Will Diablo Continue...
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bradmcnutt
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tears of nostalgia
Frank
Sasquatch
Wobbegong
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Read this and remember the good old days.....
http://www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=28
BiknBen
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I grew up about 45 minutes from there. I heard the stories. Thankfully, I went there only once when I was too young to get into trouble. I survived without scars.
anrothar
entirely thrilled
Wobbegong
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I was a frequent park warrior in my early teen years. I never got hurt, but saw many victims on the golf cart.
I loved that place. I clearly remember the alpine slide, cliff dive, the roller cart water slide, cannonball slide, tarzan swings....... Soooo much dangerous fun to be had there.
I still remember how F'ing cold that water would be when you hit it.
I loved that place. I clearly remember the alpine slide, cliff dive, the roller cart water slide, cannonball slide, tarzan swings....... Soooo much dangerous fun to be had there.
I still remember how F'ing cold that water would be when you hit it.
pinkshirtphotos
Active Member
I have been waiting for the day Diablo is no more. Town is still screwed with the fool but thats Vernon.
danxtj
Member
The alpine slide was great. A go cart with no steering on a concrete bobsled track. What could be better than that to a 10 year old kid?
The tarzan swing pool had to be 45 degrees!
thedoner
Member
Me too. What's happened?
It doesn't look like anything will change, at least for the upcoming season. Not with events of this caliber on the calender.
http://singletrack.competitor.com/2010/02/news/sign-up-for-u-s-open-of-mtb-next-week_6275
Maybe with the change in ownership, some of the XC trails at the top of the mountain that have fallen into disrepair will be maintained. Givin that its my backyard, I'd certainly be happy to pitch in for some TM
mwlikesbikes
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Traction park was awesome!!! From the alpine burns you'd get when your knee or elbow hit the concrete track to getting whiplash on surf hill when you'd slam into the padding at the end of the track. If you didn't leave there with blood oozing from your body somewhere you weren't having enough fun.
pinkshirtphotos
Active Member
Shawn will never rebuild the xc trails at diablo. If anything there will be a short track race.
jdgang
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I worked at Accident Park for a summer on the alpine slide...best time ever...so so many people would go to fast and crash (the best road rash) or go to slow and get hit from behind ...the trick to go fast was to sit as far foward as possible...at the end of the night the workers would race each other down to the bottom since two of the tracks where excactly the same. and the parties...they would import these foreign workers that live at the park for the summer...most where over 21 great times
thedoner
Member
Yeah, probably wishful thinking on my part. Not really hoping for a race, but some of those trails are pretty nice when they're clear, and not littered with blowdowns.