Diablo Freeride Park Season Recap

Dec 15, 2010 at 14:35

Another awesome season is in the books for Diablo Freeride Park! Diablo Freeride Park treated us great from opening day to closing day. A lot of talented riders came out and shredded the whole mountain, and it was a sick season down in Vernon, NJ.

Here is my recap on the season that I experienced there, I hope that you all enjoy the videos and pictures that I've put together,

Opening day, the conditions were awesome, and riders came from all over the country to get on the mountain!

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The whole mountain had some sweet new features and the trails were perfect.

With opening weekend behind us, we couldn't stay away for more then a couple weeks, this is an early season edit:

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The US Open of Mountain Biking was held here at Diablo. It was an exciting weekend, and the crowds definitely got a little wild!

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Once the Open was over, the rest of the season was left for filming and shooting photos on the hill.

By mid season, Diablo was really cranking out some fresh new features on the mountain. New jumps were popping up everywhere, which really improved some of the trails. I headed to the mountain to film a video edit with Justin Brigandi (1st place winner for both the GS and DH in Senior Expert in the US Open).

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Next, It was Evan Gilardi's turn, a local at Diablo. We shot photos and videos throughout the season:

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Some photos of Evan riding:

It seemed to happen in a blink of an eye, but the end of the season was fast approaching, here are some late season pics:

Then it happened, closing weekend arrived, but on the other hand, the Fall colors were POPPING!

Justin and I also shot a video to close off an awesome season:

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Another great season went down at Diabo Freeride Park. See you all in 2011!

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30 Comments

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ethanlphoto (Dec 15, 2010 at 14:42)

yesss ausome man good work! i betcha they will take it did u submit it?

freedjdh (Dec 15, 2010 at 14:47)

Thank you!

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downhilldro (Dec 16, 2010 at 9:49)

That was pretty cool! good job with the blog. I unfortunatly missed out on an entire diablo season this year so it was nice to catch up a bit. See ya'll 2011!

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QQdownhiller Plus (Dec 16, 2010 at 12:08)

at like 1:01 thats the jump i broke my arm on. bucks you forward

and that guy crashing off phantom was soo slow

HMBA106 (Dec 20, 2010 at 18:14)

for some reason i saw every one of those crashes coming

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pain989 (Dec 15, 2010 at 22:27)

Seems like Justin Brigandi needs to step it up with his dirt jumping, you can only show some form of a table or whip so many different ways before it gets old. Go back to the old shit you used to do like x up no footers, you have to throw something different every once and a while.

freedjdh (Dec 16, 2010 at 11:48)

Check out the Top to Bottom Run video, there is plenty of variety in there man..

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mikelambton (Dec 15, 2010 at 19:00)

Diablo must love you man! awesome writeup.

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neondion (Dec 20, 2010 at 7:55)

wow sounds like you guys got a great park to ride there and a long season as well

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kidonbike (Dec 15, 2010 at 15:27)

this should be on the front page

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Chips2990 (Dec 15, 2010 at 21:48)

thats some awesome work ben!

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cubsrtbest99 (Dec 20, 2010 at 10:50)

Congrats on making the front page again bro

freedjdh (Dec 20, 2010 at 10:51)

Thanks man!

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DownhillR3 (Dec 15, 2010 at 14:57)

AWesome write-up Ben. Really cool layout. See you all in 2011 at Diablo.

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alfer907 (Dec 15, 2010 at 15:08)

nice work ben

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esstinkay (Dec 20, 2010 at 11:05)

that place looks so incredibly amazing!

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nsaccary (Dec 15, 2010 at 17:26)

yea yea yea good work cuz.

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ethanlphoto (Dec 16, 2010 at 11:52)

not on homepage yet :/ hope it makes it

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GT-user (Dec 20, 2010 at 4:22)

first vid at 1:15 i found hillarious

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sflann10 (Dec 27, 2010 at 13:20)

Diablo is awesome, cant wait till next season!! These videos make me feel slow, real slow!

mcap (Dec 27, 2010 at 15:21)

That's because you are slow sflann10...pick it up!

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QQdownhiller Plus (Dec 20, 2010 at 7:02)

good season. cant wait for next year

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QQdownhiller Plus (Dec 16, 2010 at 11:52)

this is in my back yard and love it here. cant wait to be riding march 1st

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giant0rider (Dec 20, 2010 at 3:38)

hell yeah ben!!!

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ethanlphoto (Dec 20, 2010 at 6:21)

you got it!

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sflann10 (Dec 28, 2010 at 14:14)

But thats you way behind me in your videos.......KEEP UP!!

mcap (Dec 28, 2010 at 15:24)

I was giving you your space incase you biffed, and trying to get a good GoPro shot, haha

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nsaccary (Dec 20, 2010 at 14:01)

Hahah Boo Justin.!!! Just Kidding. Congrads Ben. Sick job

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Trekbiker2 (Dec 22, 2010 at 15:18)

Any U.S Open enters for 2011?

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