Maverick and The Goose

KAMLOOPS!!!!!!

2010-04-19T17:30:00.000-07:00

Well the title says it all! Sunday went to the loops with Mike Kirk from cyclepath and a whole cast of characters. one of the best days of the year so far for sure! here's a run down of the trip: left cyclepath around 9 5 vehicle convoy! tom almost died on the way! get to the ranch around 11 or so do 3laps of the dh course Spencer breaks a chain first run and ride the rest of the day chain-less, i bailed 2nd run on the seep section slide down the hill 50 ft or so awesome! head over to Rio (one of the best trails in b.c. if you haven't ridden it get there and do it) had 14 or 15 guys i think so chaos ensued Matt ended up upside down under his bike up hill on the trail while leading the pack! minor pile up after that. Andrew ate it hard a couple of times got his bell rung pretty good but kept on trucking. At the bottom everyone collected and nothing but high fives all around and what you didn't see or weren't a part of you heard about! hit up the local subway for some lunch! back to the top of Rio for run 2 Mike loses his phone more a few more crashes but a way tamer run. Retrieval run mike finds phone in the middle of the trail 2 seconds before it gets landed on by another rider good timing! back to the ranch where its windy as can be for and hour or so i get blown over mid air by the windy and take a pretty good spill bruise my knee up goodand crack my helmet visor so my days done but the rest of the boys want to hit this huge hip that's on the other side of the ranch and a super sick session goes down
Matt no foot can on his driver 8
Leroy No foot can and huge tables as seen here

Leroy

Andrew one foot x up and some super flat tables like this one

Andrew

really good session to see wish i could have hit it for sure but there's always next time! concluded the day withe a quick drive back home and got back to town around 9:30 all in all a pretty epic day can't wait to get back to Kamloops and ride it all again! not many pics this time due to the amount of riding going down but Mike will have more pics form the hip session up soon and their way better than mine I'll post a link when he gets them up. Big big thanks to Mike fore letting me tag along and Big high fives to all the boys riding so stoked to be pushed that hard all day it was awesome!
Until the next ride keep on shredding!

Postil Pig Roast!

2010-04-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

Well hello Again so over the Long week end the MTBco put on the annual Postil trail day and pig roast! Good time were had by all John and myself attended and made some new friends and met up with some old friends and finally finally for all to see pics of me riding my bike and i might add putting it to good use! we rode a couple of laps and enjoyed the afternoon with everyone who was there!

Atv Gap

John on the Atv gap

Wallride action

J.Hodges wallrider extraordinaire

John and I doing our best dirtbag impression!

Big big thanks to everyone who work on the trail so buff right now looks amazing! and also a huge thanks to Tim from Mtbco for snapping pics all day check out all the pics he took from the pig roast at
http://it-is-what-it-is.pinkbike.com/album/Postil-Pig-Roast-2010/
also I'm going to start posting up music that i was riding to during the day or that gets me stoked or what whatever I'm in to that day Saturday i was loving
Land of talk - give me back my heart attack
here's their website www.landoftalk.com
Check them out!
so until the next ride keep on shredding!

New parts Friday and First 4 rides!

2010-04-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

Wooot! new part Friday!
I got a new Race Face Atlas handlebar anodized Orange! A white Twenty6 direct mount stem and Twenty6 prerunner pedals white with orange ano pins!

The new bits

the ride looking good!

Big thanks to Rich and Russ over at Sovereign for getting the parts in for me! By the way go check them out if you haven't yet such a nice shop!
So to the most important part The first 4 rides on the bike all of which were at Postil.
Ride One
In two words Life Changing! going from a sx trail with 6.7in of travel to the plush 8.3 of the goose it's incredible! It feels so nice and effortless, not to mention FAST wow! Feels the way a bike should feel! So the first ride was 2 laps of addiction after work with friends and soon to be regulars on the blog John and Rob aka Muffin Man. Good riding for the first time out on the new bike skipped a few bigger stunts like the ski booter but all in all an awesome first rip!
Rides 2-4
All really good. Postil gets better and better every time i ride it big props to the guys putting in a ton of effort to keep the trails perfect! Ride 3 was the break out ride on the new bike for sure got everything pretty dialed suspension wise and got back into doing the ski booter! Had a ton of fun riding with a whole bunch of people thanks to all who were shuttling and having good times right along side us! sorry for the no pics from the trails yet i got a new camera this week so the next ride will include pics for sure so until the next ride!

Welcome

2010-03-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my first post! here's a run down of what this blog is going to be about
1.Mountain biking!
2.Stories from the trails and parks over the summer
3.Updates on my new bike and gear in an on going review
4.Some music and other things i feel like sharing with everyone

So the story so far a new bike shop in West Kelowna B.C. recently opened under the title of Sovereign Cycle. Opened up by 2 guys with a passion for biking Russell Morton and Rich Stevenson have officially made their way into the biking industry!
The logo
New shop looking good

The shops grand opening happened mid march during which they gave away a ton of prizes including a 09 mongoose Boot'r team downhill bike that yours truly was the lucky recipient of! Shocked and excited are not enough to explain my disbelief when they told me i had won it! still can't believe it.
Rich Myself and Russ and of course the new goose!

With a warm winter here in Kelowna the season is of to a great start with the lower trails in town in good riding conditions already! Postil and Knox are being ridden everyday so lots of posting to come this season
until the next ride keep on shredding!