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Team Banana Bread – Day1

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Team who? We’ll get to that in a minute. First, Barb is getting bummed out by her inability to even fit in the cockpit of her bike.

OK, TBB is our pals Nicole and George (from last year’s Wade Tour) and some friends of theirs from the city (well, and from the UK and Australia). Nicole just loves her Builders Only laps…

See?

Them Bananas were slaying lines left,

..right….

..and center.

That chick is killing it right now. There’s nothing like Crazy Train to make you feel like a superstar.

A bug. Sort of a lame wildlife shot. Sorry. You see less stuff as it gets hotter out.

Oh, back to flyin’ foreigners…

OK, one lap down. Harley, help those guys out.

OK, lap 2 and we’re off to the Stinky Pinky.

George gettin’ his tips up.

Al not gettin’ his up.

…. and Dan someplace in between (yes, his name actually is Dan. I know that if I used it on everyone, sooner or later I’d be right).

Ever use a chainsaw in a can? They RULE.

Al on a berm.

George on another.

Lindsay, caught going the other way…

…and once again Nicole killing it.

We’ll finish off with a couple of wall riders,

..and one dirty Aussie.

Chocolate Feet – Day 4

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OK, I skipped an update. Relax…. we are.

Slow start to the day, and we’re on Powers again.

Had to have a bit of a sesh and get these hits dialled in, right?

Proper…

..and not so much.

Still, we managed to get Dan on to the Jedi Fucker.

Here’s the Deaner stylin’ out Crazy Train. We’ll be getting the whole crew training off this soon.

Dan got another tick in the box here. I think he’s clean on this trail now.

Feels good, doesn’t it?

Matt is still 2 days behind, but he’s catching up.

Round 2, and we went a bit further out to Big Money.

It might be the only real hit on this line, but it’s so worth it.

We all had a go on this one. Mike cased it a bit, but that’s between him and his testicles.

Kev exiting 180′ of Pain.

Shimmer.

Gawking at the views.

Mike goes up…

..and Mike goes down. Although he did run back and got the only clean ride on it out of the crew.

I don’t often get shotson this berm. Here’s a local (hey Jonny!) leaning over on lower Powers.

Deano can jump, but he’s not much for these berm things.

Matt and I hada third lap. We had to make up for his late arrival and go and peel off a few more moves. Here he is on a stepup-berm-stepdown combo. Will the remedial learning work out for him? Tune in soon and see…

Silver Lining

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Yup, one of hte coldest and wettest springs on record. Not that it really bothers me. I’m a Shore guy. It’s still pretty dry here. At least it’s not dusty. For that matter, a bit of moisture is making for hero conditions right now.

Brant and Justin were out crackin’ some hot laps tonight, so I tagged along for a few. We took some time out of one run for a few pics.

Yes, that’s a lake in the background. My mission this year is to get some good shots with the lake in there.

Funny how I couldn’t get a shot of Brant tonight. It was the Justin show.

Sorta dark out too. We were out late. Nice to crack off six grand of vert in the evening.

I love summer.