There are many different ways to ride Mother Glamis, and everybody has there own special style. However, chances are that you will have to transition a ridge one time or another to move on to another area. You probably noticed over the new year that there was lots and lots of grooves cut into the middle of the ridges, and that can make for a bumpy ride. Take a look:

Many folks think that these are caused by a vehicle going straight up and over. Well, they sometimes can. However, most of these are caused by wind, and they can get real deep as you can see here. Slap sat and watched the big one in the middle form right before his eyes, and it took only one hour.

When making this transition, especially if you are on a quad, keep up your speed as you make the approach. Then just as you're about to transition, hit the gas, pull up the front wheels a few inches, and power through them. Don't worry, being on the gas will keep your rig straight, and your momentum will take you through. Let that rear suspension gobble up the bumps, then move off the ridge when you see the other side open up. So when you are making a transition, look for little spikes on the ridge, it may help you prepare for the bumps in the road.

If anybody has any other good safety tips, or wants to add to this one, throw them on up here. Slap has seen some strange terrain on Mother G this past year, and we need all the help we can get .

Slap Mother G can be real nasty to the people who pay no attention to her Those little suckers can do some damage.

A lot of those out there this weekend. A lot of damp sand on Thursday. On Fri& Sat it looked as thought that wet sand clumped and dried. When the wind picked up it blew fresh sand over the hard pack to build new dune. The unfortunate part is that some of the hard stuff crumbled causing grooves for the wind to blow through. These groves made the "new" part of the dune almost pure whoops. These were in areas and on hills with little or no traffic/contamination.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT THE LEADER, ALWAYS WATCHED THE RIDERS FLAG IN FRONT OF YOU. IT WILL GIVE A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT YOUR BIKE WILL DO, AND IT WAY PROVE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER WAY AROUND IT. NO MATTER WHAT THO, DO AS SLAPPY SAYS AND THROUGH IT WITH THE FRONT END AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE!!!! ID K IF THAT IS THE BEST TIP IN THE WORLD, BUT TATS WHAT I DO, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK OK FOR ME!!!! TTY