Today was a pretty good day although the results weren't what Whitney was hoping for. She was up early and off to the course with Chad. Things were run a bit different than she was used to, although it's how NorAm races are run. They ran two time trial runs; for the women they took the top eight directly into the brackets after the first run. The rest of the field did a second time trial and they took the top eight from that into the brackets, the rest were done. Whitney had a decent time in her first run and finished 16th. Her second run was faster but so were some of the other girls and she unfortunately ended the day in 17th and didn't make the cut. It's unfortunate since her strength is racing not time trials. She was really upset but there's something to learn from every race. I think that although she didn't make the cut she still had a good day racing.
She's off riding with Chad and some of the other guys from Massanutten who aren't racing today. She's also going to stop by the Donek tent and see about taking some boards for a test ride. She's been riding on a borrowed Donek board for this season and wants to look at one that would fit her better.
Later...I caught up with her and the Massanutten guys by the NeverSummer tent at the vendor village. They got a bunch of stickers and had a good talk with the NS reps that were there. Whitney is sponsored by NS and riding one of their boards, mainly for her fun trips to the mountains these days as they doesn't make race boards. She loved the Donek board that she tried, and it has nothing to do with the fact that it was a yellow board although that didn't hurt. The board that she tried was a much better size for her and she loved the way that it rode. Time to save up the money to buy a new board or talk to them to see if they'll sponsor her, which would be awesome.
Dinner and hanging out with the Massanutten guys tonight, packing, then up early for our shuttle to the airport.
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