View Full Version : props to all those who rode in the rain today
xriest
09-20-2008, 05:24 PM
So much for 30% chance of showers late in the day =/
I had to drive back to Vancouver barefoot because my shoes were soaked.
Not the best forecast ever, it's true. The Shore was the same, but weirdly enjoyable today. Good times. At least the rock still grips, some of the Garbo stuff scares the crap out of me in the wet.
bowen rocks
09-20-2008, 06:22 PM
it's weird, i had a dry epic ride today, only wet part was from due in the morning
on bowen.....
I had to drive back to Vancouver naked...
King of Fasia
09-20-2008, 06:45 PM
fun but wet day today.................too much to bear after three hours of rain and mud and sand, and it was time to go home. oh well, good times nonetheless, and at least I didn't have to race the Cheakumus Challenge like my friend who destroyed his drivetrain and couldn't finish the race. don't cha love the park sometimes?
Straya
09-20-2008, 06:58 PM
Well it might not mean much to most people but I hit the big GLC drop for the first time ever, the A-Line rock drop for the second time and the creek gap smoothly and without crapping myself, all in one run.
I also rode ninja cougar early on before it got closed (and without skidding) and therefore had my best ever day in the park.
really happy right now.
jcole
09-20-2008, 07:40 PM
Well it might not mean much to most people but I hit the big GLC drop for the first time ever, the A-Line rock drop for the second time and the creek gap smoothly and without crapping myself, all in one run.
I also rode ninja cougar early on before it got closed (and without skidding) and therefore had my best ever day in the park.
really happy right now.
Next is the container step up on freight train. Surprisingly it's easier than any of those drops... It's scary because it looks like it will kick you straight up, but no just ride up to it at a medium pace (slower than crank it up step up small side) and it will just pop you up ontop of the container.
mp_rider
09-20-2008, 07:44 PM
Epic day in the wet..... Renegade is 1000 times better when wet.... same with everything else!
Straya
09-20-2008, 07:45 PM
Next is the container step up on freight train.
Oh yeah, its now top of my list of things to do. I had a good hard look at it today and feel pretty good about it, I also actually watched Connor hit it and he wasn't going very fast at all.
next time for sure.
xriest
09-20-2008, 07:50 PM
it's weird, i had a dry epic ride today, only wet part was from due in the morning
I was completely soaked after 2 runs, it was pouring when I went up .
xriest
09-20-2008, 07:51 PM
Well it might not mean much to most people but I hit the big GLC drop for the first time ever, the A-Line rock drop for the second time and the creek gap smoothly and without crapping myself, all in one run.
I also rode ninja cougar early on before it got closed (and without skidding) and therefore had my best ever day in the park.
really happy right now.A-Line drop is great fun, I hit it for the first time a few weeks ago.
boardchk
09-20-2008, 07:59 PM
Garbo was cold but had good runs....CIU, ninja, a line, dirt, freight train....all super fun..I love getting super muddy, glad I had a change of clothes though
FlipFantasia
09-21-2008, 10:27 AM
two top to bottoms, so sloppy and ugly.....I gotta say, haven't ridden in wet like that in a while....
49-cent
09-22-2008, 10:09 AM
Too tight was classic! River running right down the middle of the trail. Love the mud!
xtracold
09-22-2008, 11:06 AM
Well that was my first time in the park this weekend, on my new SX Trail 2 as well. Girlfriend also tried out riding for the first time hiring a bike for saturday. A few runs down B-line before she got too cold but she's lookin' forward to next season and having another go. For me, the new bike rocked. A cautious saturday spent on the blues, sunday i headed off to sample some of your black stuff. Stuck mainly to Freight Train, quality fun. end of afternoon dropped into A-line on the way down, can't say I went for the drop but next season i'll be on it. Excellent weekend, might have been wet but those of us from Scotland are more than used to that!
seand
09-22-2008, 11:29 AM
two top to bottoms, so sloppy and ugly.....I gotta say, haven't ridden in wet like that in a while....
You stopped at 2? Wussy :lol:
To top off the whole day, we ended with a pissed off bear chasing us down expressway after dumping out of little alder. The bear stopped chasing about 30 yards down the road. Not fun at all.
Lower indeep and goats gully were a bit much Saturday. I obviously was missing my big-boy-pants.
FlipFantasia
09-22-2008, 11:38 AM
You stopped at 2? Wussy :lol:
um, yeah, I'm only 3 weeks (today) out of a partially seperated shoulder and cracked radial head in my elbow....I'm allowed to be a wussy....
seand
09-22-2008, 11:45 AM
um, yeah, I'm only 3 weeks (today) out of a partially seperated shoulder and cracked radial head in my elbow....I'm allowed to be a wussy....
I know I know...I was just poking fun :) Considering how fresh you are off an injury, it's quite impressive you wandered up there even once!
FlipFantasia
09-22-2008, 11:52 AM
I know I know...I was just poking fun :) Considering how fresh you are off an injury, it's quite impressive you wandered up there even once!
friend in town from LA, he had one day left on his pass, we both weren't really feeling it, but went for it anyway.... :)
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