Disneyland

Disneyland

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Wait…is this before or after the ride? Sort of hard to tell with Team Shuttlewhore on the scene.

Sharon, inone of her final duties as President of the NSMBA.

Check out the reflection of the Tantalus in the Squamish estuary.

Dropping in…

Another crap day for a heli ride.

Check out the moon. I guess it’s been exactly 2 months since my last confession.

Airing it out on the Lions Back.

Wall ride….

Edge ride…

Edgier ride…

Posers…

Man, I just can’t miss today. Look at those bluebird skies.

Shot of the day.

A few Awesome Rock shots…

Mandatory Stone Rocks Lookout shots…

SWEET day. Only 2 Disney’s this year. I must be slipping….

Rich and Lazy? – Pt 1

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Well, I don’t kow if that describes any of us, but you can always join the debate at NSMB.com if youre interested.

Yup, first heli drop of the year. A little celebration. You know, the full moon in June, a couple of birthdays, an engagement.

What do I really care? I’m just happy that’s my bike in the sling there.

The weather was really decent, too. It was raining in Vancouver, hailing in Whistler, and we had mostly sunny skies.

Well, it couded over from time to time, nad there was a really brief sprinkle of rain at one point, but nothing serious.

The best part was the 20′ of snow on the ground.

Once you got he hang of it you could wail down anything, so we hit some lines that are essentially cliffs when the snow is gone.

Harley even came out, which is awsome since she’s 12 years old now. I thought for sure this would be her last time up there, but she did just fine.

Roy looks pretty gripped here.

One of the Queebs (thats slang for Quebecois for you foreign types).

It’s big terrain.

Totally unrideable without snow, massively fun with. I somehow pulled a couple of hundred feet down one of those pitches with BOTH wheels locked up.

So many pics, I gotta split the post up. Here, watch Wade eat for a bit….

Wade Simmons Freeride Experience
July 9th to July 22nd.
Click for details….

Disneyland — Round II

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**For those of you who were there, drop me an EMAIL to get the ftp info. I’ve set up an ftp site for us to share all the shots on. Mine are already on there. You can also check out Pete Campbell’s PHOTOSITE for some more heli shots taken by the Angry Pirate on the Sept. 18th ride.

Finally, we get another heli lap in. We were actually supposed to go yesterday with the NSMB.com crew, but the weather wouldn’t co-operate. It didn’t rain, but the clouds were too low to fly. C’est la vie. Patience paid off for today. It was pretty slick today though. About as slippery as I’d ever want to ride it.

A mixed crew for today. Burton and the boys are back for their annual journey, and the Angry Pirate came down from Whistler with some random old schoolers. Me and Barb and the Hicks rounded out the crew.

Here’s Burton answering uncomfortable questions from some cop….

Look close, there’s 8 riders in this shot.

The usual pre-lunch LionsBack session.

…with some pre-lunch launch thrown in for good measure.

Ahhh….lunch!

That’s my girl. After lunch we got serious.

…and the Pirate got Angry.

Check out this old school rig.

Unfortunately, this is when Javed took a random endo and cracked some ribs. Sucks to be you man. Gotta give him credit, he sure tried to tough it out, but it just wasnt meant to be. Better luck next time man.

If it’s any comfort, I totally feel your pain (it’s actually October 11 as I’m writing this, and I’m 2 weeks into the healing process from a wicked stack on Whistler. I’ll give you the details as soon as I catch up on the log).

Willy Billy Whatever showing off the sleeves.

Burton gets into it.

More fun with camera angles…

Five and a half hours later, and we’re almost there.

Time for Barb to drop one more big line.

..and then it’s time for beers on the beach.