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Mountain Biking Seymour

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July 2nd.

Yesterday was, Yay Canada!!! Evelyn and John King and John B came out today. Unfortunately we didin’t make it too far before Evelyn crashed off a small jump and really racked it up. Luckily we have a good hospital nearby, but I had no idea youcold get THAT hurt on such a small drop. Can you spell lacerated liver? At least it’s OK now, but Ev will have to take it easy for a few weeks. After we got her settled, John B and I went up and finished the ride from where we evacuated John and Ev.

Always great.

The So-Cal crew showed up at my house around ten for beer and company until 1 am, when we ran out of liquor.

July 3rd.

So-Cal Day! Jack, Jim Clarke, Jimmy, and Aimee made the return trip. First we had to go to the airport to get their bikes out of customs. After about ten hours of wanking on phone lines, it only took ten minutes to get the bikes back. I hate beureaucracy.

The usual Seymour run in the morning (CBC Corcscrew Pingu Boogieman) and then after lunch we hit Neds and the river. Jack pulled the deadman float in the river for the refresher. A fine end to the day at The Raven for beers and eats and we put another one away.

July 4th.

Yay USA!!

What better way to celebrate than a couple of runs on Cypress with the So Cal crew. Scott from the Bay area came out as well. We hit Mystery Downhill to start, then we did a Pre-Reaper, Blind Skier, Paul Hogan’s Firehose, and the fabulous and new Family Man.

Lunch was a quick sandwich at Safeway, and we did another Seymour run via Pangor. I have never seen Jack so tired. Funny how he actually rides a bit better when he’s sleepy. Scott, that sucka for punishment, had to do more, and the Team UglyStick guys showed up just in time for a high speed Seymour dash at dusk.

That’s four North Shore runs in one day.

Sleepy…..so very sleepy.

July 5th.

Brad McGee wins the Prologue

Big day with Team UglyStick. We did an epic Seymour loop on a bunch of oldschool trails that I could tell you about, but then I’d have to kill you. It took about five hours to get back to the house,where we drank lots of beer and cooked up a load of steaks. Gotta love that Mad Cow Disease. Mmmmmmmmmmm……..cheap meat.

July 6th.

Sent the uglyStick boys out with a cross country ride, NorthShore style. That means climbing up to do the same trails. We hit up the C***Buster for a change of flava today. God I love that trail. Anyway, the rest of John Kings group came out today, and Evelyn is out of the hospital, so we did the usual Seymour stuff. We also helped with the trail maintenance day on CBC and then hit the Raven for a pint and some pizza. On the final lap of the day, John King went down and tweaked his knee. Ouch. Here’s hoping it’s not too bad. Knees are so hard to diagnose.

And that’s it. You are up to date and I am off to the Okanagan for a pile of desert freeriding.

Best of Luck, Engas…

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A whole week between updates! Well, I was pretty tired. Went to Bjorn’s (the guy who makes the Kranked movies) wedding on Saturday. What a great (albeit kooky) time. Very flattering company to be in, too. Hardly anyone was there. Just family and a couple of friends. He had it on the beach in Gibson’s, right by the ferry landing. They made us do some cool stuff like bless the rings in a big circle, and we had to dress up ‘creatively’ for the event. Then they made us do a ‘fertility’ dance, which looked suspiciously like the dance from the Full Monty. Religious duties were fulfilled by a Buddhist monk, and what a cool way to worship. I’m a practically spirutual person, and I was impressed by this man’s personal power. Very quiet, unassuming and supremely confident without being overbearing. I enjoyed it greatly. Unfortunately, due to some hereditary illness which bothers me from time to time, I had to return home instead of going on the cruise to Texada Island and partying ’till dawn like you are supposed to do on the solstice. Oh well, maybe on their 25th anniversary.

Back to riding. Big Andy cancelled. Bummer. He did have some pretty serious personal issues come up unexpectedly. He’ll be back, but I was all set up for the Big Man this year. His buddy Don showed up, though. We rode Seymour (A Section, CBC, Corcksrew, Pingu, Boogieman, Fed Bear, Kelly’s Trail), and Cypress (Upper and Lower Paul Hogan’s, Firhose, and…….). He showed up as the Michelin Man, with about 30 pounds extra padding. He kind of overheated. Oh well, another chance today. We will be taking some photos (finally) so maybe I will be able to dress this up a bit for a change.

George 2

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Ahh yes. More punishment courtesy of an old guy from Texas. Yup, he thrashed me on the climb. Mind you I am saving myself for DISNEYLAND tomorrow! More about that in a minute.

George wanted to see something a little harder so we die the darkside climb up Seymour to the top of the powerlines. I handed him off some pads and we hit Pangor. I won’t lie to you. He had trouble with it. He also rode most of it. He walked a lot of the little drops, but he at least tried everything. What a trooper. I don’t really care if you don’t ride it. I just like to see you try. We also checked out a few sections of Boogieman, including the Piledriver. He was totally blown away. I’m looking forward to my golden years a little bit more now. We also took a couple of pics. I’ll get those up as soon as I get them.

After he left I went down to see Roy at Idun, who laid a bunch of slick threads on me. If you haven’t seen the Idun gear yet, go now.

IDUN.tv

I’m off for a heli trip tomorrow with some Bloody Limey’s and a crapload of rock stars. I’d better get some sleep. I’ll give y’all a full update a soon as I recover.