I hesitated posting this here because quite frankly this forum has turned into a bit of a shit hole lately.

If any of you ride the El Paso's and are familiar with a rock step up and dubbed "the geek slide" you may be disappointed to find out that a well-known dual sport promoter has taken it upon himself to modify the step up in order to make it more accessible for some of his organized dual sport rides.

This thread and pictures (in his own words) can be found here:

http://www.district3...ead.php?t=52174

By chance I had the opportunity to ride the geek slide for the first time this weekend. I wasn't sure what all the hype was about, so imagine my surprise when I saw Jerry's thread detailing his handiwork. I guess I'll never know what all the hype was about since one man has taken it upon himself to dumb our trail down for his own selfish purposes.

Thanks duel sporters for taking down a fun obstacle for us that actually ride offroad

Boring. Who cares. A drop in the bucket. 5 feet of hill. Waaaaaay too much discussion about things other than rides here.

DUMB!

redswr, on 24 April 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

Easy dude, this has nothing to do with DS vs. off road, this is about one dude gone rogue and removing a legitimate step-up so he can run a paid tour through the area.

It's bullshit no matter what you ride!

Edited by Neversurfaced, 25 April 2012 - 04:26 PM.

Krannie, on 24 April 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

Neversurfaced, on 24 April 2012 - 02:35 PM, said:

nobody on a off road bike would do this... they'd hit it

I did hit it, on my dual-sport Husky TE450. Not all DS bikes are 990 Adventures...

Good thing we went up it (again) before it was dumbed down.
Quad tours, coming soon!

It's not a tree.  It won't grow back.  No one person has a right to demo a riding obstacle to meet his or her riding deficiencies.

Now that I know it is COUNTDOWN that did this I understand completely. He may be passionate about riding... and he may have a million hours in on volunteering... but he had NO RIGHT ! His thinking has ALWAYS scared me. Reading what he posts on TT the past many years makes him sound more logic-challenged than any woman I have ever met ! I am not surprised to find out it was him !

Waiting for my D37 login as well. So I can say the same to Mr. Countdown directly.



If you don't think the thread has merit don't read it...  and don't be a troll..  Others do care.

I just read thru the entire 6 pages. sounds like a self serving act. I bet he'll have an organized ride going thru there shortly.....

Neversurfaced, on 24 April 2012 - 02:36 PM, said:

Just stupid, and a place he would never have gone up.  They called it the GEEK SLIDE, because only the geeks would try it down hill.....and most of the time with the rear wheel locked up....you'd never see them trying to go up it.  Wished I would have seen this turd doing this.

Here is a video I took riding up the slide this last saturday:

Dirt Addict, on 24 April 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

He said it right on the first post - something along the lines of "you'll get to ride it on the Next Hi Desert 250" or some such BS (which is one of his DS rides)...

Un-&%$#@!ing-believable

Neversurfaced, on 24 April 2012 - 02:46 PM, said:

i'd of hit it on a 990

redswr, on 24 April 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

Red, we know you'd hit anything....
When we gonna ride together again?

bajataxi, on 24 April 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

true true... I don't know, i don't have my 07 anymore do to last years taxes but my 99 is all perdy now and i just have a couple things to button up on it before i take it anywhere. I'll let you know though

This is what it used to look like:

that sucks.  That was on my bucket list.

our buddy travace shows it good... hope he's ok with me showing his vid.....

Edited by msgtretired, 24 April 2012 - 03:19 PM.

The rock outcrop to the right of the slide is exactly the same as Jerry's own picture. Unmistakeable:

http://www.district3...87&d=1334351305