Well here we are, on the last ful day of the tour.
You’d think by now Wade would have figured out how to put up a tent.
Of course, you’d also think he’d know how to ride a log, too.
Harper Mtn., still my favourite riding spot of all time. So much flow and variety here, anyone is going to have a great day on this stuff.
While everyone was riding great, today was really the Barb Haley show. I think that the rest of the crew might have bee a little tired on their TENTH DAY.
Well, and George had gone home too. He kind of wrecked his back at SilverStar. That put the pressure on Niclas to step up his game. Which he did in fine fashion.
For that matter, Niclas really came out of his shell in the last couple of days of the trip and had us all laughing.
Nicole, tired though she might have been after ten days, also felt the Harper vibe and continued to beat every hit into submission.
Tihs would be Andreas, our random Austrian. We ran into Andreas at the bottom of the hill and set up some shuttles with him. He was pretty stoked to be riding with our crew (cycling fame is a much bigger deal in Europe). Maybe a little TOO stoked (cue the foreshadow music).
More of the Barb Haley show…
..and the Wade show.
Oh, our old pal Nelly from Williams Lake also made a guest appearance. So even without Danika (she had to go home yesterday) there were still lots of girlies rocking the big moves in our crew.
In fact, on this particular set, there were MORE girls than boys hitting it up.
Now this may have led to some other events down further. I’m not sure…
Of course, it could have been the Williams Lake girls’ tradition of “flashing” just before the boys hit the lip of the jump…
I’m really not sure.
At any rate, Andreas bit off a bit more than he could chew on one of the gaps and ended up casing a lip, which led to this:
So for the first time ALL tour the 1st Aid Kit came out. Typical that it’s for someone not actually on tour. We cleaned him up and bandaged him as best as possible, and sent him to the hospital.
Ten stitches. Not a bad souvenier, even if he says that he never noticed the “flash.”
