Sonntag, 14. Oktober 2012

Summer Randomz

Its getting a little chilly and rainy in BC right now...definitely the right time to post some late summer pictures.
In August the weather was dry and hot all the way through - no comparison to German summers!

Many hours of driving got us to many places in BC - Kootenays, Fernie in the Canadian Rockies, Williams Lake/Cariboo, the Kamloops desert and the good old BC coast.
Riding bikes was the main thing to do but the following pictures gonna show you the places around the trails.
Fransen came over at beginning of September, so I've spent the August with Stefan aka Stevo travelling around and riding bikes.
Unfortunately Alex knee ligaments needed surgery and he had to go home in order to get this done -
best wishes and be back in the saddle soon!

BeFa crew represents
Sunset

Natural water slide -
coldest water ever!
On top of another Kootenay trail
Some jumps in the sub alpine
We got a pretty nice place to stay

not too bad, eh?!
thx Trent! 
Highway
Endless valleys and long shuttles 
Elevation²

Silhouette
Former mining trails became bike trails -
old cabins along the way
Canadians love (bigger) Jumps
This resort offers a small but freakin' fun bikepark!
 No doubt!

Fernie - a town in the Rocky Mountains
Nice sunsets
and scenerie...
But the bikepark is bad for bike and body - be prepared!
nuff said!

Stay tight,
outta here!

B.

Freitag, 14. September 2012

Abgehn-Video

Today we enjoyed just a day in the loops.


Bengel: step down, step up is comming soon!


Just a boy-toy


For Anton: #1

Stunt of the day!

Rider: Matt Degeer
Sound: Bengel



Dienstag, 11. September 2012

Seite an Seite


Last friday I arrived in Canada as well. My first stop after the flight and a creepy bus ride is Kamloops BC. I've met Patrick and Stefan already and now let the good time start!


The Kamloops crowd. Nice to be a part of the young family again! 


Fished cheese 


Just talking.


Forks. Ridin'. Good time!


Rocky was part of a random shuttle. Thank you Rocky!


Bengel loves pleasant surprises. Who doesnt?


Who keeps putting bike parts in da freezer?!
Maybe zee germans?


Click!


Just workout in the garage.


Sunloops?


Now we gonna ride some bikes. More (ridin) pictures coming soon!
Cheers, over and out.

F.

Donnerstag, 9. August 2012

BC 2012

Arrived in Canada about two weeks ago...



Along the highway into the interior



Alex and me are in Kamloops right now and enjoying the summer. Around 35 degrees every day at this time of the year.
Now we know why Kamloops is called "the desert".
Good to know some local people here - they got us around, especially the trip to cabin was a good one...
























Quad riding at Shuswap Lake and lots of good food.

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To start our journey we needed a proper car - Cherokee is the name of the game this time
and still working well.



The first car (good old shady GMC Silverado) broke down after a few days but we managed to get the money back.



Main goal is riding bikes...To warm up we headed to Sun Peaks Bikepark.
More than 800 metres of elevation and the choice of mellow jumpy tracks or
steep as **** downhill lines are good preparation for the rides to come.



The jump park at the bottom is build for long travel bikes and offers sufficient airtime.
No brake, no pedal and clearing the 10 metres gap is for breakfast.

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There are some sick trails and jump lines around Kamloops. The last days we went to one of
the newer ideas of big hang time.
More than ten JUMPS down the hill without any pedaling is what we were going for.



Dry and pretty packed dirt made the whole track fast and we almost overshot a few bigger obstacles.
One of the last jumps is a boosting road gap - Alex came in way too fast, front heavy, threw his bike away and landed on his feet.



This guy is serious!


Luckily nothing major but his knee and ankle got damaged, so hopefully he will be fine again quickly.

More stories and snapshots are coming soon...
Cariboo country is callin'!

Have a good one!

Montag, 6. August 2012

Kasperletheater 2.0

Der letzte Eintrag leitet noch das erste Jugendcamp ein, doch dieses Upgrade im Blog lässt erkennen, dass bereits das zweite Camp überstanden ist! Es gibt nicht allzu viel zu ezählen, dafür das ein oder andere Bildchen auf die Augen!
Nach einer Woche Radfahren, Klettern im Hochseilgarten sowie Donuts drehen mit dem Kart, nahm ich das Angebot meiner Kumpels an, ein paar Tage in den Niederlande zu entspannen. Entspannen? Gartenarbeit und Hauspflege trifft es wohl eher...
Anbei die Shots!

Nicht nur nachts, auch tagsüber machten die Kids mächtig Radau. Hier beim Anfeuern der Downhiller.
Sehr gut!


 Jeder wie er mag, doch telefoniert man so wirklich entspannt?


Slacken, slacken, slacken.


Trinkfreund.



In Winterberg trifft Berlin auf Köln!



Auf die Pizza warten...Hmm!



Korken und Stein, Gott erhalts!


"Was wollen wir trinken?"


Wetter zum Wohlfühlen.


Lap after Lap. Fabian hatte immer Bock.


Hardtailklasse...



...Fullyklasse. Das Four-Cross-Race hat diesmal richtig gebockt. Yeah!


2x neu Bitte. Oder muss das so aussehen?


Snapshot vom Snapshot?


Eine Woche herrscht nun Ruhe in Winterberg! Bis demnächst.


Grüße aus Holland!


Einen Grillplatz und zwei frisch umgepflanzte Hortensien haben unsere Jungs schon mal!
Auf das der Regen sich verziehen mag, wir später den Grill anwerfen und das Bier im Garten trinken können. Prost!