August 27, 2013

August Interior Ripping

Radness, Riding, Trails

Working in the bike industry doesn’t often give me the opportunity to take a weekend off and enjoy some riding with my 9-5 buddys.  So when I am presented with the chance to do so i take it.

racked bikes

We filled the truck with bikes, beer and all he other ingredients for a wicked good time!

First zone: Sun Peaks bike park, Kamloops, Bc.

big set 2

We took the back road at Chase and found a sweet camp spot along the way to cut off some driving time. The back road is sweet, but a 4×4 is definitely recomended.

Sun peaks is a resort not worth missing,

hip 2

full of sick jumps,

big set

rad steeps

al steep

al woods

and super high speed runs.

hip

After riding 5 or 6 laps we were greeted with  a crazy downpour of rain, which promptly cancelled our day of lift access biking.

The rain cloud seemed to be circling leaving some sweet spots untouched. We headed across the valley for a lap on RIO, or so we thought. just as we started onto the shuttle road the rain had tracked us down and ruined our run by flooding the landscape.  Though it made the fire road a bit more sporty with some deep puddles!

muddin

Next stop was base camp at Harper Mountain. We set up camp and headed out for a few laps that lead us right to our campsite.

camp eye

harper base camp

 

black trees

A ripping super fun single track.

ops

We had a bit of a shuttle mishap.(no bikes were harmed in the making of this picture.)

blowing it

Aiden coming down the steeps.

blew it

Aiden…. Down after the steeps.

chopper

Keith…not cleaning….strange..

As a result of the rain the day before the group decided that it was worth riding the ski hill again he next day. So back to Sun Peaks we went for a full day of fun.

epik

Having not had our fill at the resort we figured we would go get redemption on RIO. And that we did.

off to rio

Keith heading for the goods.

laid bike

With perfect sun and tacky conditions the run was sick to say the least.

steezy k

 

bw rio

Curtis in black and white.

p hip

loads of hips and transfers are all over RIO if you have the eye for it.

rio step down

finnishing move

Keith finishing off a great lap.

done

Our next stop brought us to Silver Star, but we were having too much fun to stop for pictures. After a rad day in Vernon it was off to Revy to camp at the top of Martha Creek.

sale camp

Martha creek camp spot.

road kill

Some art work my truck collected.

skyline

Epic morning views.

night scape

We had a sweet cloudless skys.

sky

We woke up to beauty weather for some laps.

martha curtis

Curtis ripping.

tubbin

Al………..so fast.

alpine

Keith, Aiden and Curtis…. Alpine meadow action.

security!

Keiths amazing anti theft idea……available in stores everywhere.

We finished off the trip with a few laps on Boulder.

A great trip overall with no major injuries and no major mechanicals.

pk

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