Tuesday, August 9, 2011

RACE DAY 1&2

Race day #1 started off great for the first couple hours. Colt was having a great time and the bike was looking good. The weather changed completely and it started raining pretty bad. At the following stop colt told us he broke off his foot peg along with the mount for the kickstand. Joe and I rushed back to the Paddock and met colton at the soonest place we could (about 4 hours later). Colton got it all changed and ready to go, losing about 11 minutes all together. Everyone was amazed that he only lost that amount of time, considering that he was riding without a peg for quite awhile.
We came back to the house, went in the Sauna, ate dinner then went straight to bed. Pretty exhausting day..


Race day #2. We started with an open book and positive mind today. Impound and mechanical work was great this morning. We switched out a few parts on the foot peg and sent colton on his way. About 20 minutes later the clouds come in and it started to pour and doesn't really let up the entire day. the first couple checks went great. super muddy and wet everywhere. the following stop colton was running a little late because he completely drowned himself and the bike in a mud puddle.. after taking care of that he was able to keep on schedule the rest of the day. Ending up with a total of four minutes behind. Tomorrow is a new day and a new course! Hopefully the rain lets up a little...




No one can touch coltons bike or the parts except for him

The Trophy Team


Race day #1 started off great for the first couple hours. Colt was having a great time and the bike was looking good. The weather changed completely and it started raining pretty bad. At the following stop colt told us he broke off his foot peg along with the mount for the kickstand. Joe and I rushed back to the Paddock and met colton at the soonest place we could (about 4 hours later). Colton got it all changed and ready to go, losing about 11 minutes all together. Everyone was amazed that he only lost that amount of time, considering that he was riding without a peg for quite awhile.
We came back to the house, went in the Sauna, ate dinner then went straight to bed. Pretty exhausting day..


Race day #2. We started with an open book and positive mind today. Impound and mechanical work was great this morning. We switched out a few parts on the foot peg and sent colton on his way. About 20 minutes later the clouds come in and it started to pour and doesn't really let up the entire day. the first couple checks went great. super muddy and wet everywhere. the following stop colton was running a little late because he completely drowned himself and the bike in a mud puddle.. after taking care of that he was able to keep on schedule the rest of the day. Ending up with a total of four minutes behind. Tomorrow is a new day and a new course! Hopefully the rain lets up a little...

Friday, August 5, 2011

DAYS 3/4...

WALKED A BUNCH OF SPECIAL TESTS, GOT THE BIKE PERFECT, PARTIED FOR KAMO'S 25TH BIRTHDAY, DINNER PARTY WITH THE FINNISH TEAM, TROPHY TEAM VOLLEYBALL GAME AND MORE!!


WE WON AGAINST THE FINS!
COLTON'S FINISHED BIKE GOING INTO SOUND CHECK

WATERFALL JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN
MILITARY TRAINING IS EVERYWHERE!

WALKED A BUNCH OF SPECIAL TESTS, GOT THE BIKE PERFECT, PARTIED FOR KAMO'S 25TH BIRTHDAY, DINNER PARTY WITH THE FINNISH TEAM, TROPHY TEAM VOLLEYBALL GAME AND MORE!!


DAYS 3/4

WALKED A BUNCH OF SPECIAL TESTS, GOT THE BIKE PERFECT, PARTIED FOR KAMO'S 25TH BIRTHDAY, DINNER PARTY WITH THE FINNISH TEAM, TROPHY TEAM VOLLEYBALL GAME AND MORE!!


SPECIAL TEST 2


SPECIAL TEST 1
SPECIAL TEST 1

WALKED A BUNCH OF SPECIAL TESTS, GOT THE BIKE PERFECT, PARTIED FOR KAMO'S 25TH BIRTHDAY, DINNER PARTY WITH THE FINNISH TEAM, TROPHY TEAM VOLLEYBALL GAME AND MORE!!


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 2 Cont...


Day Two Cont.. (more pictures!)






Day Two Cont.. (more pictures!)

Day 2


On day two Colton and i started our day off with a walk around our place and discovered they have a mini golf course and a jungle jim! Then we went grocery shopping, which was a challenge.. aft that we went to the port of Kotka where the paddock is. We we showed up and started walking around and stumbled upon Colton's crate (which has his bike,tools,etc. in it) in the middle of the parking lot with one one around! It was pretty funny. About an hour later the entire USA team showed up and we started unloading their crate. Colton and Joe assembled his bike, and the rest of the evening was pretty melo after that. Here are a few pictures from day 2!

The Zip Line




On day two Colton and i started our day off with a walk around our place and discovered they have a mini golf course and a jungle jim! Then we went grocery shopping, which was a challenge.. aft that we went to the port of Kotka where the paddock is. We we showed up and started walking around and stumbled upon Colton's crate (which has his bike,tools,etc. in it) in the middle of the parking lot with one one around! It was pretty funny. About an hour later the entire USA team showed up and we started unloading their crate. Colton and Joe assembled his bike, and the rest of the evening was pretty melo after that. Here are a few pictures from day 2!


Monday, August 1, 2011



View from our back porch


Driving around..
Dinner?
My salad bowl.. haha

First day!



Very interesting names of streets...



Finally made it to Finland


Amsterdam Airport
Minneapolis