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The most challenging trails on Earth
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[QUOTE="Bigbird, post: 654633, member: 19669"] I would agree with you about the trails in Hawaii. Any island, take your pick. In 1978 I was transferred to Oahu by my company, and lived there for about 10 years. I was living in Northern California at the time, and had just become an "A" enduro rider in Dist 36. I thought I was a fairly good rider. I found a place to live in Mililani Town which is located about mid Ohau, up in the pineapple fields. I could walk my bike about two blocks from my house and enter a serious trail system. I was riding alone there and met up with a couple local riders who invited me to join them that weekend for a ride. In ten miles they reduced me to a shaking mass of jello. It was the toughest ride I had ever experienced, and I had done several enduros including a National in NoCal where less than 100 riders finished, so I thought I could handle difficult conditions. It took me several months of practicing to learn the skills necessary to negotiate the Hawaii trails at any speed and consistency, and I acquired a great deal of respect for the riders who competed there. I will always remember with fondness and respect the riding I did in Hawaii which included the Rock Island classic (Kauai), the Cobra Classic (Oahu), and the Mauna Kea 200 (Hawaii, aka the Big Island). I usually rode around Mililani, Wahiawa by the Pineapple stand on the way to Haliewa, and Kahuku. TRU Torture, do these names ring any bells? Pat Gouvea, Cobra (John DeSoto), Steven Trinies, Matt Lyman, Steve Zoll? I could go on, but they were some of the good riders who I knew during the late 70's and early 80's. [/QUOTE]
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