Trail Report: February 25th 2001

Do you think between five blokes you can muster a watch for timing the time trials? Brad stops in at his little sis Sand's place down the road and borrows a timepiece, not much use doing time trials otherwise. Brad, Jak and Wolfie head out first; Brad showing consistent form, Wolfie nudging that magic 2 minute barrier but it proving to be elusive this event and Jak happy to record his first timed lap.

Tim and JAW up next. JAW shows poor form but Tim is on fire. He's put it down to his new "Crusty Quinns 2" look - new stickers including some scantily clad ladies, a bit too raunchy for this page readers ;)

Off to the half pipe for some air. Just when you think the half pipe has been worn out, you can't find a lip with any meat on it and all the approaches are rutted you find a new superb attack angle. Ahh, the half pipe. What a place.

Tim and JAW make good work of it, Brad and Wolfie spend a bit of airtime just hangin' around and Jak is pleased not only that he got both wheels off the ground at the same time, but that it was also caught on camera ;)

Brad comes up with a good idea: JAW, Tim; do a jump at the same time and I'll take a picture. Now there's thinking. In fact would make an excellent bit of footage for Crusty Quinns 2. Must keep that in mind the next time the video camera is out there.

Interesting stuff seen at the Alkimos. Strong winds has created some almost razor back dunes. One was proving to be an excellent source of air-time for a guru on a TT600. JAW has a go and sure enough there was some air available but the runup through deep loose sand was almost not worth the effort.

A second dune caught a Hilux driver right on the peak. Looked pretty cool so JAW rushes up for a photo. Heh. Suprisingly not only does a second Hilux snatch the first one out, but the previously bogged 'lux has a second attempt at the dune and gets air off it! A wild bunch of teenage girls and guys.

But of course that's what you'd expect from an "unbreakable" Hilux - a close family relative to the 4runners ;)

Wolfie calls it quits and heads home. Something about dropping his missus off at a BBQ and having to nip back to pick her up. Wolfie, you are going to get yourself in trouble man...

With the formalities over and Jak'n'Tim back on the scene the foursome hit the trails to Yanchep. No special performances noted but a good introduction nonetheless for Jak to one of the Crusty Quinns Players favourite events.

Quite often and including this time there are horseriders on the trail. The lads respect their equal standing on the track and give a wide berth. A different cup of tea altogether these 1 horsepower wheeless rides but hey, they are out in the bush havin' a nice time. Can't knock that.

A bit of a stop, a drink and it's time to head home. All trailrides must have a beggining and an end - and most importantly plenty of hard riding in the middle :)