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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Williamston, MI "Wee-um-stun"
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the final 2 races of our season had low barriers that made me want to learn to hop em.
so i've built a learner kit in my yard. i tried it at 8" a couple times. rough! i need a lotta work! and i need to beef up my plank stakes.
i can bunny hop 10" logs easy. planks are harder than logs. and two barriers are niftier yet!
i half want to do it just as a party stunt. the spectators will love it. i'm old -- i'll be the only old guy hopping!
and heck at one race they mighta been only 8". i was so tempted just to try then 'n' there!
as it was i was putting 100 ft on my rivals every time at the barriers. those guys were faster but i could re-catch them every time there. if I coulda been hopping them i woulda been gone!
so many skills, so little time... i also really really helps to go to a race course in the morning and have an afternoon race then practice the darn course as much as possible.