Whats up all!! Brett here just droppin a few words about this past saturdays’ silver medal achievement!

     Going into X Games this year, i had a huge bit of motivation from a past tragedy and i knew things were going well, having a really good couple weekends leading up to X, i had some confidence and momentum on my side.
Testing and practice went really well leading up to the first round of qualifying friday night, the sleds were ripping, and i felt great! Early Friday afternoon i had a look at who was in my heat, and mentally started preparing on how the was going to turn out for me.

    I had picked a good start line gate and line up second to the inside of 837 Ross Martin and the nerves started to set in, i just kept invisioning myself getting a clean start and letting the rest decide itself! I did just that, my start went really well and i got the holeshot and pulled out in the lead for the next 8 laps winning my qualifier, and scoring the a top 3 fastest lap time of the night!  I was stoked.

  Saturday morning rolled around and it was hard to do anything but try and relax, i had practice  at noon so i went out and just checked out lines for the final and put on a little bit of a show for the fans, just having fun with the big jumps on the track and super fun finish line jump!  As the hours wound down and it was closer to final time, i secluded myself from any distractions and went to the lounge and chilled my nerves a little.

     At 715pm it was time…all the riders in the final went out for our 6 lap warm ups, i checked lines and cruised around for a while!  At 730 it was time…i had third gate pick so i lined up beside TJ Gulla third from the inside and next to Levi Levallee. When the green flag drew i sensed me getting tipped so i slammed the brakes and dove up the inside coming out of the first corner i was 4th. I settled in and put my head down reading my pit board that Blair was running lap after lap, just “breathe” i kept thinking and i threw down a pass into third on about lap 4, then focused on closing in on second place. On lap 16 i made a block pass on DJ Eckstrom for second place and started to settle in after that. Tucker was on fire, by the time i had gotten by DJ he was long gone, so i just focused on pushing ahead and keeping the pace. Lap 24 of 25 was pretty exciting, it was hard to stay focused but i managed to keep on my sled and put the BMRT Ski-D00 across the line in second place, scoring my first ever Winter X Games medal!

   The fact that i have a silver medal hanging above my TV stand hasn’t really kicked in yet, it still seems surreal, all my friends back home are pumped and im sure it will kick in when they all come over for my birthday tonight and i realize how pumped everyone is going to be to touch the bling!

Thats all for now!

BT16