Grommets :: Pt. II

Week two of taking the groms out for Friday afternoon rides. They are a bunch of fun guys…..

OK, so pre-teenage boys are a bit smarter than mushrooms. Not any better looking though.

Lucas has it pretty dialled in. That’s what second generation Shore riders do.

Johnny Ray and some mushrooms.

JR again, slipping to the inside.

Avery, Legend of the Fall.

Check out the chicken legs on Chronister. Hard to believe they don’t snap on something like the Piledriver.


Rain

Another wet one on Seymour. Lots of riding today. Holger came out for one more ride before returning to his tour company on the Continent. Also, Bill Tuohy and his buddy Michael came up from San Fran for a rip. AND….I had the first day of a local kids group out for a shred.

Here’s Bill, giving his broken scapula a test. Those white spots are raindrops if you haven’t been here yet.

Holger on CBC.

Bill, barely visible in the gloom.

Seet autumn shot of CBC. Holger and his bright jacket again, with Bill spotting him.

Sliding into the corner.

This is how dark it actually looked. All I could see was Mike’s chrome visor all afternoon.

Holger on Salvation.

Supa cool shot of some fungus on Pangor.

Poor Bill. He broke his derailleur hanger on the first run, and with a short day we opted to lend him Barb’s pink bike. It was a little small and unfamiliar, combined with big vertical, and 12 weeks off the bike with injuries.

Bill was tired. Hell, I was tired…..

So, after two runs with the big boys it was time to go for a rip with the young guns. Four of ’em. I think they must have been shut up in a classroom all day or something. Holy, can they ever rip it up.

Lucas, second generation Cove ripper.

Another punk riding bridges in the dark.

Artsy fartsy shot of Chronister (my tailgunner) on the Ned’s Gap.

Happy Birthday….

…To ME!!!

Lee and Sharon gave me this…

What are ya trying to say?

Anyway, I spent the next day at the NSMBA trailday on the new Corkscrew trail. I was somewhat useless (mmmmmmm. Beer).

This is the new axle for the Zipper Totter. Looks pretty tuff.

Rocking in a new boardwalk. Actually an old boardwalk that’s been moved.

PD, sawing frantically.