Ruined – Day 4

Even the trails get ruined. Luckily Jim carries his Swiss Army Rock with him, so we are able to repair any damage we find.

A little session on Powers today. Poews on Powers? Time to throw down mighty….

Well, actually it’s Jims day today.

You see, a couple of years ago, Jim had a little session on Powers that went..

Well, maybe it’s better if I just show you how it went last time (technically, we’re talking about the SECOND crash here…).


So here’s the rematch….

OK, so he hung it up a littel short this time. Honestly, I think if his finger wasn’t broken…he would have eaten it anyway.

Scotty got it a bit better, but still hung his back wheel a little bit. Maybe it’s that he finally got his own bike back. I think he was gnarlier on the rental…

Ruined – Day 3

Penticton and Arawan were on the agenda today. Willy and Shortround tagged along for the session yet again today.

One thing you can always count on up the Bog is some fairly radical skinny action.

We also did a little trail maintenance and cleaned out this oddball little rock line. It’s way harder than it looks.

So is this one.

Willy always has to steal a scene. It’s his way.

Jim getting his fill of skinny stuff.

A little cooling off session for lunch.

After lunch we went up to the Arawana stuff for a lap. A few skinnies, but mostly the “Dorp to Falt” kind of riding there.

Scott and Jim were feeling all kinds of love from the airs on this one.

Jim was even sending road gaps with some style. Broken finger? What broken finger?

Mongo dropping a skinny one shortly before the seperator.

…and he sent it. He also overshot it, smoked one of his nuts on his tire, and still walked away.


Photo: Wyld Willy (slighty engineered with Photoshop)

No worries. He only uses the right one anyway. Willy gave it a miss, but he nailed this funbox combo a few times to make up for it.

Poews! Where are you? Oh, didn’t see you there in that tall grass.

Soaker!

Hey there, blue eyes…

Not exactly a wildlife shot, I know. But check out the beach…

Brits, frenchies, and dogs.

Oh, and I caught this shot of the Ogopogo spouting.

Brad, either put on a shirt or give us all some shades. Yer as pasty as an Englishman.

Ruined – Day 2

OK, I had to change the name of this tour. In light of the fact that Poews said he was “Ruined” on the first day, and also that this particular word made several appearances for the rest of the trip, this is the “Ruined” tour now.

We got ruined at Silver Star today. Of course, we did 11 runs, so we kind of deserved to feel that way.

This was my first real day riding the Silver Star bike park since they updated it a few years ago. It’s pretty damn good.

Mongo tried riding a wall on his off side…

Predictably ruined. Twice.

We also ran into Aleisha (Shaums’ better half and holder of many Canadian records and titles in several sports. Yes, she’s as rad as she looks), and her latest. Hi, Aleisha!

Anyway, we survived the day. Intact as well, but the boys had to check to make sure.