Race Scenes

Without further ado, here are some race scenes from last week.

First, our pit area. Lots of gear and bikes, as you can see. Also two of our support crew hard at work cooking us dinner.


The Head Chef Nass, aka Nassty Boy (said tongue-in-cheek, as he's one of the nicest human beings I have ever met, btw, he's closest to the camera) cooking up a storm. He drove two hours up from Osaka, just to cook us all dinner (which was wonderful, and at his expense). On closer inspection, the other dude in the picture is Kato, who is not helping to cook, he's just hungry. But he did provide good moral support, I think...


An unknown rider approaching the final set of jumps before the finish line. It was one of the few decent photos I got of a rider, my digital camera is just too slow for that kind of photo.



Another picture of the final section, this time of a friend. Her name is Hiroka, and she's one of the top female riders in Japan. While she's not airborne in this pic (blame the camera again...) she's stylin' fo' sure....on her way to second in the womens' elite category, missed first by a heartbeat - I bet I know how she must feel...