Copper Ridge 2007

[johnschwab]

Hey Lance, I led an evening ride on saturday that was a beauty! We had a creek (ditch) crossing that had every machine planting its nose before climbing out. Most riders said"Cool!!" but some others said #@!&*^**! I liked that trail alot . I made a good video of that occurence and others. I will try to get Roger to post some pics . Turnout was light (52 people) which is not good, but those who were there had a great time. Mikey swam (as in backstroke) across the watercross course and finished faster than if he stayed in his MaxIV. The weekend ended with everyone ramping into the pond, those Max IIs really got some good air as well as made the biggest splash. See you at the Ledges!!

[Hey_Dan]

Water Entry

For those of you folks that missed the Copper Ridge ride, I would like to show you the proper way to enter the water there... ( or anywhere else)...


1) Get a Good run......
2) Full Throttle.....
3) pull back on sticks just before jump (but keep throttle wide open!)...
4) push sticks forward again just as the front tires start up the jump (for more air)...
5)back off throttle and hold on....
6) think buoyant thoughts!!!

[Hey_Dan]

water entry

Any Questions?

[Mike]

Sweet! I like the instructions to "think buoyant thoughts"...that's what I've been doing wrong.

Are these pictures taken from a video? If so, you know what I'm going to ask next.

[Hey_Dan]

My digital camera can take rapid shots. It the only way I could ever get the timing right. Sorry no video. Maybe someone has video of some of the other jumpers. -Dan

[xrover]

Google Earth photo

Google Earth took this shot. It is from the Copper Ridge trails. Looks like a quad in the top 1/3 middle of the frame.