Inspired. Danny MacAskill from dave on Vimeo.

Here is the start of the course where the KING OF DIRT will be decided. The canyon jump is where we will have the best jumpers show their stuff!! My goal is to be able to make it over it by the end of the summer, lol!!!

Kouji keeps a watchful eye over Hasegawa San’s tractor skills........

It’s looking good!!

Full view from above, as you can see its going to be a great playground!!!

the first berm.....

Kouji hard at work, now the fine tuning and raking begin!!! Volunteers needed!!!!!

THE WATANABE CHERRY TREE!!!! We have our very own tree in the backyard. Tried to have a hanami party this weekend but the weather was crazy.....so we moved it indoors, thanks to all who came out!! Happy Hamami!!!

So this is what the white sign looks like from a distance, we used to be able to see it from our window at the old Matsumoto house....

and this is what it looks like up close. It took me an hour to ride up today, a bit longer than usual but nevertheless it felt great and then I could look out at this view......
It was a great day and a good training ride. Sometimes I am lucky enough to get a long enough break from work to hop on my bike and get a ride and onsen in....before the next class. Lucky me....

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Join us for a day of MTB and BBQ!! April 26th Ride starts at 10:00am, course is Minekata, Hakuba. BBQ and hanami party begins after the ride, around lunch time. Even if you miss the ride, come out for the hanami party under Sweet Riders very own Hanami Tree!!!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Thanks to all of you who came out for the Sweet Riders Bike & Gear Swap last weekend, thanks to you, we are ordering new signs as pictured above for our new building/base in Hakuba! Cheers!!!

Insane video by Leafcycles, wish we had pump tracks like these in Japan!!!!

Leafcycles - a trip to atown from Crowny-Entertainment on Vimeo.

Once again it is time for the Ikeda Poker Rally, don’t miss this one, it’s a great event with great prizes!!!! Sweet Riders will be there competing for the big money!!!! Register now....at raninjapan@yahoo.com!!!
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Thank you to all who came out to our Sweet Riders Bike and Gear Swap!! Thanks to you, our profits were enough to buy new signs, this is the sample picture of our new signs.....will let you know what the real thing looks like soon!!!!

Takeo, Randall, Pepper and I on our ride on Randall’s new trail for the upcoming POKER RALLY!!! It is going to be super sweet when it’s finished!!!! Great day, great ride, great friends!!!!
More pictures here.....