Rockin' XJ Jamboree 2006

[IntrepidXJ]

Got home this morning from my weekend out at Johnson Valley. I had a great time hanging with the SoCal guys among others. Definately some nice hardcore trails there that are a lot of fun. I am hoping to get my rig out there next year :)

On to the pictures!

Got a late start leaving from LA on Friday morning at 3:30am.......so by the time we were getting close to JV, the sun was just coming up
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Bunch of people from our group were already there when we got there
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Once everyone woke up and headed out, I ended up riding with one of Richards friends who had a TJ. We started out on the beginning of Wrecking Ball and then turned off down Bender Alley.

Here's some pics from the first part of Wrecking Ball
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Now on to Bender Alley

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[IntrepidXJ]

oops.....broken stub on the 44

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After finishing Bender Alley, we headed down Jack Back.

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Then we shot over to check out Dirty Sanchez.....Matt was the only one to try, but didn't make it.

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[IntrepidXJ]

Finally we went over to take a peek at Chocolate Thunder, and Richard decided to give it a shot, and made it look easy.

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Just as the sun was setting

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[IntrepidXJ]

After an evening of hanging out and actually getting a bit of sleep, Saturday I rode with Geoff and did some easy scenic stuff and then went and watched some of the others on the big waterfall at the top of Wrecking Ball.

Here's some pics from the easy scenic stuff

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Part of the easy stuff included a nice flat dry lake bed that we got to race across.

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don't go past the barrier ;)

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more racing

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[IntrepidXJ]

Then off to watch the waterfall on WB

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Then it was back to camp for our dinner and raffle. Oh yeah, and Scrappy was tired of his roof flapping around, and had an angle grinder

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Lots of good raffle stuff

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[IntrepidXJ]

Sunday we didn't stay too long, but neither did anyone else. Went and watched some rigs run the waterfall on Backdoor.

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Got some video of that fall, too:

Cracker (13MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/Cracker_Backdoor.wmv

Goatman (10MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/goatman-backdoor.wmv

Scrappy (20MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/scrappy-backdoor.wmv

[IntrepidXJ]

All of my pics can be found here:

http://myxj.net/gallery/JV_11-17-06.php

http://myxj.net/gallery/JV_11-18-06.php

http://myxj.net/gallery/JV_11-19-06.php

Enjoy.

[RuggedJeep]

Awesome pics! Im gonna waste the rest of my work day looking at pics :D How did Richard's buggy perform ?

[Wally]

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That's my boy Hackle (jim) i've wheeled with him a few times out in moab, and chat regularly with him on Jeepsunlimited, way cool guy, we both built our YJ's at the same time :yes:

[IntrepidXJ]

Awesome pics! Im gonna waste the rest of my work day looking at pics :D How did Richard's buggy perform ?

it did great. he made chocolate thunder easily....among everything else he pointed it at

[RuggedJeep]

Did Ron not take his buggy? Havent seen any pics of it on anyones report... ?

[IntrepidXJ]

Did Ron not take his buggy? Havent seen any pics of it on anyones report... ?

yes, he was there. but somehow i never ended up wheeling in a group with him all weekend :dunno:

actually, he took me for a high speed ride in it on Friday night. that was a rush! i thought for sure it was gonna roll over at those high speed turns and bumps.......but it didn't. :D

[RuggedJeep]

:lol: Nice.

Looks like Scrappy had a hell of a time on backdoor..

Damn i wish i was there :bang:

[IntrepidXJ]

Looks like Scrappy had a hell of a time on backdoor..


yeah, but he also had the smallest tires of all that tried

[RuggedJeep]

I beleive hes got a d30 up front? and hes on 35's right?

[IntrepidXJ]

I beleive hes got a d30 up front? and hes on 35's right?

yes, i think so.

of course, if i had my rig there, i would have been the one with the smallest tires to try it ;)