Heffley soil samples

I recuperated Monday and then went out again today with my race group up on my home trails in Heffley. The trails were a nice balance between grip and drift so as we pushed it there were some pretty interesting moments followed by hooting and hollering. After some trail shredding we decided to go hit some of my neighbour’s perfectly sculpted doubles. The line we were hitting had absolutely perfect flow and it was really fun to start hitting some big jumps on the new bike. It felt perfect. As the sesh progressed I started to get back to my sideways style ways and unfortunately mid-air a couple rounds later my bar decided to venture into my shorts. It must have like what it found because it decided to stay there despite my best efforts to get them out and the bike straight. The resulting slam was not very fun. There was pretty much a crater where my head impacted the ground. Thank god for my poor Troy Lee moto helmet, which now sits gouged, broken and covered in blood along with my new gloves and shoes. Blast! I was mostly pissed for hurting my helmet and new gear. Really, all I can be is thankful that I had such a perfect piece of equipment to protect me when things went wrong. From full height and speed on a sizeable gap I pretty much went straight to my head at the bottom of the tranny and I am in pretty good shape, aside from a sprained finger, a stiff neck and a bunch of stitches. If I was wearing a lessor rated helmet I might not be in such good spirits right now. I must say to all reading, please consider getting a moto helmet. You will be happy you did, and if you need reasons why, just ask me. Reason number one: As long as I can see out of my swollen eye I will be back on the trail riding with my mom tomorrow instead of taking a couple months off to rest my head injury. All the best!

J