Sylvester & Friends – Day 3

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Smoke

Each day better than the last, eh? You can’t NOT go to the Shore, so here we are….

After Pemby and Squampton, the Shore is EASY.

As always, Dan is along for the ride, and making us all look like chumps.

Well, not quite all of us. Richard (or is that Dave?) was charging lots of lines today.

Big wood, anyone?

OK, some gratuitous Millemium Log shots. I know, you’ve seen these angle bfore, but they don’t really get old, do they?

Further down we sessioned Salvation.

Showoff…

Tis is where things got weird. Kris Holm and a pack of uni-tards were out on Pangor, and few of them could actually ride.

See, this line is kind of tricky on two wheels.

Well, it took a couple of these guys to get 2 wheels down that one. Note the gap….

Meh…whatever. It’s still the MTB equivalent of a fat chick. Might be fun to ride, but not around friends….

2nd lap we got off the beaten path for a Dales/Aftertaste run. Still a classic…..

Aftertaste had a few surprises for us. This is a new line near the end, 2 huge linked rock faces with not quite enough room to stop in between. I think the steeps of the past couple of days must have made an impression, because Dave killed this line.

A great couple of days riding with some nice folks. I think they may be back…..

Now I have a four hour drive to my house, which sounds like it may have been invaded in my absence.

Deja Seymour?

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Smoke

Well, the Wade Tour might be over, but I’m still in North Van. Looks like I’ve got a “local” tour to do, just for old time sake. Ian was in town for some Nokia related conference, and we managed to hook up a couple of laps on Seymour.

Yup, that’s Seymour alright.

Not only did we get a chance to rip Seymour, but Ian also got to ride a new Slayer on CBC.

Seems to work OK, too.

Oh, and we also got to sample some fresh woodwork on Corkscrew. The old Corkscrew is dead, long live the Corkscrew!

To cap it all off, we ran across a guinea pig that sent the Piledriver drop for the camera.

Better him than me. Another day, another adventure…

AC/BC – Aussies Cycling in BC

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Smoke

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.