Yay!  Time to rebuild the ladies after yesterday’s humbling.  We’ll start by making everyone fall down.  Barb, show ‘em…

We did a shorter skills session in the park this morning so we could hit the trails a bit fresher.  It was all about dynamic riding today.

Very dynamic riding.

This is what the 2 day format is all about.  It seems that human beings respond very well when they are offered a chance to rest, recuperate, and absorb new information.

So after taking things right back to basics on the first day, we can build back up to new heights on the second day.

And we do mean heights. 

Plus, just having the chance to session a trail with riders of similar abilities rather than playing catchup with guys that hit that stuff all the time makes success more likely.

Once you get into the flow of things, rollover moves like this become easy.

Right, Rowena?

OK, time for a candid group shot.

More advanced rollovers are still no problem for this crew.

Hanna even threw in some dance moves for us.

Tova has it dialled, so she put on a couple of demo’s for the group.

That made it easy for Denise, who is my new hero. She is proof positive about the old adage “you’re only as old as you feel.”  I’m not gonna spill any secrets here, but suffice to say that our most mature client this weekend was also one of our strongest.

Beth is just a shredder.  ‘Nuff said.

And Pauline is sort of just plain nuts, but it’s probably just the Irish accent.  Here’s a shot of her nearly getting bucked off, but she never panicked and is well on her way to the next skill plateau in her riding.

A bit further down the trail we did hear a scream, but it seemed more like an “eeek!” than an “owww!”  Sure enough…

I love rattlers.  This one is a beauty.  Not the largest I’ve seen around here, but from the looks of the tail around 10 years old.

Look out!  She’s gonna git ya!

Casey, having a gas shredding with the gals.

Just like yesterday, it was the Williams Lake girls on the beach at the end.  Nothing like cold bevvies on the beach to make you forget about the wounds.

..and that’s a wrap.  Time to pack up the stunts.  We’ll do this again next spring.