We headed to Linz Friday morning to session the jumps before the contest on Saturday. When we got there we rode until noon. It got super hot so we went to the lake across the street from the jumps and went swimming for a few hours. Its a bit different over here, half the people were cruising around naked on the beaches. After we were done swimming we went back and I made a stupid decision to ride with no pads in board shorts and no shirt. Not the best idea. Of course with no pads I had the hardest crash I’ve had in awhile. I landed low on a jump and went to my side. I didn’t think I was hurt until a few hours later when I was peeing blood. I didn’t want to hurt myself more so the next day I just chilled and took it easy until qualifying started. There were about 30 riders from all over the world competing for the king of dirt. Each rider got 4 runs for qualifying and they took the top 8 riders. I made it in the show so I was pretty pumped. In the finals I wanted to take it easy and try not to crash on my side again so I tried to stay smooth and consistent and the judges liked it. I ended up taking forth 4th. The contest was awesome after the mtb comp they had a bmx comp with lots of good bmx riders. After the finals the best trick contest went off. Tons of crazy tricks. After the comp we stayed in Linz for one more night and headed back to Niki’s house in Vienna. Were going to ride the park for most of the week. Then we will pack up and drive to Leogang for the biggest mtb dirt jump comp in the world Braun 26Trix. I’ll post some more pics after this weekend.