RR: STR Invades Mammoth.... and I do mean INVADES!

[RacinJason]

My RR goes like this---tired. Wasn't feeling well.
I will have to spend some time up there when I am feeling better.

I have some healing to do.
I didn't say anything but I hurt my wrist and my neck and both my feet on wed so I was hurting the whole time. Thursday and friday I couldn't sleep because the pain. So sat I was a zombie. That is why most of you didnt even notice me there.

Duc is the one who made it happen and he was rockin the trails.
I had fun hanging out I had some pain meds that started to kick in by the end of the day so I did get to hit a lot of the trails at speed just no sweet jumps.

I can't wait to go back and hammer the Rock gardens .

I will add more later .



J

Originally Posted by denmother

Weren't you there too???? Where's your Ride Report?????

[jasonmason]

And mine goes something like this...

I left home thursday morning about 5:30am - figured i'd beat the friday rush and get a day up in mammoth to kick back, relax, get a little hiking in. Went hiking up Convict Creek that afternoon (convict lake is just south of mammoth, and the creek heads back into the high country from there). Ended up nearly killin myself climbing a waterfall, but that's for another story...hit the hot springs, ate, went to the pub...just another thursday in mammoth!

Friday hooked up with Brian (Bryguy17) and headed down to meet Matt (matt13) at Lower Rock Creek. Got one run in and figured we were really going to have to push to catch art, steppie, et al on a second run. Turned out they were just ready to go as we got back to the trailhead! Got a great second run in with art, scott, steppie, 1080P, and Gaylord. I hope there's a shot around of the 8 bikes in the back of art's truck - classic! Made our way back to town for food and libations, pool and darts...and shots of whetever was handed our way! It was a fun night...

Saturday we caught the first shuttle up. Matt, Brian, Art and I got in our first run down Skid Marks>Paper Route>Follow Me, which was steep warm up! Brian headed off to hit some more FR type stuff, we hooked up with the big group heading down Skid Marks again, then split off with Jeff (jfsh) and Scotty, which became our de facto group of saturday and sunday. Jeff and Scotty are great guys to ride with, and following them around got me to push myself faster and harder than i probably would have done one my own. Powered down some pizza at Giovanni's and then fell into a food coma at 9:30(!), and unfortunately missed meeting up with everyone later that evening for beers.

Sunday hooked up with Art, Jeff, and Scotty again, plus Andy (sprockethead), Ann (slowspokes) and Lynn (sheclimbs) for a bunch more runs. Finished up with finally getting the log ride in on Shotgun (which wasn't nearly as difficult as i thought it would be). Picked up Brian and headed home, and got back around 8 Sunday night.

It's been said already, but it was amazing how many of us were up there! Great time seeing and riding with those I already know, and having the chance to meet and ride with some new people.

[GOGrannyGO]

Some pix corresponding to my post on pg2:
Still riding high, myself. Great w/e.

Rendezvous.


ADawg








Fail!


Take THAT, trail!




Take THAT snowboarders!




Got wood?




Mt Tom.


Up-thrust.


Hike that bike!


Time to go home. I spent ~20min here waiting for the shuttle. It was so silent, aside from the bugs and birds and horses and cows. The temp was perfect, the sun was low. It really made me miss the country. Pastoral perfection.


All photos by Flaskman.

[sheclimbs]

What a great weekend. I’ve never had this much fun in Mammoth! Special thanks go out to Jeff and Scotty. It’s always nice to spend time with you and your families. You guys have some awesome kids. Thanks for letting me hang with them. The boys were giving me some good tips on hucking curbs.
Also wanted to thank my DH coaches – Ann and Andy and Nancy and Roger. This DH stuff is fun! Andy put a shorter stem on my bike and I really noticed a big difference.
My biggest accomplishment was doing the log ride on shotgun, my first. (Ok, so that's FR not DH bit it's still exciting.)
My heart might have been beating just as much as Jeff’s but it wasn’t nearly the excitement of seeing J Simms do the Flow Drop. Congratulations Jeff.
It was a lot of fun to ride with so many of you this weekend, I haven’t seen many of you since last year’s trip.
Mammoth is so pretty this time of year, we ended up staying an extra day just to enjoy the beautiful fall weather. The golden aspen’s were incredible.
Feels like fall has arrived, time to head back to the San Gabs.

[1080P]

BFlo... I'm impressed with your writing and Ride Review. You did a great job of capturing and putting into words how awesome your weekend at Mammoth was. Keep up the good work!

Seems crazy, but I am still buzzing this Tuesday from my 3 day weekend in Mammoth. The memories from this trip will last forever... good peeps and good riding under perfect conditions. Viva la Mammoth Bike Park!

BTW, the GF doesn't believe me about the length of Gaylord's corn rows, or that it was over 8 years worth of hair on his head.... Did anyone get a pic of Gaylord and his 'do getting some air? I need some proof.

[denmother]

Ok, where are the Ride Reports from my crew???? You know who you are!!!!!

Originally Posted by sheclimbs

Also wanted to thank my DH coaches – Ann and Andy and Nancy and Roger. This DH stuff is fun! Andy put a shorter stem on my bike and I really noticed a big difference.

This smile says it all!!!

[Winston]

Some Intense shots from Friday @ Mammoth.

Starring Denmother, Roger, Jsims & Daniel:
















































The End

[denmother]

Still uploading photos......

[genusmtbkr5]

Great RR and pics everyone. I hope to make it up there someday, but since I don't have a "big" bike yet, it'll have to wait. Don't think my Rocky Tribal will be enough. Looks like a hell of time. Thanks for sharing.

[2wheel_lee]

Gene, you don't need a big bike to ride Mammoth. Your Tribal is just fine for most of the trails there, and you'd have a lot of fun on it. The bigger bikes simply make it easier to do some of the gnarlier stuff. As many will say, there is a lot of fun even for the hardcore XC crowd, too.

Originally Posted by genusmtbkr5

Great RR and pics everyone. I hope to make it up there someday, but since I don't have a "big" bike yet, it'll have to wait. Don't think my Rocky Tribal will be enough. Looks like a hell of time. Thanks for sharing.

[lorabee]

What an awesome place to ride!! It was great meeting new people on STR at the mountain as well as at Giovanni's Sat evening.

Thanks Denmother for putting this together.

Dean and Scott rode with me Sat am, and Dean on Sun am. We rode from the top of the Gondola and did Off the Top-Beachcruiser-Downtown to the Village. A big Thanks to Dean and Scott for riding with me, I had a great time! I ended up doing same route in the afternoons solo. Met up with Art in the late afternoon on Sunday as people were starting to head home and rode the remaining part of the day.

We stayed an extra night, and Mon am went on a great hike. A HR to follow.

I can't wait to MTB up there again next season.

[JOx2]

Ok thats it!! I'm joining you next year!!!!!!


thanks for the ride reports.

[socal ridur]

my weekend happened as follows, we got there around 9pm friday night got some carls jr that took for ever having nicks dad yell at them sat morning we got there early met up with nancy,roger,danny,and jeff. after spending almost all the money i had on my 2 day lift tix more and more familiar faces started showing. sat. i ended up riding all of saterday with a rear brake that needed to be bled, i had to pump it 4 times before it would actually start grabbing. me and nick ended up riding by ourselve