Bush Pilot Biking

We used to be neighbours, sort of. They’re Wade’s neighbours anyways. But they came out for a rip to the Okanagan, so here we are….

Totally gapping on everyone’s names. I think the summer has caught up with me. Too much riding, not enough sleeping….

Another typical day on Powers Creek.

Well, except for the time warp on the spiral ramp. If you ever want to be in two places at once….

Oh, and a really big bug. This is a Pine Sawyer beetle, and it sure is funky looking. That’s my thumb for size comparison, so you know it’s a decent size.

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Tags: beetle, builders only, powers creek, westbank

Yeah, that was an epic day alright. Start in Pemby, pick up crew in Whistler, ride the Shore, then drop everyone at respective hotels and pin it for home. Where I found 14 drunk Shore-ians and a ceramic chicken on my deck. You may want to skip todays post if you find sexual innuendo offensive…..yeah right.

So let the stupid puns begin:

Cock tease…

???

Cold cock…

Chokin’ the chicken…

Cockney (Cock knee, get it?)…

Sef-explanatory…

Cock lube….

Cock/stuffed pussy….

Cock and balls…

Cock ring….

Cock tail…

OK, enough of that. Everyone is up bright and early for some riding, so lets get on with it.

Check out the crew…

Now look a little closer. See that mug? A better explanation of the mug shenanigans is HERE.

We actually did ride bikes today. A lap on Builders Only.

With the usual floaters…

…and senders that riding Powers entails.

Gotta take a break before lap two.

Yes Sarah, that’s all you.

Round 2 and the Mug is seen on a suspension bridge.

Too bad Dan didn’t notice it.

Aimee on the big teeter. Layne, what a gentleman. Spotting for the lady. He’s actuallyhoping she falls of him (she may have aready fallen FOR him. I haven’t kept updated on the status there though).

It actually will come down at some point, you just have to be patient.

Gratuitous hot girl on a bike shot. Oh, and Aaron from the Bean too.

And a decent air shot for dessert.

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Tags: builders only, cock, powers creek, westbank

Each day better than the last, eh? You can’t NOT go to the Shore, so here we are….

After Pemby and Squampton, the Shore is EASY.

As always, Dan is along for the ride, and making us all look like chumps.

Well, not quite all of us. Richard (or is that Dave?) was charging lots of lines today.

Big wood, anyone?

OK, some gratuitous Millemium Log shots. I know, you’ve seen these angle bfore, but they don’t really get old, do they?

Further down we sessioned Salvation.

Showoff…

Tis is where things got weird. Kris Holm and a pack of uni-tards were out on Pangor, and few of them could actually ride.

See, this line is kind of tricky on two wheels.

Well, it took a couple of these guys to get 2 wheels down that one. Note the gap….

Meh…whatever. It’s still the MTB equivalent of a fat chick. Might be fun to ride, but not around friends….

2nd lap we got off the beaten path for a Dales/Aftertaste run. Still a classic…..

Aftertaste had a few surprises for us. This is a new line near the end, 2 huge linked rock faces with not quite enough room to stop in between. I think the steeps of the past couple of days must have made an impression, because Dave killed this line.

A great couple of days riding with some nice folks. I think they may be back…..

Now I have a four hour drive to my house, which sounds like it may have been invaded in my absence.

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Tags: CBC, freeride, Millenium Log, north shore, Seymour

Let keep this Sea-To-Sky theme going, shall we? OK then, we’re off to Squamish. How about a warmup run on Ditch Pig?

May as well. We lost a member of our crew today. Poor James, the steeps were just a little too humbling. Well, he actually had to go home to his girly. I think it’s easier to say the trails were too hard than to admit to your buddies that you’re whipped. Hey, it was his call. Sylvester didnt’ have that choice, and sent it on Ditch Pig without a conscience.

..and Richard too, natch.

The weather continued to co-operate, and even though we lost one member of the tribe today, we gained another with our old pal Shane.

Ready To Fly is a new line in Squampton, and it’s got this cool berm to play with.

Shane didn’t look ready to fly at all.

Everyone else did though.

Say hi to Courtney and Max. Max is Courtney’s “excuse” for not working for me this year. Hmph.

After lunch we only got one more lap, but it was a long one. I was sort of down on Squamish for a while, as the trails were getting kind of trashed, but I gotta say that I had my best Squamish day in several year today. Sylvester seems to agree on this air in Deliverance.

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Tags: 19th Hole, freeride, Squamish

It’s been a while since I’ve a) ridden with anyone from Ottawa, and b) ridden in Pemberton. Time to kill 2 with one so to speak.

Our buddy Dan has decided to join in for the rip too. Kind of a no brainer, as he lives in Pemby and I hit him for a place to sleep. For those of you who haven’t ridden in Pemby, most of the trails are really steep, and more or less fall line. OUr Ontario friends were about to find this out in a hurry.

I missed the Creampuff warmup, but got into the act in time to expereince this rockface on Grumpy Grouse.

We got everyone down this one, and maged to set a pretty good tone for the day as a result.

The scenery in Pemby makes everyone feel pretty good about the riding being a bit over the top anyway.

Goof…

A LOT of pro DH racers call the area home, so there’s plenty of killer berms and advanced features to play on.

Since we felt so assured, we decided to hit up Cop Killer. Well, mainly because Gravitron looked like it was too far of a climb to bother with.

The boys killed it onthe first hit of Cop Killer.

James in particular was sort of nervous about this trail, but he made this air look easy.

It was the lander he made look a bit hard.

Dan making a HUGE rockface look easy. Trust me, that one is hairy, especially with a loose downhill runout pointing at a rockfield.

Pic of the day. Dave(?) and the Pemberton Valley.

No, Dan isn’t falling down. Just a little maintenance on some loose rock in one seriously gnarly chute. He rode it, but it wasn’t exactly pretty.

After lunch we toned it down and hit some mellower trails like Indy and this little hidden gem over past Mosquito Lake.

Not too bad of a day, somewhat punishing, but any day that ends with cold beers and a swim is OK by me.

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Tags: Cop Killer, freeride, Pemberton, steep