IXS Dirtmasters, Winterberg, Germany

YO,

Last week Thursday Team DMR drove to Winterberg in Germany for the IXS Dirtmasters.
Had a busy morning trying to get to DMR Headquarters with Ollie having a moment with THE MAN (Police) about his car insurance, got that sorted, packed up the van and headed for the channel tunnel.

The trip went smoothly and 9 hours later we arrived in the scenic town of Winterberg, met up with the guys from Cosmic for dinner and then turned in for the night.
Woke up early Friday morning went up the mountain to where the show was and set up the stand then had a walk around checked out the slopestyle course and the other tracks.had a play on the Continental track which had a small up lift and was super fun messing about on and testing the DMR fully or Squishy as we called it.
Had a chilled day signed in for the slopestyle and watched the Giro Bowl best trick. at the end of the day we headed back into town for dinner then into a wine festival which was random. Sam, Ollie and I then decided that we were going to find a club, 1 hour later and after finding 2 strip clubs that looked sketchy we finally stumbled into the club and well you know the rest.

Saturday morning and with a bit of a hangover headed back to the show. Went and walked the DH track and watched the practice then caught some sun. Pretty chilled day not allot of riding because it was super hot. Rode the slopestyle course in the evening, not the best course was small and mellow lips but loads of fun lines got a bit of practice in. the ground was like sand paper i fell off and my arm now looks like a big piece of bacon. The level of riding there with the locals was high, even in the open comp the tricks that were getting thrown down was impressive. End of the day and with everyone a bit sunburnt we watched Sam race 4x smashing everyone. He made it to the finals only to be taken out on the first straight but fought his way back taking out 3rd and 2nd then had a really close battle with 1st but was just beaten right at the finish. Sam was not best pleased losing to a Squidy as he called him. Stayed for a bit to watch the pro event, decided to go get some dinner and get back for the finals. did not make it back in time but we knew who had won. first place Jared Graves that man is ridiculously fast.

Sunday and day of the slopestyle comp with not allot of practice and only one qualifying run the comp got on the way. the riders were going all out in there first runs and myself with a sore shoulder could not get a solid run so never made qualifying. there was 50 riders and 16 qualified so was really hard to get in. Sam and Blake never made qualifying and we were shocked as Blake had done an awesome run. But not allot we could do so we sat down and watched the finals Sam Pilgrim and Martin Sodestrom were battling each other as always but it was Sam who took the win with Martin in Second. Congratulated them and said our goodbyes then headed back up the hill to pack up the stand and head for home.
Drove all through the night getting to the tunnel in Calais at 2am then had to wait till 4am for the next train. Got back to DMR HQ at 6:30am and unpacked and headed for Ollie's house half asleep.

Was an awesome weekend loads of laughs. Thanks Matt and Tom for looking after us and to the Cosmic guys for there hospitality. Look forward to next Year.