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Growing Pains

By Tim Mutrie
EXPN.com

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Before speeding out of the pit area for his first practice lap, 25-year-old Jimmy "Blaze" Fejes of Anchorage, Alaska had to ratchet down new handlebars. He would have done well to ratchet back the throttle, too. On the first kicker of the oval course, which features two metal "super kickers" and three smaller snow jumps, he came in way too hot and overshot the landing. It was a minor crash, but he retreated to the Yamaha trailer with a tweaked back. "That was extra-large," commented fellow com ...

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