Youth Ride #5 – Bonus Storm Pics!

Bonus CRAZY storm pics…

I’m pretty sure that would have been a tornado if it was flat here.  Yet another reason to love the mountains.

Alright, another youth ride.  This time with rain.  This guy is named Saul (Sol…get it?).  Oh the irony…

Mason doing a drift test on some of the rock.  We did an extra long line tonight trying to keep things low angle.  Unlike riding on the coast, the rock here gets really slick in the rain.

You kind of have to experience to see what I mean.

OK, it was another great lap.   We now finish off with a session on the Redemption Stepup, as is tradition.

Rollin’ on 24s in that last one.  June is the best riding month of the year in the Interior.  Time to drop a gear and pin it!

Fernie Co-ed Skills Camp – 2

Ahhhh….day 2 of the skills camp.   This is where it all comes together.  You see, with a 2 day format, you feel like such a chump after the 1st day.  Day one, we take you apart.  Day 2, we put you back together.

Awesome session in the morning.  With lots of dynamic skills on the menu, it was lots of effort but really fun.  Everyone learned to get the wheels off the ground with flat pedals, so right there it was a success.  As I like to say, everyone has developed "Superpowers."

Of course, it rained on us for the trail session, but no big deal. 

We went up to a local favourite, Project 9.  A nice enough trail, but as is the theme in Fernie, a hard climb for a short descent.  We spent a bunch of time on this little log practicing various strategies for getting over.

Jill in the last shot there has been riding for less than a week.  Crazy, eh? Well, when it works, it works.

Most of the group was done after one run.  With all the hard work we’d done, it was natural to be tired out.  A few riders were game for more, and it turned out to be the best part of the clinic.

Hedonism once again proved itself as one of the best trails in the area.  Lots of different terrain and great natural flow, plus a few low consequence features made for a great finishing session.

An awesome clinic, with fantastic results.  Thanks to Kat for all her help coaching, and congratulations to all the participants on their newly developed Superpowers!

Oh, and Happy Canada Day!

RMS – 4

Today’s forecast…only two words…Biblical Deluge.

Yeah, it was pretty gnar.  Flash floods all over the province, weather records broken all around, and what looks suspiciously like fresh snow at higher elevations (when you could see that far, anyway).  Russ had had enough.

So had everyone else, actually.  We skipped riding (it wasn’t really an option anyway), and went to Radium Hot Springs for a soak instead.  After that, a little downtime at Nipika was a good call.

I think we broke the back of the wet spell though.  Looks like clear sailing from here on out.