{"id":9217,"date":"2024-01-30T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/?p=9217"},"modified":"2024-01-30T21:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:04:16","slug":"visiting-an-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/visiting-an-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting an old friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  Last week I caught up with Michael Willis, a downhill mountain bike racer and we swung by a local track I hadn&#8217;t been to for many years, the Manly Dam International Freeride Zone (MDIFZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  MDIFZ (if you know you know) is one of the more technical tracks in Sydney with some of the features being high-risk. It is good to see tracks like this still around. It seems a majority of the tracks these days are built with the intermediate riders in mind with many of the jumps having tabletops for safety. While tabletops are always a great feature to encourage riding, advanced riders need locations too where they can push themselves and improve their skills. MDIFZ has always been one such area. Big drops, demanding gaps and small landings require you to get it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was good to see and shoot there again. 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