The end is nigh!...

Down to the last couple of days now and i'm not really looking forward to getting back to the soggy ol UK but al good things come to an end! First off we have some pics from the ride on Seymour the other day.

the Kiwi JT

and me!

TUESDAY//Our buddy Steve McCabe was 50 today woohoo! The ol man is still kicking strong so we went for a birthday ride up Seymour, the other Steve and Dan also came along.


steve on the gerbil cage

We did the usual ride down CBC, Corkscrew, Salvation and Pingu to Pangor. The weather was sweet but the trails are starting to resemble piles of talcum powder it's so dry! Had a good ride though, we all hit stunts that scare us a bit, so that was cool.





After the ride we head back to steve's for a BBQ and PARTY!!! This of course meant lots of drinking, but there were also some nice desserts on offer. Everyone had a good time including Steve, glad u had a good one bud!



WEDNESDAY//2 more days to go!!! oh no!!!!! So i made up for it by riding Fromme today with Paul, after a short visit to NorthShoreBillet's factory. It was smaller than i expected for a company that makes products for companies such as Chromag and Envy, but they sure do churn out some quality gear, like whole wheels made of CNC ally. Sick!


Mtn's Grouse and Fromme - view from Seabus

Back to the ride... we hiked to the top of the mountain and rode down 7th secret to Ladies only. It's a run i've done a couple of times now and i really enjoyed it, so was keen to get down it again before i leave. No pics i'm afraid - was on helmet cam duties today and all the files are too big for here.

I'm busy relaxing right now, planning my last day of riding tommorow. Hope it ends in joy and not tears.
Peace

life is nice upsidedown...

WEDNESDAY//I received a call from the Steve's saying that their buddy from NZ is in town and it's his last day of riding, so we felt it of great urgency to go up to the top of Seymour and ride down!

We only rode the usual trails; CBC, corkscrew, Salvation, Pingu and Pangor but the ride was awesome. One of the Steve's had to go to work, so it was just three of us riding, and we were going at a real fun pace. I cleaned some stunts i've not managed to before so i was really stoked. I was esp. happy with cleaning the long skinny to zig-zag teeter on Salvation, enjoy:



No pics yet i'm afraid, keep checking for an update though!

SATURDAY//It's my last weekend in Canada, so i spent it in Whistler! Me and Dave the Jew went up with the intention of camping Sat night, but ended up sleeping in the back of his van on an inflatable double mattress. Nice and cheap cos i'm skint =) We also walked down the road and *ahem* helped ourselves to the Spa and sauna facilities at a near by hotel after our ride in the evening.

Talking of the ride, we had a blast just the Jew and I. We rode some familiar stuff like A-line and Schleyer, but also some trails that we've not yet been down this season like Goats Gully. Here's the stud in action


Dave rippin on Joyride

Overall it was an awesome day of riding, and a good evening of spa and drinking action in the Village.

SUNDAY//AIR DOME BABY! Went and hit some foam in the morning at the newly opened air dome on Blackcomb. This place is SAVAGE, check out the flips and indian airs in this vid:



There were some lil kids there ripping it up too which was cool to watch. Some crazy lad was trying frontys and no-foots to no foot can to no-foot. SICK combo and loads of style. Dave tried to ride it but busted his nuts rolling in, so i got him on camera duties for a little bit.




After a couple of hours had passed we packed up and heading back to the bike park and met up with the two Steve's for a couple of runs. They had been there since early in the day and were quite baked as it was scorching hot. I was knackered from the air dome and Jew's nuts were hurting so we just hit up a couple of runs, one down Dirt Merchant and the other down crank it up. Good fun was had.

And that was my last weekend in Whistler... sucks but i've had a fekking awesome time riding there. Roll on next season.

More old news...

So yesterday i managed to update all the news and info from the Crankworx week, here's the next few weeks of fun:

TUESDAY 2nd//Went for a hike up Fromme today with Mike and Chris, and what an awesome day to do it. The weather was nice and warm, but not too hot so we weren't sweating our loads on the push up. Due to the nice conditions we went right to the top and rode Seventh Secret.. love this trail!



After Seventh we went down Ladies only, and then onto lower Ladies which was loose and sketchy but so much fun. We finished our ride with a little session on the crater gap at the bottom of the mountain.

Didn't really get many good pics today, so enjoy the bit of video i managed to grab:


SATURDAY 5th//Ah-ha, today was an awesome day.. we hiked the Stawamus Chief - the 2nd biggest granite rock in the world. It was an all day affair, but well worth it. Along for the journey was Pikey Dave, Owen, Dee and myself.


just a small part of the Chief

The rock is named so by the natives, who claim that it resembles an Idian Chief lying on his back. Whatever it looks like, hiking the old chap is no walk in the park...



It starts off with a huge rock (see pic above), then a good few hundred wooden steps, and onto the mountain. There is a trail all the way to the top of the three peaks, so we went to the 3rd, and then traversed accross to the second. The trail is so sick. It manages to stay natural using all the rocks and natural features, but is man made for hikers. Once you get to the top the view are worth the 2 hours of pulling yourself up boulders.





And i couldn't resist taking the good ol union jack with me to reprazent:

There were some nice cliff edges too which we just had to stand near =)




It was a fun ass day... the hike was fun, the scenery was breath taking, couldn't ask for more.



SATURDAY 12th//Woohoo!! today was an awesome day... last night i made myself a headcam with cardboard and duct tape, today was the first outing with it. Oh yeah, Dave's parent's are coming into town today for two weeks so that will be cool.

So, we took the new toy up Seymour to ride CBC etc. but as the camera was taped to my helmet there's no pics. Here's a little bit of the footage though, enjoy!


SUNDAY 13th//Rode Whistler, more helmet cam footage which is too big to put up here. No pics... sorry.

MONDAY 14th//Crazy day! Dave's dad (Jamie) rented a bike today as they are all staying at Whistler for the week. We took him down some of the easier trails on the mountain and he had an absolute blast! Managed to get a pic of me and my wondercam!

TUESDAY 15th//BUNGEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Today we jumped off a bridge and plummeted 160ft with a giant elastic band tied to us,WHAT A BUZZ!! i enjoyed it soooooo much, want to do it again real bad.






So yeah sick day, didn't stop buzzing!

WEDNESDAY 16th//Today we got very cold and wet, but all in the name of fun and adrenaline!! We went white water rafting along the Elaho river in Squamish, which is about an hour from Whistler. As it was all water based we couldn't take any pics, but i managed to get this one:



It was another amazing day! Dave Jamie Owen and myself were in this inflatable raft hitting some crazy big waves. The guide said we had so much power we could hit all the sick lines on the river, which made us happy to say the least =) We were mainly going through grade 3 waves which are a bit choppy, but some places there were good 4's which was more like it! The 4's knocked us of our seats and all over the raft, apparantly 5+6's can kill you, woohoo!!

At one point we were ushered off of the raft and onto a cliff where we were welcome to jump off.. i did my first backflip off something other than a trampoline, and Owen followed suit with a front flip. What a couple of gnarly b****rds we are! Dave and Jamie boosted in after us to complete the quad jump. Back in the raft and we spent the next couple of hours paddling and relaxing. Some of the views were so sick, we were going up the backside of a huge mountainous valley where we could see some amazing glaciers and waterfalls. Again no pics, but sweet sweet memories.

The day was rounded off with beer and BBQ, what better ay?!

THURSDAY 17th//Today we ruturned from the extreme week at whistler, but me an O were not finished with the sightseeing and decided to have a little stop at Shannon Falls next to the Chief. Not much to say, it was beautiful, check out the pics:






And that was that...

FRI-SUN 18-20th//Whilst Dave's parents are here we went off to Sophie's Island again for the weekend. Like last time the weather was spanking and we pretty much spent the whole time sat on our asses relaxing...




...But me and Owen are too hardcore to sit and do nothing, so went for a bit of a tube ride. Sophie's Dad thought he would shrug us off on the first set of waves, but we held on for dear life and lasted quite a while before getting dumped in the sea.





The rest of the weekend was spent in the sun =)

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Woohoo i think that's it at last! I'm all up to date with the blog so have fun reading, and i'll try to get these last 2 weeks documented. In the meantime peace out, and enjoy this: