The Woodlot

Rich, Derek and I thought it'd be a good idea to sample the woodlot in the dry as an alternative to the snow and rain we usually see there. I wasnt having a great day - just wasnt on it - but Derek certainly was. Armed with a new Trek Session 8 on test with him for NSMB we hauled up the huge climb to the top of Platinum...

Here's Derek starting as he meant to go on with the first gap




Rich on the first berm before the tricky hip (complete with special effect bendy trees!) - no-one made this one although it was the only one Derek didnt hit!


















Slightly less odd looking trees with Rich - these two pics are of course made up of two photos each, spliced together courtesy of Photoshop

















Some close up action of Derek


















Rich




















Derek




















Derek














This one was a little crazy - jump up over a gap, over a ladder, over another gap and onto the landing (which was completely blind at takeoff)

Nice work D-rek









Derek sussing out the final (substantial) drop which minutes later he hit as the last feature of a run of about 6 - superb!



















more ladders to get out. Well done to Derek for stepping up to virtually everything on his first run down - and on a new bike too! Crazy!










Just a quick Whis shot from the next day - the bear got a bit flustered in the middle of the bone yard - 100 metres from the lift line at the bottom. The photographer in the foreground was chased off seconds after this was taken - awww, cuddly Whistler bears!