Master of Slag

The Weather Is Getting Worse…

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but you guessed it….we’re STILL riding. Ryan came up to Westbank for a session on the local today, and even Barb got out for one.

It was misty enough to remind me of the Shore, and it was definitely slick enough on the upper sections. Check out my skidmarks going UPHILL (Barb slid off the side about half a second after this shot).

Another contact from PinkBike (a Saskatchewan loc, hence the nickname “Chewonit”) was out with us too, and althogh he copleted the first lap with us, he also managed to total his rear wheel on a minor bump near the top. Another one of those random rear wheel catastrophes that seem to happen to virtual povot bikes.

Yet I digress. Here’s Ryan dropping in the snow.

Actually, the trail dried up as the day went on, and the stuff from here down was just fine (which is why there’s no pics of it).

Powers Creek Build Session

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Dirty Dave is on another mission. Tis time he’s extending Builder’s Only another mile to add to the already impressive trails up Powers Creek.

Today was the hard part. We had some thick bush to get through now.

Luckily, with a bunch of motivated guys and chainsaws, it’s pretty quick. We put in at least 400m of trail today.

Lunch, and some philsophical meanderings from the “Master of Slag.”

There’s also some other work going on up here, like these jumps called “Daryl, Daryl, and Daryl”. Typical, they’ve all got names and only one’s been built so far.