Words: frankenpilot
GGR hosted race five in our six race series. Last week was a cardio challenge, this week was all speed down Atomic Dog! Big thank you to
Transition Bikes Outpost who hosted the Après. Transition is both a race series title sponsor and a GGR team sponsor. Steve and crew at the outpost rolled out the red carpet for us. Owner Kevin Menard started marinating the bulgogi days before the race! Kerry Young and the OutPost eats crew served up deliciousness from the truck as well. What can we say, the perfect way to end a perfect day. The weather, race, and community was EPIC! Thank you so much for the love and support.
Race #5 in the series was the fast paced Atomic Dog in perfect conditions!
Heather Carter is the official series photographer. This weeks set of photos is pretty dang special, anyone wondering if the day was as good as the pictures, it, was....hope you agree!
CAS charging through with help from Schwalbe, Transition, FANATIK, TLD, and CushCore...Heather always gets the shot!
You can learn more about the races at
www.GalbraithGravity.com and register to race on Bike Reg at
http://www.bikereg.com/ggrspringseries. Please give our program a follow on
Instagram. Come race! You can win raffle prizes including grips from Sensus, TLD Helmets, FANATIK Bike, DVO Suspension, Schwalbe Tires, Ride Wrap, Muc-Off Goodies, Liet Apparel and more! If you want to donate to the team, we are a 501.c.3 charity and can be found on Venmo @ggrmtb under charities! Thank you in advance.
Sarah checking in the racers when she isn't raising amazing humans (JT and Brandon)
Cleo handing out some race predictions!
Thank you to all the Seattle Area racers making the journey north
Arts and crafts time getting ready for podiums
Thanks to the whole crew getting it done!
Radley off on the first race of his life! Way to go Radley.
Radley on the way...we will move one of those fingers to the other brake next practice session
Radley's brother Miles sent this race chainless right after this drop!
Gunnar makes it look so easy
Kallie with her hair in the breeze!
Kaiden and Radley going head to head in the U7 category - with the shared 2 fingers on one, none on the other braking technique...we will get that sorted! Kaiden is officially the most stoked kid on the mountain.
Jonah rocking the A Dog drop
How long till he is on Blue Steel?
Charly matching up the bike, fork and race plate!
Parker flying through the berms
Chandler Unick has found another gear this season!
Oliver Brandberry charging to P1
Tilly's Spire looks so fresh since it is! New Bike Day!
McKaela on the DVO green that makes the ferns jealous
Caper on his way to a P3!
Caper gets a high five - his first podium!
Push one corner up for the perfect smile. Trine having a blast on the mountain.
Les Gets in 8 years, halfway there boys...
Jonah wondering 'whooooooo' made the amazing burgers?
Perfect place to celebrate
Chef Kevin in another life! Thank you for the deliciousness!
Finn lining up the shot
Lifelong friends in the making, like Coach Eric says, best way to make a friend is with a bike!
TLD - so nice in the Sunshine
DJ (race Dad) John Furda! And not pictured DJ Steve!
Little help from a friend, dang ears always getting in the way
Music has everyone all pumped up
Kaiden and Radley sharing the smiles and spotlight
Odin having a great Saturday
Odin and Emilie went to normal school together during the week too! Talking racing over the lunch table?
Tilly making local racing truly a path to the planet...
I thought there were only two Fisher brothers? JT Fisher, Brandon Fisher, and Jonah Brinkerhoff...might as well be brothers...the story behind the haircuts and the time well spent with Joel of Blueprint in Squamish saved for a future blog. For now - thank you to all the sponsors that support our super fast teens since they give it all back to the GROMS on GGR!
Please support our Sponsors and Supporters: FANATIK, Transition, Schwalbe, Troy Lee Designs, DVO Suspension, LIET, BNP Realty, Proliance Ortho, NW Conversions, Dawson Construction, Cordata Dental, Damon Orthodontics, Ride Concepts, Cascade Racing Designs, Jank Components, March Northwest, WMBC, Tony’s Coffee, Bank of the Pacific, Onyx Hubs, OneUpComponents, Ride Wrap, Sensus Grips, Muc-Off, Cush Core, and BluePrint Athletic Development (by proxy), and coach Brian over at Trailhead!
Becky at Liet making the TLD Kit Shine! Lucky Kids