is there such a thing? there’s of course the king of mountain, and the queen of mountain, the fastest man and woman, respectively, on a certain trail. but what about the fastest young person on the mountain? the second fastest female on the mountain?

nat would definitely deserve the title and of course wear it with utmost dignity as well. in full downhill / freeride gear, as it befitting such a serious title.

compared to some of the more gnarly trails in and around sydney icarus is still benign. the technique we still have to perfect is riding off-camber corners or basically just going flat out on off-camber gravel. somehow everything slopes in more than one way and the tyres are constantly looking for grip.

just don’t pull those brakes at the wrong time. i think they should teach more physics at school, the stuff about contact patches and acceleration, force vectors. and controlling a two wheel drift.

so nat’s now #2 on icarus (on her first run down that trail and it was getting dark quickly) and #3 on send helens. not bad.