Race photos

I updated some World Cup#1 pics on my '07 Race Photo album.
There are cool DH and 4X pics!!
Check it out and give me some comment!!

Photo by Austrian photographer Tom Hauke.
And special thanks to MS-Racing.

Vienna bike tour

There was Claudio's Junior Camp in Scoul last weekend.
It was fun to teach for young rider and girls rider!
Also fun to ride with them.

Hey girls, Cheeeeeeese!

Now I'm in Vienna, Austria.
MS racing team's mechanic Christian took me to the Vienna bike tour today!
I visited to bike shop "MOUNTAINBIKER.AT"before go to downtown.

It was cool bike shop. A lot of high spec bikes and nice display.

Then we went to some famous place in Vienna.
It was so much fun to ride around downtown.



I have been to Vienna 11 years ago, and I visited almost same place!
I enjoyed so much today and happy to visit to Vienna again.

Stuck in Paris...

I'm in Zurich, Switzerland now.
I was travel with MS racing rider Claudio from Vigo, Spain to Zurich but we had bad luck...
The flight from Vigo to Paris was delay and we run in huge paris airport and arrive in gate 10min before departure.
But aircraft was already departed... We couldn't believe that...
We have to stay in Paris one night because there is no flight to Zurich (actually there was a flight to Zurich but different airlines and they didn't booked that for us...).

Anyway this weekend Claudio has junior DH camp in Scuol, Switzerland.
I will be teacher this weekend also!! Must be fun!
I'm looking forward to seeing junior rider!

WC#1 results

There was 4X race last night.
Women start from Semi-Final and I was trying hard to go to the final.
I had a good start and following the Jill Kintner in the first corner.
Then when I go to the second corner(there is drop off inside), girl came in my line and she couldn't make a drop off and crash... I landing on her...
You can see my crash from here.
Anyway I end up 6th.

Today we had Downhill race.
It was rain from last night...
Some section was slippy but not too bad when the final start.
I had stupid crash (again!!) in the corner and I end up 10th in Downhill.

Too much things going on this week and I was a little nervous when I riding, but the new bikes feels so good and getting comfortable.
So next world cup will be better!!

New bikes

Check it out my new lovely bikes!

Downhill bike is INTENSE "SOCOM" and it is custom!
Bike is so light and small.
Actually the bike just build up this morning and I had practice today.
I was feeling so good on the SOCOM today's practice.




4X bike is "Spider" also custom.
There was qualifying today and I only had four run practice.
But I was 4th place! It mean bikes sooo good!





I would like to say thank you for MS racing team manager Lukas and MS racing mechanic Christian!
Also I would like to say thank you for Jeff of INTENSE CYCLES!
I'm so glad to ride his awesome bikes!

MS racing PIT

I'm in Vigo, Spain now.
Here is super nice weather!!

We set up the MS INTENSE FACTORY TEAM tent yesterday.
It was huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge!!!



They also have double decker bus!

1st place in Japan series#1

There was Japan series#1 in Hakodateyama, Shiga yesterday.
I was 1st place in Semi-Final and Fianl!

The track was mainly single track and switchbacks.
It was no problem to ride 6.6 bike on this track.
But in final run the track was getting slippy loose ground and a lot of braking bumps, so I had to save the speed.

Final results
1. Mio Suemasa 3:58.751
2. Hiroka Nakagawa 4:10.960 +12.208 28.69
3. Karey Watanabe 4:13.359 +14.608 28.42


I'll flight to Europe tomorrow and World Cup#1 in Vigo, Spain coming up next next weekend.

#1 National Series

1st National DH series coming up this weekend.
I'll ride with Intense 6.6 bike.
Should be fun to race!!