scrambling

mitchie testing the paddle tire

mitch hoooootie test running potential track route for HNS 2013

Just sayin this would be a good HighNoon Scramble addition

bone

End of summer always a BUMMER!

so summer is over and we all had one hell of a time! I just developed 5 rolls of film from all different trips and so here is a mini season recap. 

Johnny on the rise early season riding the highline between Darcy and Seton 

The XT Jamboree was held on Ty's property on the coast and though the low lands were covered in fog, all the trails in the mountains are above the clouds in the sunshine.

Ty's land is so beautiful and him and his brother are building cabins. We camped here as our base of operations and partied hard all weekend long. Big Skin was in the house

The coast has infinite trails and forest service roads, here we are exploring up past port melon.Mitchie on top and skinny on the bottom.....wink wink

We also did a one night mushroom adventure out near golden ears, Lil Ty ran over my canolli and i will never forget! Tory builds these killer racks for the XT and i loaded that fucker up with acouple hundred pounds of log.....no problem!

Curt the flirt had a pretty good wood transport system with the front loader steez.

Craig has a chill on the fork in the road/tunnel/dam zone up in the Highline. Great windy spot to dry wet cloths if you got caught in the rain. fron this spot i think you can get back and forth from hurley to the Highline

The next generation of the Filthmode is coming along nicely! dirt first training sessions with Henry and Arrow on the family commune on the highline. 

The Samo Beau cabin is also looking great and looking to be a perfect pitstop on the back route to lilloett 

Beau and Ty talk shop, pop top, non stop. all this and the cabin is on the train tracks

We also did a trip out to the top of the indian arm

We did the KVR this year and Keddie had 3? flats

We ran out of gas on the way out from the top of the squamish valley road and had to steal gas from a friends house.

Brock on the mega machine franken-T

We also did the Goth's roll to Norton Lake again this year. Skinny pete doing the obstical course section. It was easier this year than last year

We all went around this deep watering hole but pete tried to ride it out....it didn't work

This was my first time seeing the salmon spawn and i was blown away! 

Keegan lost a ratchett strap and it thrashed his (actually not his bike) main seal causeing all the oil to leak out of the bike. We are almost at Norton lake and Trevor manned up and went and scrounged up like 12 L of oil from the marina. the bike made it out running on gear grease!

until next time we meet summer.......bone

FIRST ANNUAL XT JAMBOREE AT THE FREEDOM RANCH

BONE AN I HEADED TO THE SUNSHINE COAST EARLY TO RIP SOME DIRT AND CELEBRATE FRIDAY. LUCKY WE DID BECAUSE THE FERRY WAS BUSIER THAN HELL

RIPPED AROUND AND FOUND THAT I HAD BROKEN MY FRONT BRAKE

WENT TOWARDS PORT MELLON STOPPED AT THE GATE AND THE MAN THERE GAVE US DIRECTIONS OVER TO MYSTERY TRAIL, THIS LOGGING ACCESS ROAD HAD SWEET DITCHES TO JUMP,  LOSING LIGHT WE HEADED BACK TO THE FREEDOM RANCH

BROCK ANITA AND MICHEL P. LAUNCH A FULL ON CONFETTI AND FIREWORKS ASSAULT NO INJURIES THO

ANITA PRACTICES HER FIREJUMPING TECHNIQUE FOR HER MEXICO TRIP LATER ON IN THE SEASON ON HER GLORIOUS SR 400. YAMAHAAAAA

ABOVE THE CLOUDS ON THE UP AND OVER TRAIL FROM FREEDOM RANCH TO GIBSONS, ONE OF MITCHIES SADDLE BAGS WAS SUCKED INTO HIS WHEEL DUMPING TOOLS AND SACRED GREENERY SOMEWHERE BEHIND US. A SEARCH PARTY WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE IMPORTANT THINGS AND WE TREKKED ON

IT WAS A HEAVY SATURDAY FOR LOSSES, BEER, TOOLS, AND BRAINCELLS

A PLAN WAS HATCHED TO VISIT AN ABANDONED SUMMER CAMP ON THE OCEAN NEAR SALMON INLET, HALF THE TRAIL WAS ATV AND TESTED ALL OF OUR SKILLS, THE LAST PART OF THE TRAIL WAS 900M OF DESCENT IN LESS THAN 30MINS. THE WAY BACK WAS 900M OF HILL CLIMBS. THE SWIM AT THIS SPOT WAS WELL WORTH IT AND SEEING THE OLD A FRAME BUILDINGS AND GYMNASIUM WAS FAR OUT.

HAPPY BDAY BROTHA, MANY MORE TO COME! --- SKINNY

NORTON LAKE OR BUST, OR BOTH

MET AT T UNIT SAT MORN, JBONE, TREVOR DUNNETT, KEEGAN, ME, AND TORY P

RODE OVER SOME SWEET OBSTACLES AND A CREEK OR TWO, THEN STOPPED ON THIS BRIDGE AND BOUGHT "2 TICKETS TO BEAR-A-DISE"

QUICK STOP AT THE NO SWIMMING ALLOWED DOCK ON THE OCEAN (INDIAN ARM) SAW TWO GUYS BOAT UP AND PARK, THEN DRUNKENLY UNLOAD 2 90 CC DIRT BIKES AND ASK US WHERE WE WERE GOING......

NORTON LAKE IS ALWAYS DESERTED AND WELL WORTH THE RIP. SHOUTS TO THE GOTH AND THE BOYS FOR A GREAT TIME, SHOUTS TO KEEGAN FOR MAKING IT OUT WITH A PUNCHED MAIN OIL SEAL AND FLAT REAR TIRE!--- SKINNY