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Affengeil – Day 3

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Which kind of says it all, doesn’t it?  Maybe we were a bit tired after two absolutely spectacular days, but Seymour was tough today.

Not that it’s supposed to be easy, I suppose.

The boys were having a good time, hard going or no.

Look at the big smile on Rolf.

And I got to take some more of the stock angles on CBC.  You can’t go to the Shore and NOT ride CBC.  It’s just not done.

Wee also ran into our old pal from Florida, Boombatz (you can call him Scott if you’re not comfortable with foreign pronunciation).

He wised up last year and moved to Washington, and this is the first time we’ve crossed paths since then.  It was good to have some fresh legs on the day, as it really helped bring up the stoke level of the crew.

It was worth pounding down Neds just to get this jump, but man…the race really took it’s toll on that trail.

Future Darwin Award Recipient. 

Good times, my German brothers.  I’ll see you again, but this time in Kelowna.

AC/BC – Aussies Cycling in BC

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Seems like some DirtClowns have shown up on the shore. Well, they actually showed up in Whistler, and due to crap amounts of traffic I was late getting there so we had a bit of a late start. Good thing the sun doesn’t go down until 9PM these days….

Traditional first lap of Seymour to intro the boyos to the Shore. Flail around on CBC, then head down to Neds.

The old Shore is showing her age, and the large amounts of water that have been falling from the sky this “summer.”

Still, no better way to experience the goods than when wet.

Or as we like to say in Canada, “slippery.”

Gives you plenty of time to reflect on where your skills are at.

For a bunch of desert dwellers, these Aussie boys caught on pretty quick.

Usually when you get folks from the dry climates they struggle mightily with the tch aspect of slick wood and root riding, but in this case, we got the rare few that just accepted the conditions as being different from what they were used to and got down to the business at hand — shreddin the gnar.

Ooops….

I guess he got distracted by that ginourmous tree.

A little steep plankage session while we fixed a flat.

Yeah, just practicing for my future career as photo editor for Mountain Bike Action. Maybe I should tilt the camera a bit more….

I figured they knew how to jump.

Yup, they know how to jump.

A little side note about this new work on Neds. Thanks for the nice building, but why even pretend that that sand pile is a tranny? I mean, if you’re gonna make a flat landing, make it FLAT. That thing is NOT a tranny.

Meh, my 2 cents. Alright, back for another lap.

We hammered CBC pretty fast, only stopping for a quick pic at the Millenium Log.

Then it was down to Salvation and the Zipper Totter.

Oh, and some wooden berm action.

Excellent first day on the Shore. Tomorrow, Fromme (muhahahahahahahahah!)….

NSMBA Trail Day

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Our last trail day for the NSMBA. It’s a little bit sad, really. Ahhh…..maybe we’ll throw down on another some time. They are really fun events.

They also wouldn’t be possible without sponsors. Kelly Smith is the owner of the new IGA down on Esplanade, and he’s a great guy. Look at all that food.

We also need lots of help on the trail, and although we didn’t get the HUGE turnout like last time, we still had 55 motivated diggers show up.

I think that with the Rat Race on the Sunshine Coast, the Vancouver Marathon wrecking traffic, and a bit of rain it was still a great turnout. That rain made it great to see how to cut the drainage.

Oh look….girls. Awwwww, they’re hikers. Oh well, they’re in some pretty short shorts.

Franco likes them like that.

OK Franco. Back to work.

You too, Dieter.

As always, Barb made a great lunch of drunken salmon burgers, and no trail day is complete without Karen’s delicious cookies or Brewhaha’s cold brewskis.

Thanks to everyone that came out, and if you didn’t make it, there’s still 5 more chances to give back to the Shore.