Well, a lot can happen in a couple of days. I’ve been out on the road again with a multi-national crew consisting of two Germans and a Brazilian. Today we were joined by two DamnYankees and three BloodyAussies. I’ll let you know about them in a couple of days, but first I have to finish up with the OrangePickers.

And, about that camera thing. I bought a Konica digital the other day. What a piece of crap. Save yourself the hassle and get a Sony or a Canon. I haven’t decided which one is for me yet, but I will make up my mind in a day or two.

Anyway, back to the riding.

We went back to the Shore for two days of full on riding. We barely stopped to take pics, hence the thin selection.

Here is the van voiding it’s contents at the top of Seymour.

One of the few surviving shots of CBC. Gary shitting his pants on the stat of the Gerbil Cage.

Sweet views on Cypress, by the top of Wild Cherry

Donny getting the job done on the Slippery Canoe

Demo Dave polluting the logs with the ugliest shorts in existence.

Donny on the new Roach Hit Gap.

…and again on the old Roach Hit Gap.

Here’s Gary styling the Myrtle DJ’s.

…and the now mandatory shot of Dave completely annihilated by the day.

Keep checking in for video clips of this one. We have phenomenal head cam shots that are being formatted (slowly) as I write this.

I’m out.

OK, so here’s the big update with pics I promised ya. First up, the TeamUglyStick guys.

This is Tony pulling out a bridge on Pangor. These guys looked the most hardcore ut of all the Yankees so far this year, and they were also the most XC of the bunch. Appearances, eh? Tony looks a lot like a smaller Jesse James (Monster Garage).

This is a pic of this huge bug we found on one of the climbs. Apparently they are naturally occurring, but this is the first one I’ve seen in thirty two years.

And Jason styling CBC. I told him that the trails got smooth in places. Here’s proof.

Then we have a ton of stuff from the Newfies. John, John, Mark, and Evelyn. EVelyn and John both got hurt, but I dragged them off to Rancho Relaxo anyway for some serious R&R.

This is the back way to Rancho. Kind of twisty.

Assorted wildlife on the way. No John, only the purple ones are wild.

Of course, the van can get pretty boring. Maybe you’d better just have a nap.

Then there is the riding. It’s OK.

So is the jumping.

And the scenery.

And the stunts….which are not always so OK.

Back on the Shore, it’s time to get reacquainted with the big stuff. This is Diggers Cliff. All 23′ of it.

Of course, the size of the trees make it look kind of small.

And then the Eurotrash show up and it all looks big again. One of these little guys was riding big logs clipped in with his seat jacked and those little semislick tires. What a freak. Check out Cedric Ravanel results at the Grouse Mtn World Cup for an idea of his lifestyle.

Speaking of World Cup, Barb did all right, considering she’s hardly raced in two years. She had some trouble in training, but pulled out some fantastic sections in her race run. Shandro summed it up well.

“It’s just hard to pin it all the way down when you haven’t done it in a while, but I had a great time and didn’t embarass myself.”

Special congrats to Trevor Porter (17th), Stewart Hilder (33rd), and Danica Schroeter (12th) who all posted career high finishes in downhill. And to all the Canadians, for that matter.

That’s all for now, I’ll have more soon.