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Chocolate LogHave a silver star
28 June
Well, I quit my job, and headed out to Canada to do a whole bunch of riding and then get a job. That's the setup. So, here's some shots from Silverstar, a bike park in BC just north of Vernon. It's mostly empty because Vernon isn't really all that big, and people from Vancouver and the nearby cities and towns really can't be arsed to drive for 12 hours* to get to this little toytown-alike ski resort. They really should.
Zak, enjoying the sights and sounds of Silverstar. AKA Toytown. The sounds, incidentally, like most of Canada, seem to have missed the fact that music is still being made, it didn't actually stop in 1996.
It may look like Noddy land, but I guess the skiers like that sort of thing. They've been developing the place over the past three seasons and it's definitely going the right way. There's a range of trails, green through to double black and although we only got to ride four or so in the day, the flavour is more natural than Whistler, the obvious comparison, with the addition of more berms than flat bits. Trails like Rockstar pay homage to Whistler's godlike A-Line, whilst Flow is a giant loamy singletrack down the mountain, and World Cup is a new-skool DH track for speed freaks - complete with flat out jumps, giant berms and super tight steeps.
Some green, some brown. That's the trails at Silverstar in a nutshell.
Stepup. Looks small, but isn't. Hit it at about 40mph, or eat upslope.
It was rammed. The queues were massive.
Kickers to fade on Rockstar - how's your gravel cornering? There's a 90 degree corner and a very big pit at the bottom.
A view of Toytown from the lift.
Mountains. Lots of them. BC is a little bit vast.
Berm railing action - not us, but then we were a bit busy trying to stay alive at the 200mph this bastard sent us out at.
Of course the best way to see Silverstar is not to stay in the village itself, as it's totally dead (well, it was on Wednesday, everyone was gone by 5.30pm). No, I'd recommend staying with that nice Mr. Smoke of Bushpilotbiking fame an hour south of there in Westbank. The area is rammed with trails, and the weather's ace. I digress. There'll be more on the Okanagan valley later. * It's more like 5, although some people do drive really slowly out here and even 30 minutes to ride the Shore is seen as a bit of a drag if you live downtown. Life sucks, eh?**.
** That's Canadian/American for "Good Lord. What is the empire coming to?". Post a comment |
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Comments
your life is saracing
Posted by: vaughan at June 28, 2007 09:22 PM
You utter bastard, Ive just spent 30mins digging wipeout out the attic
Posted by: dom at June 28, 2007 09:31 PM
It was also a bit like firing a mushroom in Mario Kart.
:)
Posted by: wa at June 28, 2007 09:36 PM
:yawn: :jealous:
Posted by: Shane at June 28, 2007 11:13 PM
n n n n nice!
Posted by: kieran at June 30, 2007 01:43 PM
You seem to be enjoying yourself young sir!
:thumb:
Posted by: Whitish at June 30, 2007 04:03 PM
Have they filled in all the massive pothole found mostly on trannies and berms?
Posted by: Bubbington at July 5, 2007 05:59 PM
not that you did anything but stare at the transitions from the top of the drops and jumps eh bubba you hoser.
Posted by: prawn at July 7, 2007 08:45 AM