06-24-2025, 10:50 PM
Oh, we were certainly hauling ass on those times when we were hauling ass. I did a haul ass run on one of my trips to Jay. It was towards the end of the day and just felt like gun barreling it down a steep ass trail. I had the GPS with me that day as well. With the sun setting and the long shadows I didn't notice that the trail dipped a little connecting to another one. When you get that weightless feeling and look down and see your shadow about 50' away from you, you get that "oh crap" realization that this could go sideways real fast. While I was gliding down the trail it connected to another trail at a T-intersection and I'm still in the air. I was like, I need to land very soon because I know trees aren't soft. Landed and just went into the most aggressive, leaning, sliding stop as soon as possible. I stopped short of the edge of the intersecting trail with about 6' or 8' to spare before the woods. While on the chairlift trying to lower my heart rate I checked the GPS and it was 70mph. So, yeah, those haul ass days we were easily doing 50-55mph...