Crankworx Colorado

We went out and scoped the course on the morning of the qualifiers.  It rained hard the previous day, so we were welcomed with a slimy course.  The course builders were hard at work though, and got everything running in no time!

 

Soon practice was on, and with an hour and a half before qualifiers, it was time to get lines figured out.  I figured out a solid run, and managed to get it on my first qualifier run!  I ended up qualifying 15th, making it into finals the next day.  We got a bit of rain later that day, and with thunderstorms on the forecast, nobody knew if the finals would happen.  We woke up to some nice sunny weather, and practice was on again!  With some gnarly looking clouds coming over the mountains, finals began and everyone headed up to the top.  I started my run tailwhipping the top drop, but overcleared a bit and overshot the next jump, not making it onto the wallride.  The wind started going crazy for everyone’s 2nd runs, with most people not making it through.  I tried tailwhipping the drop again, but landed a little weird and slid out.  The organizers let everyone redo their 2nd runs when the wind stopped.  About an hour later, we were back at the top ready to drop in.  I ended up getting my run, where I tailwhipped the drop, no-foot-canned the hip, foot-planted the T-Jump, 1-foot x-upped onto the whale tail, tailwhipped off, flipped the last jump, and tailwhipped the quarter.  It felt great making it through, especially after the 2 previous runs.  I ended up in 6th once everyone’s 2nd runs were through, so I’m super pumped on that!

 

I just got one of the Wildcard Invites for Kokanee Crankworx as well, so I’m psyched for that!  Chillin up in Whistler right now, riding and having a good time!

-Fogel

Fogelsode #25: Bend Slalom

I finally got around to putting some footage together from Cob’s and my trip to Bend for Jamie’s UpsideDown and UnderGround contest.  Unfortunately we didn’t get any footage of the contest, but Gunnar killed it with an awesome edit here.  One of the days was super windy, so the locals showed us around.  One of their spots was the slalom track, which we ended up riding until dark because it was so fun!  It’s a huge run down the hill with big berms and nice sized jumps, which left everyone smiling run after run.  I’ll let the video do the rest of the talking, but it’s definitely worth checking out if you’re ever near by.  The end of the video is just the result of a 10 hour drive.

Enjoy!

-Jack

ANKLES not Kankles!

 

Not sure if the entire world knows this yet but my biggest Tendon in my body decided to snap while out for a ride. Luckily I am Canadian so I simply went in for Surgery and had it repaired. It sucks as much as you would think it would suck so I do not recommend this to anyone. I take that back, I wish this on the entire US/ Canada Vancouver border Commercial Truck Crossing  staff who were on shift at 10 am April 12th!  Everyone on hand in that office, both legs, except the tall skinny guy with balding head, he is off the wish list.

The Point is we have zero offerings for ankle protection and yes there are some things you can buy out there but Swede-o has patents and they are deep in the medical world.

 

The day I crashed was a mellow day and the only day I never put my Ankle loc brace on. If I had it on, no big deal, I could have taken the hit. Hindsight is 20/20 but I really am on a mission to introduce the brand to all riders.

 

Jack Fogelquist rides them, Casey Groves should have had them on when he popped his ankle at Ranchstyle –Gold fool!.

I will be bringing these braces into the market even if Swede-o says no, go away but they need to be out there just like how we now have neck protection.

 

My caption is this photo is cute… “Finally I don’t have to wipe my ass anymore, thanks paralysis”!  Not funny I know but maybe a little.

When I get back on the bike … next year I will be in the braces 24/7 when on a bike, no excuses. But they are not for post injury and they are super easy to wear and you lace them up loose and they will just be there on impact and prevent rolls.

http://www.swedeo.com/anklelok.htm

Basically they work, no hype or over selling needed but no one knows of them since you usually need to get messed up and research on your own. After you wash them and wear them in, they are super flexible and you never know they are there.

 

Put on some Swede-o’s they help when you throw the bike.

Don’t be like me!