The day started out at 3 pm with Marko and 4 offroaders (Gonzo, Salouh, Tiago, Chefmarc) who had a training session before the trip. After a 90 minute session, the Weird One was ready to kick-off. Actually it was a secret Mission not shared with the offroaders in training but with the rest of the convoy.
Trip was scheduled for 4 pm all deflated and ready to go 9 out of the 11 cars arrived on time. Both late comers got extra help to deflate faster.
Briefing was done by Marko and safety briefing by Gonzo
It was a early morning for us all or maybe a late night for some. Our ambition was to start moving at 6:30 but a few late arrivals held us back. Let’s try be on time in future.
Ramadan Kareem Everyone!!
Today we had our first afternoon Ramadan trip. We met at the Al Qudra area, which has become our designated area for the first few lessons of our newbies.
We met this morning for the Scopes And Slopes Trip in Sharjah. Although originally there was supposed to be two trips, one off-roader level and one advanced junior level, last minute mishaps forced us to combine both trips together which ended up in one big 15-car convoy. After deflation, a short safety briefing and a bit of a warm up, the fun all started.
We met today at 2pm at Al Qudra for the fresh start trip of the Ab Initio 4th generation.
Everyone was on time although somehow we had two different meeting points due to some misreading of the GPS.
Our meeting today was at the Badayer shops area. We reached there on time only to find the area congested with other fellow off-roaders. There were at least 40-50 other cars lined up to start their drives.
After we managed to locate each other, we deflated in no time, had a quick briefing and hit the sand right away. Today’s trip really had it all, from cresting n side cresting to sloping and switching, to speeding and also going through a fairly technical area. It was really full of excitement.
Our first destination was the Iftar Bowl. There along with a big number of other off-roaders, we had a chance to play each on his own for a while. It was awesome to drive up n down this enormous dune. Then we moved on to reach the Super Bowl, where it was so crowded that we just decided to move on. Today we did not encounter any stucks there were a few second and third tries every once in a while, but everybody managed to finish this trail without any need for recovery. Well done everyone!!
After about 53 kms of intense desert driving, we came out at the same spot we had gone in some three hours earlier.
Trip Report by: Salah
We started the morning with a short direct briefing and nice positive vibes.
Nice convoy with good order and communication, we experienced a few cresting and side cresting, we had the opportunity to practice in a small bold with self recovery and to brief about the proper technique.
Started the morning a bit behind schedule because of late arrival but kicked off the day in a positive note, congratulating to members Amir and Saboor who have full safety equipment checked with Desert Fella’s flags and stickers.
After Heavy rain and morning coffee we started exactly where we ended last time on our first Ab Initio Junior drive.
We learned some new techniques and we shared several tips and tricks followed by 2 hours drive.
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