Douglasville Backyard BMX Trip

Late Saturday evening Drew, Jeremy and myself packed into the Mazda and headed to Douglasville, GA. We were all impressed (well mostly myself) to see that 2 BMX bikes, 2 Mtn Bikes, and all of gear fit perfectly in my car. Not to mention that we had a 3rd passenger, Jeremy, in the back seat.

We arrived just before the sun went down to view the delicately groomed set of backyard trails. That night we headed over to an Italian pub and delighted ourselves to a few pitchers of Coors Light. We all agreed that the food was great, but we didn't enjoy the vasts amounts of homosexual men. From there we headed back to Steve's place and after several beers later we called it a LATE night.

The next morning...Hung over and half asleep we all decided that it was time to hit the trails before the rain storms came. The trails were really race and pump track oriented and took a lot of energy out of you. I was too hung over and was getting terribly dizzy after 5 runs and decided to pull off the track. The mayhem started when I leaned over to throw up. As I was leaning over I heard Chad and Jeremy scream, "heads up!" As I looked up I saw Drew and Steve riding full speed directly at each other. It happened so fast. Neither of them had time to flinch before both of them collided into each other. The smacking sound was horrifying. In the end, Drew and Steve both ended up with concussions and a 5hr visit to the emergency room. Drew also had to get 6 stitches above his right eye. All of this happened within the first 15 minutes of when we started riding.

About an hour later, and after Drew and Steve went to the hospital, the rest of the local Douglasville crew started arriving in the masses. All throughout the day there was nearly 25 riders. It was really sketch at times because the trails could be ridden both directions and we didn't want another collision to occur.

About 5hrs later and after a session of non stop riding we called it a day and headed back to Augusta. In the end, I have to say that the jumps were incredible. I have to give it out to Troy and Steve who put in several hours grooming and shaping the jumps. It was much appreciated.