Some extra pretty trail in Black Diamond
For adventure number one my roomie, Chris, and I went to scope out the riding situation in Black Diamond. I got there a bit early and rocked some cross country while I waited for Chris to show. "Rocked" being the operative word" The trails around Lake Sawyer are full of them. I would go as far as to say there were more rocks than dirt. Basically I got my XXC (Xtreme Cross Country) for an hour.
XXC example A. This stuff was rad and gnar all at once.
When Chris showed we rocked up to the Summit Ridge Freeride Park to see how the work was going there. I have to say my mind was blown wide open and the pieces were scattered everywhere. These guys took the remains of a poorly built, then poorly destroyed, illegal jump spot and have turned it into one of the best riding spots in the Seattle area. I know this is going out on a limb but it may even be up to par with the late SST (rip). The landowners are super cool folks from a church and let they crew use an excavator to build some solid lines. Anyway, bottom line is that this place is rad for getting better as a rider. Tons of challenging xc, a great slalom line, two progressive jump lines (meaning they make you progress as a rider in order to do both of them).
Brian both built and rips this trail
A few days later it was back to the same spot to hook up with the crew from NW Certified to see what these kids could do. There was a throw down of epic proportions until Garret decided it would be a much better day if he cracked his head open. Seriously though, Garret took a gnar spill and gave himself a huge gash in the head so we called local number for 911 and got him taken care of. I almost feel bad about the 'blowing my mind' bit in that last paragraph now. Anyway, the guys had been going huge all day, only problem (besides Garret's head) was that I got a little excited, tried to pull out a whip and busted my rear wheel. That sort of sucked and began to suck more when I realised I was done riding for the duration of the break.
Damien put some style in it
Mountain biking: the next great family sport. Seriously though, they all were ripping, including the dog.
With riding out of the question and itching to get outside and be a mountain man I went for a little xc ski trip with my mom and my lady. We went up I-90 to exit 63 and rocked out on the Cabin Creek trails for a while. Considering she had not been before, my girlfriend did great. She only planted it twice and got right back up. As we headed home I couldn't help but look up at the terrain park on Snoqualmie and wish I had an smx or something like that to get rad on. Mission accomplished time for cocoa.
Ya that's a ragwool hat. And yes, those are specialized gloves. So what?
As you may or may not have already read, depending on if you are bored enough to actually read my blog, I have resorted to working out until I can get rolling again. I guess its good to stay in shape but I really can't wait to get my bike back working. In other random news I have ordered a GoPro HD and I got a copy of Final Cut for x-mas so maybe you can watch videos of me doing gnar things in the future.
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