Prince George Hill Climbs

[Kiwionsnow]

Had a great Day at Tabor mountain watching some of PG's finest run their machines.
A little Carnage... a few rails and the odd A arm. Some nice runs, some lucky runs and some holy crap runs............. eh sled Momma....................... well done on your last hairy run.
I see your hubby went for the gap at the top and the sled paid the price... ouch.. Good job by all involved.

 

[SledMamma]

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Had a great Day at Tabor mountain watching some of PG's finest run their machines.
A little Carnage... a few rails and the odd A arm. Some nice runs, some lucky runs and some holy crap runs............. eh sled Momma....................... well done on your last hairy run.
I see your hubby went for the gap at the top and the sled paid the price... ouch.. Good job by all involved.

Yup!! It was totally AWESOME I loved every terrifying moment .... I gotta admit that when we did the tour of the course first thing in the a.m. And I saw how icy the course was, I wanted to bail... Then the only other girl who was on the roster (who happens to race regularly) quit, and I had to dig deep to keep going. Four sets of rails bit the dust just before my run and I was feeling pretty shaky. I couldn't even feel my feet coming around the first berm!!

However, I made both runs and I was pretty proud to finish. That's all I wanted and next time I will go for speed!!

The hubby's rails were an unfortunate victim, but it was totally worth it

I sure hope they do it again next year...

A little video taken by Snoqueen of my second run: (hopefully the link works or I will get her to post it here...) she got some gooder photos so I will see if she will put up a few ...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151294604015834

 

[snopro]

Way to go 'mama

 

[SledMamma]

The short trackers definitely had the advantage today... there was more than one trailer that went home with every machine having a bent rail or mechanical mishap The little bugger that won it all was on a short tracker in every class. He went non-stop all day long and killed it every run amazing...

Winner takes all: Steve Taylor (photos by Snoqueen)


First rail mishap:



And second... You get the idea


Husband (jeremy8) absolutely killing his run


Step up got sticky:

Too bad


Hubby's rails... But it was good watchin when they went


(Photos by iPhone)

 

[snopro]

Ouch!

 

[Bnorth]

Looks like a fun event. The course went up Oh my gawd, where did it end? No shocker that Steve won, he's fast on anything with a motor.

 

[SledMamma]

Looks like a fun event. The course went up Oh my gawd, where did it end? No shocker that Steve won, he's fast on anything with a motor.

This was the course:


Started with a few tabletops and snocross style jumps and then up OH MY GOD (with a few more jumps and a road gap) across the chairlift and straight up Ole Grandad with two more jumps to cross the finish line

 

[Bnorth]

Pretty cool, hope they keep it going in future years! Thanks for the map SM.

 

[snopro]

Looks like a fun event. The course went up Oh my gawd, where did it end? No shocker that Steve won, he's fast on anything with a motor.

Is that the pro snocrosser Steve Taylor?

 

[SledMamma]

Well, GOOGLE says it is indeed pro snocrosser Steve Taylor. If you and Google are correct, that explains the show we saw pretty cool!

 

[Mike270412]

Google knows everything!
If you found it on the internet it has to be true!

 

[SledMamma]

Google knows everything!
If you found it on the internet it has to be true!

The fact that his hometown is Prince George and his picture is the same as the guy I saw all day yesterday is more what helped me decide most of his interweb pics show him racing for Team Yamaha, but he wasnt riding Yammy yesterday. I am pretty sure he is retired from the pro circuit?? I dunno: maybe Snopro and BNorth know the scoop?!?

Oh the old Internet machine... Ever a source of speculation

 

[E-Zmoke]

Too bad I missed all the advertisement for this. Would have went if I knew about it

 

[SledMamma]

Confirmed:





APRIL 19, 2013

SHERI LAMB
CITIZEN STAFF
SLAMB@PGCITIZEN.CA
A little bartering has given Steve Taylor an opportunity to compete in the inaugural Mountain Cross competition Sunday.

The 30-year-old former professional snowcross professional rider is revved up to challenge many of the 75 riders signed up for the Tabor Mountain event, starting at 9 a.m. Taylor retired from snowcross in 2010 and ventured into the business world. His partial ownership of Summit Power Tools in Prince George gave him the opportunity to enter this weekend's race.

"I didn't even have a snowcross sled but somebody came down here wheeling and dealing on a dirt bike and they wanted to trade in their snowcross sled," said Taylor. "I thought, ''Wow, this is perfect - there's the Tabor Mountain race coming up and I need a snowmobile,' so I made a deal with the guy."

Taylor said he's signed up for all the classes Sunday - stock, improved and open. The stock and improved classes are divided into two categories, 600-749 cc sleds and 750 cc and up. Anyone can enter the open class for "bragging rights," said Jess Hudson, one of the Mountain Cross organizers.

Riders will each do two time trials with their times combined to determine the winners of the 15 cash purses.

"It's a great thing to do with the snow still on the ground," said Hudson.

The course is almost all uphill for the snowcross riders, said Hudson, adding there's a lot of good obstacles for the riders to navigate like table tops, jumps, rollers, berms and steep inclines.

Taylor said he took a couple years off after retiring from the professional ranks of snowcross and just recently started riding again.

"I hope that [Mountain Cross] does really well and Tabor Mountain can benefit from it a little bit and continue to do this annually," said Taylor. "That'll be wicked."

The former Winter X-Games competitor rode snowcross professionally from 2003-10, leaving the sport after a fourth-place finish in a 2010 race in Chicago.

"I was kind of at the point where I was like, maybe I should get on with something that I could do for a career for the rest of my life," said Taylor. "I ended up getting surgery on my wrist and at the same time I was looking for something to do. I didn't have any education beyond high school so trying to find a job was pretty tough. I ended up buying a graphics company that was for sale."

After two years of learning the business, which was time-consuming and didn't leave Taylor time to ride, he sold the company in January and went into a 50-50 partnership with his dad.

"It's a lot more chill here," said Taylor about having time to ride again.

Taylor said he knew he would find a way to compete in the Mountain Cross when he first heard about it.

"It's what I did for a living so I will put some pressure on myself to show that I've still got what it takes," he said.

Registration for the Mountain Cross is Sunday morning at Tabor Mountain with the races beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting most of the day.

 

[snopro]

The fact that his hometown is Prince George and his picture is the same as the guy I saw all day yesterday is more what helped me decide most of his interweb pics show him racing for Team Yamaha, but he wasnt riding Yammy yesterday. I am pretty sure he is retired from the pro circuit?? I dunno: maybe Snopro and BNorth know the scoop?!?

Oh the old Internet machine... Ever a source of speculation

He did at one time race for SkiDoo. Thats why the name kinda rang a bell with me. Pretty tough for the average peep to race against a former pro. Lol.

 

[SledMamma]

He did at one time race for SkiDoo. Thats why the name kinda rang a bell with me. Pretty tough for the average peep to race against a former pro. Lol.

True, but now I know where to find my new race trainer teehee! Brilliant!!

 

[Kiwionsnow]

Pro or no Pro it was cool to watch him shoot the last burm and then gas that sled until he was out of sight. I heard it said and agree the difference between 1st and second was 1st did not let off. lol

 

[SledMamma]

Pro or no Pro it was cool to watch him shoot the last burm and then gas that sled until he was out of sight. I heard it said and agree the difference between 1st and second was 1st did not let off. lol

A little vid of Steve Taylor... An unbelievable talent and I think its cool he came out to play with us mere mortals This is him showing exactly how to execute! Hopefully the link will work...http://www.facebook.com/richelle.maser/posts/10152763751270252

 

[Riverjet]

Link no worky!

 

[Sledderglen]

Didn`t know this was coming. Was it posted here? How many spectators? How many racers? Did it have good public response to see the racing?