The Lawnmower Tour — Day 4

Posted on September 22, 2005June 19, 2010 by Smoke

Guess what?

Yeah…..

…another heli day. This time it was Rainbow, which I’ve never done before.

It’s OK…..

We got to fly with Blackcomb Heli again—it’s been too long. Our pilot even put on a bit of a show on the way up with some high performance moves around the thermals. I think Christian likes helicopters now.

Ooops….dropped em.

Well, not really…but it’s a cool shot.

So’s this group photo. The extra bodies are local Pete (the Angry Pirate) and some other Germans associated with Cosmic Sports (German Marzocchi and Cove distributor).

One of the other Germans (forget his name) on another cool bike named Herb (really).

Linda, and some nice scenery.

Ben, same.

Can’t remember this guy’s name, but more of the same goodness.

Herb, showing some lycra and a smile.

Pfft, it doesn’t look that far.

Hmmm…it’s not getting any closer.

The possee, in the sub-alpine steeps.

Time for a break, and still looking down on Garbonzo.

Once we were more into treeline we hit this old firebreak, and the fireweed was going off with fall colours.

There was also this Disney style rock action that we sessioned.

….and sessioned…..

..and sessioned some more. Hey, it’s a fun one.

Linda in some more sub-alpine meadows.

Harley said it the best….

Yeah, a pretty special day.

The trail picks up some mad flow and gets steeper as you descend, and you finish off with an old rutted out Whitler style descent called Jaws.

From there we hit A river Runs Through It, just because it’s there.

Here’s Holger on the drawbridge stunt.

..and Christian in the hollow tree.

Finally, all things come to end so we went for a much needed burger.

The Lawnmower Tour — Day 3

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Smoke

Another day at the park, this time with the emphasis on the Garbonzo area. Time to ‘step it up’ as it were.

As usual, Stefan was right there.

One thing all these guys could do is ride steep, wet, gnarly stuff. Funny, that’s usually the hardest thing for everyone to get their heads around.

Peter really surprised me. He’s been struggling a bit with the Whistler concept, but he just slayed this big rock on Original Sin.

This is the other Stefan. Unfortunately, he had a huge stack not long after this. There’s a cool little line called Drop-In Clinic that has a near vert drop in to a kicker. It looked to me like he sort of forgot about the kicker and sat down just before he hit it. Luckily, he flipped more than all the way over in the air and so got away with some heavily bruised ribs. still, I know all about that kind of pain..and believe me, it’s better to just avoid it.

Awesome shot of Christian.

Holger again, natural rock berm.

Ben, same place.

How ya like them chopsticks Frank?

The Lawnmower Tour — Day 2

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Smoke

Our crew was a pretty good size and mix: we had Stefan and Ralph (“We are from East Germany and we are not homosexuals”); an older couple, Herb and Linda, who also know my good buddies the Swetlands up in the Koots; another Stefan who is an engineer for Airbus; Peter, an electrical engineer; Ben, who seems to take lots of pictures of girls; Frank, who rides a Nicolai; a former European BMX champ named Ecki; and an apprentice guide by the name of Christian.

We started of our first full day in the bike park with some skill development.