Tag: dirtbiking
Back from the dunes
Posted: 1 year ago by Slinkerbell
Spotman and I are back from our trip to the dunes in Southern Oregon. It was so much fun - in fact, those words don't describe how awesome it was. For you snowboarders out there - you know that feeling you get when you're carving through perfect powder in some beautiful backcountry? It's euphoric, epic, spiritual almost! Well, that's the feeling I got riding the dunes.
My cr125, Little Monster, did her best to keep up, and she did mostly. But she finally had enough of me winding out full throttle and blew a gasket at the top of a pretty steep hill. When I got to the top white smoke was spewing out her exhaust pipe and Scott quickly made the 'kill' sign signaling me to shut the bike down before further damage was done. Fortunately it was towards the end of the trip and my father-in-law let me use his quad the rest of the time.
Quad riding is fun, especially in the trails, but I think I'm more of a dirtbike girl.
It was a wonderful place to learn and get better at jumps, turns, and trailriding. Scott brought it so hard, he had to bail on this one - but not before he got about 12 feet of air!
He was fine after the bailout; in fact, it was picture perfect and neither him nor his bike sustained injury. He was landing some pretty serious jumps - it was really cool to see him getting better literally before my eyes. Actually, I think he's been this good, it's just that the terrain is especially good for jumping and turning. I'd like to find some dunes down in socal to ride at - it's my new favorite riding terrain.
Despite the fact that both our bikes were out of commission by the time we left, we had an awesome time! Not only was it fun riding, but it was cool to hang with fam, and experiencing the Oregon coast was breathtaking. I'd definitely consider moving there one day!
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