Sunday 26 February 2012

motocross; part 2

Here are a bunch of riding shots. Still some cool old shots are lost somewhere in photo albums, but this will have to do. If you ever get the chance, take it up as a sport or hobby. You won't regret it. It's like a mix of bmx and skiing. I hope you enjoy these archives! Big thanks to everyone who took the time to shoot photos of me!!!
Derek shot this and some more great shots of yours truly

Monday 13 February 2012

motocross: part one

Just had a deep thought about my motocross bikes and how I miss them. So I tried to dig up some photos to give me something to do here.  Here is some of my history. Some bikes I couldn't find pics of currently. But enjoy what I have posted for now. I have a ton picked out for part 2 already.
I used Derek's Nikon to shoot this one at a spot called Galetta. Chevy commercial? Geeze, I miss my S-10 too. Derek's bike sits beside mine. His was just a few years older.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Camp Fortune

Myself and Chris went up to Camp Fortune for a Sunday's worth of boarding. They let me pay as a student which was nice. Still expensive as hell though (and I didn't know it closed at 4pm). After checking out the hill and being intimidated by the other park goers, I decided to start playing on this giant hip at the base of the mountain. Nobody else was riding. A few jumps and I had some confidence back. Then I went through the park and had a good time since I wasn't too terrible. I am no snowboard guru but have seen a handful of parks and Fortune's turned out to be the best laid out and probably most enjoyable and expensive that my limited self has seen. Why do they always put the parks near the chairlifts? To embarrass the weaker riders? Or to entertain the crowd with better riders? I don't get it. It's not like a skatepark where grandma and her the whole wealthy family won't be there to watch you fail. Skateparks are perfect in that the only people there are people who can help or motivate you. Not some douche bag in a one piece that drives a leased Denali. Either way, I amped myself and started to go a lot bigger than I have in a long time. It was the perfect hip in my opinion. So much fun I stopped taking the chairlift and walked up the hill in exchange for quicker hits of the hips. Seriously, nobody was riding it. So I could have enjoyed that thing all day to myself, for free? Damn. Speaking of damn. I saw this kid loop out trying to up this barrel obstacle in the background. He looped out as his board hit the barrel, he was leaning so far back, and then as he accidentally was backflipping over it, his face came around and smashed the barrel while he was upside down. He then landed dead flat with blood pouring out of his nose. He was dazed and started to yell for help. Of course I was the only one there, and I was right at his feet. I calmed him down and took his board off. I stayed with him until ski patrol got there. Funniest thing I have seen in a while. When I realized he might have only had a broken nose, I laughed hysterically in his face. He was a good sport about. He was Asian after he hit the barrel. I am unsure if he was Asian before though.

                                                    excuse the video placement here. no idea what I am doing
myself on my favourite obstacle I have ever snowboarded (I am pretty sure I am doing a method grab?) this to me is the equivalent of a good bmx table

Saturday 4 February 2012

Tremblant weekend getaway

It was a blast. A bit of snowboarding was done, a bit of hockey was played, lots of drinks were drank, and not lots of sleeping was had. We hit the hill late but had fun none the less. Most of our time was spent drinking honestly. People relaxed and got wrinkled in our own personal hot tub. The chalet was awesome and the setup was great. Deer just wander in the back yard. Crazy. Ray took the ditch on the way up, but got lucky when a plough drove by and pulled him out. I put Chris' car off the driveway, leaving it stuck. Pure man power lifted his car back onto the driveway. Way to go team. We then shredded over to the other chalet at one point and did some crazy carpeting. None of us were prepared but went down gloveless and in jeans anyway. Team ESCAPE then proceeded to make a miraculous comeback in an epic game of flip cup. We out partied the other chalets and pretty much had to go back to our chalet because the other teams were "tired" and everyone was going to sleep and mope around as if life was hard on them. Next year, it has to be a day longer though, because I need more than 3 hours of sleep a night. FML. Wait, success! 

Thanks to everyone for being a part of the weekend.
Angry Bird