The Bicycle Cafe Presents: The River Beaver Classic - A Photo Epic

It’s been a long and lazy start to the spring season in Kamloops. The typical ‘hit the ground running’ sensation we’ve been familiar with in years past has been swapped with a much mellower preload into things. And to match that relaxed intro to the year, along came the River Beaver.

It might seem like the River Beaver Classic was a long time coming. But to the laid back locals and the out of town travellers who came to take part in the event, the inception of a multi-disciplinary festival at the Kamloops Bike Ranch was right on time. The River Beaver Classic was a wonderful way to say thanks to our community, to celebrate everything that riding in Kamloops has grown to be, and to get damn stoked for the blossoming of a brilliant season.




Dalton Anderson, from 100 Miles House with Love.

The weekend kicked off with a Friday Night jump jam.
The winds were high. The stoke was clearly higher.

The cool and Steezy Caleb Holonko.






Griffin Paulson putting down a precision 3 Whip for best trick of the night.





Big moves, and big heart. Clayton Chamberlain is always a pleasure to watch and he put on one helluva show at the River Beaver.


It was a special kind of nice to see Brandon Semenuk riding the Ranch with all the kids at the River Beaver Classic Jump Jam.

Let's turn things up a notch and drop into 'Fist Full Of Dollars' for a Saturday morning Slopestyle.






The River Beaver Slopestyle Podium with Max Langille on top of the field. These kids are top notch dudes - pushing hard at a high level - and it was an honour to host them.


Sup Dawg? You ready for a lil' Slalom?!





To do well in the dual, you've gotta' be ready to die for it.

Racing was tight. Photo-finish tight in a lot of cases.





Once the Slalom was done, Devin Knopf said a few words in memory of the berms that were blasted. Red Collar Brewing hooked up the taps and the evening began flowing toward to the Pump Track Challenge.


Koach was sweating.



Riders lined up and prepared for a full pull under the watchful eye of The Koach on the River Beaver Pump Track Challenge.








Jordan Masse is the foot out, flat out king of the party bike scene. If you don't know...

Local stokers like Brett Powermate were on their pump and grind until the light ran out. And then we all crawled into bed early to rest up for the Sunday Downhill Race.







When he isn't yelling into a microphone or beer can, Devin Knopf rides his bike faster than you do.

Lucy Schick, your Queen of the Dam at the 2017 River Beaver Classic.

...and Dalton Anderson, the King of the Dam at the 2017 River Beaver Classic.

All stoked up and sliding into the finish.

Cheryl Beattie and Henry Pejril - the behind the scenes ninjas who make it all happen.


Mic Drop ...and we out. See you when we see you!

The River Beaver Classic was a huge community effort, made possible by the hard work of a large group of committed Kamloops stokers. We want to say a very special thank you to the people who made it happen; Specialized Bicycles, Giant, Kona, Fox, Red Collar Brewing, Dakine, Oronge Board Shop, Pedalandpint.com, The KPCC, Kamloops Bike Ranch, BC Enduro Series, The Kamloops Legacy Games, our volunteers. And of course, all the rad riders who took part in the celebrations!

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