Delicious weekend

This weekend Ben, Paul and I went to squamish to rip some trails (half nelson, cakewalk, lower angry midget) as well as session a booter overlooking one of the best scenic views I have ever seen. Finally aired out the new Devinci Wilson and it felt great.

cool whip (pic: by: George Porteous)

ripping up lower cakewalk on a beautiful sunny day (pic by: George Porteous)
On Saturday we went out to mission to ride and film the arduum downhill track on red mountain. It was a big change from the fast, smooth and flowy squamish trails but after a few minutes of riding we got into it and had a blast. Ben brought up the video camera and captured the day in high definition.


See the video after the jump because it won't embed on the home page
Big thanks to Ben for doing the filming and George for taking pictures (more pics found at George's Tumblr as well as his Picasa)

UBC dirt jumps December 7th

Took a well deserved break from studying for final exams for the winter term and went out to the newly refurbished UBC dirt jumps with Pat, Joe, and Aaron. The jumps were a bit wet but after a few minutes of touching them up before and after the session they were hittable and lots of fun.









Big thanks to Joe Sales for coming out to take pictures and to all the people involved in building and maintaining the jumps out there (Joey and others).

Snow riding

took advantage of the snowfall a couple weeks ago and ben came out and filmed. Fun experience trying to corner in the snow.

Quick Snow Ride with Cam from George Porteous on Vimeo.

-Cam

Bmx wallride

Went out this evening to do a little bmx session and ben decided to come along to snap a pic of this wallride we found.

scopin out the wall'

Two shots of it, worked out pretty well was a pretty fun session.

- Cam

Days of Wayback

waking up every morning to some disappointing dark and wet weather led to me start hunting for some sweet pictures of past summer trips. found a few pictures from a road trip down to California in 2008. These were the days that I could pull off a few tricks and had some style and really makes me want to learn these things again.

Back when I could dirt jump with some style. Location at the post office jumps in aptos, CA


signature table


cackin' it out


Big no hander on the jumps in Post canyon


Table over the hip at the end of the set


1 foot X-up over the big double


Airing it out over one of the gaps on the Kirt Vories trail in Bend, Oregon


No footed can. definitely learning this trick again next year


1 foot table over the hip. not dog legging it like ben.

- Cam

Cross Country in Squamish

I went to squamish the other weekend to meet up with Paul Sales so he could show me around some cross country trails at Mt. Garibaldi. We decided on doing Powerhouse Plunge.

Didn't know Squamish was home to incredible artists.


After a few nice hill climbs through the forest we reached the trailhead. It turns out XC can be fun which I was unsure about before.


The new trance was tons of fun on the descents but still a big change from a DH bike and took all of about 10 feet of riding before I could start having lots of fun.


Beauty weather!

Working for descents had it's rewards... or so I'm told...



Laughing at my facial expressions from pedaling uphill
was one of the rewards Paul was telling me about.


"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival"



And it was all downhill from here (in a good way)




Had a nice flip over the bars here when my front wheel clipped the outside tree.



Thanks a ton to Paul Sales for taking all of the photos and showing me these awesome trails I had a lot of fun and am definitely looking forward to the next time I can go out riding again.

- Cam

New Ride

Got a new cross country bike last week and its awsome. Working on setting it up how I like it by putting a shorter stem on and fiddling with the suspension. Here is a pic of it right when i got home fully stock. Have been ripping it up in the endownment lands for this past week and got a chance to head up to squamish to take it on some real trails.

Giant Trance X2 2011


Heres a short video from ripping it up in the endownment lands. Filmed and edited by Ben Porteous

Cam XC Woods from George Porteous on Vimeo.