Northstar, CA

Saturday, January 31, 2015



AM lesson rollover from the previous day with Nicky and Keean. Both boys love to straightline and go fast, so it was a struggle to teach them the consequences of such actions and learn to love the turn. Got them playing follow-the-leader pretty well on steeper terrain. Warm-up laps on Magic Carpet (brush course) followed by a few Big Easy laps before tackling "Village Run". Eventually hit up the tail end of "Logger's Loop" and "Lumberjack" and "The Gulch". Available PM turned into Martis Transport action with a lap on "Washoe" (boilerplate deluxe by 2:30) and a "The Face" to "Lower Pioneer" with Lauer and Ted. I ended up ambassadoring two young women whose friends had taken them on the run as a joke (they were both in death wedges and inclinating into the hill). Gave them the quick "how to turn" lesson in less than 5-minutes. Ended the day with a beer at Chocolate Bar followed by a tech talk (free pizza!).

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