Powers Creek Trail Day

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Smoke

It’s maintenance time again, courtesy of the MTBco and Outbound Cycle….and of course yours truly.

Awww… baby’s first trail day. There’s all my girls.

We thought be doing a trail day in the fall that we’d have great conditions to buff out the trail.

Well, maybe it’s a bit too dry. We did manage a few good things, but mostly we made piles of sand and clouds of dust.

Some much needed carpentry got done on the failing teeters at the swamp.

Some lucky gack winners. You should always stay to the end. No mail in prizes here.

Oh, and some new work got opened near the bottom. Justin’s creation finally is finished, and it’s a good’un. Schnepf styled it out for the camera (note that he did NOT dig today. He’s sort of A.D.D., we’ll let it go this time).

Four And A Half Men – Day 2

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Smoke

Hmmm. I think we should stay close to home today. Something seems to be telling me that I don’t want to go far for some reason.

Good thing we’ve got tihs kind of action in the back yard.

Bryon almost pulled an Oli here, but got away with only scrapes.

As usual, the kid cleaned up.

Tyler put on a bit of a clinic on how to deal with the wooden structures.

Seems to be working. I’m having a hard time keeping the boys in the frame.

Maybe I’m just pre-occupied. Will was much better focussed than me.

See? I keep chopping heads off. Something must have been distracting me….

It takes a while to do Builders the first time. There’s a lot of lines to figure out, like this nice berm drop combo.

Yup, the half a man continues to dominate the fully growed editions.

Round two and we went for the longer lap, even though temps were firmly in record territory again. It was even hotter than yesterday.

Still, we had a mellow lap with all the breaks to fix Bryon’s flats. At least he had the decency to flat in places where we could session some hits.

T kept the pace going the rest of the time.

Here he demonstrates how to keep the sun shining outta his…..

Oh, and also how to rail this wooden berm.

Will got that memo, I think.

Yeah, something was keeping me pre-occupied all day. It’s sort of like I was EXPECTING my phone to ring.

Foreshadowing, it’sa cheap trick but it’s sure effective. Kind of like a cliff hanger ending…..

Farah and Oli – Day 8

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Smoke

**Todays pics brought to you by Spectrum Techwear. All the fisheye shots are from Wyld Wily. Thanks Brad.

While the kids are taking a break (sorry, no pun intended), it’s time to show the trails a little love.

We headed out to 3.5km (the infamous “Big Money” line) to clean up some deadfall and have a bit of a pedal today. Brad brought some fresh meat for the machine in the form of young “Necker” here.

That little RedNeck sure can rip it. Yet another North Carolina prodigy.

Not to be outdone, the old dog Willy still has lots of fire left.

This would be the straw that broke Neckers bike. After several years of Billy Badass trashing on it and a couple more seasons of Necker beating on it, the head tube finally cracked here.