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    S_Wallis
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    Last weekend we had the pleasure of having Santa Barbara’s Eyal
    Aharoni visit us in San Antonio for some riding and socializing. I had
    ridden with Eyal at several California Muni weekends, and once in
    Austin, but was anxious to get him on my home trails. We got a small
    group together for a fast pace cross-country/muni ride on Sunday
    morning (Eyal, Phil Veale, Eric Lancaster, and me), then after a lunch
    break we were joined by Dave Stockton, and a fairly new but
    fast-progressing rider named Joseph, plus a few spectators on foot and
    bike. We headed off to an area with lots of fun descents and rock
    obstacles for some technical sessions.

    Trapper wasn’t riding that day and was nice enough to take photos
    of the afternoon session. They are posted on his SA Muni site at:
    'SAMuni gallery' (http://tinyurl.com/rhhgv)
    It was great to watch Eyal with his smooth, controlled style cleaning
    sections on the second try when we had struggled with them for months.
    Everyone has their weakness and Eyal’s is that he just
    doesn’t provide his audience with any spectacular bone crunching,
    flesh abrading crashes. Fortunately Phil and I were ready and able to
    fill that need.

    My wife and I also got to spend some time with Eyal’s parents
    which is always a pleasure.
    And thanks to Phil and his wife for providing an impromptu barbeque and
    beer party for a few of us after the ride.
    We look forward to Eyal coming back sometime and hopefully bringing
    some of the other California guys with him.

    Scott

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  2. cu2much1
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    I agree, It was a pleasure to have Eyal ride with us. He is an
    amazingly talented rider, and a hell of a nice guy.

    PHIL

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  3. unidennis
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    S_Wallis said:


    It was great to watch Eyal with his smooth, controlled style cleaning
    sections on the second try when we had struggled with them for months.
    Everyone has their weakness and Eyal’s is that he just doesn’t provide
    his audience with any spectacular bone crunching, flesh abrading
    crashes. Fortunately Phil and I were ready and able to fill that need.
    Scott

    Eyal is really an excellent rider!! It's really amazing to ride with
    Eyal because he can ride insane sections and not get hurt. Sure
    motivates me to accomplish the sections he does. It's jaw-dropping to
    see the terrain he rolls over on a uni.
    Glad you guys had a good time!

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  4. vivalargo
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    unidennis said:

    Eyal is really an excellent rider!! It's really amazing to ride with
    Eyal because he can ride insane sections and not get hurt. Sure
    motivates me to accomplish the sections he does. It's jaw-dropping to
    see the terrain he rolls over on a uni. Glad you guys had a good time!

    Funny thing is that Eyal, Josh and I were just saying the same thing
    about you, Dennis. But yeah, so far as rolling goes, Eyal is the
    shizat. But don't let the smooth taste fool you. The guy's got some
    serious leg strength. "Rabbi Rock," that's our Eyal.

    JL

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  5. eyal
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    Y'all are too kind, too kind 🙂 I had the best time, and was similarly
    awed by the skills I saw. Scott with his rocket speed and scandelous
    climbing abilities, and Phil with his willingness to try any line after
    only 7 months of riding.

    These guys say all they have is cross country riding in San Antonio,
    but they actually have a handfull of really treacherous drop-ins. Each
    one was about 40-50 feet long, steeper than anything I've seen in SB,
    but just as rocky and rooty. Generally, we were only able to mount
    these chutes from the middle, and ride the bottom half. Anything higher
    than that requires much more back pressure than we had, in order to
    keep the speed down. A hand brake would be tempting, but it would have
    to take super-finesse to hold it constant while bouncing down the rocks
    and roots.

    So, the problem is not that the San Antonians don't have any steep
    rocky lines - it's that they are soo steep that it's nearly impossible
    to even go about practicing on them. Anyway, these guys make up for it
    in speed, endurance, and climbing ability... not to mention, in 90+
    degree heat.

    Thanks, Trapper, for the awesome photos. Thanks to all for being great
    hosts.

    "Rabbi Rock"

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    Only thing htat surpasses his off roading skillz is his extremely nice
    personality...

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