Folks, I’m stopping by to share some monumental news: wife Karina had a record time delivery and we welcomed baby Maile to the world! What’s amazing is that Maile came on the exact same day as my 10 year ampuversary! Because of minor complications Maile had to go straight to the NICU. Imagine that: I had my snowboard accident and went to the ICU. Now, exactly 10 years after, our baby is born and also goes to the NICU. Talk about full...
Day 5 Race Day 2, the Crit. This day did not start at all how I wanted it to. After a good road race and time trial, my bike decided it did not want to cooperate this morning. For some reason, my rear derailleur became completely unresponsive to any input. Luckily, the guys from Carbonbike USA were there to lend me a hand and to lend me an operable rear derailleur. After changing the part and getting changed into my Team...
I'm so happy to welcome back February because it means the race season has officially started and I'm thankful to say the first race is on the calendar. "TopView Swamp Classic" is always the first race of the season located in sunny Florida and this year will be held the weekend of February 6-7. Saturday will have two races with a 26 mile road race in the morning...
Day 4 Race Day is finally here and I am nervous and anxious. The road race is the first race to begin and I know the bike is good, I know that I have had good training the last year, and I know the course. It is time to get out there and ride. It is time to have fun and trust my training. We are all lined up and it is time to go. As I cross the finish line I...
Today we look back at all the ups and downs we been through as an athlete, and thank God for blessing us so much .although time management has been a struggle for me and my family we have still managed to live life take care of the things at home and focus on my training lately some of my biggest challenges have been keeping my Stump healthy to run and bike the necessary to be strong in my...
Day 3 Race Day Eve, but the course recon is very important. It is not a hard training day, but just a day to stay loose and get a good, updated look at the course the race will be on. If I have not raced the course before, it gives me the opportunities to get used to the turns. In cases like the Swamp Classic, I have raced this same course in previous years so I am just getting a refresher...
Hello everyone, In talking with the snow sports federation in Brazil, we are about to hear news regarding Beijing Winter Paralympics 2022. I personally thought they may postpone them just like what we’re seeing in Tokyo, being that we completely missed this last season of racing (canceled due to Covid). Apparently they won’t be postponing Beijing, just the qualification criteria may change —I’ll learn more about that as soon as they do (the federation said). While I wait to hear about Beijing news, I’m...
Day 1 Finally flying out to a race for the first time in a year. I am very excited and very nervous at the same time. Along with getting ready for a race, I am preparing to leave my wife and 2 year old daughter for the first time in a year. They are just as excited and nervous as I am. Excited because I am finally racing after spending so many hours of so many days of the last year...
Hey guys! When winter time comes I get really excited when it snows, and try to find any window to go to the mountains. This time around, with the “stay at home order,” I could not find a place to stay in Mammoth Mountain, no hotels or Airbnb were open to public. The few people I know that have houses there, I tried reaching out with no success. When the snow came hard and I found an opportunity to go I was there!...
We begin 2021 in the right lane with new goals and a greater mindset to pursue all those things we came out short in 2020 let's focus on the bigger picture work hard train harder. Currently my Goal is to continue to get stronger in my discipline with the help of my coach Jamie Brown we have been able to focus on tweeking my training regimen along with adjustments on equipment, to get better results during training and definitely at...
