As the summer comes to a close, as does the amount of day light that exists to be able to ride in. We all are aware of the cold winter approaching and try and squeeze rides in whenever we can. A great way to add some good rides to your end of season is to do it at night. If you are like me and work pretty much all of the day light hours that exist, the only real option is to go out and get your self a sweet light.

I recently purchased Serfas’ newest offering, a 1500 lumen head lamp, to enable me to go out and shred at whatever time of day. This light retails at 400$ and is worth every penny of it. Imagine strapping your cars head light to your helmet and going for a ride……Its exactly that( maybe better depending on the year of your car) this is a great way to add some new excitement to some old trails that you may know inside and out during the day but have never experienced them at night. Burn time is 3.5hrs on high, long enough for most rides.

We went out and did a lap at the canmore nordic center and had a blast the other night. The ride was geat, full of wild life(spiders and toads) and technical difficulties.

Eric ripping by the spot light.

Me!

Orange loop in the dark.

heres a few shots we came up with that show some of the night time fun.

BLurrrr

Night rides offer a totally new view!

I definitely recommend going out, buying lights, and ripping the night away.

Most folks haven’t heard of a place called Exshaw, and why would they have. If you aren’t into the world of concrete or lime stone, you would have no reason to go……wait a minute, there is a great little bike trail out there called the Prospector that is definitely worth checking out.

Exshaw is a small hamlet about 20km east of Canmore on the 1A highway. and just behind it exists a hidden gem. a great all mountain trail that contains a few wooden features,

Some good steep consistent climbs,

(Eric Stonehouse and Evan Olaussen on some switch backs.)

Some rock slab,

The odd jump or drop,

Paul Kerfoot Drop.

And a bunch of flowey fun.

Eric Stonehouse  and Evan Olaussen.

Bluurrrred…….

Myself, Eric and Evan had a blast on this trail, it has something for everyone. Well worth the trek to Exshaw.

They had great directions for the wide bar crowd.

Evan climbing up the start

Eric getting RAD!

The Great Debate, To Spandex….OR……not to spandex!

She’s a beauty view EH!

Some videos for you!! Hand picked for your viewing pleasure…..

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Just wanted to give a huge high five to all the builders at Silver Star. having just visited the resort this past week, i was lucky enough to have been givin a closed trail introduction to the newest addition to the Silverstar bike park WALK THE LINE. Last season the boys on trail crew threw down on one of the best resort lines in Canada with PRO STAR.  Well, just when you thought it couldnt get any better, they gave us WALK THE LINE. An expert line with wicked flow an big jumps of all varietys.

I met up with grant, a former bow valley shredder, and his bud derek(builder) and was given a chance to rip the new line before the public had a chance to get their rubber on it, and what a run it was. I was all teeth as my grin was ear to ear. Derek and Grant had the speed dialed and all i had to do was send’r. Due to the massive amounts of fun and my refusal to stop and take piks, i will have to leave it to your imagination until my next visit.

I highly encourage anyone who likes big flowey jumps to make the trek out to vernon to session this line and the whole bike park.

Keep up the great work Silver Star building crew, sick job so far.

PS. if you see any builders on the trails, stop and let them know their work is greatly appreciated, and with out their hard work and vision we wouldn’t have nearly as much fun.

F#%*IN RIGHTS BUILDERS!