Sycamore Canyon and Backbone Trail

Rode up north this weekend to mix things up a bit.

On Saturday, headed up to Sycamore Canyon along w/ Mike, Miles and Dave to sample new single-track. The ride was cut short after a weekend warrior ran nearly head-on into Mike, taco'ing his front wheel. While neither was injured too badly, we were grossed out to discover skin, blood and hair on Mike's stem and fork crown after the collision. Gnarly...

Here's a short video from the Wood Canyon single-track prior to the carnage...



Then hit Backbone up in Malibu on Sunday. Rode w/ Miles from Corral Canyon past Kanan and back. Poison oak was everywhere but the trail was in the best condition I've ever seen. Here's a link to a ride overview on MB...



The out-and-back ride was less than 15 miles long total but it gained 3,256 feet over that distance. Kind of an ass-kicker as evidenced by this elevation/hr graph...

Altadena Naked Crow MTB Challenge

Entered a small grass-roots MTB race in Altadena today along with Nor, Carlyn, Andrew and Brett. The short course comprised of pavement and fireroad only started up the Arroyo, went towards Brown Mountain, over to Millard and down the Chaney Trail road. Here's a link to info on MB...



In all there were probably around 75 racers. The fastest time for the 8.2 mile course posted by a Fisher/Subaru sponsored rider was around 37 minutes. On local turf, Nor bested everyone in our group and placed 3rd in his age group. Carlyn also podium'd in the women's category.

It would be cool to do something similar on the local Santa Monica trails. Unfortunately, according to the race organizer, it took 7 years to get the necessary permits/approvals to run this event. Brutal.

My Simpsons Avatar

Alright, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with riding or boarding. The Simpsons Movie came out last week and to nobody's surprise, the marketing was brilliant and the movie killed it at the box office.

Here's my avatar in action. Where's Moe's??