Slick Rock and New Product Testing

Today, we headed over to St George and Hurricane for some world famous Utah Slick Rock riding. For those of you not familiar with slick rock, its not really slick. It is sandstone rock, more like riding on sandpaper. Not really a trail, but riding from one rock to the next, they kind of roll over on top of each other. People have painted dots on the rock to follow along the loop. It is a unique, fun and challenging type of terrain.


Here's Laura, you can see how she is making a transition from one very large boulder to the next. You can see the white dot directly in front of her that marks the 'trail' on the rocks.






Here I am dropping into an empty pool on top of big rock plateau. The drop was around 4 feet. It was fun diving in and out of these empty pools.

















We belong to REI, as a member, you get a % of your purchases back in the form of a dividend check you can spend in store. This year, we put our dividend towards Ergon grips for each of us. We saw these at Sea Otter and they looked intriguing. They come in different sizes for men and women. We both really liked them, they took pressure off of your wrist by giving extra support in the palm area. They are pricey for grips ($25, normal grips are $10-$12), we only paid shipping, so it was really worth it. I really hope they are durable, as we won't be spending $25 on grips very often!

The scenery of the area never ceases to amaze me. Here I am playing around on this formation with Zion NP in the background.



The way out of the trail was a 5 mile long 2 track and dirt road . On our way out, the winds kicked up pretty good. These huge tumble weeds (some of which were up to the hood of the Suzuki, were rolling down the road as made it feel like we were in a video game, dodging asteroids as we made our way down the road.

Stay tuned for our dog update from Best Friends, tomorrow!

-Rich-