{"id":15142,"date":"2019-07-23T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2019-07-23T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:56:20","slug":"the-beauty-of-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?p=15142","title":{"rendered":"the beauty of dirt."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>nat returned from overseas on thursday, saturday we went out for a little ride around the dam, just to limber up. then on sunday we went back to ourimbah so nat could catch up with her friend kat, have a bit of fun on the downhill and check the new gravity enduro trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-attachment-id=\"15145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?attachment_id=15145\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563909524&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nat_dirt_jump &amp;#8211; 1 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>so i was massively surprised that on monday nat said she wanted to go to red hill to play on the dirt jumps. dirt jumps are a very different game from downhill or enduro riding. it&#8217;s a lot about rhythm and finding exactly the right spots to pump: little bumps, berms, the backside of the jumps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-attachment-id=\"15144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/?attachment_id=15144\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563805492&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nat_dirt_jump &amp;#8211; 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>clearing the jumps requires just the right speed, good timing and a bit of pulling up. nat does that really well, she is also standing just right; see how she pushed off the lip with her hips close to the bars? i wish i had her natural talent. the enduro bikes are actually not really helping here, they are too big and the suspension is way too smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Red-Hill-Dirt-Jumps-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>just a short sequence. we&#8217;ll be back soon a practice some more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and maybe one day we&#8217;ll try it with a real dirt jumper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nat returned from overseas on thursday, saturday we went out for a little ride around the dam, just to limber up. then on sunday we went back to ourimbah so nat could catch up with her friend kat, have a bit of fun on the downhill and check the new gravity enduro trail. so i&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes","category-our-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/nat_dirt_jump-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MvER-3We","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15148,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions\/15148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zo-zo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}