

Wash Park CX
I never thought I would be starting next to a M&M on another SV.
Turns out it's Kevin Sparrow - the dude who painted my SV out in Portland. Thanks Kev!
Wash Park was killer. Mt bike style course, good weather, good friends, fire, beer, bells, a perfect cross day in Oct. Ended up 2nd in Cat 3. Motivation for CX has stared.
Check out more pics at WWW.GARAGE864.COM under CX

Thanks Josh - check this little vid Josh B made. I'll get ya back at Kletsch.

BEECHWOOD BLASTER!

Rollin down the drive on our way to 2 + hours of hell.

Who's this guy wearing the skin suit?

My boy Douglas getting some for Team Polska

Bender looking for his first Beechwood jersey.

Kev Dog

Joe C

Joshua gettin some on the Milwaukee at Joe's Bowl. Sickter!

Barry D - my boy from CO - Before!

After!

The Blaster was sick. The weather was perfect and the racing was hot. 1 and 2 lap racers were putting it down. Some of these guys and gals out there haven't ridden a bike much at all this year and they were getting after it. Super rad to see it. Then the 3 and 4 lap guys had at it. I seemed to put a little to much into the parade lap for some but I guess I was just excited. As we came around and headed out for lap 1, Maciej put the gas at full and was followed by Ronsta and Bender. After settling in to the race, Ronsta and Bender were out front being chased by pretty much everyone. After 3 beers and lots of leg cramps, the race was over. Barry hit the dirt only because he had so much power that he spun the wheel on a wet bridge and went down..... and of course, he was catching me. Yeah right!
Abbey won the women's 3 lap race.
Bender took the 4 lap men's title followed by Ronsta in 2nd and JC in 3rd.
Epic! See ya next year.

TWIN SIX

WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANKS TO THE BOYS AT TWIN SIX FOR THE SUPPORT THIS SEASON. YOUR SHIT RULES!

THE BEECH

****BEECHWOOD****

2 DAYS AND COUNTING!

Fish Out of Water

This is Barry. He thinks he's fast because he lives in Vail. He's on a plane right now coming to Wisco to race Beechwood and seems to think that we Wisconsin boys don't know about Mt biking and that Beechwood is just a trail. He is in for an awakening!

WORS FINAL - SHEBOYGAN

2008 WORS is finally over. Ended the year with a super fun race at Sheboygan. Got the $20 bucks for the holeshot award and ended up getting 2nd for the day. Darin stared in the 1st wave and I just couldn't catch him. But I took the Overall COMP title for the year. STOKED!

One more MTB race -----------BEECHWOOD ! -------Fuck it's gonna be hard.

Friday in the Fall......the days are getting shorter and the night colder. After work rides are almost non existent. I had to sneak in a 20 min ride back to work from lunch today. Even got a few sections of single track. STOKED! 1 week until the BLASTER...