Cam gettin loose

Here's a little video i edited from last Sunday on various trails on Cypress mountain. Had a great time the bikes feel so good on the rooty loamy trails. Ben shuttled Aaron, Trevor and I all day. We managed to get 5 or 6 laps in and each of us had a few crashes. Really great ride to kick off the fall downhill riding season for me.

Enjoy

http://vimeo.com/15972690

(download off vimeo for better quality viewing)

- Cam

Thanksgiving leftovers

DUNBAR CYCLES Thanksgiving Leftovers from George Porteous on Vimeo.

Here is a video I edited with some footage i had on my computer from the season. footage isnt the best but I think it is a worthy watch.

enjoy

Ben P

Mitchell For the WIN!!!

Ringle Dangle the phone goes.

"Drew! Slalom! grass hill by the water 11 you in", heck ya im in.

After the long day of all mountain shredding yesterday, the sun came out this morning and decided to let a bunch of us have some fun on the side of an old grass hill. Old school slalom was the name of the game. One of the boys picked up a bunch of flags from home depot for $6 (steal) set up a little course and bam slalom done! This was some of the most fun racing you could have for the cost and makes for some wicked sliding and drifts on little bikes. The awsome thing about this is when you crash nothing really happens you just sorta roll, well... some of the boys hit hard but thats how its goes. Everyone was just opening it up, no one was really using brakes which made for some awsome racing to watch. I dont think that one heat of racing went by where you weren't yelling or going OHHH YAAA!

After a few warm up runs I ended up qualifying 2nd (didnt help that I tried to go really fast and alomst did a 180 in a corner but still nothing to smerk at because everyone was pinned). Working my way threw the field I made it to the final heat and went on to take the first win in a series of slalom races here.

Wicked fun today! Drifting, Sliding, Crashing, Racing it all makes up for an amazing day with buddies and was super easy to get going.
I would suggest that everyone should get one of these tracks going.

Drew Out!

Andrew Mitchell wants you !!

Epic all Mountain ride today with the local super d race stars here in Victoria, BC.

Started out nice and slow with some sick single track all the way to the top of the hill, it was super cloudy in the parking lot but the rain held off until we reached the top of the climb. As I was climbing the flowy switch back single track on the way up, we would see a huge rock face and a few of us would attempt to be the king of the climb and get up and over the top. The conditions were super slick which made sliding down after not making it to the top a little sketchy... but good fun reminded me of trials moto riders trying to complete impossible stages.

As we got half way up the climb of course we had a mechanical. Someone's rear air shock burst! After he threw his bike of the nearest cliff, and then climbed down to retrieve it, us "engineers" discovered it to be a simple fix... but we needed a shock pump. So we sent a retrieval man to get one back at the parking lot. We arranged to meet up with him at the intersection of a crossing fire road and trail networks further on up the hill, so we pumped up the rear shock as much as we could with a tire pump and kept given'er.

FEW! this allowed me to back of the pace a little and save some energy to kick these guys asses down the the decent at the top!

The trail was just on the edge of hero traction today which made climbing dirt sections a breeze... (well sorta) after shredding some loamy single track about 20 mins later we met up with the retrieval crew. Even with all this going on I never saw a smile leave the packs face.

Finally we got to the top, only to loose a soldier (the dog). After some ear screeching whistles the mangy mutt showed up, haha! And we're off! I instantly attack the trail as others follow. I can hear them behind me which only makes me want to pedal harder out of every corner and let go of the brakes more and more.

We stop for a quick break only for one of us to hop in front of me in the of chance of crushing my recovery and slowing me down on the trail.

(It seems every time im out riding with this crew it's more of a mind game when your going reallly hard and pushing the limits of the trail and your fitness but thats what makes it fun is pushing those limits)

After making it down to the bottom of the hill, I thought we were going to be taking the easy road back, WRONG! Right back up another fricking huge climb. I laughed to myself as I knew I didn't have much left in the tank, but being competitive means sucking it up and pushing past alot of those thresholds. So I stayed in the middle of the pack on the climb up just to play it safe. As we reached to peak I pushed harder to try and drop every one and pull a big lead. I definitely got ahead but its a bit of a downer when the rest of every one comes out and there barley breathing and I am spent.

We continue on as I have the same tactics in hand I continue to empty the reserve tank out only to hear them catching me on the uphills, in between the flowy loamy corners and steeps. After the final decent there was a rush of happiness coming from every one realizing that the conditions and the riding together was an amazing day!

We headed back to the parking as I quickly cut off the trail to go up one last little pitch to hit the best corner on the hill at the moment, everyone continued on.

I came into the corner and shredded mud and dirt every where! Best way to finish an epic day of riding, I think.

Getting back to the parking lot, I noticed everyone was soaked head to toe because it had been pouring down rain for the last hour, but we hadn't even noticed.

All together it was around a 3 hour ride of Ripping apart flat corner after flat corner and pushing my lactic threshold to a new level(great for training).

Andrew Mitchell Out!

Ben's Cali Road trip Pics

Check out Ben Porteous's Cali Road trip pics

WIndham World Cup

First world cup since I had my ankle surgery. I am super pumped to get out there and pin some sections, which I did. But im struggling to get in a full run with out crazy arm pump. Since this is my 5th race back and ive only been riding my bike for a month and a half. Its really hard watching everyone else at the top of there game at the end of the season and knowing that I am just getting back on the bike but still wanting to be up there with everyone, but I have to keep my head up and remember that this season is a warm up to get back into racing for next season. I am looking forward to getting out there and trying to get a run in with out arm pump!

Andrew Mitchell

Dean Tennant Race Report

Another win on the Sunshine Coast

I just got back home in Victoria from another first place finish at the Sunshine Coaster DH race. The course was really fun to ride and the weather was amazing the whole weekend. I’d never ridden on the Sunshine Coast before and it’s definitely a cool spot I’d like to ride again.

I arrived Friday morning at the race with teammate Andrew Mitchell after driving 2 hours and taking 2 ferries. The Dunbar crew shuttled about 4 runs that evening and I tried to figure out the course. It’s a bit flatter than most courses and isn’t the most technically challenging but it was still very fun to ride. Saturday morning I got up and walked the course to try and find where I could make up some time over the other racers. There aren’t many lines on the course but I did find some double lines to help maintain speed through flat rough sections. To win this race I would have to have a perfect run so even small lines were important. I managed to time one practice run with freelap on Saturday afternoon and pulled out a 2:50.42 which I knew was faster than last year’s winning time so I was satisfied knowing I was on pace. I figured with some stronger pedaling I could take a couple seconds off for my race run.

Raceday I was feeling anxious to get on with the race. I was one of the first pros out of the gate and when I got to the bottom I was surprised to find out I was 5 seconds up in the hotseat with a 2:50.40! My run was very much like any other practice run really, except it’s funny because I felt like I put so much more effort into that run but it was only 0.02 seconds faster haha.

Top 5 Pro Men

1. Dean Tennant 2:50.40
2. Tyler Gorz 2:52.84
3. Jamie Biluk 2:53.55
4. Dan Skogland 2:55.32
5. Tim Coleman 2:56.32

Next up is the Tremblant Canada Cup in Quebec. I hope I can carry this momentum through to that race and pull out a good result there. Cross your fingers for me!

10 second win at Port Alberni Island Cup!

I’m really stoked to pull off a win by my biggest margin yet- 10 seconds! I got up at 6:00am to drive up-island to Port Alberni for the 2nd Island Cup of the year. The whole day went smoothly, I was expecting it to pour rain the whole day but it was mostly cloudy instead. The course is the best I’ve raced so far this year; the top part is gnarly and rooty with corners and the bottom is faster with flowy berms and small jumps. That might be why I was in a really good mood the whole day; I was just having so much fun. Shuttles up to the top were fun too; it’s probably the roughest shuttle road anyone will see at a race and we’re all packed into these vans 4bying up the road!

My run was good without any big mistakes. The course is longer than most so by the bottom I was quite tired, however I still pulled off a scrub-whip off the last jump going into the finish line for the crowd which garnered some cheers. There were a lot of talented riders at this race so to win by such a big margin is one of my biggest achievements yet.

Top 5 Pro Men

1.Dean Tennant 3:59
2.Simon Garstin 4:09
3.Sky Gustin 4:10
4.Jamie Biluk 4:13
5.Connor Macleod 4:16

Thanks to the race organizers, Lee Blais and Colin Wilson for the wicked event and to my sponsors, Dunbar Cycles and Sombrio.
Cheers

Dean