Vail Trials Shootout

Vail Trials Shootout
The afternoon belonged to the pro mod riders. Seven showed up and 6 finished with one falling victim to a broken brake line. The sections were similar to those that the experts rode; the moves were just bigger. After the first round Alex Cubbage and Cristiano Santos (Brisa) were tied, both cleaned all five sections. Following closely behind was JJ Gregorowicz (Monty USA), with just one dab. In the final two sections however, Cristiano fell off a narrow log when it shifted slightly, gaining a five for the section. He said a few things in Portuguese that if translated probably couldn't be repeated here. Alex almost cleaned the same section, putting a foot down when the same log shifted again. Now it was tied between JJ and Alex. JJ came through with style and cleaned the final five sections. Both riders were too tired to do a tie breaker and decided to split the prize money for first place.

The most spectacular parts failure came when Derrick Mogensen was pulling a 6' gap (with a 3' drop) and landed with a big "crack" sound. He broke the bottom bracket spindle clean off at the crank.

Saturday Results

Expert Modified

1st	Chris Pascucci (Trialsin USA/BikeTrials.com Ambassador)	14 dabs 4 cleans
2nd	Josh Stevenson (Rad Racing)	35 dabs 2 cleans
3rd	Mike Snyder	50 dabs 0 cleans
	Derrick Mogensen	DNF

Pro Modified

1st	Tie - J.J. Gregorowicz (Monty USA/BikeTrials.com Ambassador)	1 dab 9 cleans
	- Alex Cubbage	1 dab 9 cleans
2nd	Cristiano Santos (Brisa)	10 dabs 8 cleans
3rd	Tie - Daniel Drain (Schwinn/Toyota)	33 dabs 2 cleans
	- Brian Maier (Trialsin USA)	33 dabs 2 cleans
4th	Tom Neb (Yeti)	33 dabs 1 clean
	Jason Schwinabart (Cosmo/Dirt Rag)	DNF