Goat Style 2010

So Goat Style was a success. Lots or riding, crazy windstorms, Partys, and lots of people. Reece Wallece, Matt Montandon, ( the Airprentice winner) and I started are tip off in whistler at about 9:30 Am. we all met up at my place in whistler and packed up my small 1995 VW golf that has no muffler, no clutch, or headlights… once we where all jamed up into my “compact” car we made started are long drive to Creston B.C. about two hours into are drive we arived in Vancouver, where we pulled into the Toyota headquarters where we unloaded the Golf and loaded up are bikes and bags into a Brand new 2011 Scion XB! we got everything loaded and on the road shortly in when felt like a fararii compared to my hurting golf. nine and half hours we where in cresrton and checked into are hotel and in bed resting up for a big day full of practice and fridaynight lights…  

 

The next moring we made are way over to the cource after a quick breakfest at the Break in time Cafe. looking over the cource at first glance i was super stoked! they had defently upped the size of the contest from last year wish i was pumped on.

The top of the cource, a lot bigger then years past!

 practice went really well thhat day got all the lines diald had an idea of what i was going to do in my runs the next day. once practice came to a close everyone grabbed a shovel, rake, hose and went to work making the last two jumps butter for the upcoming friday night lights contest. once the sun was down they broke out the flud lights and let the 20 rides loose on the cource starting at the “wale tale” feature on the cource and coming into the last two jumps…. tones of people got a buch of cash, greg threw a perfect double backflip. mike tryed his new California role, logan did some sevens, and flipwhips, I got my first frontflip tuck on dirt, and tryed frontflipping out of the wale tale (something i had been thinking about for a wile).

 day two brought us the qualifiers. I woke up that morning soarer then i have ever been from blowing up on the front out of the wale tale the night befor i evened up with a fractured left foot, giant charlie horse on my right leg, black eye,  and a seperated shoulder. after breakfest and 8 tylonol i decided i was not going to ride as i was just way to sore and beat up. being the person i am though i could not stay off my bike. once I saw the senoir advanced boys out practicing i got the medial staff to tape up my foot and shoulder and i grabed my killswich and headed up for my quallie runs. I was not going to push it to qualify i figured i would get to the bottom and call it since I was in so much pain. I ended up with a pretty solid safe run, nothing close to what I had planned but under the sercemstances I was happy. ended up in 12th spot at the end of the day! 

Justin fliping it up in qualies

 

shortly after the senior advanced qualifiers had ended Hericane Billy hit…. a gnarly wind storm we names Billy raged throug the town of creston ripping tents banners and not to mention the start feature to the cource down! Luckly no one was hurt and the goat style crew pulled an all nighter cleaning and rebuiding a sick new start feature to the cource.

Goatpocalips after the huricane billy rolled through Creston

the morning of finals we all got up early to go take a look at the new start feature on the cource. we where all a little nervuse not having any practice on it and having are final runs that day with only a short practice before. Everyone got sorted on the new drop in and it wa game on. I had just squeeked into the finals with a score of 65.00 getting me 12th spot, so I was first to drop. I ended up with two pretty solid runs landing me in 4th place over

 

Justin spinning the wale tale in his final run

all, I was stoked! Aggy finished up 3rd, Mike M (M&M) in 2nd, and double or nothing greg in 1st. It was an awesome weekend and can not wait untill next year! the goatstyle crew killed it again with a steller cource and great hospitality. 

 

 

Big thanks to Nsmb, Scion for hooking my up with the XB for the weekend, Blackmarket, Rockstar energey drinks, and Demon Dirt.