I don't SS on the trail much anymore. it was a lot of fun for a while. teaches you a lot about floating bumps and planning your accelerations to get up stuff. but the bike geometry is way too different (69* head angle, which was considered slack back in '09), and only 3" of travel on the front. my old bones just can't do it, anymore. I still take it out on the street for training. still geared for hills (32-20). did 8.31mi with 824ft of climbing, one day last week. cut it short when I felt some moisture on my calves that turned out to be Stan's spraying out of a puncture in my back tire. no kit. house key on a string. held long enough to get me home, though. took 3 strips of bacon to fix it. still need to ride-test it.
did Spider again, yesterday. Sidewinder is easily my new favorite trail there, so wanted to film it. wish I could jump. uncorked one on Antidote off-camera that launched me over the landing zone into a nose wheelie for 5 or 6ft. so I slipped back into my usual wet noodle style for the rest of the day. did get a taste of the wall ride, finally. transition's not nearly as abrupt as it looks.
since I was up there and it was blowing (gusty to 30+, as it turned out), I went for a sail, afterward. wanted to test out a new camera setup. put the 6 on top, and the old 5 on the boom, (where it usually goes). water was cold (56*), so my feet were numb when they weren't cramping from dehydration. it'd be nice if @G650's boys could up their camera game to match their sailing. I need to do the opposite.
enjoy.