Mr & Mrs. Marmalade – 5

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Smoke

Wow, a 2nd rainy day in a week. I guess that means that we’re heading to Silverstar.

Where the trails were epic, thanks to Mother Nature, the Silverstar Trail Crew, and their ‘Trailboni.’

Mr & Mrs. Marmalade – 4

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Smoke

The sun is being a bit shy, so our UK friends are being spared the full on heat of summer yet again today. Time to scare them a bit and head to Powers. Al, keeping his nose clear of the landing again.

Here’s the new entrance to the Jedi Phucker. You should be warned that the tranny at the end is very short, and you need to go pretty slow to avoid nose diving into the turf at the end.

This works…

Yvonne is getting really comfortable with the small drops now. Maybe it’s time to try a few small gaps.

Here’s another of the many, many stunts that Dirty Dave is building these days.

A couple of low angle perspectives of the rock face on Builders. Makes it look pretty gnar, eh?

One of the notorious A-frames on Builders.

Oh look, Yvonne’s first gap. She even admitted to me that it was sort of anti-climactic. Gaps are easy.

Immediately followed by a step-down gap too. Nice flow.

Another lap, and back to the old school.

Yvonne was feeling good after that first run, and chased her tail all the way down the hill.

Al, nose down for a change.

Oh..that’s better.

Time for everyone’s favourite, the big wood berms on Powers. Hard not to like these.

Of course, it’s also good to hit Crazy Train…

…repeatedly.

Mr & Mrs. Marmalade – 3

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Smoke

OK, the rain was nice but lets get back to summer.

Yep, it’s warm out. Not hot, just warm. Now you know why I recommend bringing an open face helmet. Even with modest mid 20C temps, it’s hard to keep the lid on. We’ll just overlook this particular omission of safety, as it’s on a small warmup climb.

Here’s the top, and it’s all helmets on from here on down.

Yvonne is finding out about drops today. Quite appropriate, as the next trail is ‘Drops A Lot.’

All on the Coaster gap.

After breaking another G series Canon (god they’re crappy for $600, but there’s nothing else that takes pics as nice that will fit in the pocket), I’m on an ultra compact SD1000. And I’m sorta rusty on how to nab decent shots with the tiny camera. So forgive the underexposed, out of focus, and motion blurred stuff here.