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ESPN Winter X-Games VII
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January 30th through February 2nd marked the
seventh running of the ESPN Winter X-Games in Aspen, Colorado. Kurt
qualified for the Hillcross competition at the games, which is an
enormous achievement. The team spent several weeks building and
preparing a machine capable of running with the big boys of the sport,
and when they arrived in Aspen their goal was met, this machine rocked.
After several hours of testing at high altitude in Aspen, Kurt and his
sled were ready for the task at hand. The games were ongoing for several
days before the Hillcross competition, so the whole team was able to
take in some of the best extreme sports events on the planet. Once
Sunday rolled around, it was go time, and everything and everyone seemed
poised to win. In the first round of qualifying, Kurt made a hard charge
to the front of the pack at about a quarter of the way up the hill,
everything looked good until he hit an off camber jump and was shot
right off the track and off his sled, also spraining his ankle. Then
came round 2, with his ankle taped up Kurt was ready to go, again he
made an aggressive charge to the front only to get together with Tucker
Hibbert and again get dismounted. Things remained the same in round
three, a big let down for Kurt as he hit a big jump that jarred some
controls and killed the machine, ending his hopes for being first to the
top at this years games. Some other hopefuls had the same kind of luck
though, which just goes to show that it can happen to anyone at anytime.
There was definitely some good things to come of this experience though,
Kurt now knows how to test and tune his machines, the team worked
together better and harder than ever before, and everyone got to meet
and see some of the best athletes in the world. Now the team moves
forward to the Hillcross season back in the Midwest, after the lessons
learned in Aspen, everyone is ready to rule the hills back home and make
an honest charge at qualifying for the 2004 X-Games.
Pictures may be slow!!!
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