gastro and I went to a skillz clinic and the grand opening of the DS track @ Headwaters Outfitters Adventure Village. The place is sweet fer, sure.

Joe Haley pinning it through the berm i posted earlier.
http://www.kinetic-images.com/photos..._oMNjS-L-2.jpg


check out the photos of the clinic with Chris Herndon and Joe Haley...
Dual Slalom Track – Grand Opening PHOTOS

:thumb:

Nice shot - - and great 'eyes-ahead' stance on the part of the rider.

Santiago - - do you have Photoshop or at least an LE version of it?

No, I have what came on my Mac. On the PC i fully ignore I used to have The Gimp installed. Installing the Gimp on a Mac requires more effort than I'm willing to install.

Any recommendations for a Mac?

Looks like Seashore is another freeware editing program like Gimp - - but doesn't need X11 to run. I opened the user's manual and it seems to have the most important ingredient for doing stuff like Hick did with the superimposition: Layers. And, more importantly, an opacity slider for each layer to give it the 'ghosted' look. There also appears to be freeform and polygon lassos in the toolbox - - for doing freeform selects to clip out a portion of an image to paste elsewhere.

I'd say since they're both free, you have no good excuse for not investing a little time to download and install Seashore or Gimp and playing with them some ;). They seem to do all of the "Photoshoppy" things you'll need to do.

Thanks, Doug. I downloaded and installed Seashore. I think I got the hang of it but I find I'm terribly inefficient at using this type of software. I can see why courses in this stuff is offered.

Here's my first attempt:

http://stradasystems.com/mtb/images/MOTP.jpg

:lol::roflmao2:

Started a little project today involving sandpaper and paint.

Schweet!

I just got in from 26 west bike park. It was great. I spent a little time building a bridge and the got to ride for a few hours before the rain washed us out. It was a blast. They are going through some growing pains but thats to be expected for a brand new park on opening day.I post up some pics later.

I just discovered that one of my neighbors has 2 Santa Cruz Bullits. I wonder if he posts up on here or where he rides.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s..._cc_rgb_v6.jpg

that's an awesome shot!

I put my Time Attacks in the tool box and put on the platforms for a while. This last crash has really gotten into my head.I cant get past dropping a pedal for no reason.Right now I feel a lot better with the flats on.If I drop a pedal with thhose I'll know it was me and not tha pedal.

Nothng to be ashamed of - lots of n00bs have problems with clipless, just keep practicing and you'll be fine.

I'll be on clipless eventually. I love clipless.

Very good! Just keep at it and have fun messing with different controls. You'll have it dancin' and spinnin' for you in no time ;)

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...astro_spin.jpg

Hey, sometimes they're still going through growing pains two or three years later - - like Silver Mountain, ID. But it's all good; there's nothing better than having some good lift-accessed biking close to home.

I just got off the phone with your noob buddy. If he had a little more skill he wouldn't be riding the re:cliner.

ha, that's a good one. This is going to change my season plans somewhat.

Uh-oh . . . is there still the possibility of a Fall trip?

(Funny, you'd think I'd remember how long it takes a collarbone to knit.)

Doubtful. By a quick search, it looks like 6-8 weeks is typical. If it were me, I probably wouldn't want to hit the Shore on week 7...

No, I recall a lot of PT and some soreness even after it knit. But then, I was over 40 - - you young bucks heal quicker.

Hope you didn't find that 'killer deal' and purchase your airfare already.

luckily no...but I did order a new bike for the trip...:cry:

I've got 3 nights booked in whistler the last weekend of June.. and a cast on my right hand and arm for a torn ligament and resulting tendonitis that I've had for months.

Mmm. I'll be near Whistler July 3rd.

Click Click.

http://www.skibromont.com/photo_jour/Velo/pdj3.jpg

Go ahead. Click the picture.

It's all French. I can't read it. Translate for me? :)

No need to translate. There's probably an "English" link somewhere on the page.