AC/BC – Aussies Cycling in BC

Seems like some DirtClowns have shown up on the shore. Well, they actually showed up in Whistler, and due to crap amounts of traffic I was late getting there so we had a bit of a late start. Good thing the sun doesn’t go down until 9PM these days….

Traditional first lap of Seymour to intro the boyos to the Shore. Flail around on CBC, then head down to Neds.

The old Shore is showing her age, and the large amounts of water that have been falling from the sky this “summer.”

Still, no better way to experience the goods than when wet.

Or as we like to say in Canada, “slippery.”

Gives you plenty of time to reflect on where your skills are at.

For a bunch of desert dwellers, these Aussie boys caught on pretty quick.

Usually when you get folks from the dry climates they struggle mightily with the tch aspect of slick wood and root riding, but in this case, we got the rare few that just accepted the conditions as being different from what they were used to and got down to the business at hand — shreddin the gnar.

Ooops….

I guess he got distracted by that ginourmous tree.

A little steep plankage session while we fixed a flat.

Yeah, just practicing for my future career as photo editor for Mountain Bike Action. Maybe I should tilt the camera a bit more….

I figured they knew how to jump.

Yup, they know how to jump.

A little side note about this new work on Neds. Thanks for the nice building, but why even pretend that that sand pile is a tranny? I mean, if you’re gonna make a flat landing, make it FLAT. That thing is NOT a tranny.

Meh, my 2 cents. Alright, back for another lap.

We hammered CBC pretty fast, only stopping for a quick pic at the Millenium Log.

Then it was down to Salvation and the Zipper Totter.

Oh, and some wooden berm action.

Excellent first day on the Shore. Tomorrow, Fromme (muhahahahahahahahah!)….

ReReturn of the Jedi – Last Day

This is it…that end of the road for another year. Let’s take a moment to reflect whilst driving down a lonely road on a grey summer morning…..

Photo:Tony Doyle

Awwww, hell with that. Let’s go bang a lap on Seymour.

Photo:Tony Doyle

Not much has changed up here. It’s a bit rougher than the first time this crew rode it, but bascially the same.

Photo:Tony Doyle

About the only thing that was different was that the boys are TOTALLY THRASHED FROM THE BEST TOUR WE EVER PUT ON FOR THEM.

Photo:Tony Doyle

Just sayin…..

Photo:Tony Doyle

See, the idea was that we would go over to the Toonie Drop to give Tony a chance to wail off a huge cliff to cap off the trip, but even though we got through 2 weeks of intense trails without a serious injury, the crew was simply too beat up to deal with anything bigger than the PileDriver.

Photo:Tony Doyle

And even at that, only a couple of dudes hit it up.

Photo:Tony Doyle

So that’s it. This was supposed to be the last Jedi Council Canada trip, but after pulling out the stops like we did, I think there may be another in the future. Not to mention the new young guns that have yet to see the rest of what BC has to offer.

Oh, and after everyone left I found out about a whole pile of stuff that we missed which is right up the Jedi Alley.

We’ll leave you with these shots from our lovely hostess, Jill from the Riding Fool Hostel.
Photo: Jill Banting

Photo: Jill Banting

Photo: Jill Banting

Photo: Jill Banting

Photo: Jill Banting

Photo: Jill Banting

Many thanks to the many people that helped us out on this tour, especially:

Riding Fool Hostel
Mt Washington Bike Park
Mountain City Cycles (Get a freekin website, eh?)
Stubz, and his parents

ReReturn of the Jedi – Day 12

Or as it should also be known, “Stubz’ Birthday.” Happy days, Stubz. See if you can spot the man of the hour in the shot below. As a Canadian, he kind of stands out.

Then there’s the riding style. Stubz is mre of an XC guy than anything. You can tell by that Blur he’s rocking there.

Panama didn’t fare as well on his big freeride rig. That’s one serious egg right there.

Smilin’ Andy really stepped it up today. It was a little bit wet, and finally the Brits started to realize that I’m not taking the piss when I say it actually makes things better in the wet.

Lairy Nick could care less. He never shuts up long enough for anyone to tell him anything anyway.

Birthday boy goes for another XC climb.

OK, shot of the tour right there….

For those of you who watch bike vids, these shots are all from Boyko’s headcam seggie out of Kranked 6. The trail (which we inspected yesterday) is called Black Mamba. this would be a one footed table stepdown.

Chaos with a more straightforward version of the same.

Mongo nose bonking the stepup (not on purpose either).

Even Flash got into the act on this hit.

Fully X’d up. told you he was XC.

Afterwards, we went for a little hike on a technical line down in the woods. Stubz works for Radical Films, so he knows all the hidden stuff out there.

This would be Ryan Leech’s line. It took him 6 months to film it. We were pretty gripped just trying to walk on it. Believe me, the video does NOT do it justice.

I think Tony may have shit himself…

Bonus rounds, making Welshmen fly….

Chaos, creating….

Ah yes, well…..it’s not quite Abbey Road, but it’ll do.

What are ya…..chicken?

Panama tries to repair his wheel (actually, it took some wacky lacing, and some pillaging of spare parts, but Chaos managed to get a working wheel out of the bits and pieces left over. Serious wheel building magic there).

Weenie roast….

Weiner….

Note: DO NOT fall asleep in the company of drunken freeriders with electric shavers. Although Nick does look sort of cute with smooth legs…..