Month: August 2003

Riding Mt Seymour

Posted on by Smoke

Well, a lot can happen in a couple of days. I’ve been out on the road again with a multi-national crew consisting of two Germans and a Brazilian. Today we were joined by two DamnYankees and three BloodyAussies. I’ll let you know about them in a couple of days, but first I have to finish up with the OrangePickers.

And, about that camera thing. I bought a Konica digital the other day. What a piece of crap. Save yourself the hassle and get a Sony or a Canon. I haven’t decided which one is for me yet, but I will make up my mind in a day or two.

Anyway, back to the riding.

We went back to the Shore for two days of full on riding. We barely stopped to take pics, hence the thin selection.

Here is the van voiding it’s contents at the top of Seymour.

One of the few surviving shots of CBC. Gary shitting his pants on the stat of the Gerbil Cage.

Sweet views on Cypress, by the top of Wild Cherry

Donny getting the job done on the Slippery Canoe

Demo Dave polluting the logs with the ugliest shorts in existence.

Donny on the new Roach Hit Gap.

…and again on the old Roach Hit Gap.

Here’s Gary styling the Myrtle DJ’s.

…and the now mandatory shot of Dave completely annihilated by the day.

Keep checking in for video clips of this one. We have phenomenal head cam shots that are being formatted (slowly) as I write this.

I’m out.

Another Triplog Update

Posted on by Smoke

So we got Jow to the airport. Somewhat epic, had to drive down from Whistler at 1 am because of road construction. Made for a LONG night and lots of driving so that I could go grab the remaining crew for Squamish.

Here we are about to drop into Blow Out Your Candles

How many fingers is Dave holding up?

Squamish is becoming home to many of the sickest lines in BC. Check out this monster on a trail called Ditch Pig.

….and that’s just the start of it. Should be able to see this one in full action on Drop In soon. I think it’s also featured in the RISE video and in NWD4 when that comes out.

For the second lap we did the usual GK Ripper/19th Hole/Peanut’s/Homebrew/Pseudo Tsuga rip.

Here’s the boys hitting up Homebrew.

Here’s something you won’t see every day. We rode a LOT this week. Here’s Dave’s reaction to the suggestion of a third lap.

Save it for your own records, you may never see Dave this tired again.

Riding Whistler

Posted on by Smoke

I’m sick of waiting for pics. I guess that’s why I bought a digi cam yesterday.

Anyway, Whistler was the usual cluster. Two days of it. Dirt Merchant to A-Line to Biker Cross to GLC Drop.

Except Jow, who blew up off the GLC and fractured his ass. And dislocated his hip and broke his collarbone and dislocated his finger. Everything is supposed to be OK in under a month. I bet ya his finger still hurts at Christmas.

Anyway, I wasn’t guiding at Whistler so it was a bit of a fluke that I was even around when Jow got hurt. It was definitely a good one. Looked like he slipped a pedal going off the edge and pinned himself to the bike with his bars. Big impact. Too bad no one had a camera on at the time. Still waithing for Jow to post up the x-ray.

Anyway, here’s the obligatory Schleyer Drop pics. Demo Dave horrifying the world with those goddamn ugly shorts of his.

Broken footer with Gary.

Donny showing off in the line up.