Rahlves Reflects on Kitzbuhel
From the podium I walked the Sieger's (winner's) walk into the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkammrennen tunnel of fame. Pretty much the only chance I'd have to
get out of there. I think they said 40,000 showed up. It seemed like more though.
I wont bore you all with the media stuff, but there was a lot of it. I finally made it back to the Goldener Grief at 6:15pm and had to leave for
the awards at 6:45pm.
After the awards and a live TV show I made it back for dinner before heading out to an Audi VIP dinner. Atomic set it up for Dider Cuche who was
2nd that day, Stefan Eberharter 4th and myself. I met some big guns from VW/Audi/Lamborghini, Formula 1, and Red Bull along with many others. It was a fun scene, but not as much fun as the party at The Londoner.
Wow, where should I start with that one? The entire crew met in our hotel lobby, The Goldener Grief at 11:30pm and rallied from there. I was
hoisted up on the shoulders of Johno and Pedro. Willi and Baby Huey were lead blockers pushing through the crowd and the rest of the crew was in a tight formation all the way to the door and right to the bar. Once we pushed our way in with the help of The Londoner bouncers I made it behind the bar and the celebration kicked into 5th gear. Jake Fiala, Audon Gruenvold, Daniel Maher (AJ's brother), Luc Alphand, Dider Cuche, and myself joined the Londoner crew and served the house.
It was the party of all parties. I just wish the rest of you could have been there. Well, that's pretty much that. Thanks for all of your support...
I'd like to thank DOOLEY AT IMG, MONSTER.COM, SUGAR BOWL RESORT, ATOMIC, LANGE, SPYDER, SMITH, RED BULL, SWIX, BOERI, HONDA, NAUTIQUE, POWERBAR, CANNONDALE, ORTEMA, AND THE LONDONER.
And most of all my mom and dad, shash, jeanne, michelle and nation.
-Daron