For once I was really pleased that the weather has been pretty lousy this summer, because this made quad biking even muddier and challenging! An extreme sport or just sheer fun, call it what you like but for me the challenge, and yes quad biking is challenging, was to go and spend a couple of hours riding through the woods, taking the quad through muddy puddles and jumping it over hill ridges.
What was really cool was that the instructors made sure you could handle the quad safely before letting you go off and have some real fun. There were some rules that had to be followed, like keeping to the tracks and not trying to do daft things like trying to do jumps that were potentially dangerous, but apart from that they let you go off and drive as fast or as slow as you felt comfortable with. The whole training part provided some very useful tips and hints on how to get the very most out of the quad biking experience.
The track was pretty slippery in places, but with a little caution and some common sense it merely added to the thrills. I was amazed at just how fast the quads can go, they are tough and sturdy machines which for the most part gripped the track really well, I could feel the traction and the slips just enough to keep me concentrating to make sure that I wasn’t going to take this quad or my driving skills lightly. Quads are quite heavy as well, so I had no intention of flipping the thing or falling off!
I loved getting splattered with mud, it added to the excitement especially when going downhill and I could see the puddle at the bottom ready to cover me and the concentration of giving sufficient revs to get the bike hurtling up and over the other side added to the awesome day.
The quads are four-wheeled machines so no worries about getting stuck they could handle all of the different terrains with ease. I belted across a field and although that sounds quite boring I actually liked the cold wind rushing past and being able to take it easy for a bit before driving back into the woods to tackle the rest of the course.
The course had been well thought out, the more comfortable you began to feel in driving and handling the quad the harder the course became, in no way was the course boring or unexciting, there was a new challenge ready every bend and over the brow of every hill.
I can see why quad biking is so addictive, it gets the oxygen and adrenaline pumping through the body, provides testing challenges and in my opinion is down right good fun which can be experienced by guys and girls of virtually any age.
The next time I feel a little bored and what something exciting to do I’m going to come back with a mate and have another quad biking experience, its awesome!
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