Last weekend was round 2 of the 4x world cup, it was 4X only at this race. Only having 4X this weekend and not DH as well has it's good points, and bad points. Good because it's easy to save your energy, but bad as when 4x practice starts at 6pm, you have way too waiting around all day.

Random funny story, the hotel we were stying in had possibly the most anal and grumpy owners ever, and this is 100% true. We were told we are not allowed to stay in their hotel ever again, for the following offences (as explained by the owner himself)

The last 6 months has flown by and it was off to the first round of the World Cup series for 2009 in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. We arrived in pietermaritzburg on the Monday afternoon after a couple days of bike setup and a bit of site seeing in Johannesburg.

For anyone who's interested. This is the press release from Monster about Their Elite MTB team for 2009

http://www.monsterenergy.com/thelab/newsDetail.php?id=2021

It's my final week at home before leaving for South Africa and the World Cup MTB season, so i'm very flat out getting everything sorted and packed, as well as still getting the training in.

So i've picked up a deal with Monster energy, pretty excited about that, as anyone who knows me, knows I waste a lot of money on Energy drinks! haha. I'm certainly not one of those people who secretly hate the energy drink they are sponsored by and tip out the drink and replace it with water to sip on. So I think Monster chose well haha!

Its now 1 month to the first MTB world cup of the year, and im starting to get a little excited....for the past 2 years I have split my time between BMX and MTB, so the closer the season gets the more I'm really looking forward to devoting my time to just the MTB, although I'll have my fresh BMX built up overseas, and hopefully will get plenty of time to ride it. I just wont be racing it for atleast the next 6 months.