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Destination : Vancouver Island

Last October brought a longing to ride new terrain, see new places and make excuses for a road trip. Driving the 6 hours from Whistler to Sombrio inside a fierce storm, it suddenly dawned that this may not be the 'best' time to go beach camping. In hind-sight, the weather made for an incredible trip, bringing 4 friends together around a campfire sharing the warming delights of mulled wine.

32 Comments

lalena (Jul 30, 2013 at 7:21)

That was fantastic! Videos of people adventures are always my favourite.

silasboon (Aug 12, 2013 at 20:57)

especially when they adventure in your home town area

dropsomelines (Sep 14, 2013 at 9:43)

Honestly. There are dozens of bike-videos. There Films which put you in a good mood. Others which are quite inspiring and at least movies which pushes you to go out and ride your bike. For me "Destination: Vancouver Island" belongs to all of them. Thanks for sharing this great movie! Greetings from Munich.

MingMtnMedia (Jul 3, 2013 at 22:42)

Its nice to see Sooke in there

mike-gamble (Jul 4, 2013 at 8:42)

Can't wait to go back with my bike.

OlSkoolJake (Jul 30, 2013 at 9:01)

Born and raised V.Islander and can testify first hand. Vancouver Island sucks! Tell your friends

Quesadilla34 (Jul 30, 2013 at 0:12)

Those were amazing shots

dau-corporate (Jul 4, 2013 at 4:42)

Cool video ! did you shot with D800 ?

mike-gamble (Jul 4, 2013 at 8:42)

Thanks. It was all shot with a D800.

VTwintips (Jul 30, 2013 at 0:21)

I think this vod got overshadowed by another movie. Too Baaaaaad.

Shredder-boy (Jul 30, 2013 at 1:37)

Chilled vibes man

dantheman (Aug 5, 2013 at 19:34)

Sombrio!! Was camping there 2 weeks ago. What an awesome experience. Excellent video!

WilsonThompson (Jul 30, 2013 at 0:12)

I honestly thought the dog was gonna eat shit on that rock face

Jorn1981 (Jul 30, 2013 at 4:05)

Seems like an awesome road trip! What's the name of the song?

krockstarr66 (Jul 30, 2013 at 5:00)

That is an acoustic version of "rows of houses" by Dan Mangan. Local vancouver musician.

Jorn1981 (Jul 30, 2013 at 5:54)

Cheers!

apcastagno (Jul 30, 2013 at 9:13)

So much better than a brand advertisment. Love the ride.

mgm1 (Jul 30, 2013 at 15:26)

Sick video, should have included some clips of people actually surfing though, rather than just siting in the lineup.

mike-gamble (Jul 30, 2013 at 19:18)

Thanks, Its a shame the surf pretty much sucked the whole time we were there. Next time!

stevestorey (Jul 30, 2013 at 19:19)

Was the plan but we didn't end up scoring any waves. This part of Vancouver Island can be extremely fickle at the best of times even with a solid swell forecasted. Few degrees out on the swell direction and it's flaaaaaaat. Hopefully next time the swell works out a bit better for us.

mgm1 (Jul 30, 2013 at 22:24)

Ah I see. Yeah, I'd love to see some Pac NW shredding haha. Enjoyed the video though, definitely has a cool vibe to it.

petrbasel (Dec 11, 2014 at 12:42)

nice vid man !!

it has really island feel

Loam9 (Jul 30, 2013 at 5:40)

Cool video, but strange how it has 1:30mins out of 3:40 with bikes in it and still got vod

apcastagno (Jul 30, 2013 at 9:14)

That's not the point. It's the adventure, the scenery, and the people that sometimes make the best rides.

Loam9 (Jul 31, 2013 at 11:36)

And the point of pinkbike is bikes?

apcastagno (Jul 31, 2013 at 16:32)

You'll understand when you turn 16.

JordanPhotography (Jul 30, 2013 at 11:39)

Never seen so much Slow mo

Murrrr (Jul 30, 2013 at 20:40)

That was awesome

Worm-Burner (Jul 30, 2013 at 1:28)

Mull up...

kubqo (Jul 30, 2013 at 12:42)

Does anybody know name of this song ?

kubqo (Jul 30, 2013 at 12:42)

Does anybody know name of this song ?

RMCaird (Jul 30, 2013 at 12:50)

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