Video: The Road to Provincials
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 The usual suspects. |
The week between the Silver Star BC Cup and The Western Open (Provincials) has become a bit of a road trip tradition full of bad ideas, riding, and general shenanigans. No one has ever died, but this year we narrowly escaped serious injury from flying go-kart tires, excessive amounts of sushi, falling trees and lightning strikes. We competed in the Summer Championships which are totally made-up, have nothing to do with bikes, are very official (completely unofficial) and extremely competitive. Only one could win but many would eat giant balls of wasabi for randomly assigned points. The winner had to show prowess at go-kart racing, mini golf, and bowling. Bonus points were allocated for consumption small green balls of death at all you can eat sushi and the reward came in the form of a much sought after and forever cherished plastic gold medal and the sweet satisfaction of earned bragging rights.
The rest of the trip was spent on bike park laps at Silver Star, shuttling in Revelstoke, dropping in on Mount Seven and practicing the freshly taped Western Open track at Kicking Horse. Trips like these are the epitome of the downhill racing lifestyle and are so much of the reason we all keep at it. They build character and life experience, but perhaps more importantly they create stories that can later be told over beers.
Max Berkowitz captures the soul and style of our crew in the downtime between races in this original edit.
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| Cam Porteous only races DH to improve his Go-Karting skills. |
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| Never has someone loved go-karting as much as Dean Tennant. Shake and bake! |
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| After a harrowing drive through thunder and lightening storm between Revelstoke and Golden, the weather let up slightly for our trip up Mount Seven. |
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| Cam Porteous dropping in at the top of Mount Seven. |
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| Magnus Manson contemplates his line choices post Dead Dog in Golden. |
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| Our British gypsies and travelling companions set up camp in Kicking Horse. To their credit they have neither puppies nor candy in their van. |
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| After the taping the course on Thursday, the Dunbar crew spit out some practice laps today. They tested and approved the new loam section. |
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| As title sponsor the Dunbar Cycles team is an integral part of the Silver Star, Kicking Horse and Fernie BC Cups. Most importantly the door, or rather tent flap, is always open for anyone who needs help or has questions. |
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| The brilliant mind behind the edit, Max Berkowitz. |
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| With any luck the sun will be out for practice laps tomorrow and we won't be dodging any more falling trees on this trip. |
Video by Max Berkowitz Visual // @maxberkowitzvisual
Photos and Words by Danielle Baker // @danielle.baker
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Sweet video though.
This is plastic and not hot?! You are confused or don't like girls.
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Sweet video though.