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09-20-2008, 06:55 PM
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STR Invades Mammoth.... and I do mean INVADES!
What a day!
There's still about six people missing from the group shot below. On the trail all day it didn't matter where you went: you'd find other STR riders. Weather co-operated and there wasn't any snow, but it was a powder day at mammoth... pumice powder! The first run was a warm up down Velocity, followed by another run down Velocity to session and take photos. From there we sessioned Chainsmoke's rock gardens and on to Twighlight Zone. Good times with the big crew, but riding with such a large contingent didn't last. After that second run we went to Skidmarks, and the group split into packs of 4 - 8 riders for most of the rest of the day. I spent most of the afternoon with Chuck (happy gilmore) Mark (stinkyrider), BryGuy17, TwoWheelLee.... a good crew to be with for sure. The best part of the day for me was finally ponying up to the Chainsmoke Waterfall (even with the pumice-surfing watch-out-for-that-tree OTB on the runout!) and cleaning all the rock gardens on Bullet, Flow and Chainsmoke. The worst part was when a gust of wind knocked me sideways mid-air off the ramp at the bottom of Velocity. I landed on my hip and elbow, pretty hard and fast. 2WheelLee did exactly the same thing right behind me, crashing hard. Again, thank you body armor. The lift lines were long at times, which is to be expected on a day like this. There will be many more photos and videos in the coming days, but this will already be a weekend that won't be forgotten soon. Big thanks to DenMo for herding all the cats this morning  . More tomorrrow!
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denmother (09-22-2008),
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ezzyride (09-22-2008),
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garo_b (09-22-2008),
genusmtbkr5 (09-22-2008),
Geronimo (09-20-2008),
grandpa (09-20-2008),
Happy_Gilmore (09-21-2008),
HardCharger (09-21-2008),
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09-20-2008, 07:24 PM
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I didn't make it up there this year. Next for sure. Looking foward to more RR's and pix.
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09-21-2008, 08:43 PM
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Old School BMXer
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I'm not aware of any injuries, so kudos to all the riders for keeping it fun and safe.  That group photo showed only some of the STR riders there - it was insane how many of us there were.
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09-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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09-21-2008, 09:06 PM
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P. W. R.
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Just walked in the door, Good times this weekend
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09-21-2008, 09:08 PM
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09-21-2008, 09:38 PM
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SLO Rider
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I'll throw my RR up now since I'm not as tired as I thought I'd be
 Got up there early on friday, and met of with Tim (JasonMason) and Matt13. we got in one ride down rock creek, and headed back to the top to hopefully catch the later group. We caught them (I can only think of steppie and 1080P at the moment) at the trailhead, and proceeded to do another run down. good stuff, not much carnage (I did have a fabulous endo on a rock garden at the bottom though) next day, matt, tim and Art (art23rockpile) and I got going a bit later than others (Denmo wanted us at the gondola at 8! geez, so early ) so we headed up and got in a run down skid marks to follow me. good stuff to warm up on.Back up top, we hooked up with a lot of the bigger group, and I split off and went with Stinkyrider, Happy Gilmore, 2wheel Lee, and kanga. Great group of guys to ride with, and we covered a good bit of ground with just us. Special props to Kanga for being a great tour guide (same to Stinky and Happy  ). We got in a bunch of runs, and ended up hooking up with Socalridur and his friend Nick (nikolas) on our last run. those guys know how to ride too  Sunday was a slow day. got going late again, and went looking for some people to ride with. hooked up with mfoga and 2wheel lee, along with some of the incycle guys whose names I missed. we did a run, and then we met up with the bigger group for one big run down bullet/follow me. Kanga and I did our last run down velocity at breakneck speed (4:16 i think for him. I woulda been about 2 seconds slower if I didn't get screwed by pumice at the end  )Overall, it was an absolutely great weekend. I got to meet a bunch of new people (so many that I was forgetting names left and right  ). I also got in some great riding with great people.Special thanks to Denmother for getting us all out there. Also thanks to everyone that helped show me around the trails and gave me good riding tips. I can't wait for next year. I think I'm going to get a season pass Now I can't wait to see all the pics and videos that were taken. gotta spread out the fun as long as possible, right? |
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Happy_Gilmore (09-22-2008),
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jeffj (09-21-2008),
JoeTruth (09-22-2008),
kanga (09-21-2008),
Letyrides (09-22-2008),
lil__missy (09-22-2008),
mottmcfly (09-21-2008),
mtnbikerfred (09-22-2008),
Pato (09-22-2008),
Tmac (09-22-2008)
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09-21-2008, 10:19 PM
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Bryguy17 pretty much covered it... Special Thanks to Art23rockpile and his GF Lorabee for arranging the shuttle back up from Rock Creek. GaylordVB and I got passed by Steppie around Lone Pine, but the VW diesel tortoise kept on motoring while the Toyota 4X hare had to stop for fuel in Bishop, so we were minutes behind ST Junkie and Steppie when we pulled in to Upper Rock Creek for the 3 lowest sections. Met Bryguy17, with his new to him Giant Reign X that I got to ride for a bit... Plush ride dude! ...and his crew Matt13 and Jason Mason, as well as Team Homer, Son of Steppie, STJunkie, Steppie, with GaylordVB and me rounding out the tail end of the group. Art23rockpile managed to stash EIGHT (edited) bikes hanging out the back of his tailgate of his truck for the shuttle back to the top after an awesome trip down Rock Creek. Absolutely a great way to break up the drive up to Mammoth, sneak in a little Rock creek, then finish up the last leg. Thanks to Steppie and STJunkie for getting us to try this... it works awesome! Saturday morning, we awoke around 6:45 to a great sunrise, some winds and chills, but got on up to the Main Lodge where Denmother was suiting up and chomping at the bit to get the group pics behind us, only t |