This scene is quite typical of eastern Vancouver Island. Lots of moss, fir trees, and ocean spray, which is the shrub in the background. On Maple Mountain, the stand out features are Arbutus and Garry Oak trees, which are actually pretty specific to southeastern Vancouver Island. The diversity of the riding areas Andreas and I both have experience riding in plays a big part in what makes mountain biking so awesome. Dre is very quick to say that he loves living on the North Shore because of the 'gnar' and the challenging terrain. I agree with him, to be honest I love living on the Island but I wouldn't mind more techy scary rock and rooty stuff. However, it is the year round riding conditions, up down and all around style trails, and multitude of riding areas on southern Vancouver Island that served Dre such an ideal training ground in the glory days of his XC racing background, and keep me riding happy as well.