Blick's OC Dirt Report-Those Fires were Close!
by Tyler Maine
Nov 1, 2007
The smoke and ashes have finally settled…..this time last week, it was sketchy …but now it back to normal.
Our Dirt lab out back…AKA Whiting Ranch & the Luge are toast…they both look like they had a massive haircut. The good news is that everyone I know is ok and have their homes and families intact. I rode Laguna on Monday and it is good to go.
Our Dirt lab out back…AKA Whiting Ranch & the Luge are toast…they both look like they had a massive haircut. The good news is that everyone I know is ok and have their homes and families intact. I rode Laguna on Monday and it is good to go.
I was riding this evening and ran into the Park Rangers over at Whiting Ranch and they say there are still some active fires within the park and if all goes well the park will be back open in around 3 weeks.
One thing to keep in mind.... as much as it sounds good, EVERYONE needs to stay ONLY on existing OPEN trails. Rangers have clearance to shoot to kill [or at the very least give anyone a ticket with heavy fines].
Whiting does NOT need anymore trails, the existing ones are fine and just need to be cleaned up. In the future, there will be some trail cleanup days to buff the park back out to what it once was.
Hopefully we will have another under average rainfall at least for the near future to avoid any mudslide activity.
Keep it fun!
-Blick
www.oakley.com
Photo credit: Brian Takumi/OAKLEY
One thing to keep in mind.... as much as it sounds good, EVERYONE needs to stay ONLY on existing OPEN trails. Rangers have clearance to shoot to kill [or at the very least give anyone a ticket with heavy fines].
Whiting does NOT need anymore trails, the existing ones are fine and just need to be cleaned up. In the future, there will be some trail cleanup days to buff the park back out to what it once was.
Hopefully we will have another under average rainfall at least for the near future to avoid any mudslide activity.
Keep it fun!
-Blick
www.oakley.com
View of one of the California fires from the Oakley offices
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17 Comments
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pedalpusher06
(Nov 1, 2007 at 6:12)
wow thats not funny what so ever. glad everyone is ok. hope the trails hold up.
Neither Steve nor Oakley owns Whiting Ranch but he is doing his best to keep other riders from entering the park during the next several weeks. I for one appreciate his effort in spreading the word and keeping your fellow riders safe.
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ya i herd the same thing^^^^, i hope they catch the little bastard, look how many homes have been destroyed by these fires, its a big lose, really hope everyone there is ok
dude i live in poway in sandiego and EVERYTHING got raped by flames....EVERYTHING. half a MILLION people were evacuated. it sucked SO bad. if you dont know about it, then . . . .shit i dont know. get to know about it i dont care
timaah's right, a lil boy and matches started it, my boobtube just happen to be to the news station.
Good thing it hasnt gotten the Oakley office yet(o-lab)
Good thing it hasnt gotten the Oakley office yet(o-lab)
yea the fires f*cked up socal too. they really burned through all the trails but it will give us a chance to make some new trails to..
I heard today on the Daily Show that "there are reports of Al-Qaeda planning to attack the US, by setting fires" also fox news reports...."this is just another demonstration how global warming is effecting us". Man they need some better News reporting in the states. I
Hey look at the bright side if they where to rebuild burnt up forest and stuff liek that is really rich in minrals and once it all grows back over the next 2 ot 3 years it will look like new and the sol is really good to build with cuz ash is liek concret if it keeps geting wet and than hard so i just cant wait to see what they do with it over the next year or 2
People, Pleeeeeezzzzzz, when they open Whiting back up stay on the existing trails and don't get us locked out cuz the Rangers will kik us all if everyone isn't cool. And that goes mainly for hikerz cuz they are off trail (photoing and such) more than bikers.
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