Year: 2007

Canada Day Long Weekend – Day 3

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Uh oh, we’re totally busted. Someone found out that we’re just faking all this…

. Apparently we’re not hardcore enough for some Westbank loc’s that think they are God’s gift to the bike world. Fricken’ white trash….I know where you live.

On to happier events…. HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! Let’s go ride.

Colin from the now defunct (I think he packed ‘er in last year) Toss Gear and his girlfriend showed up so along with Sven and Dorothy (Aimee and Andrew went winery-ing and Sarah and Jeff went to Silver Star) we hit up Arawana. Colin REALLY hit up Arawana….

That was the infamous Bud Height hit. I was feeling a little tired from a solid week of rides, but still that new Knolly is so killer that I managed to hit some of the few remaining ramps that I haven’t gotten around to nailing…

Colin was loving the Okanagan vibes, although some it was a bit over Sven’s head….

Think he can hit the lake from there?

He was sure trying to…

Metallic blue beetle, not sure what kind it is. If you really know your coleoptera, let me know.

Back to riding, in the Arawana Canyon.

Very artsy….

So hard to get perspective in here. I guess I’m going to have to spring for a fisheye lens soon.

Final bit of singletrack before the beach.

I haven’t been posting many pics of cool cars lately. I think it’s because there are so many around here. This is one of several roadsters that went past us on the highway yesterday.

Canada Day Long Weekend – Day 2

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Ahhhh yes……Day 2. I think we may have been up late last night. Aimee had to one eye it to bed….

She looked a little worse for wear the morning, as did we all.

Oh well, at least it was sunny out.

The bluebird skies inpired us all to hit everything in sight.

Even Barb, with a huge hangover, was hitting up the moves.

Sven is getting the North Shore cobwebs out.

Andrew drops in on his new Brodie Devo.

Whatever, that’s old hat for Barb.

A bit of a possee.

I said POSSEE.

Still, it makes you wanna get in the van, doesn’t it?

Round 2 we went for the longer lines. They twist around more, takes longer.

Sara is a bit newer to the sport, but she was still railing the ramps and proving that yes…whe is a good sport.

Good thing thse Shore skills are stilll sharp, eh Sven?

Dorothy on her first berm ride.

All these folks pushing their skills and stepping up their game gve me the inspiration I’ve been lacking to hit the Monster Amigo on the new rig. Finally….the monkey is off the back. Damn, if that isn’t one of the nicest hits around.

Good times….good times.

Canada Day Long Weekend – Day 1

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Happy Birthday Canada. Well almost.

Check out the wheels on Barb’s bike. We finally got the beast finished. Some urban camo for all you military types….

Along with our Brit friends, Sven and Dorothy from the Shore have come up for a visit on this rainy Friday. They’ve never ridden the Okanagan, so a little Peat Bog session was the order of the day.

It’s so Shore-like, what with the teeters and all.

Skinny logs too.

OK, so maybe the step downs are a little different here.

Oh, who’s this handsome devil? Yeah, not too many pics of me out there. Thanks for the shot, Barb,

Zak throwing some style into it.

Here’s Dorothy learning to shred the sand.

We had a third lap planned, but the weather had other ideas and we got seriously rained out on this one. Besides, we had to get back to my place before the MudBunnies got there.

Oh yeah, it’s gonna be one of THOSE weekends….