Race day in Moon Rock WQS was a bit affected by the weather. Some rain drops fell in the morning right after the Open Skateboard B bracket and although the track became soaked in the first section,remained dry at the finish line.
Sylvia Mena, Fifer Figueroa and Natalie Burns won the B-Bracket flying straight to the Open Skateboard finals.
Before sending all the categories down the track for the finals, all the riders had an unusual Ashtanga Yoga session with a Tita Sierra, a pro teacher from the United crew.
The "Brazilian storm" came stronger and more focused to take the win in the Open Skateboard class: Carlos Paixao finished first place in the finals after a tight race with Thiago Lessa who finished second in front of Chase Hiller.
During the semi finals Emily Pross had a bad crash and twisted a finger. There was no need for an ambulance but most importantly, Emily did not give up and with taped fingers she both the final heats.
And yes, she won again the Women class followed by Jennifer Schauerte in second and Elissa Mah in third place.
Even here in Moon Rock is Cornelius Kaup once again the champion of the Master class with three winning in a row during the race runs. Petre Fritz Saison finished in second position and Caloy Licop in third.
Between the youngsters once again the Filipino Sebastian Chanco raced his way into first place, with Bryan Figueroa in second and Keige Ando in thposition.
In Luge class we had a head to head race and all the matches were won by Abdil Mahdzan.
All the bracket results can be found here:
https://internationaldownhillfederation.org/races/keeping-it-high-moon-rock-2018/
