The Zone...

[scotty beefs]

Dunno if i'm being weird or not but has anyone else ever been totally in "the zone" so to say when you are on your fave DH or singletrail etc? I've experienced it once and was weird...everything seems to be not slow motion but you are so focused on what your doin you notice every single little rock and rootlet and seem to feel every inch of the track through your hangers and you just seem to be doing everything perfectly and hence you just absolutely nail the track flawless style.

When it happened to me was on a wicked trail at cootha that we did all the time and was in front of a mate racing each other..he gave me 10 second start or whatever... but I was going so fast and nailing this track perfect style but at the same time was able to concentrate and notice stupid things like my breathing and having what seemed all the time in the world to style it up off little things i'd never noticed before...

there may have been some hippies in the bushes smoking weed at the top of the track and maybe i copped a lungful before i started? so am i just weird or have other people ever experienced this??

[Dirt Devil]

I get it the other way around. Some days I bounce off everything on the trail, get hung up, wash out, crash and generally ride like a noob. It's like my brain isn't switched on or something.
I don't remember ever experiencing "the zone" but it sounds great.

[trobb]

I get that just about all the time except that i find that i find that i hold my breath for every tricky section and struggle to breath when i come out... You puff after a race because it was sooo exileratiing but i think also because you forget to breath.

[sxereturn]

Sometimes I'd get into riding the local skatepark by myself at night. After a while I'd realise I'd been riding non stop for like half an hour and my chest is heaving in and out so bad, but I was just concentrating on flowing around the park so much I didn't know...

[curtisrider]

thats fckn weird.

[ELX]

Yeah I have had "the zone" once. On A short DH called the firemans trail. I was just trying to improve my time and then my last run I shaved 4 second off. I went from a 21 to a 17. Wierd

[juzza]

just makes riding even more enjoyable.

[Squidly Didly]

Red Bull!!! Providing you can stay calm after having one, this puts you in a similar feeling with all the confidence you need. You're alertness go off the scale too

I have that when i dirt jump sometimes. Every trick i throw down is perfect all my landings are sweet and i get wikked air. Its the best feeling

[Fritta]

I have that when i dirt jump sometimes. Every trick i throw down is perfect all my landings are sweet and i get wikked air. Its the best feeling
yup, when u land that jump and theres no sound. i love that. its feels so godam smooooooooooooth.

[shwinboy]

Man I pitty you if you don't get in the zone often. It's my main reason for riding. I'm a zone junkie. It happens a lot on trails I'm really farmiliar with or if i'm hammering thru the Melbourne cbd dodging the traffic. You stop thinking about what you are doing or anything else and you flow over and around everything fast and smooth. The zone is the best stress release I have.

[zen_rider]

The zone is the best stress release I have.

me too, living in the moment.