I’m in Nelson for a week, staying in the house I grew up in.  Its a little surreal as I am with my four year old son, and my family moved into this house when I was four…I am also recovering from a mild concussion, a possibly cracked rib and som…

Just a warning, in case the title didn’t give it away – this post has very little to do with mountain biking.  Sure, I rode one of my bikes down to MusicFest each day, but that is about it.
Through the course of living my life, I have had the good…

and you don’t ride it that often.  Maybe once or twice a year.  It’s right at the edge of the map, and its easy to forget just how worth it making that climb is.  I think every riding town has one.  In Mission, BC its “Bigguns” – up…

This weekend, me and three friends got together and raced the 12 Hours of Cumberland marathon XC race.  We didn’t have any specific target for laps in mind, and had discussed prior to the race just going out for fun.  Well – the “laid back” a…

So – at the still young, but almost old age of 36, I’ve been around a little.  Believe it or not, but in my so far short time on earth I have spent 11 years in the Canadian Army, been skiing for quarter of a century and have been calling myself a…

I have to talk about beer.  I like beer.  I like to drink beer.  After a hard day of biking, there is almost nothing better than a cold one.  In fact, some of the best beers I have ever had have been after riding.
Its funny how at …

Well? Have you?  You know the type.  Everything (and I mean everything) just clicks.  You can ride faster, harder and jump bigger than you ever have before.  Well, yesterday, Saturday May 15, 2010 was one of those days.
It all sta…