The first race of the season was at Wintergreen. We were surprised at the number of people there, almost twice as many as we were used to seeing at Appalachian Series BX events. Probably the best news of the day was that there were four kids from Massanutten competing so a coach was sent along. The other good news is that the course was much better than last time we were there two years ago.
As usual Whitney was the only girl in her age group. She raced with a girl in the next lower group. She did amazingly well! She took off super fast from the start, did not speed check at the first turn, and flew it down the mountain. She didn't really realize how fast she was going until she crossed the finish line and crashed. She overshot the landing for some rollers just before the finish and ended up on the ground just after the finish line. The other girl she was with crashed into the nets at the first turn. When we were talking to her coach after that run, was impressed with her speed and said he heard some of the other competitors comment about her lack of a speed check are turn.
Her second run she took a slight bit slower but was still pretty fast. It helped to have a coach there and she really enjoyed having the other boys from the team there to cheer her on.
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