The (Sur)Real Seymour

Oh look. A 2005 Rocky Mountain RMX. Must be some pros about…

A ha! There they are. Must be a real Seymour day. Vanderham, Shandro, and Watson were already on their second run when we showed up (that’s Scottish George in there too). While I’m plugging the crew, I may as well say hi to the gang at Trek. I know you’re looking, I see it on the stats….

This is what a real day on Seymour looks like.

All spooky and misty. Very good fun today.

By the time we got to TNT, it was starting to get a lot clearer out there.

Visibly improved by the end of Dirty Diapers.

…and by the end of Ned’s, the sun was poking through the trees a bit. Could this be the end of the torrential rains for a while?


Euro Not From Around Here, Are You?

George from Scotland is here for a couple of days. We went down to the Cove for a bite to eat in the morning and I noticed a trio wearing really bright Scott USA clothes. Now, Scott hasn’t had much North American exposure in several years so i figured that they must be Euros. sure enough, Holger and Karen were German tour guides and Thomas works for Scott USA. As it turns out, we have tons of friends in common.

You’d better come with me then.

George got the hang of Canadian freeriding right away. Then again, what better way then CBC in the rain?

Hmmm, Thomas seems to have it figured out, too.

Ahh, so does Holger.

George really took to the skinnies.

Well, sort of.

Holger took a bit longer, but he caught on too.

Thomas, just before a HUGE endo into the swamp. He was OK though.

Holger made it through.

It took a few tries, but Thomas made the Zig-Zag eventually.

George screams down the Millenium Log.

Holger about to fall off the Corkscrew Log (my candidate for the most dangerous stunt on Seymour).

It took the lovely Karen a bit longer to figure it out, but she finally got it together.

…and the obligatory post ride beers and girlies. Can you read minds? I think I can….


"Do You Smell That…?"

“…That gasoline smell?”

“Smells like……Disneyland.”

Give you three guesses what we did today.

We had to push the flight back a day because of weather, but it was well worth the wait.

What’s that white stuff on the mountains?

That’s Angel shit, honey.

Today we had Paul, Burton, Josh, Javed, Jack. and uhhh….Dave? And Harley the evil Hound from Hell.

Only 70 shopping days till Christmas…

It was as cold as it looks up there, too.

Surprisingly though, the rocks had really good traction.

These boys have been doing this trip every fall with me for a few years now. It’s an annual event. Funny how you forget just how steep it is.

A little respite from the gradient.

First trip this summer we were walking on the ice halfway out onto this lake. Just around the corner I decided to to a Superman onto some rocks and bruise the hell outta my ribs. Javed had a spectacular endo as well. Sure the rocks were grippy, but the roots were instant carnage today.

Josh drops into one of about a thousand rock faces.

Paul getting the hang of his new V-10

Burton in the trees.

Artsy shot of Jack (I think) in the Playground.

Cheezit. The cops are here.

Ho hum, more brochure shots.

“How do you know you’re taking a break?”

“Cause I’m having a Kit-Kat.”

“Think about it.”

Burton on the rocks. Careful, too many of those will make ya ill.

Ahh yes, the bill is now due. That’s a hundred foot drop behind that guardrail.

Payback.

In more ways than one. Good thing Paul wasn’t too seriously injured, but his bike was.

Nothing that a few zip ties and a Kokanee couldn’t take care of though.