Official Trailer for Dirt Relations: The Story of British Columbia's Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program

The BC Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program (IYMBP) has announced the world premiere and release of a new documentary film, Dirt Relations: The Story of the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program, on opening night of the 2024 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Friday, February 23 at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver. The film will also be available through VIMFF online from February 23 to March 10. You can get tickets at vimff.org.

Dirt Relations tells the story of three men: Patrick Lucas, an 8th generation Canadian from Courtney, BC, Thomas Schoen, a first generation Canadian, and Tom Eustache, a Secwepemc man and member of the Simpcw First Nation. Their unlikely friendship led them to create the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program, and ultimately find themselves recognized as leaders in fostering meaningful reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.










The Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program is a non-profit that assists First Nations in western Canada to develop world class multi-purpose nature trails that promote outdoor recreation and healthy living. Over the past decade the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program has worked with dozens of Nations, trained hundreds of youth to build trails, and engage in the sport of mountain biking, and built more than 100 kilometres of trails.

Dirt Relations is a Stirl and Rae Media Haus film directed by Matt Clark, written by Patrick Lucas, and produced by Matt Clark, Patrick Lucas and Thomas Schoen. The film was sponsored and supported by 7mesh Apparel, Norco Bicycles, Mountain Biking BC, and Fox Trail Trust.

Learn more at iymbp.ca/dirt-relations