Ramble On

Is anyone out there????I said is anyone out there. Does anybody care??? Blog, blog, blog, blog, blog....

Anyhow, went hiking yesterday to see where the snow line was...getting better. Perhaps wan ride on the snow soon if it freezes...

There is not alot of snow at Mr. Dress-up so perhaps I will head up there this weekend to start clearing the site...

more photots

if you want to see more pictures go to www.flowriders.com and browse the gallery. We have tons of older pictures, and video there. You can also see who the main riders are as well.

OK. So there's this guy on the island I met a couple of years back building the bike park. It turns out he really likes to work with wood, and no he's not gay. In fact he's a super dialed car-painter who builds million dollar homes for a living. He also has pretty much every tool in Home depot, has absolutely no fear of chainsaws (of which he has five), and is very artistic. Oh yeah he also ripps pretty good on a bike. Anyhow, as they say (I think they say anyway), two builders are better than one. I showed him how to mill, and next thing I know he's doing it pretty much better than me. Now of course we've become good friends riding, building and of course having the occasional beer (or five). Here's some of Iian's (aka Sargent Spooner)handy work - fun for the whole family

Of course it's your's truely riding Iian's stunts here for a photo shoot I did for a Polish mag.

We'll have to get some more better pics later...did I just say "more better" - now that would be a good name for a trail, eh?

Ok. So the website has yet to be updated for 2008 and we are into 2009. So here are a few pics from this year's Bowen riding. We have 15 trails, or so (I've kind of lost count now), most of them all natural and steep, very steep. Lots of fun to be had. I'm feeling a little bit like a hermit these days because I rarely leave the island for anything other than errands, work, and the occasional family and/or friends visit. But when you consider the amount of trails I've put in here and the amount of potential projects to build on these trails - did I mention there is tons of cedar and the access is awesome. Anyhow, here is a few picturess:

This is the opening bridge of Mr. Dress-up. This trail will be my main project for 09 and will consist of the longest elevated logride/skinny/suspension bridge that I have ever built (and I've built some of the longest and biggest I'm sure). It's just a super epic area that I've contemplated in for the past five or six years. There is tons of cedar, it's totally wide open, a nice natural log ride, and it's super accessible. Hence I am compelled to build something extrodinarily massive, and of course fun to ride (if you have the necessary physical and mental skills). Of course we will be putting a nice gate at the beginning (not that I've ever seen anyone up there in the past five years). Quite appropriately the name of this openning bridge (of the trail Mr. Dress-up) is called "the Creeper".

I've never really blogged, I've perhaps flogged, and maybe even clogged so I just thought I would fire up these pictures to see what people think, if there are any in fact looking.

This Mank, manking around on the Mashugena

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