Sea Otter Trip - Day 4 "The Final Countdown"
We woke up around 8 o’clock this morning to meet up and hit the trails with Carson Storch and Ryler Sturn. It was freezing! We started off the morning riding an amazing dual slalom course that is tucked away somewhere in the forests of Bend Oregon.![photo]()
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The course was super sick! Everything was fast and went into a straight tabletop jump then right into a lippy tabletop hip. Carson and I were busting off some maneuvers over the hip while the racers scrubbed the heck out of it. There were a few jumps after a straight stretch that were a decent size but had the mellowest lips. After a few runs Ryler told us about the Cougar Badgers that were running around, he says “Watch for them Cougar Badgers, they’ll get yeah! Cougar Badgers are just CHIPMUNKS. We each hit the Dual Slalom jumps a couple times then Kyle took a bit of a digger and broke his seat as well as ripping the top of his finger pretty much off.
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We decided to call it after that and head up to a local jump spot called “The Lair”. This place was off the charts, like I mean one of the most fun parks I have every ridden and it wasn’t even complete. The builders were up there working on the main big line that flows into a boner log that was super smooth.
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Ty, Chris, and I were at the top of the hill on a plateau hitting up the junior line that was super fun and had a few good laughs too. Kyle bailed again so we started calling him Krash.
Carson and I were looking at the RedBull step down they have there. We decided we want to buff the jump first. We went to go get shovels and then it started “snowrofoaming”, at least that is what Ryler called it cause the snow flakes were like little foam balls.
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We had a long drive ahead of us to Cali so we chose to leave the jumps and go have lunch with Carson and Ryler. Then say our goodbyes. We hit the road about 2:30ish and settled in for a long drive.
So the next time I write about our travels, I’ll be in sunny California!
Thanks to Carson and Ryler for showing us some sick spots for ride bicycles, we had a blast!
-Goodbye Bend Oregon, I hope to come back soon!
-Casey Groves
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The course was super sick! Everything was fast and went into a straight tabletop jump then right into a lippy tabletop hip. Carson and I were busting off some maneuvers over the hip while the racers scrubbed the heck out of it. There were a few jumps after a straight stretch that were a decent size but had the mellowest lips. After a few runs Ryler told us about the Cougar Badgers that were running around, he says “Watch for them Cougar Badgers, they’ll get yeah! Cougar Badgers are just CHIPMUNKS. We each hit the Dual Slalom jumps a couple times then Kyle took a bit of a digger and broke his seat as well as ripping the top of his finger pretty much off.
Downside Whip
Flatty
Ouch!
We decided to call it after that and head up to a local jump spot called “The Lair”. This place was off the charts, like I mean one of the most fun parks I have every ridden and it wasn’t even complete. The builders were up there working on the main big line that flows into a boner log that was super smooth.
Ty, Chris, and I were at the top of the hill on a plateau hitting up the junior line that was super fun and had a few good laughs too. Kyle bailed again so we started calling him Krash.
Carson and I were looking at the RedBull step down they have there. We decided we want to buff the jump first. We went to go get shovels and then it started “snowrofoaming”, at least that is what Ryler called it cause the snow flakes were like little foam balls.
We had a long drive ahead of us to Cali so we chose to leave the jumps and go have lunch with Carson and Ryler. Then say our goodbyes. We hit the road about 2:30ish and settled in for a long drive.
So the next time I write about our travels, I’ll be in sunny California!
Thanks to Carson and Ryler for showing us some sick spots for ride bicycles, we had a blast!
-Goodbye Bend Oregon, I hope to come back soon!
-Casey Groves
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Pinkbike.com
TransitionBikesCo
Sombrio
TSG Protection
StraitlineComponents
SRAM
GEAX
Sign Design
MTBco
Cyclepath
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Heres a video of Carson at his own jump:
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/69329/#top
you're right fugrus, i must not know a thing about racing.