Awakener (Oct. 16th, 2009)

Friday Oct. 16th, 2009

Met up w/ Mia, Mark (owner of Sacred Ride), and Simon (Devinci rep) for a morning lap.  We rode "middle" Highballer to Placenta Descenta to the Rise and Fry to Wake and Bake to the "old" Pulmonary to complete the old school morning according to Mark.  I followed Mia for a while and at 40 she was RIPPING!!  Good to see!!  We pedaled back to the shop a few kilometers and I got some new pedals and brake levers since my carbon ones finally got smashed.  Bill- 179$.  Who said freeriding was free?!!  Got in touch w/ Simon who was headed out to Castelgar.  He phoned up Trent Z. and I picked up Josh and we headed to Robson and up Rialto FSR 9k.  We dropped into the trail and immediately there was a 5, 10, 15, 20, then 25' wood to dirt jump line- shooters more than booters.  We checked em oot then sessioned them up proper like a few times.  There were a few sweet DH sections that were fast and flowy w/ nice berms.  In no specific order we rode the huge step-up (new) line off to the R, then there was the nice rock gap (15+') that flowed into an uphill wood roller onto a huge log-ride (elevated) section that ends up going out straight for a while, then off a nice 8'+ drop into a 15' creek gap that I onsighted.  Pretty stoked on that line!!  Nobody else tried it.  Same went for a long logride section that was kind of slick looking but was fine, I just took it rather slow.  There was then another uphill logride onto a log that had a turn then another lobber off wood onto a steep wooden landing- super rad.  We hit that a couple times.  Then there was the fateful gap transfer line that didn't go well for Josh.  He got buckwild and landed hard on his shoulder sustaining a serious AC separation.  I took him to the hospital and drove him back to his house, bought pizza and had a few beers w/ him.  I knew he was bummed but we laughed about the day and traded stories over some bomb ass Mediterranian 57 Pizza.  "Some times you summit, sometimes you plummet!!"  Awakener was by far my overall favorite trail so far this trip.  Super fun freeride line w/ some nice jumps and amazingly solid construction.  Gonna have to flow the whole trail before I split out of town!!  

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