Make It Reign – 2

And here they come…

This is what they came for (that’s a hundred grand on the roof of my van right there).

Oh, and this would be “them.”  A whole pack of bike journalists from Canada, the US, Germany, France, and Japan.

After a great warmup session on some of the new trails in Pemby, we got down to work.  Some guys on the Glory, the rest on the Reign.

The rain forest is looking pretty dry right now.

Some big climbs (actually a 60 second push up to Jim-Jam).

Behind the scenes with Sterling Lorence.  The image from his POV is much more epic than my snapshot.  That’s why he gets the big bucks…

Then finish with some bevvies around the pool.  Can’t ride too hard on the first day.  Gotta hit the big heli drop in the morning.

Make It Reign – 1

Hell week begins…oh wait…I meant HELI week.  Time to get some jet b in the system.

This week it’s all about Giant bikes, and their new 650b model Reign and Glory.  Get inside the mind of Sterling Lorence and see the world through his eyes.

#makeitreign

Hard to have a heli day without my AllRide socks…

Quite the crew on quite the trail.  Although I’ve been riding the Pemby zone for a couple of decades, I haven’t gotten in on this drop yet.  Good thing we’ve got our local legend and good pal Seb Wild on the case for us.

It’s also great to meet some of the insane minds behind the bikes at Giant.  Here’s Kevin getting his mind blown in the mountains above Pemberton.

Uh oh… you may experience delays on the highway.

I also had no idea, but Thomas Vanderham got married in town tonight.  Of course I crashed it. Crazy start to this week’s trip.  Lot’s of awesome action to come.