Ridin’ With Frenchies

Posted on May 12, 2012May 16, 2012 by Smoke

With the KVR trip down, training camp is now complete and it looks like it might be summer already.

Julie, who helped me guide this week, had a full house of Quebecois et Quebecoise in the form of her sister and some friends out for a quick riding visit from Squamish. They managed to hit a perfect day.

It was only myself in the group that had ridden in from the reservoir, so that’s where we went.

It was a good crew, so we didn’t hang out too much. I managed to snap these shots during a little break for a flat tire near the end.

Emily is a bit of a shredder. She just started riding a year ago.

Pretty damn good for a rookie. Ryan’s been riding for a while, so I expect him to shred.

This one is for Johanna. There’s a nice pic of your hunnybunny.

Geile Titten – Coda

Posted on October 7, 2011November 17, 2011 by Smoke

Well, maybe “Reprise” would be a better title. Coda would imply a slower, shorter version of the preceding music, and these guys ain’t too slow…for Germans.

I just couldn’t resist. Sorry guys. Super stoked to see you come out actually. You’re enough fun to make my dog want to jump off a cliff.

Which was inspiration enough for Ralf. Looks like he’s recovered from the crash last week in Pemby.

The boys also brought along a new guy, Jeremias. I get the impression this ain’t his first rodeo. He’s been in country for a while, and he seems to have acclimatized.

Oh, and big ups to Vance for fixing the booter at the Gnarnia junction. It’s just a small jump, but it’s one of the more fun ones in the zone. As the guys found out, you don’t need too much speed for it (although landing flat ten feet past the tranny is kinda fun.).

As we had time for a few runs, we went with a Beer Run to finish off the day.

Perfect timing led to the Golden Hour in the grass.

Besides the Germans, we also had a random ONtario XC guy in the person of Ken joining us today. Gotta give full props to the guy for this, as he was in well over his head with this group, with a borrowed bike and first time shuttling, and still went the distance on the day.

Of course, no Beer Run is complete without hitting Ivy League.

Way to get your feet wet in the world of BC Freeride, Ken.

See more pics from this crew in their gallery over at the Geile Titten Gallery.

Sierra North

Posted on September 24, 2011November 4, 2011 by Smoke

One of those double days. I got a couple of cool Germans on short notice, AND some OG’s from the coast were up. Looks like we all wanted to ride in the same place, so it’s a Naramata Supergroup kind of day.

Or just a super day. Whatevs.

You can always tell when the group is fast, because you’ll get a lot of shots like this where we’re standing still. It’s about the only time I get the camera out on days like this.