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Panama 2006

  • The Price
    In the spirit of adventure and having new experiences together, the Missus and I rolled the dice on some informal recomendations and an ad from the back of Surfer Magazine for a 'Private Surf Island' off the coast of Panama. Suffice to say - we had a great, diverse crew on the island, scored some of the best - and longest waves - I have ever ridden and already have the island booked for next year. This is the DL from Morro Negrito - 2006.

'Round The Hood

  • Canute 2006 - Bring It On
    So, we live at 8,040 feet. We commute via bike some 17 - odd miles and 3,200 feet of vertical down to Boulder, most days. On the other days, we are running, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, drinking beer in the meadows and ridges around the house. The natural environment is something we are immersed in every day. This album is an attempt at reflecting on and capturing some of the beauty that we are immersed in every day. After a decade and a half of this - I am just getting warmed up and feel like a tourist seeing it for the first time every day. All these photos are in the hood - in the yard. It's a hellofa yard.

Colorado Trail 2004

  • Day 8 - Kennebec Pass
    In August of 2004 an assortment of riders from Nederland, Belgium and Northern California set out to ride some 320 miles of trails across the amazing state of Colorado. This is their story.

MorningWood Moments

  • Lien to tails

Snow

  • Dheel2
    Being that we live at 8,040 feet, weather, and snow are both a huge part of life. We shovel it, ride through it, ride on it, pray for it, curse it. We love it. Whether it's burying the ramp, blowing into hug lip launches at Edlora or carrying us over a cornice in some distant part of the state - it is a huge part of our constitution.

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May 02, 2012

Trail Love - not Trail Gentrification

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Pic on the left. All good (and even THANKS to the crew of 2 that did some of this clearing). Pic next to it. Not so good. Did a convoluted 3 hour loop this am, terminating in Boulder. Went west and up, in order to go east and down. The 1,000 foot initial climb in 34 degrees was a bit painful, but long live long climbs. I offer the 2 photos above, as examples of what TO do and what NOT to do. Someone has been removing rocks and smoothing and de-technical - ing a legacy trail.This trail is technical, there are fun 'moves' where you have to wiggle and bend and watch tire placement. AND RIDE OVER ROCKS. Some hater of technical riding has been removing a lot of these little moves, and gentrifying this historical trail. Kind of sad when someone takes it upon themselves to fundamentally alter the character of a trail that I would argue belongs to all of us. A trail that has ridden a certain way for almost 20 years, but now will never ride the same again. Bummer. You can not go back. The REST of the 3 hour ride was just peaceful and lovely and quiet and amazing. The flax are out at about 7,000 feet. The Giant is still riding like a lovely monster and all is well in the kingdom, despite the short sighted vision of a few rock removers.

May 02, 2012 |

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