Salad Doggers – 7

Posted on September 10, 2010October 7, 2010 by Smoke

Since we’re stuck in Revy, we figured we’d go out on the town. And with all the pics from yesterday, I’m putting the after midnight shots up for today.

See if you can see how many things are wrong in this next pic…

OK, now how ‘bout this one?

The morning dawned wet and gloomy, so I let the boys sleep while I dealt with the van. Luckily it was a fairly easy fix and there’s some great mechanics in town. $60 and a few hours waiting around was all it took. If you ever break down in Revy, call Trukars. Good folks.

Tart?

Luckily, the boys are pretty tired at this point, so a half day ride was fine with them. I took them out for an afternoon session in Westbank on the Powers Creek trails, and they got their gap on.

Big time.

For guys that don’t jump, they are taking too it quickly.

Having a trail like Builders Only is a bonus though. Makes it easy to get that monkey off the back.

Speaking of monkeys, Mark was on fire today.

Almost like blue sky up there. I remember when this trail was dusty (it’s better this way).

Lee, suck yer butt in!

More Mark ‘Monkeyman’ Sheffield domination.

He even sent this large-ish gap at the end of Crazy Train. Couldn’t get anyone to do the whole line, but he did hit this jump a few times. Which is actually harder to do without hitting the rest of the stuff buy whatever…makes for a good reason for them all to come back next year.

Salad Doggers – 6b

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Smoke

Lunch time! OK, lets go check out Boulder Mtn.

Holy crap, those are SERIOUS roots. And that dude has his seat up and some skinny ass tires on that rig. Not bad for a ‘Merican.

Boulder reminds of the North Shore, but with better dirt. Lots of big wooden features to play on too.

Hey, the sun really does shine outta Ewan’s ass!

Mark, you’re so serious when you ride berms. Lighten up, eh?

Uh oh…something sounded wrong on that last bump.

Yup…that’s a busted bolt in the front end. Looks like we’re staying another day in Revy. Oh, and the tranny is leaking. That’s going to be expensive (note: it’s actually early October as I write this, and it’s VERY expensive. Oh well. Anyone need some web work done?).

May as well do some more riding while we’re here. There’s this giant berm that needs doing.

Yeah Todd.

Full house on some fairly large moves. Boulder Mtn…who knew?

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Salad Doggers – 6a

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Smoke

Oh wow…the sun still exists. Well, then now I can show you Revelstoke. This is the Cheeky Beaver, where we stayed. Ver’ nice, ver’ nice.

“Ow, the sun hurts my eyes!” Note our affable shuttle driver, the lovely and talented Casey Brown. Casey smashed herself good at a race in Panorama earlier in the season and can’t ride right now, but her bad luck is our good, as she can still drive the van for us.

Martha Creek trail has been totally rebuilt since our last mission here last summer. It’s still a vertical mile of trail, but it’s been upgraded and improved to handle the increase in traffic it’s seeing.

Yes, that’s fresh snow up there on those Selkirks.

The blue skies didn’t hold, but it’s still nice enough to pop some air off the occasional rock.

There are something like 40 new bridges and boardwalks out there.

Pop goes the wheelie.

We played leapfrog with the cameras down the trail, so the last guy in line would pass everyone (we all had cameras), and then set up his shot on couple hundred meters past the last guy. Worked out perfectly.

I lucked out with this choice corner spot. Everyone looks like a pro on this corner.

Richard, making it look harder than it really is.

Whether you stop and take pics, or just bomb the trail, it really feels endless. It’s a big one.

Lee on a spectacular creek crossing.

…and again on some random sun dappled singletrack.

Some more artsy creek angles.

Todd Byle also came out. He’s a friend of a friend up from Idaho for a little break from bike shop life. He also happens to shred wet roots and bridges pretty hard for a desert rider.