NW Cup, Round 2 - Port Angeles

May 18, 2015 at 20:27
by Roo  
Made the trek up to Port Angeles, WA from down in Vancouver, WA with my son and a few of our buddies for another weekend full of pacific Northwest racing action. Here are some of the images I snapped over the weekend. Conditions were great all weekend and everyone had a blast breaking in the new race course for the Cat 2 racers. Congrats to winners from every class from Pro to Cat 3! Such a good time to see all the pros out shredding and all the future pro's out there tearing it up. So stoked to see so much growth in our sport as of late!

Images from NW Cup 2 View up on top of Cat 3 course. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
View from the top section of Cat 3 course.

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Out here we like to teach kids early on how to develop their heckling skills!

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Images from NW Cup 2 Shuttling duties handled by U-Haul. Despite the fact that these men and women careen themselves down the side of the mountain on bikes some complained about motion sickness caused by riding in the shuttle truck. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Shuttling duties handled by U-Haul. Despite the fact that these men and women careen themselves down the side of the mountain on bikes some complained about motion sickness caused by riding in the shuttle truck.

Images from NW Cup 2 Hi-5 Bikes youngest team member sending the road gap on his new Banshee Darkside. Looks like he s taking a liking to his new whip. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Hi-5 Bikes youngest team member sending the road gap on his new Banshee Darkside. Looks like he's taking a liking to his new whip.

Images from NW Cup 2 The trails out here like to break riders bikes left and right. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Trails here eat parts like this for breakfast!

Images from NW Cup 2 The dude. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
The Portland area legend.

Images from NW Cup 2 Merica Stars and Stripes standing out amongst the brown and green background. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Merica! Stars and Stripes standing out amongst the brown and green background.

Images from NW Cup 2 Another shot just to give you an idea of how far the riders are dropping and picking up speed into the bottom of this turn. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.

Images from NW Cup 2 Drop in and don t worry the berm will catch you and slap your chain around. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Chainslapping good times!

Images from NW Cup 2 Wouldn t be a pacific northwest race event without some flannel flapping in the wind. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Flannel. Because PNW!

Images from NW Cup 2 Portland area peeps harnessing the power of he forest gods before getting their heckle on All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Portland area peeps harnessing the power of he forest gods before getting their heckle on!

Images from NW Cup 2 Step into the light and show me your steez. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Step into the light and show me your steez

Images from NW Cup 2 Must ve seen this kid banging out laps ALL DAY I d love to hear his lap count for the weekend as I m sure it was insane. He picked up some experience points for sure last weekend. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Must've seen this kid banging out laps ALL DAY! I'd love to hear his lap count for the weekend as I'm sure it was insane. He picked up some experience points for sure last weekend.

Images from NW Cup 2 Cat 2 s new course was steep and ran along side the steep section of the Pro course. See for yourself. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Cat 2's new course was steep and ran along side the steep section of the Pro course. It ate a few riders that weekend and spit them out.

Images from NW Cup 2 Practice laps. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.

Images from NW Cup 2 Ladies were out in full force laying into the berms just as hard as the guys were. These berms are all about equal opportunity. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Ladies were out in full force laying into the berms just as hard as the guys were. These berms are all about equal opportunity.

Images from NW Cup 2 Kole Wetherell. The man everyone gathered at the hip jump to watch send his Transition into orbit. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Kole Wetherell. The man everyone gathered at the hip jump to watch send his Transition into orbit.

Images from NW Cup 2 Launching the hip 60 feet on his seeding run. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Que Wow!

Images from NW Cup 2 Everyone was going for style points over the road gap leading into the first section of the Pro Cat 1 Cat 2 courses. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
It's Steez Thirty over at the road gap!

Images from NW Cup 2 Practice laps on Pro Cat 1 All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.

Images from NW Cup 2 Jill Kintner piercing through one of the steeper sections of the Pro Cat 1 course with precision. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Jill Kintner piercing through one of the steeper sections of the Pro/Cat 1 course with precision.

Images from NW Cup 2 Flat open turn at the trails intersection took some body english to be done at speed. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Flat open turn at the trails intersection took some body english to be done at speed.

Images from NW Cup 2 Brad Delzer getting his warm up rides in with son Braden on his Cat 3 practice laps. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Brad Delzer getting his warm up rides in with son Braden on his Cat 3 practice laps.

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Images from NW Cup 2 That race jump life. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.

Images from NW Cup 2 Groms getting their practice in on the Cat 3 course. All rights reserved on images. Do not use without permission.
Groms getting their practice in on the Cat 3 course.

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See you at Ski Bowl.

To get a look at all the results you can check here nwcup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/05/NW2-Final-results.pdf


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4 Comments
  • 5 0
 Nice work on the race report. Super fun weekend, but I might be bias?
  • 1 0
 Damn duude!!! Super great weekend! Can't wait to see everyone at the next big event! Awesome compilation! Don't know for sure, but if you have more I'd love to see them, even if not in a 'Professional' format...!
  • 4 0
 K Wow!! Smile

Great report and awesome pics Roo
  • 1 0
 Love these independent reports. Great action shots as well.







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