Las Vegas-Bootleg Canyon

I haven't been doing a whole bunch of riding lately, but i did get a chance to ride some place totally different.....Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City Nevada. I'm sitting here at the airport in vegas typing away using their free internet and thinking about the ride.

I had to go down for a work conference, but was able to sneak away for a day and ride some rocks.

I rented a car and drove about 45 minutes from my hotel to Boulder City. The drive out there was cool. just driving through the desert checking out the nothing...except for tons of guys on motorcycles. looked like something out of a mad max movie is guess.

I arrived at All Mountain Cyclery a bit early and met a couple guys from Southern part of Utah. They were decent guys...one of them ate crap about 20 feet down the first part of trail...heck of a way to start the day.

I rented a demo 7 with a totem on it....don't know if it is just my luck or if these fork just suck butt. this thing bottomed out all the time, but was so stiff in the first part of the travel. they had a decent set up to haul a lot of bikes.

This was the view back toward the strip in vegas about half way up the shuttle.

this was a huge satellite dish looking this at the top of the mountain. I was scared to go too close. didn't want to cook my insides.

i'd like to come back to this place with all the guys some time this next winter when it's cold back home. speaking of which...it's still probably cold back home, so i don't know what the hell i'm talking about.

winter is ending

well winter is ending, we are about to get our first 70 degree day of the year. I've been thinking all winter about improving my filming and ways to do it (without spending money).

so i figured a way to build a cable camera with less than 40 dollars in parts and materials...including the 500 feet of cable that was the majority of the cost.

So this is just the beginning of taking my filming to the next level on pretty much zero budget. Made of garage door parts, shelving metal, some threaded rod, pulleys and a few bolts. I'm going to do the first outdoor test tomorrow when the weather is a bit nicer.

I can't wait to test thing out on the trails, it is going to be an awesome season!