Internet access breeds photographic evidence

Oregon coast bridge

Oregon coast Lighthouse and private house

Matt King of the wizard sticks in northern california tearing the hip

The elderly grinding over the steps.

Seb finally making it over the steps, frontside no less

alex making the duct tape brace look smoooove!

Jamin leaving paradise in the winnebago shark with a Maxxis tire pulling a sucker fish move.

Whistler sunsets are always impressive

I hope the bandwidth holds for the photo uploads. The wi-fi is blocking drunkcyclist and advertises that peer to peer is blocked yet, I just ripped the new Californication in 36 minutes. The internet...where a goon can masquerade as a tech geek and get paid for it!
I met a pair of Scotsman and a californian in Lincoln City at the best skatepark in the U.S and enjoyed a night of eating and drinking at devils lake. Check the pics and more will follow.

Oregon skateparks on the coast

I am working my way down the Oregon coast at a slow pace, due to incredible views every 3 miles and amazing skateparks every ten miles it seems. Lincoln city is definitely the ruling park on the coast so far. Reedsport was very good and fun to ride. I was feeling beat down this morning when I hit reedsport today, but, by the end of the day I was feeling pretty good. I have been sleeping 10 hours a night and I am hoping the rain will hold off so that I can ride coos bay in the morning. pics coming soon via the safeway free wi fi.

All great things must come to an end!

I was planning on leaving whistler on the 8th of october, but, the mountain is so good, the weather is perfect and the lift lines are non - existant. I will leave in the afternoon of the 9th, after I catch a few laps in the park and then head for portland. I will be in virginia for scott and mally's wedding which I have the great honor of being best man. I leave you with this movie, tentatively titled "Don't do what donny don't does!" Stay on trails pal!

Lameness spreads if not disinfected....

My birthday was a tremendous success, a lovely day on the hill with my riding buddies. The weather up here is a dramatic difference to the 28 day rain streak of yesteryear. We have had some incredible sunsets, some from wildfire smoke pollution and some from the wonders of light and color.

Ahhhhh! Whistler lifestyle..

I can not believe it has been 11 months since I left this place. I got my seasons pass yesterday and had bike work to do before I was clear to go up there. Just getting my pass, started the Pavlovian reaction, I was motivated to get the bike ready and hit the mountain today.

I got an evening visit from the parking lot pirates who were ready to grill and plunder! It would be a crime to turn away two hardy pirate captains, manning separate land behemoths through the narrows of the sea to sky highway. We enjoyed pad thai with spicy (b.c. grown) green beans,sourdough bread, salmon fillets and steaks. After a mild imbibing of a grog from the Unibroue brewery, the captains grew restless to pilot their vessels to a night-time mooring for the bed down.

I got to the mountain after riding up from creekside, going to the hill is worse than returning home. The smartest choice is "ride don't slide" an out of bounds trail off the top of whistler garbanzo lift. It is a glorious trail loamy and dark, with wicked features and smiles in every group in those woods. R.D.S. comes out about 3 blocks from the ninety odd steps I negotiate daily.

"Muscle Memory" is what Jamin swears we posess, you get out there on trails you pound down for hours and hours every summer and it just floods back to your muscles, brain, eyes and ultimately your soul as a rider. The downhill bike just feels natural, like a fine knife in your hand, albeit a 46 lb monstrosity!

Last year I broke two forks...good thing the second one only happened about 9 days before I split the country for interbike. I rode an avalanche 7" fork cracked, heavily for 9 days here. Check the crack at the bottom of every run and take another one if it looked good.

Whistler is that incredible! The Whistler experience demands total concentration, all other things, problems, emotions, disappear into violently peaceful highspeed joy. I got about 15,000 feet of descent in today and felt great, tired, but, great! I saved some energy, got a slice of pizza and a coke before riding home to creekside. Dinner on the grill, clean the bike, drink, smoke, repeat.

I made it to whistler... again

There is a first time for everything and that was my feelings at the border. I got selected to be searched and interrogated, maybe the new van was throwing them off, or was it the fact that I can take off for 6 weeks and not be missed by the U.S. of A.? I sat for an hour while they asked me the same questions to see if my story was straight, and searched the truck. I had too many tools and too little proof that I need to return to the U.S. Who carries their bank statements on vacation, what about paycheck receipts or your rental agreement? All of these things would have helped me out in this situation, I just didn't have them. Eventually they thought my story was pretty good and they believed me when I said I really didnt want to work on my vacation. I think they didn't have the blackest of hearts to turn around an idiot from alabama after he just drove across the whole damn country. It doesnt matter how you get in as long as you get in!

First leg of fun tour 2009

I completed the first leg of my tour today, made it into auburn with my dodge sprinter van. I transferred the tag from the 4runner onto it, paid them the taxes due and drove out legal beagle. A little trip to the lake for my last rides behind timon's boat for the year and I leave auburn on friday morning.... stay tuned