Sunday morning, warming up at Burnaby Skills Park and then CBC
Preston stayed long enough for a quick ride at Burnaby Skills Park. Then he had to head back to Seattle.
CBC ride had Andrew, Justin, Frank, Yves, Anne Sophie, Brew, Kris, Ryan, John Childs, & James
and behind the camera is Andrew’s dad and Lori who walked along with us.
Nice, those trails are very cool. I particullarly like the sections with the rocks, that must have been alot of work building that. What is the best time to visit Vancouver?
Edit time ran out. For some reason I didn’t see Kris riding the log the first time I watched the video, that and him riding that technical part at 2:17 are my favourite parts.
Ya its a huge effort, and CBC that you see in this episode is the “showcase”.
I’d say May, June or Sept, because everyone is around and the weather is pretty good.
Last year we did a big ride in August at Squamish, and it was way too hot.
We hope to do “Open House” next year the same time… labour day long weekend… first weekend in Sept.
The other time to come is winter, but thats more for skiing. We ride year round and have had some really fun snow rides. I can think of 4 seriously snow rides: Deep Cove, UBC, Bob Sled and Seventh Secret.
Each was a bit insane.
2:17 is steeper than it looks. It looks like a meer 45 degrees of jagged stones of death. I’d also point out that 1:50 is near impossible. Anything that causes Kris to pause is a clue.
doh! fixed. vimeo has been a bit lurchy lately, so sent out the youtube link, which works better for most people.
But if you’re quick, the vimeo lets you download the source, which is the best.
Hope you enjoy the video.
I’m still brand new, but I’ve gotta say this is my favorite muni video I’ve seen. After a hard practice session I’ll come inside, bandage my shins, and just watch you guys going for it in your VanMuni vids. I can’t -wait- until I can do things like that.
I managed 4 hops and rode off today, and made one idle. Someday…
Just watched Part 2 for the first time. Thanks for including that behind the scenes clip at the end with Kris setting up for a photo. I often think about how riding techniques translate visually and it was nice to see the interaction of rider and photographer in jointly creating the shot.
Thanks! Its good, but its not my favorite. Circus is my favorite… not just because its insanely dangerous… it was also super slippery which was funny. We still talk about that one.