Northeast Monkeyfest 2004 Reports

[johnbryanpeters]

Cliff notes:

Well, there was sausage. Lots of sausage. Thanks, Echo! :drool:

Monkeys from the Carolinas, from DC, from Colorado, from Hawaii... Rolled in all day Friday.

Three rides Friday, two during the day and one at night. pigboy, following family tradition, did a nose dive and took 24 hours deciding that he was alive again.

Various rides Saturday, more sausage. More beer. More music. A second night ride, which pigboy joined. Rain. Bonfire. Fireworks. Treesaw on the night ride laughing maniacally while crashing.

Three hour ride this morning by the diehards. EVeryone back home or headed there.

J :dancing:

[douglas]

it was FUN!!

Don't beleive me, just check out justbill doing some break dance moves on the skinny

[MMcG]

Here are some shots I took on Friday afternoon of Deyv, Echo, and Squirrel rockin the Monkeyfest Stunts!

The order:
Echo, Deyv, Deyv, Squirrel!

[MMcG]

Some more Stunt pics - Deyv went so big in one that I cut off his head!

The blue sky in the last photo of Echo is indicative of what the weather was like on Friday - except that it was friggin wicked hot and pretty damned humid too.

The Friday night light's ride down Moose Alley was fun as hell! A ton of Monkeys ripping it up, hooting and hollering and ringing bells (spincrazy!) mixed in witha few oh ****s and grunts and groans - so much fun!!

[splat]

Well I have Lots and lots to Post
But I will start with this one because it just says soooo Much

I just hope the gallery lets me flood it :)

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352AAfest.jpg

[Echo]

That was fun! It was great to see so many monkeys again, and meet many new faces too.

NEGladeRider, your camp is the perfect place and you are a big reason these two annual gatherings have been so awesome. Thanks again!

I was privileged to add Squeak, Tammy, Psycle-on, Steff, BikeGeek, and pigboy to the growing list of great Ridemonkey members I've met, rode with, and had beers with.

I had this great plan of taking lots of helmet cam footage, pictures, etc... but once again I couldn't stop hitting that jump over and over :p Good thing there were many other monkeys around who were documenting the festivities :thumb:

The weather threatened all weekend, but the rides were rain free on perfect singletrack, and there was plenty of rain free time for jumping and stunt riding.

Another awesome successful Monkeyfest! Thanks everyone!

[Echo]

Oh and ???? = spincrazy :)

[Rip]

Looks like you had fun. I freaking overslept the funeral and I am in it deep for that with my fathers side of the family.(Well except for my father, who hated the person anyways) It was a fun visit with my uncle today. You definately had more fun. Me what I did then on Sat was get on the bike despite being ill and hit the trails.

[splat]

Oh and ???? = spincrazy :)

Yeah I Know ! I was already Reminded , ( brain fart sorry about thet Spincrazy)

also I labeled IAB is actually Josh

[splat]

We must also Post a Pics of The cake !!!


http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festb01.jpg

[TreeSaw]

Cliff notes:
Various rides Saturday, more sausage. More beer. More music. A second night ride, which pigboy joined. Rain. Bonfire. Fireworks. Treesaw on the night ride laughing maniacally while crashing.
J :dancing:

I am really good at crashing you know ;) :D

[TreeSaw]

What a weekend!!!! :D I still have perma-grin from those trails!!!!!

What can I say...it was such a pleasure meeting and riding with so many awesome people. Good times, great riding, beers, stunts, laughter, marshmallow roasting from 6 feet away and fond memories to tide me over til' the next monkeyfest...oh, and plenty of pictures!!! :D

Like this one...I like to call it the "Incredible, Edible Ridemonkey".
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Ridemonkey_cake.jpg

[TreeSaw]

Here are a few shots of the stunts.

First...our gracious host NEGladeRider doin' his thing!
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296No_hander.jpg

Next...Deyv throwin down some skillz on the teeter.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Deyv_No_Footer.jpg

Yes, he is drinking a beer :D
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Deyv_Beer.jpg

Squirrel can wheelie on anything (as you will see again later)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Squirrel_on_teeter.jpg

Air Echo...
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296air_echo1.jpg

The multi-talented Isabelle showing off her skillz on the balance beam ;)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Isabel_on_the_beam.jpg

[MMcG]

What a weekend!!!! :D I still have perma-grin from those trails!!!!!

What can I say...it was such a pleasure meeting and riding with so many awesome people. Good times, great riding, beers, stunts, laughter, marshmallow roasting from 6 feet away and fond memories to tide me over til' the next monkeyfest...oh, and plenty of pictures!!! :D

Like this one...I like to call it the "Incredible, Edible Ridemonkey".
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Ridemonkey_cake.jpg


mmmm............Treesaw you are a cake artiste!! And it tasted might yummy too!!

I want to thank NEGladerider for letting us camp at his place - it rocked. I also want to thank IAB and MBC for driving to and from this weekend! It was nice traveling with you two.

Such good times. It was also great to see Jollytime again - sucked that he couldn't ride with us this weekend - but still great to get to spend time with Jollytime and Mrs. Jollytime. JT was really the person who sparked my love of riding bikes and it is always great to catch up with him.

So great to see the Jackelopes again, and Treesaw and Earl and douglas and Justbill and Deyv and Isa and Jozz and Karine, etc. etc. Great to meet other monkeys for the first time as well including Johnbryanpeters, Pigboy, Psycle On and Tammy, Squeek etc.

Great to catch up with Bikegeek too - he had the best tent at monkeyfest!

Can't wait til next year, and/or maybe another Fall northeast Monkeyfest?? :D

[splat]

Well Now that i hav estarted Lets get down to the Facts !

First a Huge Hige thank you to NEgladerider for the use of his camp again!!
it rocked , and it is the vebue that Makes this Monkey fest what it is .


thanks to Echo for sausage.

on Friday m around 2 we went on the first ride ofthe day
IAB, MBC, MMcG, Deyv, Isabel, Douglas, JBP, Pigboy, Squeak and Me.
we did a A little 6 mile loop that took a little more than an Hour.

Here is MBC , IsaBel and IAB coming up a slight climb
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-01.jpg

MMcG
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-02.jpg

IAB and MMcG coming through a little mud Hole, we all told them the line was on the other side , did we make it ? NO. did they ? Yes! show what we know
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-03.jpg

Isabel , coming up to a small Mud Hole
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-04.jpg

JBP and Squeak
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-05.jpg

Douglas , Deyv and IAB same spot
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-06.jpg

Isabel happy we are at the top of the final climb. now down to Monkey Camp.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352a-rd1-07.jpg

[TreeSaw]

Now for some ride photos...

Welcome to the Kingdom (buying our trail passes)...they have awesome bike stands :D
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296trail_pass.jpg

Our group (of 14 :monkey: s) getting ready to depart from the bike shop parking lot.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296ready_to_ride.jpg

Singletrack heaven...
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296singletrack_heaven.jpg

Wrong way ;)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296and_we_re_off.jpg

Much fun was had on this log (and if I can figure out how to post my short video of justbill's hand hopping skills you will see what we mean) :D :devil: :D
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296squirrel_log_hopper.jpg

Here I am on some sweet singletrack :love:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296treesaw_on_singletrack.jpg

Isabel rollin' a steep rock.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296isabel_rollin_a_steep_rock.jpg

Johnnybryanpeters takin' a well-deserved rest after a gruelling black diamond climb.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296johnnybryanpeters_resting.jpg

[Skookum]

coolness, looks like good times for all. :cool:

[TreeSaw]

After our epic XC ride, there was good food (yes, more of Echo's sausages), beers, a wild n' crazy night ride and some bonfire pics.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296bonfire.jpg

From left to right: Douglas, Stef, Isabel (front), Echo, Deyv, pigboy, TreeSaw.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296bonfire_gang.jpg

Woah Echo, careful not to burn that big stick :sneaky:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Echo_roasting_marshmallows.jpg

Looks like he needs a hand with all that wood :devil:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296Echo_Steff_roasting.jpg

Get your minds outta the gutter...Steff made him a marshmallow roasting stand.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/5296DSCF0829.JPG

All-in-all, an AWESOME time was had by all!!! Thanks again! :D

[splat]

2 nd ride from Friday.

Here we go headed down the drive way IAB, Pysclo_on, JBP, Douglas , Tammy and MBC in the back
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352b-rd1.jpg

MBC, and Tammy crossing a Bridge
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352b-rd2.jpg

IAB says , More Pedal , less chat
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352b-rd3.jpg

IAB inot a Wood bridge , but it was very diconcerting with the logs going parralell to the trail.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352b-rd4.jpg

Douglas and pcyle on
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352b-rd5.jpg

Next came the night ride, =well I brought up all my light , and was going to let IAB and MBC use my 2 good systems While I set up with My old commuting set up.
they BAgged the ride , but I was alreay set this way so I rode this way!
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festb09.jpg

and here is the night ride a Pict at the top of mosse alley watching the sting of light come up the hill , ( squeak in the fore ground)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352c-rd1.jpg

[Rip]

There will be a fall monkeyfest and I will be there this time.

[syadasti]

A good time had by all (except for barfing at 5:30 this morning from some bad food)

Oh yeah, I mentioned this place to a few people - Fell Mountain (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90687) - I'd like to go in a week or two - if you are interested PM me. Same length as the ride we did on Saturday (14 mi.) only super technical. Flow is so good, feels like 2/3 downhill and only 1/3 uphill :D

[splat]

Now here is the Big ride from saturday. the group of 14 , ( 2 other smaller groups were out there also)

Here are Squeak and Isabel
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd01.jpg

the whole group. ( jozz and echo mapping out the route over there on the right
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd02.jpg

Isabel exiting a trail
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd03.jpg

The Jumping log .
JBP goes over it .
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd04.jpg

Deyv shows a faster way to go over it
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd05.jpg

JustBill , says you guys are going over it the easy direction.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd06.jpg

and fianlly Squirell just up and over , and never touched said log

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd07.jpg


Tree saw !
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd08.jpg

JBP, with douglas behind him.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd09.jpg

Squirel exits a trail
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd10.jpg

Isabel , aproacing a bridge.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd11.jpg

Deyv tries to get up on this .
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd12.jpg

Justbill gets a little farther
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd13.jpg

Josh crashes out
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd15.jpg

and Deyv , finally makes it
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd14.jpg


Echo Looking spent , that single speed was just beating up on him
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd16.jpg


Afew more are catching up
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd17.jpg

Echo and Douglas on a fast down hill
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd18.jpg

Deyv same downhill
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd19.jpg

Deyv on a rooty downhill
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd20.jpg

Treesaw same downhill
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352D-rd21.jpg

[MMcG]

A good time had by all (except for barfing at 5:30 this morning from some bad food)

Oh yeah, I mentioned this place to a few people - Fell Mountain (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90687) - I'd like to go in a week or two - if you are interested PM me. Same length as the ride we did on Saturday (14 mi.) only super technical. Flow is so good, feels like 2/3 downhill and only 1/3 uphill :D

Syadasti - you are Josh? Damn - If I had known I would have asked you about your Cortina, your Loco-moto and your TAlas.

[Echo]

Heh, I didn't know Josh was Sydasti either :p

Good to meet ya man.

[I Are Baboon]

Heh, I didn't know Josh was Sydasti either :p

Good to meet ya man.


For Chrissakes, why don't people introduce themselves as their RM screen names? :D Josh, did you get the bug out of your ear?

Our plans to show Tammy and psycle-on some Connecticut trails yesterday were washed out by rain, rain, rain. So we ate and watched cartoons instead.

Monkeyfest 2 was indeed fun, and MBC survived a night of camping (she is already talking about the next camping trip! :eek: ). :D I am REALLY bummed that I didn't get to ride with the big group Saturday, and double bummed that Jozz, Steff, and Karine were waiting for us at the shop and we didn't hook up with them. :( I would have loved to ride with them. In any case, it was nice to se my friend Jollytime again over breakfast, and the ride with MMcG, MBC, tammy, and p-o Saturday was an awesome 16 miler. P-O took really nice pics from that ride. I have a bunch too, and I will post them tonight.

Did Monkeycamp get rained on Saturday night? We drove trough TORRENTIAL rain coming home, and it started soon as we got in 91 in Lyndonville.

[douglas]

yup, it rained but we didnt get too wet - we were all hanging/cozy under the two ez-ups ( I am so glad I bought one!!!)


But it let up, so we were hanging by the fire and Squeek was trying to talk us into a night ride...it wasnt working so well until he said "I thought this monkey fest was about riding bikes!? "
That one worked! So 8 of us went on one of the most fun (even thou it was pretty short) rides I have been on in a while!! A night ride down Moose on the Bigrigs w/Isabelle waiting for us with cold beers at the bottom - slick/slippery and so much fun!

Well Squeek and PigBoy biked up that crazy long hill !! Squuek is one heck of a fast climber

after we calmed down from that ride, we went back to hanging by the fire and were impressed by ECHO's big stick

[jdcamb]

Monkeyfest 2 was indeed fun, and MBC survived a night of camping (she is already talking about the next camping trip! :eek: ). :D I am REALLY bummed that I didn't get to ride with the big group Saturday, and double bummed that Jozz, Steff, and Karine were waiting for us at the shop and we didn't hook up with them. :( I would have loved to ride with them. In any case, it was nice to se my friend Jollytime again over breakfast, and the ride with MMcG, MBC, tammy, and p-o Saturday was an awesome 16 miler. P-O took really nice pics from that ride. I have a bunch too, and I will post them tonight.

Did Monkeycamp get rained on Saturday night? We drove trough TORRENTIAL rain coming home, and it started soon as we got in 91 in Lyndonville.

It was good seeing you Phil. And nice meeting Tammy too. Glad we could hook you up..... Sorry for not being socialble and stopping by the Monkeycamp all. Our next trip up to the Kingdom we will be more social. This was my vacation and I wanted to get as much riding in as possible up there. And boy did we ever ride! We did 31 miles Thursday, 19 miles Friday (up Moose Alley!), 28 miles Saturday (ouch), and then 11 (up Dead Moose Alley and Upper Dead Moose Alley!) on Sunday before we left. We rode it all. The weather held out, food was great, beer flowed (but not as much), good company, awesome campsite, and great trails. We all had fun. Probably not as much fun as you guys as I can see from the pics :devil: We are planning to go back up the second week in October. It was all good. I missed JT, relay to him that I am sorry and we will see him next time........jdcamb

[syadasti]

Syadasti - you are Josh? Damn - If I had known I would have asked you about your Cortina, your Loco-moto and your TAlas.

I mentioned it to a few people, but I suppose they thought I was mumbling incoherently or something :D How many people would say it right anyways - sya-dasti

The bug problem went away in the morning. Either it came out in the night or died in my ear, oh well :confused:

[TreeSaw]

For Chrissakes, why don't people introduce themselves as their RM screen names? :D Josh, did you get the bug out of your ear?

Or, just wear a T-shirt with their avatar on it ;) :devil:


Did Monkeycamp get rained on Saturday night? We drove trough TORRENTIAL rain coming home, and it started soon as we got in 91 in Lyndonville.
Oh yes!!!! There was quite a bit of rain. That, coupled with the beers & fatigue, made for an interesting night ride down Moose Alley! :p

[MtnBikerChk]

Nice pics guys - that's the benefit of being in the back of the pack - by the time people get their cameras out - you're the only one still behind the cameraman :)

hey splat - I think you should carry the good camera on the ride next time :)

[splat]

hey splat - I think you should carry the good camera on the ride next time :)
Yeah and the Wife would Kill me!!! :mumble:

But Yeah I posted the Riding Pics last night I will post the pics from around camp tonight. I took over 300 pics so it is tough to decided which ones to post and which ones not to.

BUt I have some really goods ones of Tweek Breaking the teeter tootor , Justbill doing a face plant on the bridge of death , etc , etc

plus I am already running out of space in the gallery, I am going to run out of the 4 MB, ( I have 6.5 MB worth of pics I want to post, which is way down from the 560 MB worth I took! )

[Velocity Girl]

Sounds like a good time! Freak and I are bummed we couldn't make it but the house hunting had to take a priority :( Hopefully we'll get to meet up with all of you soon!

[MtnBikerChk]

plus I am already running out of space in the gallery, I am going to run out of the 4 MB, ( I have 6.5 MB worth of pics I want to post, which is way down from the 560 MB worth I took! )

send some to me @ home and I'll post em.

[BikeGeek]

Next time I say I'm going to leave early to beat the traffic, someone slap me. My 9.5 hour trip home took 12hrs, 45 minutes. :dead:

It was well worth the drive though. I'd do it again today if I could. :thumb:

[Deyv]

What a awesome weekend. I am so sore from all the riding and the playing around camp.

It was amazing to see all the knowed monkeys again and meet some news ones. You guys rocks! Isa and me had such a great time.

We did a awesome ride on Sunday, the sky cleared and the sun was shinning. We did a small 12 milles loop and went in the river to freshned up.

Good times, thanks to everyone for coming.

[Heidi]

Looks like another good time! Wish I could have made it out to meet and ride with you all.

That cake looks to be the shiznit.

[Morryjg]

There will be a fall monkeyfest and I will be there this time.

Fall Monkeyfest at the Kingdom???? It wouldn't happen to be during the last week of September would it???

[BikeGeek]

Fall Monkeyfest at the Kingdom???? It wouldn't happen to be during the last week of September would it???

You mean peak foilage? Holy tourists! :eek:

We were actually talking about early to mid-October, but nothing is set yet.

[MtnBikerChk]

You mean peak foilage? Holy tourists! :eek:

We were actually talking about early to mid-October, but nothing is set yet.

last year was Oct 10-12.

[I Are Baboon]

You mean peak foilage? Holy tourists! :eek:


But it makes for some cool riding. :)

[BikeGeek]

But it makes for some cool riding. :)

No doubt. Hiking leaf peepers make good obstacles. :D

[Brian HCM#1]

looked like a great time:thumb:

[BikeGeek]

Good pictures, keep 'em coming! I'm glad to see that so far, no one has a picture of the "log hopper" crown toppling from my head as I endoed over that log. :rolleyes:

[Deyv]

Good pictures, keep 'em coming! I'm glad to see that so far, no one has a picture of the "log hopper" crown toppling from my head as I endoed over that log. :rolleyes:

It was because of the pressure of the group.

[douglas]

so I stop in some dinky town in VT on the way home....and I see 12 pack's on sale for $9.49 ! SCORE!! :thumb: :thumb:

[BikeGeek]

so I stop in some dinky town in VT on the way home....and I see 12 pack's on sale for $9.49 ! SCORE!! :thumb: :thumb:

Those are the best! I forgot to pick some up. :(

[TreeSaw]

so I stop in some dinky town in VT on the way home....and I see 12 pack's on sale for $9.49 ! SCORE!! :thumb: :thumb:
Nice :thumb:
Although, you could have followed us and driven right past the brewery :devil:

[justbill]

Thanks for the great ride. I can't do that more then once a month, someday maybee i can do it every day like you guys.
Splat- feel free to save some megs and omit all the pictures of me falling on my face.

[Tweek]

Good stuff!
Just want put in a quick post while some files are in mid-copy here at work.
NEGladeRider -- Thanks again for the locale.
Great to see old monkeys again and meet all you new monkeys. (Hey sydasti -- did you used to have a Superlight or was I thinking of another monkey?)
Treesaw -- Thanks for being the food wench again. :D
I look forward to sharing trails and brews with as many of you as possible in the future.
Ride on. :thumb:

[Echo]

Ha, don't sell yourself short Bill! You got skillz :thumb:

[pixelninja]

Nice! Looks like a great time.

[Morryjg]

You mean peak foilage? Holy tourists! :eek:


You can add 3 more to the tourist list. :thumb: The wife, kid and I will be out in Vermont that last week. We'll be just an hour south of 'The Kingdom' that week. I'm not sure if I'm going to ship my bike out yet or not. I may just ride whatever bike happens to not have a rider on it at my bro's house.

[tammy]

Great pictures and write-ups everyone! It was fantastic to finally put a face to so many of the names, as well as getting to see some Monkeys again for the first time in years! - I had a great time, despite being exhausted from the loooong drive up there (unfortunately I was just too tired for the night ride Friday. :help: )

However, those trails rocked! It was a pleasure to get to meet everyone, and ride with at least most of you! Also I have to give a special thanks to NEGladerider for being such a gracious host. :cool:

Already looking forward to the next MonkeyFest. :)

P.S. HEIDI - I got your message -- Hello to you too!

[Echo]

I was really hoping to ride with you Tammy, you're a legend in my mind :)

Can't wait for next year :D

[douglas]

next year we need to put someone in charge of taking a group picture & name tags !

[COmtbiker12]

Looks like a good time was had! I say that LordOpie, pixelninja, Bldr_Freerider, myself, Renegade, and any other monkies in Colorado try to organize a Fall Monkeyfest for the midwest, say perhaps in Denver or Boulder? Possibly mid to late October?

And yes let's actually try hard to plan it as opposed to just saying it'll happen. :)

[MtnBikerChk]

next year we need to put someone in charge of taking a group picture & name tags !

thanks for volunteering. You are hired.

[Echo]

next year we need to put someone in charge of taking a group picture & name tags !
Yeah that's what was missing this year! Last year Deyv brought the "Bonjour, j'm'apelle" tags :D

[I Are Baboon]

Yeah that's what was missing this year! Last year Deyv brought the "Bonjour, j'm'apelle" tags :D

Pigboy could have brought some that were written in Hawaiian.

[psycle-on]

It was great seeing those that we knew again and putting faces to the names of all those we know from the site! The riding was great and I wish we had more time to see all there is to ride up there! Maybe next year....

Also thanks a million to NEGladeRider for allowing us to use his awesome campground!



I am working on pictures (http://steve6719.fotopic.net/c248306.html) but here is a sample:

[MMcG]

It was great seeing those that we knew again and putting faces to the names of all those we know from the site! The riding was great and I wish we had more time to see all there is to ride up there! Maybe next year....

Also thanks a million to NEGladeRider for allowing us to use his awesome campground!



I am working on pictures (http://steve6719.fotopic.net/c248306.html) but here is a sample:

Ha! Great photo of "The Masher" aka I Are Baboon!
:cool:

[Echo]

Great pics Steve! :thumb:

[Steff]

I 've had a great week-end during this MonkeyFest. It was nice to meet all these new people.

Sorry if my english was sometimes hard to understand, I will try to improve this point for next year... or this fall! :D

Thanks to NEGladeRider for everything this week-end, and also to Douglas for his hospitality during Saturday's dinner. TreeSaw, your cake and your molten marshmallow sandwich were delicious! :thumb:

[Deyv]

Everyone that was at monkeyfest last year was waiting impatiently for this year's edition. Finally the east coast gathering of many members of Ridemonkey.com was last weekend at the fantastic Kingdom Trails.

This is the beautifull Ridemonkey cake that Treesaw did :thumb:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3990.jpg

People came from all over to participate in this Mountainbike festival: Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia and even Hawaii :eek:

Our dear friend Squeak flew from Denver and came to meet us in Montreal and we drove together to Vermont early friday morning. With only a few hours of sleep the night before we had a lot of fun on the road fooling around saying stupid things and laughing our asses off.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3960.jpg

We were so happy that Baboon and Mtnbikerchk were staying at the camp this year. I don`t know how Bab convinced his wife to sleep in a tent but I hope it will not be the last time.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3965.jpg

Dave (non-monkey) and me had to repair the famous around the fire stunt. It was fixed in a matter of minutes and was ready to claim victims again this year :devil: and it did :dead:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3961.jpg

MMcG, who could not come last year seemed to be very happy to be there this year.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3966.jpg

We gathered a small group of rider for a early warmup on the friday afternoon. From left to right: Pig Boy, Isa, MMcG, Splat, Squeak, Baboon, Douglas and JohnBryanPeters. We did a 6 miles loop consisting of mainly hilly doubletracks.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3969.jpg

Besides the great riding and the very friendly people, NEgladerider camp is a great part of the sucess of Monkeyfest. His camp is located directly on the trails with great views of Burke mountain and the surrounding. Thanks again Mark for everthing.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3970.jpg

Steff was the first of the AllezY crew to arrive on site, Jozz and Karine would arrive a little later in the evening.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3971.jpg

Ever since Squeak served as hiking guide for Isa that was in Denver for work we became good friends and we try to hook up every year.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3972.jpg

The famous jump of last year also needed some light repairs but soon the jumping began.

Squirel:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3985.jpg

Me:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3981.jpg

Echo:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3986.jpg

Me:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3988.jpg

We played on the stunts and jumps all day friday. I could not stop for a second eventhough I knew I should conserve energy for the long XC ride the next day that I would attemp on my singlespeed.

From left to right: Negladerider, Echo, Dave, Deyv, Squirel, Treesaw, Bikegeek, MMcG and Tweek.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3991.jpg

After a couple of beers, the stupid trick contest began.

One Hander on the teeter

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3992.jpg

No footer by Tweek

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3995.jpg

Wheelie off

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_3993.jpg

Just a climse at crazy eye killa could kill you, imagine the mess with axe :dead:

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4002.jpg

JohnBrianPeters nephew, Pigboy, flew from Hawai to participate in the monkeyfest. Last year he saw his uncle`s famous houston we have a problem video on the big jump where he broke his arm and ironicly said that he could do better than that. He almost did. He tried the 4 foot drop at the end of the around the fire bridge and almost did a full front flip and landed on his head. We were very scared. He was finally all right but his weekend of riding was in jeopardy.

After a couple of very good beers that everyone brought from their neck of the woods we decided it was time for a Moose Alley night ride.

What a blast! I think this was my best night ride of all time. The tight and technical moose alley is perfect to fly down at ridiculous speed at night. WOW!

Saturday morning: The main event of the monkeyfest is the big loop of all the best singletrack of the kingdom trails. Mostly every joined for this epic ride. Here`s team Titus, Squeak and Isa.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4007.jpg

The singletrack of East Burke are not very technical but the flow is awesome. Riding fast in between the trees, railing switchback after switchback, and power up the small hills is a great adrenaline rush.

Here`s Splat at the exit of Fence Line

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4008.jpg

This pics is a little blury but the smile on Bikegeek face says so much.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4009.jpg

Squeak, Echo, Justbill and Tweek taking a well deserved rest.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4010.jpg

Squirel is a beautifull rider to follow, he always take crazy lines but always remains terribly smooth.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4011.jpg

Echo and me decided to be the SS brothers on that weekend. We rode our singlespeed hardtail and loved it. The kingdom trails are a blast on a SS, the snap and acceleration of the quiet drivetrain felt soo good.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4012.jpg

My legs were really tired from mashing up the hills on the SS but even the people with gears started to feel the pain.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4015.jpg

We were a big group but it worked very well. The group stayed together and we did not have to wait long for everyone.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4016.jpg

Beat bug is one of my favorite trails. I made the mistake of saying it is not a hill, but it climbs all the time the group did not find this funny at all :P

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4017.jpg

We did about 17 miles and rode the best trails of the network.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4019.jpg

This is the ride we did

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/east_burke_mapmfii.jpg

Eventhought that everyone was pretty drained after the ride, the friendly chitchat, the beer drinking, the stunt riding and the great food was enjoyed by all.

Squeak really wanted to do a nite moose alley ride again on saturday night but everyone was too drunk and tired to go. Until he said: Is this a Mountainbike place or what? a group of proud warriors immediately got their nite riding gear on and went to tackle a very slippery and muddy Mosse Alley. On the way down we heard treesaw laughing and screaming from miles away. She is simply the best!

After many crashes, slids, missed turns and running into trees we reached the bottow where Isa, a big pickup truck and some cold beers were waiting for us. Life is good! Pigboy, who had recovered enough to ride, and squeak did not take the shuttle offer and rode the painfull climb back to camp. We shuttled back up to the camp sitting on the tail gate of the truck with beers in our hands while cheering the brave guys that were riding up.

The next day was supposed to be freeride ....... day for some of us But the weather was menacing and people with a lot of driving to do decide to leave early. :(

We were still able to gather enough people to form a decent group for another xc ride. We did a shorter version of the ride the day before and 2 of Negladerider friends showed us some new trails. The day turned out to be sunny , hot and beautifull. The pace was faster than the day before and after that many rides in a row combined with very hot and humid weather, we were spent...... but soooo happy!

Here`s the group of the sunday ride. Douglas (non-monkey), Squeak, Johnbrianpeters, Isa, Deyv, Pig Boy and a friend of Negladerider that I sadly forgot his name.

http://www.allezy.net/users/deyv/MFII/IMG_4020.jpg

What a weekend: Great biking, good beers, extraordinary friends, Good times!

[MMcG]

wow, fantastic re-cap and photos Deyv!!

[arsenic]

really great write ups from everyone. almost makes one feel like they were there :)

[spincrazy]

Nice recaps :monkey: Worth the hellishly long drive, but next year lets get closer to the real world eh? :D. I felt like I rode one day and drove the other two. Great meeting you all and a definite, big thanks to NEGladerider who I don't think I spoke a word to.

All in all: Deyv is an animal. Lots of skills out there. Can't believe Squeak actually made it and the boy can climb that's for sure. Jackalopes are a really good bunch.

Great to meet you all. If ever in the NY metro area, let me know and I'll show you around.

See you on the trails.

Ant

[splat]

Next Batch of Pics for me!!!

With these I have filled up my allocation in the gallery

any way

JohnBryanpeters on the balance beam
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa01.jpg

PigBoy trying the balance beam.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa02.jpg

Deyv as he rides by.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa06.jpg

Deyv on the ramp , with Burke behind him
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa07.jpg

Devy on the bridge of death
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa08.jpg

Deyv has made it to the end , and dropping the bridge.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa09.jpg

He didn't land tooo good
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa10.jpg

Our great host trying a few tricks , well had a little problem here
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/500/2352festa11.jpg

Tweek Breaking the teeter tooter
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festb08.jpg

Squeak , not quite ready to be an ass balancer
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352feste02.jpg

Justbill, kicking back enjoying a drink as the low flying aircraft go zooming above
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352feste03.jpg

Tweek Crashing on the bridge
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festf01.jpg

and a Final photo for now , JustBill gets Owned!!

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festf05.jpg

[NEGladeRider]

Nice photo's! I'm glad everyone had a great time. looking forward to next time, maybe in the fall? Thanks again, mark.

[Rip]

You mean peak foilage? Holy tourists! :eek:

We were actually talking about early to mid-October, but nothing is set yet.

That's what I was thinking as well I'd have to be crazy to go last week in sept.

[Ridemonkey]

Wow looks AWESOME! Man I wanna go......

[Echo]

The next day was supposed to be freeride ....... day for some of us
:D :D :D

[Echo]

and a Final photo for now , JustBill gets Owned!!

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/2352festf05.jpg
BWAAAAAAAAAAH that's the best picture ever :D

[MMcG]

That picture doesn't do Bill justice - he's got mad skills. But someone should put an own3d sign on it just the same! :D

[fanatical]

You guys know how to have fun! Cheers!!!!

[splat]

I feel I must post this for Bill!
he did make it !

http://www.nemba.org/yabbse/attachments/z5.jpg

[douglas]

I had a great time, saw some familiar :monkey: and meet some :monkey: for the 1st time..........I did 5 rides totally about 40 miles - the Kingdom trails are awesome! I really hope to make it back this year (I opted to buy the season pass)

most of the bike pics I have, people have posted very similar ones so heres some non riding photo's

I was excited but a little bored on my solo drive up so I toke a couple pics to pass the time
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf1.jpg

I told ya I was bored
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf2.jpg

getting real close !
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf3.jpg

camp1
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf4.jpg

camp2
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf5.jpg

At a local pub, we found DARTH BAILER
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf6.jpg

Squirrel, treesaw, tweek, Squeak, Echo, IRB, JohnnyBryanPeter
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf8.jpg

Justbill, Jollytime and his dog
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf9.jpg

Isa, Treesaw, Johnnybryanpeters
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf10.jpg

Ok, one bike pic....our host on the teeter
http://www.downhill.o-f.com/images/mf12.jpg

[Jozz]

As always Monkeyfest was a success, and a good time was had by all.

Great pics everyone! I sadly have no worthy pics, nor am I on any pics...

But Karine and me were there, I swear! :rolleyes:

[MtnBikerChk]

Wow looks AWESOME! Man I wanna go......

by the fall we'll have a real house to invite you to...... :)

[I Are Baboon]

by the fall we'll have a real house to invite you to...... :)

Only if he buys me beer.

[Echo]

Only if he buys me beer.
And sausages.

[MtnBikerChk]

And sausages.

turkey sausages.

[splat]

another blast of Pics from Monkey fest !

Thank you MBC for uploading these to her gallery , Mine is full of ther monkey fest pics

on with the pics

Pigboy on the bridge before it tried to kill him
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festa03.jpg

Pigboy , clearing the end of the Bridge and not doing the drop.
the drop would later smash him up pretty good
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festa04.jpg

His uncle , JBP doing the bridge
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festa05.jpg

NEgladrider ( the host with the Most) , Isabel, echo, Unsure who with there head down , Deyv, Squirrel, Treesaw , Bikegeek, MMcG and Tweek.

http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb02.jpg

Squirrel and tweek on the bridge
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb03.jpg

an Neighborhood kid
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb04.jpg

NEgladrider nohanding the teeter
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb05.jpg

Deyv, Jumping the teeter
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb06.jpg

Deyv drinking a beer on the teer
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb07.jpg

the cake gets a labotomy
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festc01.jpg

Relaxing after the night ride
Douglas, JustBill, Tweek, and Jozz
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festc02.jpg

Squealk, ???, Echo, spincrazy and Deyv
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festc03.jpg


Did we mention it was a camp site ?
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festd01.jpg

More tents
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festd02.jpg

Cars , trucks , and you'll notice the one with the tarp over it , Bills set up for the evening
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festd03.jpg

There were tents every where
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festd04.jpg


Bills tent may have been very Simplistic, but the award for the best has to go to Bike geek with his Revolutionary war re-enactment tent ( not mentioning the grasshoppers attack )
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festd05.jpg


Justbill and Tammy around camp
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste01.jpg


who says you can't go the other way around the bridge ?
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste04.jpg

Hello Bushes !
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste05.jpg

Fianlly made it in the other direction
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste06.jpg

Tweek looking ugly! I though he was crashing for sure on this one.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste07.jpg

Tweek hitting the small jump
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste08.jpg

Squirrel hitting the jump
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165feste09.jpg

Squirrel hitting the drop
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf02.jpg

And landing it
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf03.jpg

Isa showing off her gymnastic ability
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf04.jpg

I never got his name
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf07.jpg

THe host with the Most , NEgladrider on the smaller ramp
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf08.jpg


on the bigger ramp
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf09.jpg

[Squeak]

Well I am back in Denver, and missing the riding with good peeps already!

Thanks for the great time everyone. It was great to meet you all!!! :)

Special thanks to NEGladeRider for the use of his land. Its a great spot, and makes everything sooo easy.

Work is supa busy, but I will try to post a few pics later tonight. Not much that has not been posted already. :)

[Echo]

Squealk, ???, Echo, spincrazy and Deyv
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festc03.jpg
??? = syadasti

[douglas]

??? = syadasti


yeah, he was still trying to get a bug out of his ear

[MMcG]

This thread needs to get back on page one! :)

Pigboy, IAB, MBC, Douglas, Splat, Squeak and Johnbryanpeters in this group shot.

[I Are Baboon]

I *finally* got my pics up in the picture gallery. No exciting, fun campimg shots, just ridey ride pics. :) These are the "back of the pack" pics, since that's where I spent most of my time. :)

MBC and Tammy
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167tammymbc.jpg

Tammy
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167tammy2.jpg

MMcG
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167IMG_1205.jpg

Tammy (same bridge)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167tammy1.jpg

Splat
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167splat2.jpg

Splat on a bridge
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167splat1.jpg

MBC. This is the trail that goes along the bottom of Dead Moose.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167MBC4.jpg

MBC, all smiles.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167MBC3.jpg

MBC
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167MBC2.jpg

MBC yet again
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167MBC1.jpg

MMcG (there's a trail in the grass somewhere :D )
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167mark2.jpg

MMcG
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/167mark1.jpg

[Deyv]

Your riding pics are awesome Bab. :thumb:

I did not get to ride with you much, but with these, it almost feel like I did.

[MMcG]

Sweet photos IAB - so you upload em into the gallery and then link to them in the thread is that how you do it??

[I Are Baboon]

You got it, hombre.

[MMcG]

Muchos Gracias Muchacho

[pigboy]

more pictures from the monkeyfest:
http://vatican.com/gallery/Back-Breaker?page=1

there are three pages worth.

[pigboy]

so yeah. the bridge did try to kill me. or rather i am an idiot and used the bridge to prove this fact but good. the long and the short of it is that we all need to work our way up to the 4-6 foot drops by practicing on smaller stuff. I went off the end of the bridge and did a beauty nosedive, landed on my neck and shoulders with all my weight and smashed my sunglasses into my left eyelid. I guess I came about as close as you can to being blind in one eye and paralyzed or dead. i'll count my lucky pennies when i get home to Hawaii. I might have to sacrifice them to Pele the Volcano Goddess to try and ensure my continued existence on the planet.

The big bald fella going over the jump is named Kevin and after I took my tumble he, being a chiropractor, told me to ice the crap out of my injuries and stretch as much as possible. I did this and was able to ride Saturday night and Sunday day (12 miles on Sunday) so I'm pretty stoked to be mostly functional. My whole neck and shoulders are still pretty messed up so I'm going to be visiting my orthopedist when I get home next week to make sure I don't have any floating broken bits inside me.

all in all it was a really fun weekend and it was great to meet some monkeys in person. next year JBP and I will have to try and bring a new family member to sacrifice to the stunt gods.

-pigboy

we think his name is Kevin
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festf07.jpg

[MtnBikerChk]

The big bald fella going over the jump is named Kevin and after I took my tumble he, being a chiropractor, told me to ice the crap out of my injuries and stretch as much as possible. [/img]

glad you're feeling better - that looked NASTY!

I agree with the ice - but for the first 24 hours, stretching a cold muscle is like stretching a cold elastic band - SNAP!

Let us know what the doc says!

[douglas]

so yeah. the bridge did try to kill me. or rather i am an idiot and used the bridge to prove this fact but good. the long and the short of it is that we all need to work our way up to the 4-6 foot drops by practicing on smaller stuff. I went off the end of the bridge and did a beauty nosedive, landed on my neck and shoulders with all my weight and smashed my sunglasses into my left eyelid. I guess I came about as close as you can to being blind in one eye and paralyzed or dead. i'll count my lucky pennies when i get home to Hawaii. I might have to sacrifice them to Pele the Volcano Goddess to try and ensure my continued existence on the planet.

The big bald fella going over the jump is named Kevin and after I took my tumble he, being a chiropractor, told me to ice the crap out of my injuries and stretch as much as possible. I did this and was able to ride Saturday night and Sunday day (12 miles on Sunday) so I'm pretty stoked to be mostly functional. My whole neck and shoulders are still pretty messed up so I'm going to be visiting my orthopedist when I get home next week to make sure I don't have any floating broken bits inside me.

all in all it was a really fun weekend and it was great to meet some monkeys in person. next year JBP and I will have to try and bring a new family member to sacrifice to the stunt gods.

-pigboy


After seeing how hurt you looked.....I was suprised and glad to see ya on Saturdays night ride

:thumb:

[slowSSer]

thanks for the pics!

(yes, been under a rock)

[HypNoTic]

Here's my first post on this monkey site. I'm a neighbor of Deyv and Isa and was suppose to make it to the MonkeyFest this year, but the work called me outside the country (London, UK, how could I say no?!). I juste hope I can make it next year cause it looks like it was a blast again this year! :thumb:

-Yet another AllezY member

[TreeSaw]

Here's my first post on this monkey site. I'm a neighbor of Deyv and Isa and was suppose to make it to the MonkeyFest this year, but the work called me outside the country (London, UK, how could I say no?!). I juste hope I can make it next year cause it looks like it was a blast again this year! :thumb:

-Yet another AllezY member
Welcome to da :monkey:

[MMcG]

Welcome to da :monkey:


Yeah welcome!!! Maybe you can make it to the fall monkeyfest if it happens.

[Echo]

Hey Hypnotic, I've seen you over there on Allezy, welcome to the :monkey:

[Nd4spd]

Well i guess i might as well come out of hiding and join Stosh as "Sir Leaves Them Hanging". Really i meant to be there but as you will see in another thread i have a reason for doing the "no show".Last years MF's where great :thumb:
This year though i have only been on the Mt. Bike once for about an hour.The rest of the time has been on the road,alot of road this year.Once again glad to see that everyone had a good time and that Echo lost his old title that he had :D Who knows maybe the fall fest if there's one.

[TreeSaw]

:think: I see lots o' new custom titles comin' outta monkeyfest! :D

[Echo]

:think: I see lots o' new custom titles comin' outta monkeyfest! :D
Shouldn't you be building stunts right now? :devil:

[I Are Baboon]

:think: I see lots o' new custom titles comin' outta monkeyfest! :D

Do you prefer your old one? 'Cause I can change it back. :devil:

[TreeSaw]

Do you prefer your old one? 'Cause I can change it back. :devil:
:eek: I was VERY pleasantly surprised to see my new one :D Can't imagine how I earned it ;) but thanks :thumb:

[justbill]

:think: I see lots o' new custom titles comin' outta monkeyfest! :D

Is there any kind of record for earning a custom title with the fewest number of posts.
Somthing good has got to come of this.

[TreeSaw]

Is there any kind of record for earning a custom title with the fewest number of posts.
Somthing good has got to come of this.
LOL! And the funniest avatar too :D

I had a great video of you taking the hard line over the log (and into the log on the ground), but my computer crashed and I think it's lost :(

[splat]

Bump for Jozz .

He wanted some riding Pics!

[Jozz]

Good times, good times!

Hope I'll be able to make it down there before the end of the season... have to try all those new trails, and find my way to Old Webs! :thumb:

Thanks John!

[jdcamb]

Good times, good times!

find my way to Old Webs! :thumb:

Just look for the Archery course signs..... Great trail man.....

[Jozz]

Just look for the Archery course signs..... Great trail man.....

Did that one the last time, but they yet added another trail called Heaven's Bench! :thumb:

[MMcG]

Just look for the Archery course signs..... Great trail man.....

We were trying to find that trail by the Archery course - but didn't know exactly where to go to find it....details on how to find it please for the next time we are there. :)

[I Are Baboon]

We were trying to find that trail by the Archery course - but didn't know exactly where to go to find it....details on how to find it please for the next time we are there. :)

It wasn't the archery signs that scared me, it was all of the TARGETS we saw in the woods that scared me. :eek:

[syadasti]

Bill and I are probably going to go to Fell Mtn this weekend. Anyone want to ride one of the top ten trails in the US with us?

[Jozz]

We were trying to find that trail by the Archery course - but didn't know exactly where to go to find it....details on how to find it please for the next time we are there. :)

When you exit the long climb after the river pause, their is a big bench like structure that Deyv and other tried to climb on... well just past that after the bench their is a trail head just behind it!

[I Are Baboon]

When you exit the long climb after the river pause, their is a big bench like structure that Deyv and other tried to climb on... well just past that after the bench their is a trail head just behind it!

I thought there was a house there?

[MMcG]

Crap. We totally missed that. Next time!

[McGRP01]

I'm headed up there this coming weekend (10/1-2) with a bunch of people. Any "must hit" :dancing: trails I should know about?

[BikeGeek]

I think this map from Jozz says it all. Enjoy!

http://www.allezy.net/mtb/images/KingdomMap_ultimate.jpg

[splat]

After posting the Pic of JustBill Stunthumping , I felt the need to re-rearead this thread and bump it

[johnbryanpeters]

I have penciled in July 29th to 31th for MF 05... :dancing:

[I Are Baboon]

I have penciled in July 29th to 31th for MF 05... :dancing:


Why, is that the date we've chosen? Ehhh....ok. :)

[splat]

I have penciled in July 29th to 31th for MF 05... :dancing:
actually that is probably a Bad weekned to choose , Pedro's Fest is the following weekend. and being that close together will limit some people.

[I Are Baboon]

actually that is probably a Bad weekned to choose , Pedro's Fest is the following weekend. and being that close together will limit some people.

Let's do July 22-24.

[splat]

Found this Video of Negladerider ( the Host with the Most! ) doing the no handed tetter

http://www.ripnshread.phoenixjudo.com/nohandbeam.wmv ( right mouse click , save as)

and I even have a picture of it too !
http://www.ridemonkey.com/mountain-bike-photos/data/516/165festb05.jpg

[johnbryanpeters]

Let's do July 22-24.
Sounds good to me, gives a little more prep time for the 24 hours of Great Glen (August 13-14).

J