When three events line up on the same weekend, most people would simply choose one - not me!
Since the stand-up jetski event "WaveDaze" typically begins on a Thursday, I decided I'd simply attend it for two days, then head back into town (and back out-of-town) for Saturday & Sunday.
My friend James decided to join me at VA Beach for the jetski event, despite the forecast predicting highs in the 50's. We left Richmond in the early AM and were unloading the Superjet onto the sand by 9am. A few hours on the beach and in the surf, absorbing as much sun as possible, were followed by a round of putt-putt at our regular spot.
The next day I got in a couple runs on the ski before packing it all up and heading west to Richmond.
That afternoon I swapped the ski for mountain & dirt bikes, departing relatively early the next day for The Blue Ridge School. I met my friend Chris at his property and joined him and another friend to preride a few stages of the Moonshiner's Enduro race.
That night we enjoyed a bonfire on Chris's property before settling in for the night. The next day I rose early and set out for Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington while the rest of that group had a day of enduro mountain biking ahead of them.
I arrived for the VCHSS harescramble just before 9am and was on the start line by 11am, anxious to see how the event would go since I hadn't been on the YZ since last year's race at the same venue - one that resulted in a banged up bike & body!
The bike must've been just as nervous as I was, stalling four times in the first lap. In a way, it was a good omen since I wasn't much worried about placing well after being delayed by probably three minutes after all the kickstarting. To my surprise, though, I reeled in my class of 22 riders over the next three laps, ending up in fourth place overall!
Most importantly, though, I survived the race without hitting the ground once. The bike looked nearly the same as it did when I started the race, except for a bit more mud adorning its plastics ;-)
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