When you’ve gone a bit off-line and started heading straight towards a tree, does anyone else find themselves fixated by the immovable object?
Today at Chicksands I was quite happily doing a few runs on the 4X and dual slalom, just trying to improve my jumping technique (which is pretty poor). Then I got onto the snake run, did a slow run to get a feel for the trail, easy. Second run, I come over the first slightly rough bit of downhill a bit too far right and find myself pointing straight towards a tree, rather than the trail just to the left. I think i tried half braking, half turning to the left, before deciding it wasn’t working and straightening up. Queue big rugby tackle using my left shoulder against the tree, and now broken collar bone. Ouch 🙁
Feel a bit annoyed because it wasn’t a hard bit of trail, i just didn’t commit to fully turning or fully braking to fix the problem. Am I alone in this level of stupidity, or do other people do this too?