Euro Not From Around Here, Are You?

George from Scotland is here for a couple of days. We went down to the Cove for a bite to eat in the morning and I noticed a trio wearing really bright Scott USA clothes. Now, Scott hasn’t had much North American exposure in several years so i figured that they must be Euros. sure enough, Holger and Karen were German tour guides and Thomas works for Scott USA. As it turns out, we have tons of friends in common.

You’d better come with me then.

George got the hang of Canadian freeriding right away. Then again, what better way then CBC in the rain?

Hmmm, Thomas seems to have it figured out, too.

Ahh, so does Holger.

George really took to the skinnies.

Well, sort of.

Holger took a bit longer, but he caught on too.

Thomas, just before a HUGE endo into the swamp. He was OK though.

Holger made it through.

It took a few tries, but Thomas made the Zig-Zag eventually.

George screams down the Millenium Log.

Holger about to fall off the Corkscrew Log (my candidate for the most dangerous stunt on Seymour).

It took the lovely Karen a bit longer to figure it out, but she finally got it together.

…and the obligatory post ride beers and girlies. Can you read minds? I think I can….


The Orangepicker Tour (or what’s left of it)

…because only Scott managed to stay healthy enough to make it. Luckily I found a guy from Israel (Erez) who rounded out the numbers enough to make it possible to have a bit of a road trip.

Marble Canyon on the way to the ‘Loops.

The first day we rode Rose Hill with the crew from Freeride Tours. NO pics, just lots of ripping.

We spent the night camped out at Harper Mtn. with some nice Swiss folks. Here’s Rolf on Harper, dropping a rock line.

Rolf again on the Bridge to Nowhere.

…and again at the end of the same stunt.

Erez on a skinny.

Boombatz (Scott) on wheelie drop.

For the second lap we said goodbye to the Swiss (thanks for the shuttles, Danny) and hit up the big stuff.

Scott on a stepdown off of a bridge.

A bigger stepdown.

A BIGGER stepdown.

The double spiral ramp on Harper.

Erez on the outside line.

Yet another stepdown.

After that it was time for a swim and the drive to El Rancho Relaxo.

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

Serious Chaos.

Yeah, Mark has a dock jump. Backflips, tailwhips, just give’er.

Barb throwin a fat no hander.

Lots of killer shots. Everyone threw down on Desous today.

Especially Chaos. Superstar.

But first, M&M.

Oh yeah, and Skip was on it too.

Aww to hell with it. I’m just posting pics. You can make up your own captions.

Barb on Sunset, well off the deck.

Chaos with his knickers in a twist.

Chaos with the biggest drop of the tour to date on Sunset.

Skip with a serious gulley gap on Godspeed.