German Freeride — Day VII

Last day in the “sunny” Okanagan. Hey, at least it’s not dusty, right? The grasshoppers don’t seem to care.

Actually, the boys seemed to be a bit pre-occupied too.

Maybe THIS will wake them up.

Yup, that’s a wake up call all right. Had a few wind related spills right there a bit later.

The weather seems to be changing though.

Ahhh yes, 26C, 60% humidity, and a 40% broken sky with low hanging bikers.

The Tominator lays into the Ranch…

…then reaps the rewards.

Gotta leave yer autograph too.

Yup, a good day for sure.

German Freeride — Day VI

A grey day today, but still pretty nice riding weather. The Okanagan gets kind of dusty otherwise. So, we’re at Outbound Cycle this morning and I ran into an old acquaintance from hanging around the race scene from time to time.

Karey Watanabe, Canadian born Japanese DH legend just strolled on up, so we made a plan to go hit the trails.

She’s the one wearing the skirt. Anyway, we did a warmup lap on Powers Creek to get the ball rolling, then headed on over to Gilliard tp try out some of the trails I haven’t hit yet.

They’re pretty good. Nice skirt, by the way.

Skinnyman had to give ‘er a go too. I missed David’s air, as he pretty much jumped over me. Freakin kids these days…..

At any rate, that Cat’s Ass, Fist First run is pretty sweet. Then we went to Boss Hog for a session.

The Kid hit’s the step-up, of course. What you won’t see for a while is Skinnyman accidentally nose manualing the same move…since it’s on video and I don’t feel like editing right now. Hey, I got it, and it’s pretty funny.

Wallride…and we’re out.