Gurston

Today is the day after Gurston. Gurston is a meeting of memebers of the UK Gravity Sports Association. Mostly lugers attend but stand-up skaters turn up too. Well yesterday I was one of those skaters. Having only done downhill 3 times before I was absolutely crapping myself when I stood at the top of the run, in full leathers and with a full-face helmet. very very scared.


Joel on the start line

The first corner is awesome, footbraking down from 35mph+ the corner is a right hander. A very big right hander. All 4 wheels sliding sort of right hander. Then you get up straight onto the footbrake again for a left hander followed by another left hander.


2nd corner

Joel had a bet with a few people before i started that:I would get under 1 minute 10 and I would have a stack.
Well...... I got under 1.10.. I got 58.7 ... the following run I nominated, hit the first corner faster than I had eved imagined all 4 wheels sliding then took the second at serious speed. juat about made it round but clipped the rumble strips and flew off the front of the board, landed on my shoulder and hip. Got up and finished.
So today i am struggling to move my arm but with a huge grin. I think I got the second fastest stand-up time of the day and everyone was saying that nobody had ever done a sub 60 on their first day!!


Thanks to everyone I met. I will see you at the next one.