Paleo Man

just one of the many characters out that day

SSPBE 2011
thanks for the pixels DKeg and Jason.

Pump Track Version 4.0

North Park Freeride & Skills Park

HI 2

a few days after.....

2 days before Irene (Thurs)

the commute

Thurs. at the Lighthouse

the only pixels grabbed at Slatyfork
the hardest Wild 100 ever
thanks to the rally car race keeping us off of 135 and Mine Roads

HI 1

what an old man once-a-year surfer craves
most of the week was choppy on-shore with a wicked current.
it cleaned up a bit toward the end of the week,
the Frisco Pier has fallen apart and the sandbar has grown. Still a good low tide spot

W@W 1

So nice to return to the site of former mediocrity last night and see so many old riding friends. It's great when my work day in VA matches the W@W schedule. Such a rippin' place to ride, with 3 crashes in a 1-hour race. The only one that was a goof-off was trying to manual the creek crossing.
Pulled up too hard
Got Upside down
clipped in
Wheels to the sky
ass in the water
Special

That one put a spot of hurt on one arm and and another crash mashed my already mangled other hand. Gonna be nice to head to the surf in a couple days with a couple wounded wings and some freshly removed skin.
So.Special.

Earlier crash 50-seconds into the race put me at the back of the pack w/ no hope of making up many places.Special.
I'll hope for 2 rain-outs so I can make it to the last race on the make-up date.
I'll be kickin' some ass on that night.

Germantown, finished

Got Tusc?

all fresh & smiley in the morning fog

things started to change

mid-ride beer and food break at the pool

Thanks Ray, Dave, and Karen for the great weekend

self promo from SSO

RIP Aaron

riding home from work

an incident with a car
2 weeks later headaches
doctor visit
falls dead later that day at work

a SM racer
an elite swimmer
new dad
wife expecting again
so sorry to hear this

new Lucketts Pump Track

Lucketts, VA gettin' done

Germantown Pump Track

Pro Design + skilled Amateur shapers = Pro Outcome

the Man of the Week takin' care of his new baby

lots of S-turns here

Huge thanks to Todd, JoeF, and MORE for pulling this off.
It's the biggest/baddest pump track I've yet seen
still some more work to do on the inside lines.
the outer mainline is rollin' fast already
lots of skilled bike-laborers out there got it going in the past few days

Is this the first/only public pump track in Maryland???

this pic was too cool to not steal
full credit to the kung fu pump master here

Donuts are as good as Cupcakes,
sometimes more reliable too

easter sunday service
we will soon see just how not ready for prime time I've ever been in Spring

Pine Hill

Birth of the next X-Games event here at Sea Otter?

the latest Pine Hill design
we're taking comments if you got 'em

I was the wait for me guy on the sunday service today,

even bailed it short
not feeling anywhere near a 40 in me

went to check the pump track later on for the potential Monday night sesh and met a couple guys from Gettysburg there with nice DJ bikes.
glad I took a little wheel bike along just in case as a
good time ensued,
the track was riding great before this rain.

defunct

finally found this video of last summer's contest at the now-defunct Cluggy's skatepark in Chambersburg.
some of these guys have actually ridden our pump track
yea, they think it's pretty lame

2113

something new

2113
21 people day on 1
13 today

might be some more curve tweaking as the trail settles in and speeds up
why hit those brakes if u don't have to.
a long elevated nonequine rockway alt line to come later

new track in the works?

An article in today's Public Opinion, none of the typical snarky comments yet.
Started a Facebook page for the meeting and track since we only have a month to mobilize. Facebook still confuses me, I set this up as a Community page. If you're a user, see if you can Like it or Friend it, or somehow show it love, if this link even works....


the park manager sketched this in 2005

south end of Michaux
Pine Hill Park
Waynesboro, PA

the Township Managers and Supervisors seem more charged up than the Chambersburg folk 3 years ago. One of the Supers races downhill with his kid.
They want it riding by July (we'll see...)
I'm not quite as optimistic/ambitious as they are, but it's their park, so they can really make it happen if they want it

Public Meeting for all interested bikers of all wheel sizes.
April 7th, 7:00
If you have ideas or opinions, or want to help choose the design, show up and be heard.
Pass along to interested parties, and I'll be pinging peeps directly too. Will be interesting to see how this progresses. Could it really be this easy?

for scale reference, the Chambersburg Pump Track would easily fit inside the skatepark shown.

more, please

check out that speedy crust
good flow on the few downs we found

a surprisingly good run this week

a powdah morning at Whitetail w/ the grom

bluebird day turns to blackbird night - solo track skiing in the local beloved

sky full of bright stars, no wind, fast tracks;
an after work singletrack schwack with Wrenchy & SSO, seeking the very kinds of Shed lines that bikers abhor

WG v.4

far better than expected
about 11" during the week
surprise cold smoke lake effect overnight

our host leads the way to a cool descent
thanks M & D

Hey, let's go ski Driftland next weekend