Justin in tight Jeans, berms explodding, Ben being rad, and did I mention Justin in tight jeans??

Published: 2010-12-14
Author: BenP

Went for a ride with Justin today, he recently came home from Victoria for the holidays and dusted off his old Iron Horse Sunday for some dh action. We hit up the local corners for a bit and then went to the skatepark for a quick shred. To finish the day off we duck taped some lights to our heads and bikes and hit the drift track Dobie, Rob, Adam, and Kevin for some rowdy madness!

Heres a lil lyrical hot fire being spit at ya from the big Man : Cam Porteous

Published: 2010-12-10
Author: Cameron Porteous

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).

Check out the Dunbar Boys shredding some DJ's

Published: 2010-12-05
Author: BenP

UBC dirt jumps Dec. 4th from George Porteous on Vimeo.

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Schaweet Decal

Published: 2010-12-03
Author: BenP

Drew the wordsmith is about to drop some deep thoughts on you

So its snowing! I have not ridden a bike in 1 week. The only thing keeping me stoked is what's happening for the Dunbar race team next year, we are going to be unvaling this soon check back soon to find out what's happening...

Drew Spotting the 2011 Team Canada Champs Skin suit. 

If Dean Tennant were a condiment for your favorite dish, he would be a BBQ SAUCE. Sweet at first, gets better over time, than a muscle of a finish. DEAN TENNANT EVERYBODY!!

Published: 2010-11-30
Author: DeanT

Hey everybody,

Well it's been awhile since I last posted on the blog but I'll try to get it up to date with what I've been up to lately...

First I'll back things up to the first week of September: World Championships at Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec. Mt Sainte Anne has always been described as a real man's track: fast, rough and long. A true classic. I'd raced there four times before and I'd say the course and I get along well enough. We had awesome accomodations right at the bottom of the mountain and very helpful support from the DH coaches; Mike Jones and Geoff Pendrel. We had almost a week to practice before the race on Sunday.

At the start of the week the conditions were toasty: 30 degrees and the track was bone dry. Of course in Quebec it doesn't stay that way for long; the rain came and by the time Sunday arrived the course had become a blown-out mudfest. To be honest I didn't have that bad of nerves before the race. In the back of your mind you know it's the most important race of the year but you kind of just block that out. 'BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOOOP' and I rolled out of the startgate and got into a good flow. I was getting into it with my cut Wetscreams schralping (Re.drifting) the upper corners. With only about a minute left in my run on the 5 minute course I hit a patch of slick roots at a bit of an angle. At first it just started out like a cool drift and I was like 'sweet getting rowdy' but before I knew it I was over the bars and into the side taping. Worst. Feeling. Ever. My bike got wrapped up in the tape and it took me what felt like forever to get it free. The spectators watching were just yelling "PEDALLL!" It felt like a bad dream and even writing about it now I'm still not really over it. After getting my bike free I finished the race to a 56th place.

I've always been considered a consistent racer. I don't crash too often in races but sometimes when you're going for a good result you have to be on the edge and sometimes you go over that edge. So after doing 20+ DH races throughout the season it ended with a crash but I won't let a bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones. Overall it was a successful season coming away with a 3rd place at National Champs and 2nd place overall in the Canada Cups.

So that's it for the 2010 season but as they say the next race starts as soon as you've finished the last one. I've been looking forward to making the most of the winter and coming out strong next year. Stay tuned for more frequent posts by me and what training I get up to.

Cheers,

Dean

Vanier Dirt Jumps

Published: 2010-11-28
Author: Dobie

Harooo?!?!?!

A few weeks ago, when the weather was still good, George came down to the Vanier dirtjumps to snap some photos on his 7D with new flashes. Ben, Cam and I were steezing.

Check out the pics!

Till next-time my friends,

Dobie

MUSTACHES , DH BIKES, AND SNOW

MUSTACHES , DH BIKES, AND SNOW

Since my last post many things have happened.

Mr. Seb Kemp Gave me his sweet Black Market Hard Tail which I promptly used to launch myself directly onto my head dislocating a rib.

After recovering from the rib I was super anxious while awaiting my new DH bike. My buddy Cam lent me his Kawasaki 250F and we went up to Pemberton for a day of moto.

When I was a kid I used to ride a lot of moto but I was blown away with the types of trail that Cam took me on. Imagine the steepest gnarly DH trail on your bike than imagine pinning it up that hill on a moto going what felt like a million miles an hour. I was surprised how Wet roots on a moto are just as slippery as a dh bike, they laid me out more than a few times. Was rad, If I had more time on my hands I would love to get a moto again.

This Past weekend Rob an I headed over to the Island for three days of Mega serious dh riding. Not having a DH bike the last month I have been riding mainly XC. I even managed to drag Robbie boy out for a few xc rides. Anyways off to the Island with my new Evil Revolt DH bike.

Unfortunately mother nature wasnt cool with us shredding amazing trail all weekend and decided to just dump everywhere on our merry lil dh vacation. Prevost was covered in snow and it made for some pretty wild riding.

So we got snowed out which kinda sucked but we still made the best of the weekend. Hung out with drew-bar and spent our evenings lounging about the local ymca swimming pool. Unfortunately I had already shaved off my mustache. I would have looked pretty rad with my speedo and mustache. Oh well always good to have something left to strive for.

BEN AND DOBIE GETTING SO RAD THAT A NEW WORD HAD TO BE CREATED. AND THAT WORD IS "SPLAZTASTIC"

Fall Riding with Dobie

Published: 2010-11-11
Author: BenP

CAM IS NOW A XC GOD . LOOK OUT FOR HIS NEW BOOK "THE SHAMMY BUTTER INSIDE OF YOU" AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE FACES BEHIND THE BUTTER

Cross Country in Squamish

Published: 2010-11-01
Author: Cameron Porteous

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

BEN, JUSTIN, CAM, AND DOBIE, GETTING LOOSE

Team Dunbar Drift Track

Published: 2010-10-29
Author: BenP

Went over to the local hill today after some precipitation made the grass nice and slippery and Aaron, Cameron, and Justin all killed it with some fun drift action.

I wasnt able to get many shots due to sporadic downpours but here is some of the action.

Cams New Ride

Published: 2010-10-24
Author: Cameron Porteous

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

Ben Once Fought a Lion, when he pinned it and it came to time to deliver the Death Blow, he let it live. This is the Ben I know. A Season Re-Cap

2010 Has been the most fun season I have had to date. I got my riding back on track and rode some pretty awesome spots. The year started off with a sick roadtrip to California with Dobie, Graham and Jamie. Next up was racing time. I really think all my off season training regime paid off this year. I raced a couple of NW Cup races down in PA and then proceeded on to tear it up at BC Cup. This year I chose to race in the Senior men class which was hilarious. Ray Faubert, Graham Davey, and myself had a good time racing and enjoying the laid back approach to the fullest. Good times. I raced in the North Shore Smackdown DH, Aarduum, Bear Mtn, and then we were off to Panorama.

I raced in the Mad trapper DH and then the next race the following weekend. In between races we did a little road tripping around the Kootenays and Rocky Mountains which was pretty awesome. Then after that off to Whistler for Crankworx. Crankworx was pretty awesome I raced the AirDH which is my favorite race of the season and I was having so much fun doing whips I even risked it a bit and threw down a pretty awesome Nac-nac in my race run so that was all in all very thrilling for me. Next was the Canadian Open Dh which was sweet crazy course and it was kind of a chaotic practice sessions with short hours and hot shot pros flying around doing race laps. I had a good incident with some dude from Yeti flying in behind me when I was cruising the course getting a feel for things and I kinda blocked him a bit and he yelled away then proceeded to crash further down. Thats the good times of racing and we shared a laugh afterwards. Then we finished the season off with some rad times in Bromont.

Anyways thats my season and I had a lot of fun. Thanks to Rob and Dunbar Cycles for hooking me up and Len the mechanic. Then also to my parents for being awesome. Also everyone who I rode with it was sweet. I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

photo credit to George Porteous and Paul Sales