Thursday, December 25, 2008

Movie Review - Earthed 2 - Never Enough Dirt

Nothing special. I ordered it from Netflix for completeness, since I've watched a few of the Earthed series lately. Maybe Netflix just ordered them all.

There's a lot of downhill racing. Normally that doesn't interest me at all, but after riding at Diablo, it looks like we'll be doing more of it next year. So I like to look at how they corner and drop. After riding the Sunday I appreciate just how heavy the bikes they ride are: maybe 45 to 45 lbs. The move them like the bikes are weightless. There's a of technique and strength in that - as well as speed. Speed will pick your bike up for you.

There's a bmx section with Mikey Day, who took the silver in the Beijing Olympics this year.

There are a few dirt jumping sections at Woodward West that are nice.

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