blood

Mike felt the need to proudly display some of his own blood, like war paint. Nobody rides like Mike.

Andrey took his dad riding and this is what happened.

after riding/hiking 3 miles back to the car, i drove myself to the ER, ruined my sidis... dressing included t shirt sleeves & bandana. Basically i lost it in a gravel turn

this was the shot after they cleaned me up, resluted in 15 stitches and 1500 bucks

Result of crashing at Snowmass MSC race in June 2004.

This photo is downright scary. I didn't even notice how thrashed this guy was until I looked at the photos, later. He was a trooper, though - look at the smile. This was near the middle of the course in the Super D race.