Demonstration is not the same as Demolition!!
On March 5, near the continental divide outside Buena Vista Colorado I saw one of the sickest chute runs ever, by perhaps the biggest idiot ever!
On a demo ride with the Mtn Tech Yamaha owner, a local rider wanted to test a supercharged 2010 Nytro that the owner has been testing and dialing in. The owner, on his 2008 turbo Nytro with two years of heart and soul, leads us out to a great little spot for side hillin', boondockin', and a highmark or two.
To make sure the test sled is performing as promised, the owner switches sleds with the, well, we'll call him "test dummy" from now on. Intending to check out the demo sled for about 2minutes, the shop owner makes a quick lap while the test dummy starts out on the owner's personal sled.
The next 35 seconds is unbelievable!!
Turning to the south, up an unstable and untested chute the Test Dummy lights a fire on the 2008 Turbo and bolts up the chute from about 10,500ft to a max elevation of about 12k+. Kicking off a small avalanche in his wake he rips up the slope, even boosting the skis in the air as he turns to his left to descend. Unfortunately, as Test Dummy began to descend, as good of a rider as he may have been to shoot the narrow line, he couldn't clear the last bit of rocks at the bottom of the chute. Passing his fracture line, he lost control of the sled and straightlined it into the rocks below.
Role, tumble...what started as cool, become seriously scary, and never was intelligent. Why the Test Dummy never asked to run the chute or did the wise thing and studied it first...well, he's a dummy!!
Rider survived, thankfully; sled was in bad shape...bent and battered, the Yamaha dealer did an inspection, reconnected a few things...
The reason we all love Yamaha...it started and he rode it out!
Test Dummy magically doesn't have any money, even though he was intent to buy the supercharged sled; so the small town dealer is out a sled, a whole lot of work, and a whole lot of cash in these tough times.
I say, "if you break it, you buy it!"
Thoughts?
On March 5, near the continental divide outside Buena Vista Colorado I saw one of the sickest chute runs ever, by perhaps the biggest idiot ever!
On a demo ride with the Mtn Tech Yamaha owner, a local rider wanted to test a supercharged 2010 Nytro that the owner has been testing and dialing in. The owner, on his 2008 turbo Nytro with two years of heart and soul, leads us out to a great little spot for side hillin', boondockin', and a highmark or two.
To make sure the test sled is performing as promised, the owner switches sleds with the, well, we'll call him "test dummy" from now on. Intending to check out the demo sled for about 2minutes, the shop owner makes a quick lap while the test dummy starts out on the owner's personal sled.
The next 35 seconds is unbelievable!!
Turning to the south, up an unstable and untested chute the Test Dummy lights a fire on the 2008 Turbo and bolts up the chute from about 10,500ft to a max elevation of about 12k+. Kicking off a small avalanche in his wake he rips up the slope, even boosting the skis in the air as he turns to his left to descend. Unfortunately, as Test Dummy began to descend, as good of a rider as he may have been to shoot the narrow line, he couldn't clear the last bit of rocks at the bottom of the chute. Passing his fracture line, he lost control of the sled and straightlined it into the rocks below.
Role, tumble...what started as cool, become seriously scary, and never was intelligent. Why the Test Dummy never asked to run the chute or did the wise thing and studied it first...well, he's a dummy!!
Rider survived, thankfully; sled was in bad shape...bent and battered, the Yamaha dealer did an inspection, reconnected a few things...
The reason we all love Yamaha...it started and he rode it out!
Test Dummy magically doesn't have any money, even though he was intent to buy the supercharged sled; so the small town dealer is out a sled, a whole lot of work, and a whole lot of cash in these tough times.
I say, "if you break it, you buy it!"
Thoughts?
