Will and Wendy Get Wet

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Smoke

Welcome to Sunny BC!!

Yup, back to real Shore weather now. Ah well, it’s more fun this way.

Will and Wendy are from that hotbed of freeride, Maryland, and I go the impression that Wendy was along just to get away from her relatives for a couple of hours.

She had fun though. Check out that big smile.

Will had no troubles at all, even though the rain could be accurately described as torrential.

Admittedly, the wood on the Shore is actually pretty easy in the pissing rain. Grippier than when it gets dry and dusty, even.

The now cliched Millenium Log shot.

Same log, different spot.

What’s that, hair?

Uh, yeah. Facial hair.

The second run, it got seriously wet. This is the only shot I took as the camera was getting soaked every time I took it out.

Droughts and Forest Fires

Posted on August 23, 2004 by Smoke

Oh wait, that was last year.

Now it looks a little more like this.

On the ride today was Bill from San Fran up for his first North Shore experience. We also ran into the crew from the Bike Doctor in Missoula, who I’ve spoken with onthe phone numerous times but never actually met. I love serendipity.

This is what the Shore is supposed to look like.

All creepy and dark, with blurrry pics because its too dismal to focus.

I didn’t get the names of everyone, but this is a nice shot of the Gerbil Cage Extension.

Here’s Bill sliding around one of the huge trees on CBC.

Bill again.

Aww hell, they’re all Bill now. Top of Pangor.

Look, he’s riding logs!

..oh wait, no he’s not.

A last shot of the Pangor Swamp…

…and I’m spent.

Last Day….

Posted on August 21, 2004 by Smoke

…and the beatdown continues. An early start boded well today, especially as the dry weather looked to be coming to an end. There were intermittent raindrops all the way down, but no rain until the last few hundred meters.

as we were riding Seymour, could there be any other choice?

Calvin on CBC.

Eric on the edge of the Gerbil Cage Extension. Check out his tires.

Classic shot of the exit from the Zig-Zag line. I think that’s Gary on the log.

Here’s O’Dea about to end his day. He fell off the log and freakishly caught his ankle on the way in. I think its broken, but he refuses to go to a doctor.

Bug him for me until he goes, will ya?

Anyway, if you’ve noticed that he’s been absent from most of the shots, its because he’s been riding too close to me for the camera to come out in time. Especially in the last few days, John really rode strong this trip. He won’t believe me, but he greatly improved over the last year.