Sandy, Oregon Super D - Jordan Lopez

Hey Everybody, Like many of this season, I had another great weekend of racing and growing in Oregon for the 4th and final round of the Oregon Super D Series. This weekends race was held in the town of Sandy and I must say that this venue was one of the best of the season. The “Sandy Ridge Trail System” trails are fast, fun, challenging and a rush from top to bottom and they encompassed every part of Super D/All-Mountain Racing; rock gardens, drops, table-top jumps, dozens of berms, and miles of single-track.



The course this year was a bit longer than the previous years and at 6.25 miles it was definitely one of the best courses of the season. In my race run I finished in 21:55 and with this time I finished in 11th and less than a minute out of 4th place. With hindsight being 20/20, I now see a few places where I could have pushed harder and gone for broke in my race run. This is a frustrating feeling, but I know that self-realization and self-motivation are at the core of racing.

Overall I had a amazing weekend of racing and riding in Oregon with some of the best All-Mountain racers in the country. Oregon Super D Series showed once again that they have the process of Super D/All-Mountain Racing figured out and they ran a seamless race with no hiccups and to top it all off they gave each racer their race time as they crossed the finish line. It was also great to see my teammate Lizzy English take the overall Pro Womens Title and watch my other teammates Timmy Evans Battle for the Pro Men’s #1 Plate

With the completion of the series, I am very excited to say that my final ranking for the Oregon Super D Series is 7th of 35 in the Pro Men category. With this series being one of the premiere Super D/All-Mountain events in the country and with my goal for this series being top 10, I am very happy. Now I am looking forward to improving this rank by 2 places and getting into the top 5 for the 2012 season.

With all of this being said, this race capes my 2011 season. Thanks to all my sponsors!