Month: September 2006

Die Rasenmaher – Day 1

Posted on by Smoke

Holger and Karen have returned, with many, many Germans. I think there were around 20 of them, but it was hard to keep track. Lots of them at any rate.

Apparently they’ve had worse luck than us with the weather this season, and they brought it with them. First snow of the year.

Not that it mattered a lot. Whistler is just fine with a bit of moisture.

Lots of the crew were here for their second year in a row, and you can tell that they’ve learned from experience. Like Stefan, rocking the jeans for the big park days.

Karen is still dealing with some child seperation anxiety, but she was a good sport about pushing her freeride skills. I tease her (because thats what guys do to pretty girls), but she can kick my ass on any kind of XC bike.

And we ran into Dan. Here ya go buddy, just for heckling me about not updating. How NOT to hit the gap…..

Look at them all!

Hey, at least they were stepping it up….

Hi Randy

Posted on by Smoke

What, not British?

Holy cow, and American. Randy was here for a conference on medical imaging, like MRI’s and stuff like that. I’m sure no one reading this has ever had to deal with anything like that….

Luckily, we managed to have a great ride and avoid the emergency room.

3 big laps today. I guess if you live in Grand Junction, you learn how to ride a bike.

Not that CBC looks much like the Colorado desert, mind you.

He adapted pretty quickly. The light was kind of crap for pics today, so I laid off the camera most of the time. Besides, Randy was a lot of fun to ride with so it was shut up and shred time.

We did a couple of top to bottom laps, and hit all the usual high points.

Ooooo….sunshine on CBC. as it’s now December and CBC is covered by a couple of feet of snow, this takes on new meaning.

So ot only did we take three rounds out of Seymour, but Randy also managed to drop the 6 footer log drop at the bottom of Ned’s.

Not bad for a rookie….

If you ever need X-Rays in Colorado, let me know. I’ve got the contact.

Hi Simon

Posted on by Smoke

Simon was in town briefly from Nottingham. He went for a rip with Courtenay up in Squampton, then came down here for a day on Seymour. I think that all this riding may be affecting my performance. Only one run today.

CBC, of course.

My camera has been acting up a little. What a surprise….

It’s kind of a cool vignette effect though. Makes for some variety on the home turf. I think Simon’s ridden here before. For those of you who ride CBC a lot, this next one is an excellent demonstration of the smooth line off the log at the end of CBC.

Some Salvation berm action.

…and the gnar line off the Pangor rock..

Wicked. Thanks for a fun ride, Simon.