Dogtooth Dash race

This last week-end was the Easter long week-end and also our last Canadian Cup race of the year.

Kicking Horse had its 2nd annual Canadian Championship race and it was very well organized and put together once again. We had a yummy dinner on Friday night along with our race briefing. The race next morning started at a casual time of 11am, with some music and people at the top of Eagle’s Eye.

We started with the usual sprint around the Eagle’s Eye’s restaurant, which always makes for an interesting start to watch, followed by a Chinese downhill and our first ascent. Billie and I fought for the 2nd position until our 4th descent, where I started taking some lead. Melanie was well ahead having her own “battle” with Alex,  meanwhile Reiner was also well in the lead. Miss Pierra Menta aka Andrew McNab placed well with the second place. Jeff had an unfortunate fall which cost him the race since he hit his head hard and couldn’t see straight for a little while.

See here for results

This last week-end was also special because of Jeff’s family presence. His mom and dad flew a few days earlier to be part of the event. We also had the pleasant surprise to spend the week-end with Jeff’s sister’s family along with her husband’s family as well. Everybody enjoyed the snow and the time together as they all live back east!

River, Jeff’s 8 yr old nephew, showed us around on skis at Kicking Horse on Sunday. River had no problem ripping down CPR ridge, the White Wall, Terminator Pk….you name it! Jeff, Andrew (dad) and I skied like little 8 year old kids and had lots of fun! River also managed to bring uncle Jeff, Antoinette and myself to go tubing on Saturday night. What a fun week-end!