north shore

Mt Kobau

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Time to head back to the Shore, but first, a stop on the way.

Oh yeah, and a nature walk around the orchard with Mom. Nice eye for the poisonous beasties, Mom.

We stopped in at Keremeos for a rip on Mt Kobau on the way back to North Van. Here’s a pissed off biker. Must be that British bike….

You know you are out west when this is blocking the road. Giddyap.

Some rooftop related shenanigans on the drive up.

A group photo.

…and a “grope” photo. If you can figure out where my hands are then you can also probaly decipher the facial expressions.

Ok, riding. Stewie on the adjustable tranny.

Nelly on the same stunt.

Jedi.

..and again.

Barb cruising at low altitude.

Closely followed by dog.

The girls, going down (oops, I mean, uhh….)

Back out in the wide open spaces.

Some post ride beers at the river while waiting for the shuttle return.

…and the traditional “Everyone Passed Out in the Back of the Van” shot.

Ed, ya goof. I know you’re not asleep.

North Shore Ripper

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Too bad I was so worn out from all that singletrack this week. I just couldn’t dig deep for the fast time.

It was still a really good time. I only dabbed once, even though I was pretty slow. Realistically I should have been in the battle for third. Oh well, shoulda coulda woulda. I was tenth and that’s how it ended.

I sure looked good out there.

You can read the whole story HERE.

June 3rd and 4th — The Shore

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Enter James from Phoenix and Bruce from Minneapolis. James is a commercial Pilot and Bruce is in television advertising. I thought I would try doubling up a couple of riders who didn’t know each other. YOu know, just to see what happens.

Ooops.

Poor Bruce.

Actually, it was just dumb luck. Bruce took about ten falls before he ‘got it’ and unfortunately one of them caused a pulled rhomboid muscle (uncomfortable but not terribly serious). James pretty much wired it right off the bat. Except for the real skinny stuff.

This is James on CBC.

Here’s Bruce in what was supposed to be a shot of him getting progressively muddier. Pretty good start I’d have to say.

…and Bruce again, proving that he can ride the Shore just fine.

Really too bad that he got such a dumb injury. We’ve all been there. I hope he follows through on his threat to come back here with his wife. He really did miss out on a great day of riding.

So Barb and James continued on with the rest of the run down Seymour while Bruce and I hightailed it outta there.

After we all regrouped, I sent Bruce to a Chiro/massage therapist buddy and James and I went for sushi while we plotted our next move.

That turned out to be sailing.

I don’t know why I like this pic so much. I just do.

Captain Killer and his frosty refreshments.

We hit up another lap for the evening. Local pace applied, so no pics. It was a fast one, but we were still riding until nearly 10 pm. Good day.

The next day James wanted to see Fromme.

Here’s what that looks like.

I really like these next ones though.

He went back and got it.

Unfortunately the front brake line blew up around then. Strangely, James started to ride better. Hard to hesitate when you can’t stop I guess. We finished his trip with a top to bottom on Seymour, and he stomped it.

He’s currently on a cruise ship somewhere up the inside passage to Alaska with his charming wife.

It’s a tough life, innit?