First Time to the Woodlot

[shorelocal]

Made it out to the woodlot today for the first time and the place is sweet. Found Platinum by accident (we were looking for Gold) and that trail is sick!! I've taken a couple shots to the chest this season (bruised both sides of the ribcage in separate incidents), so I will admit I sucked up my pride and bypassed the gap jumps, but they look really well built and would be fun to hit.

I have a question for the Woodlot regulars ... is Platinum significantly more difficult a trail than the other more popular trails (ie. Gold, Shotgun, etc.)? I will be making the trek back out there for sure this season .... once I purchase a set of the Hoots body armour :D

[125]

word on the street is that someone broke their back on platinum

[urban-rider]

ya my buds friend didnt on the rithm, he went super fast, flat landed the first and had to pull the hand break but ejected at the top of the lip and crushed three vertibray on the way down and now has a metal plat in his back!!!! not cool

[OptionaL]

Originally posted by 125
word on the street is that someone broke their back on platinum

Jeff from lifecycles..

Superchode - I guess I'd say it's harder than the other trails, but there's nothing TOO hard. It's all built super well so it's just a matter of having good judgement on the stuff and it should be cake.

[hardtail slave]

Platinum is like nothing else at the woodlot, not that it's a bad thing. I rode it for the first time today also, and pretty much rode around everything. The other trails are more oriented around log riding, stunts not involving lots of airtime, and some technical downhilly stuff. It's all still amazing riding though, just a lot different.