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Love this vid Rick!

Loved it! Great riding. Great self filming. Cool effect.

Will the photos you're discussing be visible anywhere? Love looking at the history and getting the backstory.

Yes, Trail Slayer be slayin'

Great article. I think it hints at just what a knife edge some trails might actually be on. Authorizations and signs and history means a lot, until you wake up one AM and they didnt. People need to speak up at every occasion when the Districts take any action that reduces your ability to ride the Shore.

And zero sum game, I hope that doesnt mean that something has to go before we get that route up to the Bobsled switchback from BP. Come to think of it, last time I rode by that area, it looked like that route was already in use! FREERIDE ASCENT YO!

Those guys rode it well. I bet that Dougie was taking all the sneaky Strava lines all the way down too. 

I hope Dougie gets what he needs before hibernation and that his show'biz days are done. He looks like a good guy - probably didnt mean anything threatening - he turned around as soon as those guys stopped. He was probably just bored and wanted a game of chase for a bit. Who could blame him?

Lots of SUVs with NorthShore racks full of bikes on the Sea to Sky today. 

Not cool!

They should have a road check like they do for tires

I started with a very early 90s Schwinn High Sierra and then went to one of the first Aluminum bikes - some type of Concorde.

I wonder if this situation will cause WBP and others to sell seasons passes much further in advance than they do now?

I buy my Cypress passes for the following season in February. I find it strange that you buy WBP immediately before the season starts, or even after it starts. I’d buy them a year in advance for a massive discount. WBP has to be feeling that they’d be better off today having sold a bunch of passes already. Now, who knows when they’ll get that income.

Pretty soon theyre going to be moving into the neighbourhoods like they did in I Am Legend

Those were the days alright

And there’s a false sense of security because things tend to be engineered in a manner that makes them more rideable, which means speeds are way way faster, which means that when things go south you’re in a big mess

Yes, the Shore.

My dog picked up two ticks last year, one on the shore and the other in Squamish. Those little blood sucking hitchikers are out there looking to hop on the next passer by!

Pulled a tick out of my arm this eve after doing trail work this aft. I think I got it pretty quickly. It was in my hoodie and climbed up my sleeve

Check yourself and your pets and probably a good idea to change clothes after being in an area at risk.

Yeah me too!

I think that, at least for me, riding alone almost all the time plays a big factor, as does age. As does simply changing priorities - I couldn’t give a rats ass about going big anymore - what I want is a great ride! That mentality has not been great for my progression. 

I’m thinking about a day or two with a private lesson just to raise confidence on some things. It’s all about the confidence for me not even the skills. 

Endless for a day with a focus on specific goals should get me headed in the right direction again -perhaps the same for you?

Rode Coast last weekend. What a cool spot. Love that it’s so chill. Shuttle up. Ride down. Grab shuttle back up. 

Love that the lunch is so casual too. What a refreshing change to the WBP way of doing things. 

Things that I hope they address over time:

That road

More tech trails would be better. I rode dynamite panther 6 or 7 times and the Devils Elbow and HJ line over and over. It would be super easy to scratch in some loamers and control their traffic by rotation which are open. 

My son who loves flow and jump lines was in heaven.