Posted 11/9/05
Pleasanton Bmx Park

One of my favorite places to ride in the Bay Area has been the Pleasanton Bmx Park. Every time I am out there, I ride until I'm exhausted. I can't wait until I'm healthy enough to ride there again. I've been going though my pictures folder, and it turns out I have a few more pictures I wanted to share.

Here's a shot of Chipper over the hip. This is probably my favorite jump at this place. You can hit this table top in four different directions. However, you have to be cranking to air it in this direction. Chipper here has gate skills from years of BMX racing, and has some "get up and go."

Here's a shot of the author airing it the from the usual direction. The park is definitely more of a pedaling park. No pump track here. Although it would be fun to develop the kiddie section into a pump track. In fact, the only drawback to the park is the lack of flow. A lot of pedaling is required to hit any of the jumps.

I can't really complain though. It's not like I'm out there every weekend with a shovel. If I lived closer, I would be though. This gentleman in the photo (I forget his name) is the man responsible for making the park happen. Send your props to this guy; he spent a lot of his time making fun stacks of dirt for us to play on.

This section has a lot of potential.

This series of small table tops is a good place to start getting the feel. Here, a local Vet Downhiller on his Yeti practices his jumping.

Here's two more shots of me and Chipper.

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