This dude’s nonstop. Here he is returning from additional mountain biking solo.

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As you might be able to tell from the previous post, I spent a long weekend in Mammoth Mountain.

The trip consisted mainly of mountain biking, which was a mix of fun and torture (the torture being pedaling uphill in high altitude for extended periods of time). I’ve never gone mountain biking before, but I think I did pretty well as did most of the crew.

There are a bunch of trails you can pick to ride ranging from mellow to hard/annoying. The best run being the one that starts at the very top of the mountain. You basically take the ski lift all the way to the top and ride down. Between the amount of ground you cover and resting, it took us about 2 hours to get down each time. It was good fun.

Mountain bikes are certainly fun and appropriate for gnarly hills, but feel squirelly and loose coming from a BMX standpoint. I wouldn’t wanna tackle a mountain on a BMX bike though.

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Just got back from a quick weekend road trip to Utah with Polly. Niiiiiiiice.

This photo reminds me of something that Mark Weaver would illustrate.

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As a young rider starting out, it’s probably normal to think that working for a BMX company (or any sweet company) would be the “best job ever”. As a young adult, I can tell you that it’s really just a job, and at times, hard/stressful/annoying work (while ultimately not being that bad at all).

Today however, would fall into the “best job ever” category. Aaron Ross was in town and was at Odyssey ALL DAY. Gary Young and Tom Perry also showed up mid-day for some bike work and chilling. Aaron ended up doing a spontaneous live streaming web chat which got pretty crazy and we all couldn’t help but join in and out as that was going on. Once the word went out on the internets, there were hundreds of kids tuning in and asking Aaron questions. It was crazy and loud.

Out of nowhere, Bauer was egged on/forced to bunnyhop the Odyssey couch inside the office somehow. As soon as I saw that was about to go down, I grabbed my camera and set up as fast as I could. Bauer got it done, and it was the perfect wacky end to an unusual day of hardly getting any “real” work done.

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Dakota Roche, 360 from the trails today.

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Bostrom has been doing some wood work at Odyssey lately. Today, I asked him if he saw HIS PHOTO on Defgrip and he said no. He also said that the last time he checked the internet was about a month ago, haha. That’s awesome. I forgive him.

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