Trail Tales

“In a perfect world the weather gods would have worked on our side; unfortunately, that wasn’t the case…”

“The line carves itself deeper and deeper as you look into the chasm…”

“I ended up boosting up into the overhanging branches and landing basically on flat ground past the transition…”

“A large truck carrying about 8 fancy bikes blazed past and sprayed me with a thick layer of chocolate milky mud…”

“Competition is kept healthy and spectators happy right to the end – no anticlimactic endings at Rampage…”

“A do-or-die day for those with a chance to qualify; we saw a lot of meat hucked today in the name of survival…”

Zink, Semenuk are pre-qualified along with 11 others but 26 riders have to fight for the final 12 spots…

“The dusty clay-like dirt there is like buttered glass when it’s wet, which made it pretty interesting…”

“We were positioned to get right back into the high alpine and start our trio of day three’s epic ridge traverse…”

“Kamloops riders are a different breed. They will look at slippery wet roots like a snail looks at salt…”

An participant’s view of the NSMBA’s new program educating the riding community on trail building fundamentals…

“A twisted plan to connect a series of passes and ridges that I’d wanted to shred for at least 8 years now…”

“Go slow to go fast? I don’t think I can go slower, I know I can’t go faster…”

“I ended up smashing straight through a healthy sage bush finishing my line with a strong sage scent…”

An in-process look at the scouting and construction of Top of the World trail with Gravity Logic…

The final installment in Whistler Bike Park’s Elements of Perfection series…

“The bike that reignited my love with 26” wheels and 160mm of travel…”

“Some of the things I learned that might help you if and when you get bitten by the trail…”

Learning how to teach involves more than just good skills on the bike…

Photo recap from the final round of the BC Cup DH season at Hemlock…

Hopkins tries out some street, which goes terribly, and retreats back to his comfort zone… the loam factory.

“Profanities were projecting from my mouth before I heard the P of “snap”…”

Richard Gasperotti seeking out and destroying lines in the Mongolian alpine…

Riley McIntosh waxes about the good stuff: trail building, bikes, owls, and dreams of the future…