So this past weekend was the first annual Gobbler Race at the Headwaters Adventure Center just outside Bevard, NC. The race was put on by the same folks that do the Icycle (Wes D and Herndon). I alwasy enjoy the Icycle, so I thought I’d head over and do this race. There was a DS on Saturday and a DH on Sunday. A last minute catastrophe with the RV refrigerator prevented me from taking it as planned, so Joey and I headed over to stay at Geritt’s. His family had headed off to the coast for Thanksgiving and Geritt stayed behind to work on his bike park and do the race. We had a real good time regardless of the nasty weather conditions.

Morewood Bike Park from Doug Ferguson on Vimeo.

The DS course was uber steep and I usually get kicked in the first round. So I just left on my semi-slick tires and single rear brake. I didn’t even make it down the course in the lanes on my first run. Its a pretty technical course to begin with. Add my bike, my skills (or lack of), and muddy conditions and it was fun. I just brake slid all the turns and generally looked as goofy as possible. I didn’t register to race and Geritt got DQed in his qualifying run for missing a gate. So we headed off to the largest all you can eat buffet I have ever seen. I did pretty good at not over stuffing myself, but I did stuff a little.

After eating, we headed over to the Asheville Ag Center and watch a local indoor sx race. There were so many little kids racing. It makes me super impatient to get Wyatt on his first bike (BMX, MX, whatever). It also makes me want to get a used 125cc 2-stroke to play on.

Anyway, the DH race on Sunday was hard to get motivated for. It was in the low 40s and a cold steady rain. We did one practice run and called it good. For my race run, I just watlzed down and enjoyed myself. I could have gotten a little more up, but it was okay to just chill. Here are a few movies I took.

Joey’s DH run at the Gobbler 08 from Doug Ferguson on Vimeo.

Herdon Gobbler 08 from Doug Ferguson on Vimeo.

Here is a funny vid of Geritt trying to feed his parents chickens.

Little Jerry from Doug Ferguson on Vimeo.

All in all it was good, muddy weekend.

But this will make you think about living in Fourth and Gill