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Monkey
Dec 7, 2003
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Update: 6/17/09...

Recently the Tuesday Night Trailcrew has been working on a stunt started a few years ago dubbed 'Frankie goes to Hollywood'. It's a large rock feature with 3 lines into a large transition. Until now, only the leftmost line, up and over the rock was open but we finished the other 2 and tabled and expanded the tranny. We'll probably tweak it a bit and maybe reroute the trail after it depending on how it rides......here are some pics.

This what it looked like after building it the first time. A lot of feedback was that it was too hard to get up on and scrubbed too much speed.



So we added a ton of rock....



And built a monstrous onramp to accommodate multiple lines (and skill levels :clapping: )...


Adding dirt....lot's of dirt.....



And it's ready to ride....


Tonight's test pilot Berkshire Rider...taking the middle, 'wallride' line....


As always, thanks to all the volunteers for their time and for doing all the heavy lifting.

The VLMC
 
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If_Rider

Monkey
Dec 7, 2003
116
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Massachusetts
So with that modification, are you able to come in pretty hot and get some distance of of the rock now?

BTW nice work, as always.
Maybe off the middle line. The line off the top is much smoother to get up and will be less of a wheelie drop now but I'm not sure about the distance. I haven't hit it yet unfortunately.
 

If_Rider

Monkey
Dec 7, 2003
116
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Massachusetts
Some updates courtesy of Berkshire Rider......

The trail was widened to better accommodate the small trailgap on Rubber Stamp:




The last 2 features were showing signs of over-use and needed new dirt.

First feature (before):



After:
(We pulled some annoying stumps from the LZ too.)



Second feature (before):



After:



Finally, the turn after the second feature was pushed out slightly, and flows much better now: The natural slope there should carve out a nice little natural berm over time.



Hopefully, monsoon season ends soon, and we can actually ride it.... :rant: