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.



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

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:

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.

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



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...

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.



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.