Far enough North to see Santa and get a session in.


I'm always amazed by what you find here in the mountains. Molly and I decided to head up to Crawford today to get some riding in if we were fortunate enough to have some wind. Then later submit our GPS speeds to the Stormboarding Speed Ranking not because we were fast today but just to show our support and see how our conditions are compared to other places.


When we got to the parking lot and didn't find any wind but we did find a fox. The ranger says the idiots at the "Smog Railroad" feed a whole family of foxes and they're pretty tame. He's a beautiful animal but it's sad that I could get so close to get this pic. I thought it was illegal to feed wildlife in wilderness areas.

I can't ride my bike on it but they can run the train on Mt. Washington. Yeah that makes sense.

Okay, gotta simmer down. Since there wasn't any wind We decided we'd head back home by way of Rt. 2 to Gorham and see if there was anywhere else to ride. We went North and started toward Gorham and found a hillside field about 5 acres with some of the nicest surface conditions you'll ever see. Soft but firm,creamy and not too deep, no punching through. We couldn't believe how good it was and right on the road! Enough room for 2 fliers to get around and have a pretty decent session.



We just kept saying "Who knew?!!"

Molly started out on her 7.5m Apex but shifted to the 15m Peter Lynn Synergy that I was riding as the wind died a little. I grabbed the camera and got a few shots of her riding before the sun set.

It turned out to be a pretty sweet couple of hours up there and even though we didn't have a lot of room to run we still had a good time and the satisfaction of finding somewhere new to ride and quite possibly being the first ones to ride there.

That's 2 rides for Molly and I so far this season. Molly's got the most miles I think. We did see Santa driving home from Santa's Village.

The season's shaping up kiddies!!!!

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