Change, is inevitable

There comes a time in everyone's life where things change. Things will always change, and we as people have to accept, and deal with these changes. There have been some significant changes in my life as of late, but its all part of life.

I will no longer be racing SBX.

I thought that if I were to train hard enough, work at it, and believe in myself, that I could do it.

But things change.

It occurred to me, that SBX wasn't my passion in life, and that's why I could never progress with the sport. Sure, I followed the races, kept on top of my training, kept a keen interest in the sport, but I didn't posses that drive that athletes need to succeed.
All throughout my SBX experience, I've always felt out of place; like I didn't belong there, that I wasn't doing things right.

That's because I DIDN'T belong there. I didn't feel as though I had a firm enough grasp on the sport and its members. There just wasn't any sort of camaraderie, no real reason for me to go back, for anything other than my own satisfaction with the sport; no one to share it with. Everyone I've met out there had their own agenda, and it made it very hard to go anywhere with all these selfish attitudes around.
On top of all that, I didn't really have the skills to compete at the upper echelon I had hoped to one day become a part of. I felt that all the hard work that I had put into this were for naught.

But thats all in the past, and I have something WAAAY the hell better than SBX!

Something that I AM good at, That I DO understand. Something that I can share with those in, and outside the community.

I've even met one of my closest, and most trustworthy friends through this new venture.

Rally.

I cant even describe what rallying means to me. Its given me some of the best memories, and friends I will ever have.
Never in my life, have I felt so accepted, and whole when I'm at a rally.

Based on these new found feelings, and passion, I've decided to pursue rallying.
I've been saving all I can to buy a rally car, and to get out of the marshal bib, and into the driver's seat.

I am forever grateful to my friend, and co-driver, Nicole, for helping me get into this amazing lifestyle.

Heres hoping our first rally goes well!

2nd Annual Rock the Castle FIS Boardercross next week!

So I found out through fis-ski.com, that there is an FIS event down in castle next Sunday. No mention through the ASA as usual, but I am excited to race again.
The thing is though, once I read that there was an event taking place, I felt nervous, rather than stoked at first. I'm not too sure why that is, but if I can get down there, I'm sure I'll do fine.

I'm still awaiting a reply to my inquiry into the event, but if the ASA wants me to buy a $60 membership for a single event, they can forget it. I'll pay the entry fees and lift passes, of course, but if they wanna gouge me for one event for the WHOLE bloody season, that's just ridiculous. I may not even be fast enough to make the 1/8 finals, so whats the point in dropping over $200 on an event? I'd really like to get some competition experience, but not for that much, when I have no income as of right now due to schooling.

Its frustrating as hell to try to reason this out, but I just have to be patient, a virtue that I unfortunately posses.

I'll know whats going on as soon as I get a reply, I can make my decision then.

2 finals, 2 medals!

The event i've been waiting for all these years, has finally come, and gone, and with some GREAT (and not so great unfortunatly...) results! Both Mike Robertson, and Maelle Ricker have won medals in the Boardercross events at CypresMountain!

Robertson, ranked 10th(i think) in the world cup standings, comes in on 50 to 1 odds leading to the main event. 3rd overall in qualifying, he went on to win all his heat races! In the big final, however, he was narrowly beaten by American boardercross legend, and one of my personal heroes, Seth Wescott. Still, and incredible finish for Robertson, despite that tiny little bounce on one of the final rollers.

Ricker, had an almost identical set of circumstances as Robertson did leading into the finals. Although there was a bit of controversy involving American Lindsay Jacobellis, Ricker went on to win the Big final, and the Gold Medal!

Props to both of them, and I sincerly hope that C.O.P. Will bring back a Boardercross course in light of these recent results.

Also, Dom Maltais from Quebec, crashed out in both of her qualifiers, due to some extremely shitty weather.

These results have re-ignighted my love of the sport, as I knew it would. Now, all I've gotta do, is get myself ready to kick some ass next season!

The Wait is Finally over

5 years.

5 years I've been waiting for this(well techincally it starts tomorrow) day.

I tried to make it, but sometimes, life happens.

Its the 21st Winter olympiad, Vancouver 2010 of course! And I am BEYOND stoked! I've been keeping up with our athletes (not just the boardercrossers), and I have a VERY good feeling that we are going to win this year! We are the only host nation in HISTORY to have not won a gold medal on home soil.

Well, thats about to change.

I have, and I will always support our athletes, because I know the dedication, the hard work, and the sacrifice it takes to get to the olympics. I just wish I had the support to get me there.

Good luck everyone, and I know I wont be dissapointed!

2010, not so great so far...

No races at all at C.O.P.

Not even a course this year.

How's a guy supposed to get competitive if I cant even train properly?

I've started to train again, albeit, not as hard as I was a year ago.
Im mainly just been doing a certain amount of pushups and crunches a day, and seeing where that takes me for the time being. Also began to eat a little healthier, that always helps the cause.

Still kind of depressed though, girl stuff mostly, which is odd, considering I dont even have a girlfriend. There is a promising lead, but I'm still uncertain as to whether or not she even feels the same about me.

Quite the conundrum.

For she's not only my friend, shes also my partner, and if I mess things up somehow, or things get awkward and weird, then im out both.

I have no idea what I'm going to do about this, its eating me alive it is. I just cant seem to confirm my suspiscions, which sucks for a guy like me. In case you havent noticed the last 7 lines were just on the one problem, and nothing else. That answers your questions as to where my thoughts are going.

I do, however, have a feeling that this whole situation will work out for the best, whether she and I start a relationship, or we just stay partners.

Now all I've gotta do is to wait for February 12th of course...

2010 here I come!

Ok, so Im really stoked for the 09/10 season, but there arent many races that I feel Im eligible for. So far, all the FIS caliber races are all NorAm Cups, and Im not sure if a novice like myself could even enter, let alone qualify for.

The problem here, is that If I make it alll the way out to the race, I've gotta pay for airfare, hotel, and all that jazz, and would all that be worth it, if I fail to qualify? And the worst part is, I can't really get any experience otherwise, so its kindof a double-edged sword here.

I also dont really have to money for it just now, but in a couple of months I think ill be fine. And, to help with the costs, I've started building lonboards in my spare time! You can all check out the facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Compston-Longboards/158050609928?ref=ts

I'm also going to start rally car racing within a year or so, so its going to be a HUGE squeeze, but I can probably do this with the right attitude and approach.

Its been a while...

...and I haven't been training very well.

So here's the story.

After the last race at Castle, I sort of fell off the world of training and sunk into a deep depression, mostly brought on with job dissatisfaction, constant rejection, and just general laziness.

Needless to say, I've got to turn things around if I ever want to achieve my dreams of becoming an Olympian.

In the last 2 weeks, I've racked up about 60 Cumulative kilometers on the bike, and, well, lets just say that the lack of working out was REALLY evident on my rides.

I WILL keep going, even if it kills me. I've got so much riding on this, and I really want to be there, at Sochi in 5 years.

And I just have to remember that Vancouver is just a couple of months away! That'll give me a much needed morale boost!