Month: June 2007

Band of Bros – Redux Day 3

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For sale: One (1) Sleeping Bag — Slightly Used

Ummmm, I guess you kind of had to be there. At any rate, Steve departed thet trip early this morning, and left us that little memento of his stay. I guess he got all he wanted outta the trip.

Too bad for him, as we went up to Kamloops today to charge Harper.

I guess he didn’t know about the chairlift (too bad it doesn’t run in the summer).

On to the goods. We dabbled with a couple of dumb skinnies to shake last nights hangover.

Some were dabbling more tha others….

After the first lap, we ran into Bev and Dave. They are Harper Mtn OG’s, as Dave is one of the infamous Falcon brothers that carved the original lines on Harper.

Round 2 was more airtime oriented.

The bros seemed to really like this place. No wonder, Harper is the best.

Well, except for the occasional off rhythm gapper.

Feel his pain….

Jason was getting pretty quick at rebuilding his forks between runs.

Meanwhile, Grog hunt fish for lunch.

Too bad Grog missed. So did this guy. Oops…..

Oh well, shit happens, which is how this next jump got the name “Hurtin’ Albertan.”

I guess that the Albertan in question spent a couple nights in the hospital after hitting this one wrong.

Hey, that X is almost all the way ’round now…..

Lap four and the light is failing.

All the boys got into this one. Hit of the tour, for sure.

There you go, fully X’d up.

We hit the road after an extended dinner break at Earls (cute chicks, but slow service). Looks like tomorrow might be a bit damp for the last day.

Band of Bros- Redux Day 2

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We decided to head down to Penticton today for a chance at getting a bit of progression outta the fresh meat. Nothing gets your confidence going like a session on the Peat Bog.

Here’s Jason seeing how long he can balance on the middle of a teeter.

Another MoneyShot for Barb. Yeah, it’s a stock angle for me now, but it just looks so damn good.

Ahhh, the elusive Steve, captured on camera. Not bad for an XC rider.

Looks easy there, right?

Wrong….it’s sketchy as ______.

That’s a solid 8′ to rocks on the right, and there’s a tricky sort of bump at the top.

This one is much less consequential, so Matt decided to eat some dirt there. Good choice, if I must say so.

The X-up is getting closer, but still a ways off.

Blue skies, high bridge, dead cow….what more do you want?

Bummer this is a bit blurry, but the style is so nice I had to put it up anyway.

More dead cow shots.

..and back to Barb sending it.

Ted sending it…..

Matt again…

That one’s me…

….and finallyJason.

Shot of the day goes to Steve. Good thing that’s sand.

See? Not bad aftermath.

Finish with a hip drop into sand…..and I’m out.

Band of Bros – Redux

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Ahhh yes, returning customers. My favourite…..

Ted and Jason came out here last year. Kevin and Matt didn’t make it back, but Steve and another Matt did to keepthe numbers up. They came for a few more days this time around to make it more interesting.

Oh look, the typical building of the bikes on my front lawn. So much more room than the old place.

This is Matt. He’s new here. He’s not really having any problems adapting to the BC style though. I guess all those years of BMX back in the day in Cali are still with him.

Ted picked up right where he left off last year.

So did Jason, although a crash at Whistler had left him with a badly sprained thumb that was holding him back a little.

Steve was having a few issues adapting. He only picked up the freeride bike a month before, and was feeling a touch of stress at the scope of Builders Only. Luckily he had guys like Ted and Matt and Jason to inspire him….but it’s still a bit of a shock to be thrown right into moves like this:

Round two we went over to the old 2.5 line on Powers. Once again, the boys were on fire.

The skinny skills were what surprised me the most. In general, skinny riding is dying out these days, but these guys were killing every stick, twig, and log line out there.

Jason preferred the wall rides though.

So did Matt, even if it took himm a couple of tries at it.

Ted sends a one hander….

Pic of the day, Matt on a small road gap. Not quite an X-up, but it’s early in the trip.