# Avalon, Catalina Island

- August 21-28, 1999

Avalon Community Center

![xCommunityCenter](/fun/99-Catalina2/xCommunityCenter.jpg)

![xCommunityCenter RearWheelSidehop](/fun/99-Catalina2/xCommunityCenter-RearWheelSidehop.jpg)

(Rear wheel to right where my bashguard is, then sidehop to bashguard on the wall)

![xCommunityCenter BigDrop](/fun/99-Catalina2/xCommunityCenter-BigDrop.jpg)

(you don't think I just put my bike up there for a picture, do you?)

![xCommunityCenter Pedal Up](/fun/99-Catalina2/xCommunityCenter-Pedal-Up.jpg)

(Big up with a bit of a concrete kicker)

![xCommunityCenter Fountain](/fun/99-Catalina2/xCommunityCenter-Fountain.jpg)

(interesting obstacle - water fountain)

Descanso Beach (I could see a world round section here!)

![xDescanso 2](/fun/99-Catalina2/xDescanso-2.jpg)

![xDescanso 4](/fun/99-Catalina2/xDescanso-4.jpg)

![xDescanso 5](/fun/99-Catalina2/xDescanso-5.jpg)

A *very* steep dirt hill near the Avalon golf course

![xDirtHill Left2](/fun/99-Catalina2/xDirtHill-Left2.jpg)

![xDirtHill Right](/fun/99-Catalina2/xDirtHill-Right.jpg)

(Yes, I did go up both of these, and yes, it sucked, but going down was a little more fun)

The Jetty

![xJetty Sidehop](/fun/99-Catalina2/xJetty-Sidehop.jpg)

(Yes, I sidehopped up this)

![xJetty Whole](/fun/99-Catalina2/xJetty-Whole.jpg)

(Yes, I made it all the way out to the end with no dabs)

Storm drain behind Bahia Vista Condos

![xStormDrain1](/fun/99-Catalina2/xStormDrain1.jpg)

(yup, got up this... couldn't do anything after that, though...)

![xStormDrain3 Sidehop](/fun/99-Catalina2/xStormDrain3-Sidehop.jpg)

(yup, sidehopped up this... is that my shoe?)

Bahia Vista Stair Jump (4 floors, narrow wooden, BAD consequences if all over rail)

![xBahiaVista Stairs](/fun/99-Catalina2/xBahiaVista-Stairs.jpg)

Random

![xNoTurkeysAllowed](/fun/99-Catalina2/xNoTurkeysAllowed.jpg)

![xSerpentineWall](/fun/99-Catalina2/xSerpentineWall.jpg)

(exclaimed after cutting my ankle: "Dang that's slippery!" (I was running a wee too much tire pressure))