The sweetest trails and riding spots

It’s time to get un-coached


Today I didn’t have to coach or teach a darn thing, and I enjoyed a random cornering session with my friends Steve, Matt, Chris and Lisa. To paraphrase Morpheus from The Matrix, today was a day to stop trying to rip — and just rip.
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Proposed rules: Pump Track Worlds

Let’s say you’re all hanging out, pump pump pumping, and someone decides it’s time to name a champion. Until the National Pump Track Association gets formed, anyone can hold the world championships. Here’s my proposal:
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Of ebooks and karma

Stoked: Lots of people are ordering Welcome to Pump Track Nation, and plenty are telling me they dig it. The ebook was a lot of work, and I’m glad people enjoy it.

Not stoked: Three times as many people have downloaded the PDF as have paid for it.

If you stole my ebook: You better build a sweet pump track and let the local kids rip all they want. That’s your karmic duty. And you might want to pay up — just to be safe.

Pump Track Nation!

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Braaap!


XC ride at Southridge Park


After my clinic with the InCycle guys last week, I took myself for a little spin. Southridge Park is in the middle of the Fontana, CA suburbs, but the trails are sweet!
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Prescott, AZ moto with Mr. Keene


This year my boy Curtis Keene fell in love and moved from Norcal to Prescott, AZ. That’s bad news for Bay Area women, but great news for Curtis. The fastest ex-electrician from Fremont now lives among endless mountains and infinite trails.
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Santa Cruz love festival


While I was in Norcal this month, you KNOW I rode in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The woods are deep, and the trails are super flowy. It was too dark for my little point-and-shoot camera, but still:
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Pump Track Worlds at Mark Weir’s


Last Sunday, Mark Weir had a massive pump party at his house in Novato, CA. Reasons: 1. his one-year wedding anniversary, 2. Chevy’s birthday and 3. the pump — oh, the pump.
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MSC Final – Keystone Climax full report


Another series in the books. The Keystone gravity events saw new faces having new fun and old faces enjoying new success. Good stuff as always.
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Colorado Powersports Day in the Dirt


Monday the folks at Colorado Powersports hosted a superfun day at the Thunder Valley MX track in Lakewood, CO. For $10 we customers got clinics, lunch and track time. Such a deal — and it’s gotta be good for business.
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DH Camp 6 of 6: Last day of summer

For the last day of Lee Likes DH Camps 2006, The Fix monkeys and I rode at The Hut in Winter Park. For some of the guys, it was the last day before school started. What a way to end the season.
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Water crossings: Don’t do this


I had a choice: Ride over a two-foot-wide bridge or plunge through a river of unknown depth. You can guess which I chose — and how it went.
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