Kyle Davids: Greg Minnaar/Mongoose DH Series #2-Cascades 20 February 2011

The day started off with an unusual introduction. Due to the excessive raining the night before the shuttles couldn't get to the top of the hill. This definitely meant that we were only going to be able to practice and race from just above the N3 table tops. We, as the riders, had to accept this even after a lot of practice on the top sections of the track. The bottom of the track however, was looking really good from a spectators perspective and the riders perspective, the Morewood gazebo was set up and things were looking pro.

Myself, team mate Sam, team mate Josh and Adrenaline cycles owner Grant suited up and headed to the N3 table tops for our first run of the day. It didn't look to muddy from what we could see, but as we pushed up the rest of the track to where we'd be starting, things seemed to have gotten really slippery. I did my first run, and in the first corner I almost crashed, the back wheel was going all over but the Morewood handled it perfectly. The rest of my practice runs were really good, except for some little mistakes but before we knew it, it was time to race.

First Race Run : The first race run was probably the most tiring run of my life, for some reasons i had only moved about 400 meters and was already out of breath. I had to sit down, all I tried to do was go as fast as i could, but i wasn't granted energy to do so. I skipped out some of the jumps because I didn't have the momentum to jump them and so I lost a bit of time there. I managed to get down to the bottom of the track, out of breath and feeling very, very tired. I got a reasonably good time but was not on a podium seat just yet.

Second Race Run : With extremely tired legs and after having an energy gue I set off down the track, determined to get my goal of a podium. my brother Brendon, friend Adriaan and another friend of mine on the track supporting I couldn't slack at all, I gave it my 100% and by the time I got to the bottom it seamed to have payed off. I ended up with a 3rd on the day and just missed the top 10 overall.