Beacon Follow-Up
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sucks man... that jump is a killer
heal up
heal up
DUDE!!!!! Your head went through a log with an 8 inch diameter and broke your helmet clean through the fiber glass, your dad passed out.... aaaand your dog almost got ran over in less than a 45 second window. You were truly the most amaizing event all weekend.
Damage Inc. is proud to have you. You kicked ass man first was in the bag
Damage Inc. is proud to have you. You kicked ass man first was in the bag
yeah did they have another dj contest?
my buddy joe was throwin flips over the lower road gap.... i couldnt make it, but who wants to see me dead sailor the lower road gap every time? 
Beacon was fun! The bottom of the course was by far my favorite. The last two jumps were super sweet! All the Beavers that raced had a good clean/no crash weekend and kicked some butt, even though we were the only expert girls! 
Great weekend! Oh, can't forget to mention our sweet hotel room that had a jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room along with a fireplace! 
Great weekend! Oh, can't forget to mention our sweet hotel room that had a jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room along with a fireplace! 
Dude, How are you doing? How serious of an injury??? I sort of heard about that injury through the vine and was bummed to hear you got hurt. Hope your healings going good.GlennG said:
Damon
I know Claudio from our team won his class - how did everyone do? Who won what?
Lars won pro
Kim won semi
Bernie won woman's pro
Kim won semi
Bernie won woman's pro
Travis won it at the blast off
no, joe was the guy on the diamondback assualt who was wearing a wife beater.Radarr said:
i believe lars got a 1:30. he was smoking. there were actually quite a few pros and semi-pros. more than i'm used to seeing anyway. the new doubles before the berm to berm separated the men from the boys for sure... and i'm apparently still pre-pubescent.
krustydude said:
he smoked and rode!! WOW! Im a baby then
It's gonna be awesome when I hit puberty.
BTW: The results are up.
From a begginer perspective the new double between the berm to berm was a scam, awesome for all the expert / sport. but for us neubs who are still watching cartoons with no clue what the word puberty even means or girls are for anything but making fun of, it sucked and equaled a huge portion of the course we could have walked through faster not fun just dissapointing it was basicaly the equivlent of taking a whole class of riders and rubbing there noses in **** and screamming "You suck at the same time!!" more deameaning demoralizing than anything :nuts: !!! On that note they should have left all the pro-expert reroutes(huge climbs) in XC course for the begginers and see what there next XC turn out is.
douBle between the berm to berm? so it was like a quadruple?Slider said:
no you miss under stood me it is 3 doubles with the first having an extremely difficult entrance prompting progressive failure on the next 2 and then ultimatly feeding you into the berm to berm jump with no speed so begginers are pedalling there ass's off into a double they are unsure they can make in the first place creating an even higher chance for failure because of all the negative stimulus overload all within an area less than 60 feet. If we were compitient Jumpers than we most likely wouldn't be beginers in the first place I think everyone in our class was excited if they could even make the berm let alone the three 10 footers before it. I am just saying it is too much at one time for beginers. Hell most of sport class cased the first Tripple with a clear 30 foot runway. It is Kinda like on the "70's show" when Kelsoe gave all his Porn at once to Fezz and Fezz nearly died of exhaustion and ultimatly gave up nuidy magazines by the end of the episode.dirtjumpP.1 said:
They weren't that bad. If you sucked them up enough you could carry some speed. I saw plenty of sport and experts having trouble with those jumps.Slider said:
I never cleared the 6-pack until this last weekend. It was pretty tough, at first. Then I just got the hang of it. It's really fun once you do flash everything, but until you do, those jumps were as frustrating as all hell.
And I tried rolling them then pedalingn into the B2B during practice. I just couldn't get the speed after the last jump to get over the B2B cleanly. It made a huge difference clearing all the jumps. I was brake checking before the B2B when I cleared all the jumps.
And I tried rolling them then pedalingn into the B2B during practice. I just couldn't get the speed after the last jump to get over the B2B cleanly. It made a huge difference clearing all the jumps. I was brake checking before the B2B when I cleared all the jumps.
My point Exactley look how much better you are than me and I am a pretty average begginer Tony it was just way to much for a begginers plate. I would love to learn them but way to much to just show up and do.
Be happy they were all rollable and you didn't have to do a long around. It's understandable your frustration, but you need to remember they have different classes that stand for different abilities...they have to have stuff on the course that is more challenging for the more advanced riders, as they have easier stuff for the beginners...Slider said:
I agree. Some of the go arounds were way too long or they shot you out in a bad line for next part of the trail. Like the rock step up. I never would have tried it if the around line was better, but it hella sucked so I had to push myself to try and do it, which I'm really glad I did! :dancing:MUTOLI said:
Yeah, my first run I rolled the 3 doubles, then 50/50 the B2B...that sucked....got down the mountain and was last by 9 secs......then I watched all the expert/pros hit that first double and was like "I can do that no prob on my second run!!" Came flying into that first right handed berm (just like the pros) to the first double and ended up smacking my bars clean into the tree on the left of that rock face. I bounced head first into and off of that berm into the bushes....I was able to kick the bike over my head into the bushes in one fluid motion so it wouldn't hit me...People around me said that was kinda cool.....Need a new helmet now...and I only have 2 weeks to get better (and rid myself of this concussion) for Silver Mt......bike's alright though
I was the guy who went right after you radarr.....I heard over the radio as I was lying on the ground that the course was closed....I was like..."But I'm off the course guys....I hit hard enough...but I don't need an ambulance..." they were like "It's not for you..." .......ooooo sucks....
My wife was standing right before that triple and says that it was a real bad sound when you hit....get better!!!
Peace out.
I was the guy who went right after you radarr.....I heard over the radio as I was lying on the ground that the course was closed....I was like..."But I'm off the course guys....I hit hard enough...but I don't need an ambulance..." they were like "It's not for you..." .......ooooo sucks....
My wife was standing right before that triple and says that it was a real bad sound when you hit....get better!!!
Peace out.
I think it would be harder to get the around then just doing the step up! That is sweet you did it Snacks. It's actually really easy once you do it. A girl in the clinic didn't want to try it, and I talked to her and told her how fast to hit it, and she did...she was super stoked!Snacks said:
My Bugers are still brown!
Yuk!Tootrikky said:
Hahhaaa. Certainly was dusty, sure glad we got that sprinkling on Sunday.Tootrikky said:
Yeah I totaly understand that aspect of it i just thought they could've done sort of scenario like on the xc course where pro and sport and had to go through the whole thing but have a "switch" to close it off and keep all the begginers on the same page. Alot of the rest of the course from my perspectice was just holding on and balls that part was overly tech for the class. If it wasn't for the chance of getting disabled the day befor the race I considered just doing that section for 2 hours. The whole rest of the course was Fine A little mentaly taxing in some spots but not impossible. My favorite manuver was the first time i did the step up in practice I wasn't going fast enough stalled on the rock and fell off it backwards I felt like i was just manualling over in slow motion I wish i had a picture of that.MUTOLI said:
by the way you really put the hammer to the turd good JOB at the race.
Haha, we're in the new helmet/concussion club. Two concussions in a row - I bet your's happened less than a minute before mine.Secret Squirrel said:Need a new helmet now...and I only have 2 weeks to get better (and rid myself of this concussion) for Silver Mt......bike's alright though
I guess the thump from my head hitting the log was pretty solid, at least that's what my parents say. They were standing 15 feet from where I hit. Before he realized it was me, my dad said to my mom: "I'd hate to be that kid's father"
Yeah...I was the rider immediately after you.. I think I had a ghost in front of me.....Then after my crash, the medic asked me if I was going to continue and finish....like 30 seconds after I said "Hell no.", they said they were going to re-run the people coming down after you....and I thought to myself..."hmmm if I had continued, I might have gotten another shot at the course.." Then the dizziness and pain set in.... LOL.....so I guess it was a good idea to cut my losses!!Radarr said:Haha, we're in the new helmet/concussion club. Two concussions in a row - I bet your's happened less than a minute before mine.
I guess the thump from my head hitting the log was pretty solid, at least that's what my parents say. They were standing 15 feet from where I hit. Before he realized it was me, my dad said to my mom: "I'd hate to be that kid's father"
My wife was standing right below that rock drop leading into the triple and said that there was this "Thump/Crack" that made her sick to her stomach. I think the crack was prolly your bike since you didn't break anything....Once I found her after coasting down the fire road, she thought that I had ridden by after you and she missed me again....Apparently she chose not to see the ripped up jersey, me covered in dirt, or my messed up helmet!!!! Get better soon.!!!
damn tony, that sounds burly. I wish i coulda been there. Not to see you wreck, but try my hand at the air time. maybe if your riding we'll have to go up and goof around a bit. When i get up to spokane that is. har...har....
hey btw, i knocked myself out in the wenatchee skatepark a couple weekends ago! broke my helmet and woke up to 10 little kiddies around me. lol thank god i had that helmet on.
glad your ok man!
hey btw, i knocked myself out in the wenatchee skatepark a couple weekends ago! broke my helmet and woke up to 10 little kiddies around me. lol thank god i had that helmet on.
glad your ok man!