Canada Day

Posted on July 1, 2010July 7, 2010 by Smoke

Yay! It’s gonna rain!

Thanks to Andrew from Brodie for bringing some more wet weather. Oh well, the end of the rainy season is truly in sight. There’s only a day or two of wet left

Yeah, it’s July. I know. Try to pretend like it’s sunny or something.

OK, it was a totally rad ride. I’m just playing ya. I mean, it did pour rain at the end but the conditions were amazing.

Just as the rain hit, we dropped in to Laughing Stock winery, a first for me. Nice grape juice, and cool vibe.

They are just like us.

More Banana Bread – Day 3

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Smoke

Or…Happy Birthday Al! These guys really like the Gillard trails, so that’s where we went. There’s some new trails up there too.

This one’s called Meeko (whoever that used to be…).

Thanks to Tucker for providing some new singletrack for us.

The way Ken’s been putting in lines, you can run the same trail over and over, but keep mixing it up with all the alternate lines. Here’s a shot from Ghost Rider.

The birthday boy dropping in to Boss Hog.

A few more faces showed up for the last day, some we’ve had before…

…and some were new. I’m gapping on names though (sorry, it’s been a brutally long month and I’m a sieve right now). All I can tell you is that this Aussie is loose, as in nut.

Most stylish on the step up, for sure. That last shot I was just assuming he was hitting the small line. Glad I caught it.

George, as usual nailing it.

Mark railing it.

Moaty, on his 40th.

Oh, and George has a new girlfriend, who is long on style herself.

He’s jumping for joy, he is.

The Blue Hat goes to…

Yeah, waste three runs on a brake line and that’s what you get. What a bummer. We also made him ride a pink bike.

What….more laps? Yeah, Cat’s Ass to Fist’s First at full tilt. We only stopped to session this log to gap.

We did our victory dance on the Crawford DH.

George showing us how he made his fortune as a Sears underwear model.

Spot the bikers. Yes, there’s 2 of them in there someplace.

A very happy 40th to Moaty. Wish I could have hung around for more Floaties (delish, they involve tequila AND beer), but that’s the price you pay.

More Banana Bread – Day 2

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Smoke

Even more Bananas today. First, check out the custom Toyota stickers the Aussie rider had.

Nic was all fired up after our warmup laps last week, so today she was on a mission to destroy the Powers Creek trails.

Mission Accomplished!? Well, maybe we’ll not go all Bush and wait until the end of the day, but so far so good.

George was up again too, and he has a new girlfriend. Maybe that’s why he looked sorta tired. That guy can ride this trail with his eyes closed though, so not a problem.