Day 1: Not a thing went as expected! Cold weather, pour planning, bad starts, mechanical issues, crashes, it was a pure day in hell! Capped off by Hoffen's worst ever finishes (besides TameWolfs DNF in NCCX #4)Will with 15th and yourself turely right behind with 16th. Some may say it was bad JuJu caused by a certain 9yr olds picture in a certain person's wheel...(sorry). Local boy and Cane Creeker Jim Morrison decided to show up and see what this thing called cross is all about. Jim suprising us all and beating both Hoffens pulled a 12th place finish. Not to shabby for a first time cross racer, Good job Jim. After the shame settled, the plan then turned to, "how do we forget what just happened? I know lets drink!" And drink is one thing Hoffens excell at no matter what the situation. So after sticking around to watch the rest of the days festivities, mainly Jeramiah Bishop's dominatin of the pro race, we decided to head back to base camp for reflection and replenishment and a little more foolery. As we tucked ourselves down to sleep we all thought tomorrow's another day...
Day 2: Neither Hoffen was amped about racing. The day befores stench still sat strong. But thanks to our lovely hosts Spanky and KB's yelling at the top of their lungs!!!! we found new life. We both had great starts sitting about 5th and 7th. After two fell in front of us were we sitting pretty in the lead group. But not all was to be... Will washed out on a crutial turn, dropped his chain and went down leaving him in the chase pack struggling to get back on and ultimately finishing in 16th. I on the other hand found myself in an unfamiliar place, trading blows with the lead group and feeling great, railing corners, clipping in perfectly, and finally riding the infimous "wall" well. So with all said and done i crossed the line in a suprising 7th and quite stoked about it considering the day before. Our buddy Mr. Morrison also improved on the day before finishing 10th.
Special thanks to KB and Spanky for putting us up and providing plently of good times and encouraging words. Thanks Guys!
Spanky's gentle encouragement....!
good form there Jim....
the source of all my woes.... sorry KB still love ya....
why can everyone but me have a mustache???
why can everyone but me have a mustache???
Tapping off a weekend of cross with tiny tasty treats from Wendy's
Jermiah Bishop is a B.A.M.F. winning both pro races with ease....
dopest kit and team ever created!! (besides the Hoff)
photo of the year!! defenitely worth framing! yours truely going down during day 1... im still in one piece dont worry.
dopest kit and team ever created!! (besides the Hoff)
photo of the year!! defenitely worth framing! yours truely going down during day 1... im still in one piece dont worry.
So with the coming Holiday the Hoffen cross boys will have to wait till Dec. 7th for the final race in the NCCX at Salisbury, NC to see where we'll finish in the series. Stay tuned people...
2 comments:
You guys have to come back - Eric keeps having flashbacks of the race and he keeps screaming at me to "pedal, pedal, pedal", "push it", and "catch him"!!! He's already having withdrawals, so much so that he's considering bulk ordering plastic trumpets for next year. P.S. Did you take my picture for future blackmail? I think Joshica did.
thats one hot glamour shot KB . . .
hate to hear that it didn't go as planned for all involved, but congrats kyle. and your crash looked sweet. nice camera work to whoever took that one.
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