Year: 2007

Corn Stars

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What the hell kind of title is “Corn Stars,” anyway? Well, these happy kids are more of the HickHuckster variety, being from North Carolina and all, but Gary had these cool socks with a little corn husk and stars on ’em, so there you go.

Natasha (or Stash, as she gets called) is just so damn cute that I can’t think of anything to nickname her anyway.

After flying to Spokane, Gary and Stash drove up to be the first folks to experience the new Bush Pilot HQ. We got this party started right with a lap on Builders Only.

Nothing like jumping into it with both feet, eh?

Once the intimidation factor started to wear off, the kids got some flow going.

Blue skies and warm temps didn’t hurt there.

Plus, with the pair of them being in the National Guard back home, it was easy to give ’em orders. “Soldier! Send it!”

“Yessir! Sending it, sir!”

Ladies Rides – Tuesdays at Freedom

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Every Tuesday evening this summer is Ladies Nite at Freedom Bikes in Penticton. These estrogenically oriented rides are just an informal riding session with like minded girlies from the south Okanagan. All skill levels and styles are welcome, with several groups going every week.

Meet at the back of the shop at 5:30. We will be offering shuttles on an infrequent basis throughout the year, and Barb will be leading the downhillers this coming Tuesday, May 29th.

See you there.

Freedom Bikes Ladies Nite

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Every Tuesday night in Penticton is Ladies Nite, thanks to our friend Jules here. Barb and I went out to assist in any way we thought we could last week and to meet some more of the locals.

Several local ladies showed up, so we loaded a few into the van for an intro to the Peat Bog and an informal session of sorts.

The girls were all pretty keen to try out some tougher terrain than they usually get out on.

Of course, it’s not always smooth sailing.

We got a nice sunset while we were out.

Jules shows us how to negotiate a tricky downhill section.

Not everyone could get it as smooth, though.

It was a fun little rip, and to top it off, we lost our spare keys to the van (those Hide-A-Keys don’t always work) so we got to hang out and enjoy the last of the sunset for a while longer.

Thanks, BCAA. Ladies Nite is every tuesday at Freedom Bikes. All abilities and all persuasions are welcome.