Kelly Mcgarry update!

Just a quick update of what I have been up 2..
Well Ive been over here in Europe for 2 and a half weeks , Its been pretty cool so far ,we turned up in Switzerland and brought a weapon of a van for 300 swiss franks i, it had been in a crash and the back door wouldnt close so i did some Kiwi panel beating ( jumping on it a few times) and put a peice of ply where the window was and now its sweeet! haha.The van AKA 'the Bumble bee" aint pretty but it gets us where we need to go so thats cool.
The 1st mission was to Vienna Air King Via Czech republic , We loaded up the Bumble bee with my bike and gear and headed out of switzerland toward Czech , One of the LOWlights of the trip was me and my "rules dont apply to Kelly Mcgarry " attitude getting us a 120 euro fine for driving in Austria with no High way vinnette sticker (which costs 9 Euro) . DOW! ,We were just nipping over the tip of Austria for 20mins ,but the officer diddnt seem to care at all. 120 euro ON THE SPOT OWCH!
We made it thru to Czech and had a look around prauge which was cool, the city could definitly tell a few stories!
We stayed just out of Prauge for the night then high tailed to Vienna to stay with my mate Niki Lietner and ride his personal trails www.dirtgarden.at . Nikis dirtpark was sick and had lines going both ways ,a satalite dish and the mother of all roll ins for the big line! We had a shred there for a day with ZEE GERMANS and it was Hella fun.
Next up was Vienna air king , The course was cool right in the middle of Vienna with a sweet first drop and 3 comp style dirt jumps finishing with a quarter. We dodged showers a wind gust and got some practice in on the friday before . I was lucky enough to be on the set riders list so I didn't need to qualify . On the day of the comp the weather was a bit shady but we got on with the comp anyway. . I got a safety run in the bag but I had to step it up on my last run to make the final. I had 360'd the first drop in practise a couple of times so I decided to go for it in my final run, I landed the drop smooth but just tagged my back wheel when I flipped the first jump and didn't have enough speed to get through the set. I was Hella bummed but thats just the way it goes.
We Drove straight back to Switzerland after the comp and helped my Mate Ramon build the "rocket air " slopestyle course in the town of Thun. The course was set up in an ice hockey stadium which actully worked out to be pretty cool as the whole crowd could see every part of the course and could sit down drink beer and watch the action go DOWN.
I was pretty stoked on the course , it had a pretty decent roll in drop into a big dirt jump then a step up step down into a box jump then final dirt jump then a quarter
The comp kicked off on Sat afternoon , All the Euro shredders and some USA riders showed up so it was pretty gnarly , i had a couple of not bad qual runs and made it thru to the finals . stoked.
The finals were loaded with shredders, I had to MAN up and flip down the first drop which had a tiny little kicker and was hella scary, but got it done in practice just before my finals run. I had a couple of good runs , I got pretty loose an a barrelroll and only just managed to footjam the quarter... but other wise I was pretty stoked. I ended up 12th .
Every one over here is shredding this year! I am looking forward to the rest of the trip. We are off to Croatia tomorrow morning and then thru to Italy for a Dirt jump comp so that should keep us busy for a couple of weeks.
Cheers
Kelly Mcgarry

www.kellymcgazza.blogspot.com