Cat Sass 2012 – 1

Hey Ladies!  Get funky….

Time for another round of shredder chicks at Retallack Lodge, and what better way to get the ball rolling than a set of brand new tires for everyone compliments of Specialized.

This is one of those skills camps, so the morning was spent in a skills session, getting everyone centered.  After lunch, it was time to check out the new and improved trails off of Robb Ridge.

Improved they are.  There’s a full 3000’ drop right out of the back of the lodge, and it’s got plenty of cool goods to shred.  Here’s Lorraine demo’ing a drop in with her custom spec Specialized Demo.

Inspired, Gen takes a run at the same.

Lorraine’s sister Sarah demonstrates how radness runs in the family.

Mallory from Clif Bars was first to shred the berms.

Followed by Suzanne,

Gen,

Sarah,

…and of course the incomparable Lindsey Voreis, who always NAILS the shot.

Sweet lineup (or pileup) of riders for this weekend.  Looks like a great time to Occupy Bike Trails.

Cat Sass – Day 4

The last day.  So sad…

Well, for the clients it’s the last day.  I’m still hanging around, so I went for a lap with some of the locals and staff.

But all good things must come to an end so I bugged out mid-day for home.  Got this great shot of our local moose first though.

Great times at the lodge.  I can hardly wait to see what it’s like in the winter, but before that happens I have LOTS of riding left to do.

Cat Sass Retreats
Retallack Lodge

Cat Sass – Day 3

The final day of riding with the girls.  It’s gonna be tough to top the vibe of yesterday, but I’m sure we’ll have some fun.

Got out for an early morning shred with Kirt Voreis and some of the other boys. One of my biggest stokes of the whole season; leading Kirt down the lodge trail on Robb Ridge. Yeah, he’s a whole order of shredder magnitude up on my abilities, but I know the trail so it was fairly even.

Oh, and here he is deflowering the Knuckle at the end. He didn’t even know it hadn’t been hit yet, he just sent it.

Meanwhile, back at the Lodge…

After a late breakfast, yoga, and some skill sessions in the parking lot, it was time for the ladies to hit the lodge trail (Riley, you really gotta come up with a name for this line).

It was all about railing the turns this morning.  Here’s ‘Raine popping the exit hard.

Surprise of today was Margot, who really hasn’t done any DH riding before.  She was nailing this trail.  I guess there might be something to yoga after all…(she was leading the yoga sessions for the weekend).

Hey!  You’re a dude!

Kirt, yer such a ham.

The girls spent a bit of time on the berms, but this trail just doesn’t lend itself to sessioning.  Once you start to feel the flow, you gotta just rail it.

Lindsey agrees…

OK, there is ONE jump on the way down.  Meg really wanted it, so we spent some time there.  She got it….

..but then again….

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Ah, she was more or less OK. At least it was the last run of the retreat. Anyway, nothing a few weeks off the bike won’t fix. I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing Meg again in the near future. She’s too rad to not ride with again.

Here’s some food for thought… or just for eating. I’m going to miss Yves’ cooking, that’s for sure.

It being the last night, we had to break out the ShotSki.

Bottoms Up, ladies!

Things degenerated quickly after that. I don’t even really know what went on, so you’ll have to make up your own story for this last one…

Cat Sass Retreats
Retallack Lodge