Puerto Rico is always a good way to start off the race season—a place with beautiful landscapes, amazing hills (EVERYWHERE!), epic parties, and lots of ladies. After embracing the East Coast cold for a while, this Puerto Rico trip presented itself with perfect timing—a nice getaway to embrace some warmth and sunshine!

The Puerto Rico races started off with the infamous Guajataca, followed by Lago Cerrillo DH (Ponce), El Guama Downhill, and ending with Culebra Downhill. The accompanying images are reflections of my time spent at Lago Cerrillo Downhill in Ponce with the Bustin Boards homies.

This year marks Puerto Rico’s first IDF race, “Lago Cerrillo Downhill” (known to many simply as “Ponce”) and held by Locales Entertainment in Ponce, PR. Last year people thought the course was gnarly, getting up to 50-55mph, and I assure you it is!! Tight racing, lots of curves, stacked competition, and good vibes make this event a banger!

Ultimately, Puerto Rico is the perfect place for chillin’ with the homies, kickin’ it on beaches, and mobbin’ them gorgeous hills. Puerto Rico has the super-chill and relaxed atmosphere to it—that go with the flow type vibe—it moves at it’s own pace and beats to it’s own PR drum. Can’t go wrong with heading to PR from Jan-Feb; four races and a ton of partying!

-Khaleeq Alfred

Race Results:

Open

1st. Kevin Reimer

2nd. Thiago Gomes Lessa

3rd. Jose Guzman

4th. Pedro Frangulis

Junior’s

1st. Dejaune Jones-Norman

2nd. Kai Monroe

3rd. Alexander Rivera

4th. David Ramirez

Women’s

1st. Katie Neilson

2nd. Emily Pross

3rd. Keyla Padin

4th. Mariela Santiago

All words and images by homie: www.khaleeqphotography.com

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