Tamara, Bre and I rode the Canyons in the sunshine on Friday. Here is what I wrote to my skills coach Gene Hamilton of BetterRide:
I need to give you credit for this big air. You stood at those jumps with me 14 months ago and had to talk me through going off the smallest one. I was scared out of my mind and never ever thought the biggest one would ever be in my bag of tricks. But as I was riding yesterday I realized I was getting big air everywhere on the trails and so I rolled up to the big jump and went off without a second thought. Then proceeded to go off it 8 more times, hollering joyfully the entire time! Thank you for teaching me the skills to go from a scared XC racer to a girl that loves big air!