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MTBco Toonie Ride #2

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It’s a new tradition we’re starting up around here.  Toonie Rides.  Pink socks  are optional.

Mike has got the ball rolling with this event, although he did forget the table.  You can tell he thrives on organizing this stuff.  If you’ve got some time every other Weds., maybe think about lending him a hand.  Drop me a line if you’re interested.

OK, so here’s the start line.  16 riders showed up for week 2, up from only 8 at the inaugural ride.

And we’re racing!

You can tell that it’s a pretty serious thing.  Evan tried to wheelie up the whole climb.

The lone woman of the event on the climb.

Sovereign Cycles cooked us up some tasty burgers for the post ride.

Tonight’s fastest man was Aart van Kooy from Peachland.

Also thanks to Tree for supplying first prize.

Nose wheelie on the finish for extra style points.

And a rainbow for the overall leader.

Here’s the results for the first two events:

Toonie #1

1 Evan Guthrie 0:42:27
2 Aart Van Kooy 0:49:39
3 Manuel Zuppiger 0:49:49
4 Anthony Evans 0:57:26
5 Mike Wyman 0:58:49
6 Rich Stevenson 1:02:14
7 John Paterson 1:10:28
8 Glenn Laplante 1:15:56

Toonie #2

1 Aart Van Kooy 0:42:32
2 Ron Ellis 0:45:34
3 Manuel Zuppiger 0:46:47
4 Joe Wessel 0:48:38
5 Pip Akins 0:49:41
6 Daniel Westwood 0:52:20
7 Evan Guthrie 0:52:53
8 Mike Cambridge 0:53:15
9 Mike Wyman 0:53:28
10 Anthony Evans 0:56:15
11 Scott Holter 0:58:30
12 Johnny Smoke 0:59:00
13 Christophe Zuppiger 1:04:45
14 Kari Kallen **1st Woman 1:09:40
15 Dave Walsh 1:17:27
16 Andy VaandDeal 1:21:08

The next Toonie Ride is Wednesday, July 7th at Smith Creek.  More details at http://www.mtbco.ca/toonie-rides

Girls Got Skills – Day 2

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Day 2 of the clinic, and things are getting fabulous.

Yes, it’s silly outfit and hula hoop day.  I think Walmart must have been busy last night.

No, these are just my reading glasses.

OK, on to some more training.  Worked on berms and cornering today.  Having this rad berm all freshly built for us made it easy to progress.  From tentative first turns…

..to all out radness in just a few minutes.

The socks help:

Having Johanna set demos like this may also have something to do with it.

We went up to Powers Creek for the afternoon to get some more advanced riding in, and also to show off some hot fashions on the runway.

Big smiles, that’s a sign of a successful session.

Just try it, if you fall off you’ll be landing on people.  They’re squishy.

A lot of learning went down on this run.  Powers can be very intimidating to new riders, and there was no shortage of fear at the top of the trail, but by half way the girls were killing it at every turn.

Although there’s no guarantee that you’re not going to eat it on a flat section and take a mud bath.  You know that you can pay top dollar for this sort of thing at a spa, and we just include it in the price of the weekend.

Another excellent weekend clinic.  Thanks to Barb, Johanna, and Candace for the excellent coaching, and all the women who came out to ride.  We will be running this camp annually, so see you next year!  Or if you have a few girls who are looking for some instruction, just drop us a line and we can set something up.

Girls Got Skills – Day 1

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New jump park, and 20 ladies out to enjoy it.  I love the springtime.

A slightly lower turnout than last year, but I was gratified to see that there were way more local women out for the camp.   There’s a ton of clinics around, so you don’t NEED to travel to ours.  Unless you want to be at the best one, that is.

As usual, Johanna started things off with some yoga.

Having a skills park makes a big difference to what we can teach in a day.  Not only was this group quite talented to begin with, but we saw massive leaps in ability right away.

Here’s some exercises designed to help you find the center.  Ride as far back as you can, then ride as far forward as you can.

After a morning in the park, it was time to hit the trails.  A full house on this teeter showed that the girls were making big strides in their abilities.

Nice form, Candace.

Most of the girls were really apprehensive about anything constructed of wood.  Here’s Monica mastering those fears, and discovering that it’s not difficult, just a bit scary at first.

To help overcome those fears, we encourage everyone to hug a tree.

Hey wait…those are Man Boobs!

Somebody got a new bike and had to get a quick lap in.

To end the day, there were amazing displays of skill and dexterity.

Our Johanna is a woman of many talents.