north carolina

Corn Stars

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What the hell kind of title is “Corn Stars,” anyway? Well, these happy kids are more of the HickHuckster variety, being from North Carolina and all, but Gary had these cool socks with a little corn husk and stars on ’em, so there you go.

Natasha (or Stash, as she gets called) is just so damn cute that I can’t think of anything to nickname her anyway.

After flying to Spokane, Gary and Stash drove up to be the first folks to experience the new Bush Pilot HQ. We got this party started right with a lap on Builders Only.

Nothing like jumping into it with both feet, eh?

Once the intimidation factor started to wear off, the kids got some flow going.

Blue skies and warm temps didn’t hurt there.

Plus, with the pair of them being in the National Guard back home, it was easy to give ’em orders. “Soldier! Send it!”

“Yessir! Sending it, sir!”

More Hicks?

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Yup, more of them. Chip and Charles from Mock Orange Bikes, and Mike, Farris, Ed, and Andrew from Franklin St. Bikes. All in North Carolina.

…AND, Jim, Jimmy and Ryan from Pasadena. Big gang today.

Oh, and they all RIP. Yeee-haaaaaa…..

Charles, in his Super Dave Osborne helmet.

Ryan transferred the So-Cal BMX skills onto Seymour in solid fashion.

Still, he got into the local groove pretty quickly too.

Chip was on a mission today. He had a little epiphany a few years back on a wet day and has been a changed man ever since.

Anybody wanna buy a used bike?

…and I quote, “I’ve got a quarter for anyone who rides this log!”

Well, allow me to retort:

[Cartman Voice]See how shiny it is and how cool it looks in my hand? Don’t you miss it? I know I sure would if I ever lost this quarter, but I don’t because I have it and you don’t.[/Cartman Voice]

Ahhhh….good times. Enjoy the alpenglow.

More Fun with Aussies

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Richard stuck around for another day while Julie went to prepare for a test she needed to take to complete her Business Degree.

These are the first Aussies that have come by for a trip. Pretty funny when you think about it. It’s summer down unda’ right now.

Here’s the top of TNT.

A brighter day today. Actually it was very cold. All the wood was extrememly slick and covered by ice. Best to just try to keep it in the air.

We went for a rare run down Dale’s. That’s such a sweet trail, and nobody ever bothers. It’s got the best teeter on the Shore too.

Plus one of the steepest, gnarliest rock lines. Even if the pics don’t do it justice.

We did multiple runs on the Big Seymour today. Funny what you find out there. Haven’t seen this bridge before….

And the obligatory speed run down Pangor to finish the day.

Richard and Julie will be heading to Texas via Maine over the next few months. They plan on visiting Penticton and North Carolina among other places. If you want to hook them up in your ‘hood DROP ME A LINE.