09/30/07-post canyon

rode post today with dirk, ryan and darren. weather was horrible all the way out, it started to let up a bit at the usual spot just past cascade locks. this was the first real rain out there in months, so i didn't think the riding would be as bad as it was. the temp wasn't too bad. prbably around 60, but with the combo of wet trails and stunts...not much went down. i didn't hit the left line, just played it safe and oh yeah, the disability insurance starts up tomorrow. hopefully rain stops soon.

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Post Canyon 09/22/07

Finally hit the first one on the left line on chorus. i have looked at this thing for too damn long and it was starting to bug me. don't really remember the first time, but it kicks you up pretty good. next time out, the second one. I forgot my camera, so i didn't have any other pics from the day besides this one from Jack...one of the guys we met out at post.

we met up with a couple guys from bend that were pretty cool. they were novice riders, but you could see that they have the fever for it just like us a couple years ago!

they took this shot on the egg hunt drop and got some other really good shots. one of casey actually made picture of the day on pinkbike....good to see local riding on the canadian scene!

i also hit a couple other jumps for the first time, so the ride was an overall good time. fat larry did go down pretty hard on the side of the road gap pretty hard. i actually saw the bottom of his feet when he was going over the bars.

we should be going back out this coming sunday, so i can't wait to hit the second one of the left of chorus!!!!!!!

Blackrock Bike Festival 2007

Went to the Blackrock Bike Festival this past weekend. Fat Larry and April stopped by my house early Saturday morning and we all headed down to Blackrock. Had a friend, Mike H that drove down from Vancouver B.C. to check out the local riding. He got off work and drove all the way down from Vancouver during the night. Plan was to ride Blackrock on Saturday then Post Canyon on Sunday. After the party on Saturday night, we were not ready to drive to Post Canyon. We then decided to stay in Blackrock for Sunday also. Dirk also made the trip down for the festival and rode with us on Saturday. He killed his rear wheel on a jump, so decided to head home.

Jake was in good spirits as usual. He was doing the sound and music for the festival. All of us volunteers received nice t-shirts from the B.R.M.B.A. guys for helping with the festival.

The lead singe of Sons of Thunder...A.K.A. Mormon Craig was warming up for rocking the town of Falls City and all the riders. They mised rock, comedy and Craig breaking the jump on Sunday Stroll!

This is Mike the Canadian tour guide that has showed me and a bunch of others around the trails in North Vancouver and the Woodlot in B.C. He's a great rider on super technical riding, but was never used to gap jumps like we have down here. However, he picked it up quickly.

Mike had no problems following me off of the drop to gap on Sictar Gnar. This is an older section of trail, but it is still pretty damn fun!

We even talked him into hitting the road gap. I think this was his third time hitting it, but he had it dialed and looked like a local.

This was Fat Larry hitting the Sictar Gnar drop to gap for his first time.

I was feeling pretty good all weekend, I have been thinking about actually hitting the cliff drop and today was going to be the day.

I looked at it and I was thinking it was going to be a go...then a bunch of other people started showing up to watch. Which made me a bit nervous.
This was what it looks like from above. You don't see any of the landing until you are right on the jump. I think that this one is easy, you just have to convince yourself to go off the edge. I guess it leaves something for next time.

So we packed up Jake's stereo equipment and headed home. On the way home we stopped at Boondock's in Falls City. The waitress there looked just like Uma Thurman with black hair. Service was great, but the food took forever to get there. April paid for the food behind our backs which was not necessary...but very nice of her. Can't wait for next years festival...bigger and better!

09/09/07-timber

Rode the trail in timber this afternoon. This is one of the shots that Dirk took. He's got the remote flash that makes the images look oh so cool. I don't think he used the flash on this shot, he just used the sun. We did a total of five runs. we all took turns driving....Thanks Chris for the use of the truck. No crashes! The van should be back running fully here in the next couple days, so I shouldn't have to mooch any rides off people when we go for a ride. After the ride we came back to La Sierra Mexican restaurant in Forest Grove. All was good except for Aaron's pink pork...no that's not code for something naughty....he really ordered something pork and in was not the right color.

Next weekend is the Blackrock Mountain bike Festival. Stop looking at this and go ride your bike!

09-03-07-falls city

went and rode falls city or blackrock today. trail conditions were great. weather was nice. no crashes and oh yeah...i forgot my camera again. i need to tape that thing to my head.

08/31/07-post canyon

Went out to post and rode after work. rode out with casey, didn't take anypictures. did one run, it got dark early. my brakes and shiting worked awesome. still didn't hit the left line on chorus. too much work makes me tired!