So this is me tumbling down the hill at OP Schnabel Park. It was a cool fall because I did not get hurt. Thanks to "Trapper" for taking the photos and putting them together. Although it may not look like it in the pick, this is a rather steep hill which makes it very easy to get out of control. That is exactly what I did. If you look really close, you can see Eric and Scott Laughing at me. I am very luck to not have any lasting injury so far. I hope it stays that way.
This was the weekend that Eyal from Santa Barbara came to visit. He is quite a rider. My goal is to reach his level in a couple of years. We have the terrain to do it, but it is a matter of really working on my technique. Scott Wallis is a great coach when it comes to breaking down each part so that from analyzing every portion of a climb or a decent we can become better. It is beneficial to us both to have someone like Eyal come to SA because it gives us a kick in the rear to really push ourselves into doing stuff we normally would not do. For example. Eyal, Scott, Eric and I were casually riding during our warmup run section and Eyal pointed out that a fallen tree would make for a great skinny. I thought, huh, we have ridden by there many times and it never crossed our minds to try it. We stopped for a while and it turned out to be great fun.
Muni is a wonderful sport because there is always a challenge. Just when you think you have mastered something, you can always take another look at it and find something harder. I will admit that I am at a point where I need to try and step it up a bit and I think after Eyal's visit, he gave me the inspiration to do just that.
