11-09-08-Syncline

Got up early this morning and headed over to Fat Larry and Skinny April's house in Hillsboro. We rode out through the normal horrible weather on the west side and out through Portland. When we met up with Josh, Raul and Carlisle in Troutdale, the weather was still looking bad! From there i jumped in with argyle and i joke on the way out that the weather would start to get better at cascade locks.....and what do you know, it got better at cascade locks! from there the rain got lighter and lighter until we arrived at the hood river bridge and could see blue skies over the bingen side!

This video was taken on the first run. i think we were all shocked at how dry it was. We did run into donkey show and mrs. donkey show about half way down the first run. they didn't want to shuttle with us, so they only got in a couple "laps" but i'm not sure where they were riding. we met up with a guy justin that i've ridden with a bit out at blackrock...super fast racer guy, but won't really hit any jumps.

the weather was great, we nearly killed some xc riders that thought it was a good idea to stop in the middle of the trail on a downhill section, just around a blind corner. i think each of us had a near smash the guy in spankex experience around that corner. some people have no common sense on where to stop.

raul and i did a bit of filming with his new camera and we may have gotten a few keepers from todays ride. next weekend we have the drunkfest/bike fest 2008 back in syncline. until then...

oh, i also got the old mint green 888 re painted by mormon craig...it looks sweet!