Cruisin 'n Poolin
October 14th, 2007
“Today was a good day”, you know that tune by Ice Cube? That is what is buzzing through my head at the moment.
This morning i got up, saw it was nice weather again. Breakfast with the family like it is supposed to be.
Then i jumped in the car and drove to “Vlasakker”, a military training park where the army learns to drive with tanks, and probably all kind of different things as well. This place is BIG.. Check it out on google maps
And here is a picture:
The orange lines are very mellow donwhills, you really need to pump or push to get some speed. The green lines are a bit better, but you don’t have to slide or break anywhere…
What is very nice about it, is the total quietness of the place. No cars, hardly anybody around. I even saw some wildlife. Cruising here on sunday morning was awesome..
Here is how it looked today, iphone is great for taking pictures :)
I even started to learn skogging although i do it different, regular pushes and then a a couple of switch mongo pushes. Ideal for going up these slight hills.
The walk back up the long green line took me 10mins. The view there is awesome, check out the pano over on flickr.
After that i went back to the Amersfoort Schothorst Pool, aka Kippen Pool (chicken pool).
I took a snap of that too:
And guess what, i could at last carve the basic line. Drop in in the corner, carve frontside through the pocket you see, and then backside around in the other side of the pool. My lungs screamed and i felt my muscles “souring” up. But that’s ok cus: