Personally I'm thinking about building an ark, or taking up kayaking.

Younger bro A and his son A and friend B just dropped by after four hours in the park. Bro A borrowed my Specialized Enduro Pro circa 2003 the past week. He is used to the big Norco 7", however he blew out the shocks and Sharpeys have sent out for serious rebuild. He hated to admit but he loved the all mountain bike and the Enduro's quick turning and lightness. He miss's the big hit forks and down hill comfort of the Norco. Apples and oranges I know but it is always cool to try out other bikes. I thought I would ask the two 15 year olds what kind of shape the park is in from their point of view, not a 46 year old bike happy guy going through his third mid life crisis. First off these two can ride and jump like Hoots with 6 Red Bulls in him. Bro A has been taking the boys to Whistler for ever and they have been ripping Thrill to Kill and other Whistler trails. (Thanks WORCA).

As we were watching the last 15 laps of the red neck Nascar race from Kansas( don't ask) the boys filled me in on the park.

Both ride the park 2-4 times a week. They love the park and said today was very busy with a big birthday party for some lucky boys around 12 years old. Wow!!! how cool is that. A birthday party in a bike park. I don't think we ever thought about that ever happening when we visited the parks board years ago to plead our case. Thats a good one for updates with the city on the park. The boys said the jumps are in good shape with the only real problem being beginners landing on top of the jumps and recking the tops of the jumps. I was quiet due to me resembling this problem beginner. The gravel has been a constant problem and the new gravel is in their words good and bad. Some of the outruns and exit points have some deep ruts that needs work. I need a little help on this one. Can someone fill me in on the gravel situation. I can tell you a million things about ski racing courses but I need some help with erosion and the gravel being used.

They love the big wall and said the grafitti sucks. The skinnys and pump tracks are way cool. The chains and cable was a nice touch. All in all they love the park and A is finished with soccer to concentrate on riding and skiing. The park was busy today so the boys even rode east and up TC Trail and all of dead moped and back. They whined a little about the steepness of TC  but had a great day. The young A now wants a cross country/all mountain bike for the trail riding along with his big bruiser-how cool. His dad said he can buy himself for he has a very good job at the local mountain. I asked if they saw/seen any girls on the trail and B said ya-but they were going the other way on Dead Moped. I told him thats when you turn around and meet them in the skills park and show off. He thought that was a good idea.

P.S.This old guy got to ride the dirt pump track a few weeks back when there was some serious water still left in the figure eights. No worries about erosion but you dare not fall in front of a mess of 15 year olds. We may have to keep on eye on this in the rainy months and possibly drainage solution. Still real cool that our kids still ride and ski with us. Take it while we still can.

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We have a few old guys and kids going to the park tonight Tuesday September 30th at 6:00 pm. We will be bringing the cameras so bring your pads and we will see if we can get some good photos in the good weather. It gets dark early so get to the park before we lose the light. Down the road we will organize and give more notice for a ride and photos.

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