Pony Trails Jam. Leende, Netherlands. By Dale Reves

May 14, 2008

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Last weekend I was either going to be in Mexico for the Elevation contest or Leende for the Pony jam. I was stoked to only have to drive 35 minutes to make it to the Backyard Digger spot to witness the Pony Trails jam. The weather was beautiful and the trees made some nice shade. We arrived just in time for the Pump Track Challenge and decided to enter that for the heck of it. We took some pics and had to leave as a BBQ was on the program but Dale Reves and his boys continued and it went something like this:

After you left we did the bunny hop contest, last man standing format. Got pretty close between a few riders but Colin ended up on top, no idea what the final height was but it was impressive. Joris from Goodbikes made it out around 4:30pm with a box full of prizes to give out. A few of the local riders ran the "contest" and gave out prizes for stuff like best trick, best goon style, smallest bike, ugliest seat, best crash, worst fashion, etc.

We handed out a box full of stickers then did the lottery for the new DK General Lee bike and was won by a local kid. We shut down, cleaned up, then a crowd headed over to my house to swim in the pool for a while. We're happy with how it went and everyone had a great time and we're talking about the next one already. I want to thank Joris from Goodbikes for coming through with some stuff to give away. Thanks to the kids that help the old man rake, shovel, dig, scoop, to keep our spot ready for everyone to ride.

Dale Reves