Sunday, November 15, 2009
Digging season
Yep it's finally here, I've been waiting for this for a while now. Though would you believe it... we STILL found dust - lots of it! Oh well, the rain will get to it eventually. I am not complaining, I can't htink of any other trails that ride all winter.
We have started work on revamping our smaller line, which starts small and then winds round the back of the trails into a twisty tech-ish line. Basically the first 2 sets have been really small, allowing Becca to progress and get her confidence up... so now it's time to step it up a notch! In 2 days we've built 3 completely new sets from scratch, all a little bit bigger but much better, far bigger landings and take offs. They really are like mini versions of the main line jumps, I think they'll be popular with people who aren't up for riding the mains! I don't think they are going to take too long before they are riding either, we've already packed them in good (except the dusty second landing) and they are feeling reasonably solid.
Scoob and I got to work on the 4th set just before dark which is the old jump to berm set. It's still going to be a jump to berm but a new and improved version! Bigger, better and the line into it will be wider too, so no trees to worry about and hopefully it'll take some pressure off the berm and it'll survive the summer easier. After that there is going to be a big roller made for scrubbin.. and then all the old sets are going to be beefed up.
Digging is so good.
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We have started work on revamping our smaller line, which starts small and then winds round the back of the trails into a twisty tech-ish line. Basically the first 2 sets have been really small, allowing Becca to progress and get her confidence up... so now it's time to step it up a notch! In 2 days we've built 3 completely new sets from scratch, all a little bit bigger but much better, far bigger landings and take offs. They really are like mini versions of the main line jumps, I think they'll be popular with people who aren't up for riding the mains! I don't think they are going to take too long before they are riding either, we've already packed them in good (except the dusty second landing) and they are feeling reasonably solid.
Scoob and I got to work on the 4th set just before dark which is the old jump to berm set. It's still going to be a jump to berm but a new and improved version! Bigger, better and the line into it will be wider too, so no trees to worry about and hopefully it'll take some pressure off the berm and it'll survive the summer easier. After that there is going to be a big roller made for scrubbin.. and then all the old sets are going to be beefed up.
Digging is so good.
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# posted by Joey : 11/15/2009
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