Video: Hitting the Massive Toonie Drop on Vancouver's North Shore by momo-noriaki

The first time I went to ride in Canada was in 2014. At that time Tsuji Yoshito from Rodeo Circus showed me this drop, "The Toonie Drop"!

It was a rainy day the first time I saw it. We hiked up the trail for about 5minutes and then out of nowhere there was this huge rock! When I climbed up to the top of the lip for the first time, the first thing that went through my head was it was like a big ski jump. It was huge!!

Then this May 2019, I went back to Canada again for the third time with the goal of launching and landing the Toonie Drop. I took along my Transition Patrol equipped with a Fox 36 170 and a Fox DPX2 with 160mm for the rear. From all the videos and pictures I have seen, maybe I was the first to launch and land it on a trail bike. Even DH bikes bottom out hard on this drop, so I was preparing my self for a huge impact and trusting my Patrol would do the job greatly!

My 2019 TRANSITION Patrol Carbon S-size North Kyushu Edition

The drop is HUGE! Then, in my opinion, it has 3 challenging points!

1. The transition is slightly to the left of the lip and this really made me think about how I would launch it and land without heading towards one of those big trees!

2. There is only about a 15 meter run in, so judging my speed was also a mental challenge. If I recall correctly, I got in 5 good pedal strokes.

3. Last, the run in has this huge root about 2 meters just before the lip that's 10-15cm tall which was tough because just as you roll off of that you have to pull hard to launch it greatly! I was super excited!

Last, I had to trust that the transition would create a perfect landing for me to run out smoothly!

For me the most exciting part of hitting big drops is the landing! I love the hard impact that sends vibrations through my body lifting my spirit! There is nothing that beats the feeling of when I get that hard impact and ride away smoothly! Upon landing this drop, I fully bottomed both my front and rear hitting my chin on the stem. I heard a big sound upon landing this massive 8.5 meter drop!

The locals called it the Toonie Sound! Then after landing my rear tire got wiped out a little, making me feel like I was at Rampage!

I love this memorial shot of everyone who came out to support and help me! Thank you very much, I couldn't have done this drop without everyone's help!