Day 27: Echo Mountain Park
I intended to check out Echo Mountain Park yesterday, but I didn’t make it until today. The park is very small and focused just on park style terrain. The snow seemed mostly man made and rather hard packed. The jumps were nicely groomed and the view was spectacular.
I only tried one box in the park and busted my shins pretty hard. I’ve got a bit of a knot on the left one. I’m thinking of ordering some impact shorts soon. I worked a couple of jumps and managed to build up some height and confidence - but I never felt comfortable enough to go for the 180. I’m still struggling with posture. I tend to lean over instead of compressing my knees. I found on the jumps where I focused on good knee compression, the landings were amazingly soft and sweet. A couple of times I got sloppy and stiff legged it - those were so soft and sweet.
I didn’t ride at all yesterday. It was a day full of errands and such. I dropped the damaged Burton Custom off at the shop. They say they can patch it up for $20. We’ll see what I get back on Wednesday. I’ll post before/after photos along with some story details.
73 days left…
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