part 1: Oceanias

Being the lucky wee lass I am I headed off to Thredbo Australia last Wednesday the 21st to go fry sum shreemp (shrimp) on the barrrrrr bee (bbq). Unfortunately for me there was neither shrimp nor bbq so I had to resort to bike riding. This was the Oceania’s and is hotly contested between the kangaroos and the kiwis. The DH track was rather long coming in at 7 minutes. The track was pedally and had several intense switch back sections within the woods. I didn't feel that I was riding all that great and really just needed a boot up the butt(is that classed as smacking) to get my A into G. There were 3 kiwis and several Ausie girls out to attempt world domination for the weekend. Included in that was Scarlett Hagen (current nz champ/ 04 jnr world champs) and Tracey Hannah (current junior world champ). With these two competing I had largely accepted that I wasn’t likely to win. In saying that you would understand how hard my jaw hit the ground when I won by 8 seconds including a crash. I believe I have to thank my fitness from couriering for that one. I also competed in the mtnx (BMX for mountain bikes) and managed 2nd on my DH bike, but thats only thanks to Scarlett who took out the competition. In all it was an awesome few days. check out the photos of all the hung over kids taking a break from bus trip and cameron one of the kiwis riding.