Well round one of the Dew action sports tour is over and it didn't go half bad. Last year in Baltimore we dealt with nothing but wind and rain delays that postponed the event three days, this year we actually had pretty decent weather, just a little wind at times, but we are trained professionals so you can't scare us!! I was really nervous for this event for some reason, since coming back from my injury I have only ridden one major contest and I rode horrible, and after that I had just rode the Crusty shows which is fun, but doesn't really push you to your limits. I had two days of practice at home coming in to this event and was feeling really good. I also knew I didn't have any new flip tricks though so I couldn't come into this thing with high expectations, I just wanted to come out of the event safe and give it 100%. I went out for my first run nervous as hell but strangely confident if that makes any sense haha. I rolled in and got to business and at the end of 90 seconds I was really pleased with my run. When my score came in I was tenth......out of 10 haha. A lot of the guys messed up in their first runs or didn't use the whole course, but these days in FMX none of that matters, if you have 4-5 crazy flip tricks you are set. It frustrated me that they judge me off myself and the fact that I didn't come in with anything new, instead of judging me based on how everyone else rode, but I had to stick to my plan of just having fun and riding good and not caring where I finished. For my second run I knew I had nothing to lose, it's not like I could finish any worse. I went out, completely switched up my run and then also added two flip tricks that I have been working on but are far from perfected. As I figured I messed up one of the new flips and figured that was all she wrote. Somehow though I got a higher score for a half ass run?? That's FMX for you, the judging makes about as much sense as diving off a building head first. All in all I accomplished what I set out to do, I felt so good about my runs and came out healthy so that gives me some confidence rolling into summer X games in August, that's the only event that really matters to me and I really want to be top 3 there and get another medal!! I am at home now and finally have a couple weeks to myself, so this means lots of golf, guitar, and of course practice so I am excited!!
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