RR: Dirt Series Camp - Blue River (Heli-Drop!)

[m0to]

Hey gang,
I've tried to format the ride report to fit on the forum and look right, but its more work than just linking you to my site. But here's an excerpt and one of the helmet cam videos. You can read the rest of the report or all of it if you like. I thought I'd share.

Camp - Day 1


Saturday started with a buffet style breakfast and getting signed into the camp. This camp was going to be different than the last one. We had three sessions in the morning then a trail ride in the afternoon. Sunday would be no sessions and primarily focused on a helicopter drop into the alpine. I had chosen Braking and Descending, High Speed Corning, and Drops. I figured all three would be appropriate to refresh and improve my skills for the rides ahead. (Honestly I took High Speed Cornering because its a blast!) That afternoon we broke into ride groups. My group was the downhill group. Composed of Terry, Colin, Ruben, Amy and I with our instructors being Geoff Gulevich and Lorraine Blancher.
Quick note for those who don’t know our instructors. Lorraine is an phenomenal rider. Very skilled, great coach, and she won the Women’s division at Crank Works in Whistler the prior week. (Congrats Lorraine!!!) Geoff is a very talented young man. I say young man because he’s 21 and does stuff that is just incredible. At the same time he’s super cool, very humble, and a blast to hang out with.



Now back to the ride. The downhill ride was the most difficult trail I have ever ridden/walked/slid down in my life. It was wet, rooty, STEEP and very difficult. One the way up the hill I was actually getting a little sick after hearing Geoff and Lorraine say how hard and step this trail is. I thought about chickening out but I knew that Terry and Colin wouldn’t allow it and I’d get endless crap because Amy did it and I didn’t. So, I was in. I’m not even sure I can describe the trail other than how I already have. So, I’ll let you enjoy the helmet cam footage from Terry and I. (It doesn’t not do a good job of showing how steep it really was.

Camel Toe Trail

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Helicopter Drop

[danlorek]

jason, i seriously hate you!

tw with your new-found skills? i'll probably be out there tomorrow am.

[OMR]

SICK!!!!

[dhmike]

nice, i dig the heli drop vid !

[m0to]

Originally Posted by danlorek

jason, i seriously hate you!

tw with your new-found skills? i'll probably be out there tomorrow am.

Sorry D, didn't see this message until this morning. Email or call me next time :-P

(BTW, I shoulda brought the Demo