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Is blogging still a thing?

So there I was, drinking beer and looking at the internet. What ever happened to my blog..... I don't think people even realize that I race mountain bikes for a living. I think people know me as that guy who posts weekly POV videos on YouTube about riding on the edge of some scary cliff in the desert. I am a Vlogger now, do I really need a blog? Well, after a two-year hiatus, I just turned it back on because it made me smile. Let me know what you guys think. Times were simpler then. More projects, more problems. Wouldn't trade it for anything. ​

Crashing at 28mph. Sorry Tom....

9/29/2017

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#Followcamfriday episode 46, season 2. Broken bones and hospital visits... I can't believe it took this long. We are lucky. 
Let me start by saying that I have much disdain for click-bait. My videos have always been about shredding trail at high rates of speed, and that is not going to change. In almost 2 years of filming weekly episodes, this is the worst crash I have witnessed. Now, I put a monkey, covering it's eyes, in my thumbnail... Click bait. 
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I could have used this as my thumbnail.... With a nice, clean, professional looking title, crafted in photoshop.... But, alas, I chose the monkey....
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Why the monkey you ask? So, here's the thing. Doctor Park is probably the most classic descent in the state of Colorado. Filming it  with harsh mid-day light, just won't do it justice... Yeah, the trees were popping, but the shadows, and mainly the camera's inability to deal with huge contrast changes, would have kept me from posting this video. Not to be all "cinematic", but this trail deserves better. My fans deserve more. I can't post shit video..... I just can't. 

Then Tom crashed. My focus changed. 
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I quit Strava. I race bikes for a living, not in an imaginary situation on my iPhone.  Strava is good for one thing.... Data. Tom's phone told him that he was traveling at 28.6mph when he hit this tree. He flew at least 20 feet past this blow-down. I nearly shit myself. 
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This was both Tom and Fred's first rip down Doctor Park. We took a bunch of photos in the aspens with Fred before the situation occured. Check out some of Fred's work ​HERE.
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Tom broke 2 bones, 2 more than he had previously broken, up to this point in his cycling career. Just think of all the stupid shit we have gotten away with.... At the end of the day, Tom will heal, snow will fall, and he will be back for redemption in the spring. Never a dull moment. 

Sorry Tom. #redemptiontour2018
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