North Shore Ripper - MEC BikeFest June 8 - 10, 2012

May 23, 2012 at 16:00
May 23, 2012
by Lee Lau
 
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The Revenge of the Ripper!

As in years past, the Trilogy will take place the weekend of the event with three unique courses on Mount Seymour.

- Friday (7pm): Adidas Eyewear Chainless DH

A chainless time trial down the Richard Juryn trail

Enduro SuperD picture by DAVE MACKIE

Ewan F - Photo by Dave Mackie - Neds Atomic Dustbin



- Saturday (10am): Specialized Euro Enduro

3 timed descents with individually outlined times to reach each trailhead. The ‘race’ is the combined time of the three descents.

NSRipper

JakeS - Photo by Lee Lau - Bottletop trail



- Sunday (10am): Trek Slash Super D

A classic to the Ripper, this will follow time trial format starting at the TNT trailhead and finishing in the Blair Range. Race each event individually, or all three events on the same bike to battle for Lezyne Ripper King or Ripper Queen! Sign up to volunteer for sweet swag and an incredible experience! (volunteer@northshoreripper.com) Register NOW to ride with your friends on a better Enduro course and $10 off admission!



ALL WEEKEND at the BikeFest:

- Demo rides from Giant, Trek, Norco and Specialized
- Many participating bike shops including Obsession, North Shore Bike Shop, Different Bikes, John Henry Bicycles and Steed Cycles
- Performances by the Flow Riders
- Bike maintenance clinics
- On-site mechanics
- BMX clinics
- Pump track
- Mt Seymour Lions charity BBQ
- Beer garden
- MuddBunnies Bike wash
- Art Show with local and world-reknowned photographers

and much much more. Note that admission to the BikeFest portion is FREE!

Enduro SuperD

Pump track - picture by Lee Lau


Enduro SuperD

Kids race - picture by Lee Lau


We look forward to seeing you there at Interriver Bike Park in North Vancouver!

Sponsors:
The Ripper would like to thank (for more details on sponsors):

-Obsession: Bikes
-Specialized Bikes (for the 11th year!),
-Trek Bikes,
-Lezyne,
-Ryders Eyewear,
-Silver Star Resort,
-Whistler Mountain Bike Park,
-Race Face,
-Codesports,
-Adidas Eyeware
... our awesome volunteers, photographers, and many others!
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36 Comments

  • + 13
flag trozei (May 23, 2012 at 16:19)
 Ever ridden chainless before? It's the weirdest feeling.
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flag leelau (May 23, 2012 at 16:34)
 It's actually pretty challenging. Got to pump everything
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flag smike (May 23, 2012 at 18:23)
 Eerily quiet...
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flag nato (May 23, 2012 at 21:15)
 Most fun Dh race I have ever had too
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flag OS141121 (May 26, 2012 at 20:54)
 i love ridding chainless. i just hate it when you forget your chainless and you get on the skinny...
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flag va7kpt (May 26, 2012 at 21:30)
 i've had it happen to me twice in Whistler, it sucks
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flag Hermit185 (May 23, 2012 at 16:19)
 they mentioned something about a "beer garden" sign me up!
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flag sieneke (May 23, 2012 at 23:23)
 ALSO at Bikefest: the Big Air Bag to hit some serious air! AND guided rides AND live music AND a bike swap AND just check out the mec blog again Smile blog.mec.ca/events/mec-Bikefest/mec-bikefest-north-vancouver
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flag leelau (May 23, 2012 at 23:27)
 Yeah I forgot to mention that the Camp of Champions big air bag will be there
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flag leelau (May 24, 2012 at 9:55)
 DId I mention the Demo bikes, Air Bag and all the guided rides and other events are Free??
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flag sieneke (May 24, 2012 at 16:13)
 Wow, so much for free! In a world like this! This must be the most amazing event! I'll be there Smile
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flag OS141121 (May 26, 2012 at 21:06)
 Do you have to do the pump track? It looks way to hardcore for me I'm not a bad ace I'm only a good ace but ill do the chainless dh for sure
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flag leelau (May 26, 2012 at 21:11)
 LOL= no the pumptrack is optional
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flag OS141121 (May 26, 2012 at 21:16)
 Oh good. 2011 i went on a pump track i got so scarred that i stopped biking and played skyrim 2011 1/2 i tried the pump track again and took an arrow to the knee 2012 I'm staying off the pump track
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flag krackerjack (May 23, 2012 at 16:13)
 that pump track looks wayyy to extreme
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flag nightmareterror (May 23, 2012 at 16:36)
 Muddbunnies bike wash??? Yes please.
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flag andrewsantos (May 24, 2012 at 15:16)
 Is there a DH race on Neds?
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flag Railgunner (May 24, 2012 at 15:20)
 Holy s*** kid, BREATHE for a second and just READ man READ you can do it!!! Top of page bro! Holy s***!!!?
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flag leelau (May 24, 2012 at 15:22)
 Unfortunately not - landowner got spooked and nixed the race
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flag andrewsantos (May 25, 2012 at 23:14)
 Thanks, and yeah Railgunner it doesn't say there will not be a DH race. So why would reading help?
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flag AngelWho (May 24, 2012 at 20:04)
 Done chain-less and loved it till the trail pointed up.
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flag Gabe352 (Jun 12, 2012 at 11:19)
 anyone post pics of the airbag?
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flag BenPinsIt (May 23, 2012 at 23:22)
 This looks incredibly fun
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flag slajax (May 23, 2012 at 17:11)
 This is literally my back yard. Gonna party!
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flag superttrinier (May 23, 2012 at 22:33)
 What trail is the chainless race on?
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flag leelau (May 23, 2012 at 22:35)
 It's the Richard Juryn trail - going N to S. I should do a time on it one day just to see how it'll do
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flag OS141121 (May 23, 2012 at 16:15)
 im 14 can i do the normal race?
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flag leelau (May 23, 2012 at 17:18)
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flag OS141121 (May 26, 2012 at 20:51)
 do i need a licence
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flag leelau (May 26, 2012 at 21:53)
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flag skippy888 (May 23, 2012 at 17:15)
 I love chainless.
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flag Arin (May 23, 2012 at 16:19)
 The first one have to be POD!
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flag highrider005 (May 24, 2012 at 10:52)
 hahahaha Big Grin
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