IMHO, Nomad is a great choice for park riding, not enough bike for DH racing, and a bit much for local trail riding. The less travel you have, the more skilz you need though... If you're a confident technical trail rider, DH should come pretty naturally. It's just the speed and jumps/drops that you'd need to get used to. Be careful on the natural gnar trails at creek, and work your way up in size for jumps/drops, that's all. Definitely spring for DH casing tires and potentially wheels if you can.