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Canada Day Long Weekend – Day 1

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Happy Birthday Canada. Well almost.

Check out the wheels on Barb’s bike. We finally got the beast finished. Some urban camo for all you military types….

Along with our Brit friends, Sven and Dorothy from the Shore have come up for a visit on this rainy Friday. They’ve never ridden the Okanagan, so a little Peat Bog session was the order of the day.

It’s so Shore-like, what with the teeters and all.

Skinny logs too.

OK, so maybe the step downs are a little different here.

Oh, who’s this handsome devil? Yeah, not too many pics of me out there. Thanks for the shot, Barb,

Zak throwing some style into it.

Here’s Dorothy learning to shred the sand.

We had a third lap planned, but the weather had other ideas and we got seriously rained out on this one. Besides, we had to get back to my place before the MudBunnies got there.

Oh yeah, it’s gonna be one of THOSE weekends….

Band of Bros- Redux Day 2

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We decided to head down to Penticton today for a chance at getting a bit of progression outta the fresh meat. Nothing gets your confidence going like a session on the Peat Bog.

Here’s Jason seeing how long he can balance on the middle of a teeter.

Another MoneyShot for Barb. Yeah, it’s a stock angle for me now, but it just looks so damn good.

Ahhh, the elusive Steve, captured on camera. Not bad for an XC rider.

Looks easy there, right?

Wrong….it’s sketchy as ______.

That’s a solid 8′ to rocks on the right, and there’s a tricky sort of bump at the top.

This one is much less consequential, so Matt decided to eat some dirt there. Good choice, if I must say so.

The X-up is getting closer, but still a ways off.

Blue skies, high bridge, dead cow….what more do you want?

Bummer this is a bit blurry, but the style is so nice I had to put it up anyway.

More dead cow shots.

..and back to Barb sending it.

Ted sending it…..

Matt again…

That one’s me…

….and finallyJason.

Shot of the day goes to Steve. Good thing that’s sand.

See? Not bad aftermath.

Finish with a hip drop into sand…..and I’m out.

Corn Stars – Day 4

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We needed a rest day yesterday. BC’s a bit overwhelming your first time out.

Today it was time to hit the home turf. No, not the Shore, but the Peat Bog.

A day off and the njuries had stiffened up a bit, so we took some extra time to get the kinks out today. Yeah….right. Straight into teeters and hucks.

Oops…that didn’t work out the way it’s supposed to.

Luckily we had ‘Stash to show us how it’s done.

There ya go, Gary. That’s better.

Now it’s time for the Moneyshot.

Pictchure Purfekt.

A little lower Gary missed his footing on a ladder (he was really slugging rats today. These things happen). It was a near miss on what could have been a bad leg break, as his foot got caught in the rungs and he went over the side. Luckily we got there in time to get him free with nothing worse than a little bit of blood and another set of bruises.

The afternoon was more time off, courtesy of Cap’n Jack at the Black Pearl.

Yeah, those Balck Pearl martini’s are pretty good aren’t they?

So’s the view.

ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Could be a hangover in your future, mateys.