Went out to the GPTB Series #2 yesterday. The Het Meer course is fantastic, with a lot of rolling stuff, roots, wide open sections and the sand.
The sand is somewhat legendary, and with good reason.
Tactics varied for getting through this section clean, but from what I could tell there were three methods, listed here in increasing order of effectiveness:
10. Dismount one turn early, hike
9. Superman into crawl
8. Superman into roll
7. Spiderman Long Jump (like Superman, but with more feet)
6. Basic tuck and roll
5. Modified tuck and roll (yoga influences)
4. Big bunny hop, brace for impact, pedal furiously to bring rear wheel back down
3. Dismount and run
2. Stay loose and float it
1. Be Ryan Trebon
In related news, I’ve started sketching out ideas for the ultimate ‘cross frameset. Why do I do this to myself?