Bike Mania

Daughter and Dad (Em and Marty) take a break from bombing down Harkin's Ridge Trail to enjoy the immense sun glittering late afternoon vista over HMB and Pillar Point. Ahead: a drop into the deep, cool redwood & fern shade of Purissima Canyon and a long, long granny-gear grind up the Purissima Creek Fire Road.

A paucity of surf has driven the Kings Mountain Surf Team to static wave (a.k.a. mountain) thrill seeking. Unlike the ocean, since the start is on the peak, the killer paddle-out comes after dropping down the wave. So far, the prize for mountain bike madness goes to -you guessed it - Mr B. A. Bob who pedaled UP the Grabtown Gulch Trail (an unthinkable climb)instead of down as the normal do, to conduct a successful search and rescue on my camera, lost the day before. I really didn't want to have to tell Beverly that it was gone. Thanks Bob, a big bottle of Chimay comin' your way, dude.













Two recently favored bike routes.

















The 'A' Team