So after a dreadful weekend of cold rain and wind, the sun came back out yesterday. So I thought that I would cruise around the backyard mini-playground.
Lately Shadygrove the dog has taken to chasing me so I thought I should work with her a little first.
Round and round we go...
After about 50 laps around the yard. She was no longer interested in following me anywhere and so I went and hit the "Berminator" a few times.
My Back yard is kind of flat and small so to get the most out of it I dug a 180 degree berm. At the end of the berm I stuck a 4x8 sheet of plywood that is some where between a bank and a wall ride. Here it is again.
Once you come around the berm you can hit a 3' high kicker. Here I am over shooting the landing for the camera.
That's all the pictures. A little later on in the day I went and found a 30' roll-in that leads to a big 8' high kicker to something between a tabled landing and a step up. I did it three times. The first time I had used too much brake on the roll in and didn't quite have enough for the kicker. The second time I had just enough speed and hit the kicker and landed nice and soft. The third time I went brakeless down the roll in, hammered it in the flat and went for a motowhip off the lip. I went at least 8 pinkbike feet in the air, never leveled out and landed back wheel first and looped out - flat on my ass. After laying there for a few minutes I rode home and today I am sitting on an ice pack.
So Monday's aren't all bad.
Lately Shadygrove the dog has taken to chasing me so I thought I should work with her a little first.
Round and round we go...
After about 50 laps around the yard. She was no longer interested in following me anywhere and so I went and hit the "Berminator" a few times.
My Back yard is kind of flat and small so to get the most out of it I dug a 180 degree berm. At the end of the berm I stuck a 4x8 sheet of plywood that is some where between a bank and a wall ride. Here it is again.
Once you come around the berm you can hit a 3' high kicker. Here I am over shooting the landing for the camera.
That's all the pictures. A little later on in the day I went and found a 30' roll-in that leads to a big 8' high kicker to something between a tabled landing and a step up. I did it three times. The first time I had used too much brake on the roll in and didn't quite have enough for the kicker. The second time I had just enough speed and hit the kicker and landed nice and soft. The third time I went brakeless down the roll in, hammered it in the flat and went for a motowhip off the lip. I went at least 8 pinkbike feet in the air, never leveled out and landed back wheel first and looped out - flat on my ass. After laying there for a few minutes I rode home and today I am sitting on an ice pack.
So Monday's aren't all bad.
