Thinking we would meet workmates either at the bottom or at the Skidder Site for a bit of a skills session Nelson and me rode up Bowenvale Valley and K2 like I did last week... Got news half way up that they were piking (cos the Park was closed and they couldn't Lift up, lazy kids), so we continued up the grind (which didn't seem as bad as last week (muscle memory??)), and got to the top of Vic Park ready for some action.
Figured we'd keep it a skills session, and rode down to the first jump in the trees, scoping it out and clambering back up for another go. Nicely cleaned first time round, then into the see-saw, which I baulked on first, then did the 2nd time round, no problem at all (wtf was I worried about??). Don't know why I've been so psyched out by it for so long. Into BrakeFree, and rode back up for the first few jumps to ride again - I reckon I rode it best the first time... Then into Sesame St. First big gap jump Nelson just piled over it no problem and I baulked. We climbed up, back into it, I baulked again. Back up, baulked, but rode down through the rest of it nice following jumps and wallride no problem. Stopped and walked back up, right to the top again, and met a young fella here - got chatting, then I followed them in and GOT IT! Again, WTF was I worried about? It was easy. Enjoyed the rest of the jumpies and wall ride and Nelson cleaned the big gap below the Wall, and then we got chatting again with the young guy, Michael.
Headed into Shazza's, and stopped not too far in to check out a couple of the jumps in there. Decided the wooden feature with a downhill landing was too dodgy. At this point we were joined by a lovely young woman Michael knew (Hannah, I think?) who rolled up and decided to join us on our way down. From here we bombed down the rest of Shazz and down and into Sneaky Ridge, which Mike hadn't ridden before. He decided to try the No Road Bikes section, while the rest of us rode around it. Then him and Nelson decided to do the big drop in the oaks... Both cleaned nicely and then we hoofed off down over the wee jump onto Bridges (or Flow?). Regrouped and bombed it across into Nu-Bridges, zigging and zagging down this to the bottom of the valley. Hannah split into Hidden Valley bonus and the three boys fanged it down the valley, and we made our 7pm curfew to get to our meeting (after grabbing some dinner), juuust on time.
A massive 7.5 kms, with a huge 350 m climbed....
Figured we'd keep it a skills session, and rode down to the first jump in the trees, scoping it out and clambering back up for another go. Nicely cleaned first time round, then into the see-saw, which I baulked on first, then did the 2nd time round, no problem at all (wtf was I worried about??). Don't know why I've been so psyched out by it for so long. Into BrakeFree, and rode back up for the first few jumps to ride again - I reckon I rode it best the first time... Then into Sesame St. First big gap jump Nelson just piled over it no problem and I baulked. We climbed up, back into it, I baulked again. Back up, baulked, but rode down through the rest of it nice following jumps and wallride no problem. Stopped and walked back up, right to the top again, and met a young fella here - got chatting, then I followed them in and GOT IT! Again, WTF was I worried about? It was easy. Enjoyed the rest of the jumpies and wall ride and Nelson cleaned the big gap below the Wall, and then we got chatting again with the young guy, Michael.
Headed into Shazza's, and stopped not too far in to check out a couple of the jumps in there. Decided the wooden feature with a downhill landing was too dodgy. At this point we were joined by a lovely young woman Michael knew (Hannah, I think?) who rolled up and decided to join us on our way down. From here we bombed down the rest of Shazz and down and into Sneaky Ridge, which Mike hadn't ridden before. He decided to try the No Road Bikes section, while the rest of us rode around it. Then him and Nelson decided to do the big drop in the oaks... Both cleaned nicely and then we hoofed off down over the wee jump onto Bridges (or Flow?). Regrouped and bombed it across into Nu-Bridges, zigging and zagging down this to the bottom of the valley. Hannah split into Hidden Valley bonus and the three boys fanged it down the valley, and we made our 7pm curfew to get to our meeting (after grabbing some dinner), juuust on time.
A massive 7.5 kms, with a huge 350 m climbed....
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