I recently found a park nearby my crib, set just back from the ocean
near the Venice (calif.) pier. The park is maybe 150 yards long and 40
wide with a lawn groomed and flawless as a putting green. Spilling onto
the lawn is a hillside about 50-60 feet high and in spots, reaches 50-55
degrees, with some ever steeper sections when the slope drops over
ledges and off knolls. This is a great and really fun Muni training
ground, and we've worked out maybe 20 lines down the slope, which in a
few places features a a lip at the very end and sometimes a 2-5 foot
drop resulting in countless faceplants and rag doll tumbles onto the
lawn (frequented by lounging bums, rummies and grifters, sleeping it
off).
We've started to move into the even steeper sections, where your legs
have to spin like a bee's wings to keep up with the momentum. Wild
crashes are frequent on the super steep runs. Straight terrain ain't so
bad, but flying off ledges and trying to roll out high speed drops onto
super steep terrain is very hit and miss for us. I'm starting to wonder
if we'll ever really get this.
Just how steep can folks go on a Muni? We're getting grass stains on
our face that last a week.
I'll try and get some video while the big crashes are still happening.
JL
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