Was up till Midnight with the awesome Loc Dogs Dude and Leeroy from the Sacred Ride Bike Shop in Nelson building up my brand new Knolly Podium:
The Podium is an 8.75″ travel fully engineered spectacle of metal madness, I’m super amped to be riding a Knolly again this season. The Podium is considered to be [...]
We went on a quick little trip to Ahous Bay, near Tofino, BC. Took the opportunity for a relaxing beach camping session between jobs and before full trail building and riding season. Can’t wait to be committed full time to trails.
Eryn skinning a rabbit we caught.
Making the biggest fire possible is basically all I do [...]
Had to look long and far for cedar like this:
But we found it, 38′ across, minimal center rot.
Brought our slabber alaskan mill…………………………
And got six 8.5 foot, 38″ across by 4″ slabs out of our log.
What are we going to do with this wood? Is it even mountain bike related? Stay tuned……………..
The Rilor Wilderness Chef, Eryn Prospero, is also a full time production potter. She sells her wares all over town, at festivals, and at various galleries in Western Canada. Eryn also teaches classes at the Kootenay School of the Arts, as well as Kid’s Camps in the summer time. She has a blog of her [...]
Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISbCkD6Ntgg
Many of the featured trails are ridden on our trips! Kari Medig is a local award winning photographer, check out his site here: www.karimedigphoto.com
I finally got the chainsaw I’ve been craving to round out my quiver of saws, the Stihl 260. It’s a small saw with lots of power for it’s weight I’ll be using for hard to access bits of singletrack that require a long hike in. I fancy myself a fairly fit guy but some of [...]
Check it out here: best-adventure-trips-of-the-year-canada.html
Pretty happy to be featured as one of Outside Magazine’s 20 Best Trips, big thanks to Outside for choosing us and we’ll make sure to deliver the trail goods to our guests, mission objective Numero Uno!
Professional Photographer John Gibson, www.gibsonpictures.com, came out to Rilor Wilderness to shoot some photos of Guides Evan Schwartz and Riley McIntosh mining all the fresh soil and sharp corners to be had within a ten kilometer radius of the Lodge, here are some selects:
Evan Schwartz on another of Riley’s curvy bridges.
Riley McIntosh attempting to look [...]
Rilor Wilderness Interview Part 2
Rilor Wilderness Interview Part 1