Dirtmasters!

The last two week´s i have been fairly busy riding my bikes and preparing for exam´s. So ill start with Dirtmasters in Winterberg which is a super cool event with a lot of different MTB events and exhibitions. In fact it is the biggest freeride festival in Europe.

Bo, Christian and I arrived Wednesday night so we had a day to relax before practice started friday. After we had got our number plats and walked the track we headed up for a few runs. The track was super dry and flowing well. The track was quite short some the times were going to be really close. Practice went well and I was having tons of fun.

Sebastian Jensen

Saturday morning Bo and I got up early to avoid the sun burning us in the long queue since some 500 people was racing DH. I got 4 good runs in before seeding later that day. I also changed some lines since the track was good bed in for the better. After the early practice we went down to the pits and got some food and chill a bit before our seeding runs. Bo seeded in 6th in the masters class, which he was quite happy with. I seeding in 66th spot, 9 seconds of the pace in Elite men, which I was not that happy with, but I had some left in the tank for sundays race.

Bo Andersen

Sunday we got up early again to got some runs in and dial the last things in. Practice went well until I crashed hard into a tree on my last run. I was pretty sore after the crash I could not pedal that well but I was okay.

Come finals the bikes were running good and I was felling quite confident that I could put in a good time and get a top 30 which was my goal. Bo was also felling good and was hoping for a top 10. First up was Bo who put in a good effort and ended up 11th. After Bo´s run there was a big crash in the rock garden just after I had warmed up and the race was delayed about 45 minutes which influenced on my starting time. Nevertheless I got going and had a okay run riding some sections on my heels but it was okay. I ended up in 46th spot only 7 seconds off the winning time. I was only 1 second from a top 30 which was pretty annoying. But the positive was that is was only 7 second off the pace where is was 15 second off last year, so that a good improvement.

Bo´s Banshee Legend

Overall the weekend was good I had lots of fun on and off the bike enjoying the good weather and the festival atmosphere. I´m looking forward to next iXS in Ilmenau in about 4 weeks and hoping to get in the top 30 there!

- Sebastian Jensen