Never expect things to happen as planned, but always make the best of them. That was the lesson learned today. After the original plans fell through, I quickly arranged new ones. Jack was way ahead of me this morning, having already skated Mt. Philo, and Irish Hill by 7 am. He was excited when I mentioned a new hill for DH. This hill is classified. Since we had no driver, we had to hike the mile or so to the top. By the second run we were pretty tired of walking, but I drove Jack, so could have one last run. Some course maintenance was needed around a rocky corner, but other than that, we had some awesome runs. Jack fine tuned his stance around left handed sweepers, while I worked on sticking my 90 degree rights. Jack was hitting the 90 degree right hander at 40 mph. Crazy kid!
After some downhill runs, I took him back to his place, and grabbed some much needed food. Then I grabbed the Gl1 and tripod to do some solo filming at the White Barn hairpin. Be on the look out for that footage, as well as footage from BCC, Overook, and UVM.
See you on the hill
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Day Sesh
It was cold, so naturally we had a slow start. After gearing up, we (Tom, Kyle, Justin, and Billy) mobilized to the White Barn run. Winds were from the north, but we had some nice cover from the trees. On the second run, it was myself drafting Kyle, who was pushing for dear life for about half the run. It was just after the fence, before the left hand sweeper, where my will to slow down diminishes. Going around the three-foot wide corner, I take the inside, and Kyle maintains the outside until…with no safe means to adjust his weight (Kyle wasn’t wearing gloves at the time), Kyle’s truck hangs off the road, and catches some grass. Thankfully, Kyle wasn’t injured, but that wasn’t the only close call today.
Again, it was I who was taking the lead. Tom and Kyle were taking the right around the divider on Stonehedge, when Tom tried to sneak inside of Kyle. With no clear communication, the two lightly touched wheels, which resulted in both riders bailing. Tom made it to the grass, while Kyle slid a good 20 feet down the road. Remarkably, Kyle’s jacket wasn’t torn, and both riders were okay.
There was no footage from today, strictly skating, but we did have some really nice runs. Tom nailed a heel-side stand up slide around the hairpin, at the bottom of the White Barn Run. Justin was putting down some really good two-handed toe slides around the same turn. Billy really improved his pushing abilities, and downhill stance. An old dude was totally stoked with what we were doing, but he was definitely more into our protection. If you want to be treated like a professional, you gotta look like one. It was a good day today, not only because no one got injured, but because tomorrow is looking even better!
See you on the hill
Again, it was I who was taking the lead. Tom and Kyle were taking the right around the divider on Stonehedge, when Tom tried to sneak inside of Kyle. With no clear communication, the two lightly touched wheels, which resulted in both riders bailing. Tom made it to the grass, while Kyle slid a good 20 feet down the road. Remarkably, Kyle’s jacket wasn’t torn, and both riders were okay.
There was no footage from today, strictly skating, but we did have some really nice runs. Tom nailed a heel-side stand up slide around the hairpin, at the bottom of the White Barn Run. Justin was putting down some really good two-handed toe slides around the same turn. Billy really improved his pushing abilities, and downhill stance. An old dude was totally stoked with what we were doing, but he was definitely more into our protection. If you want to be treated like a professional, you gotta look like one. It was a good day today, not only because no one got injured, but because tomorrow is looking even better!
See you on the hill
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