Garett Buehlers Homeland
Check out today’s VOD on PinkBike of local shredder Garett Buehler. Sweet vid with lots of action near the end from Shitaker..
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Callout for contributors
Looking for local writers, photographers, film-makers, content producers – anyone interested in joining the cause of promoting the local Kootenay mountain biking scene please let us know. Consider the site a blank canvas. Promote yourself, your events, you friends to scene, your adventures.. as long as it’s about biking, friends and good times in the [...]
Portions of Stanley-Silverking Loop Closed – Grizzly Bears
Portions of the Stanley-Silverking loop (Mountain Station Burlington Northern Trail South) and the cemetery trails over the Uphill neighbourhood in Nelson are closed after a momma grizzly bear with cub charging a couple of hikers and joggers over the weekend. Hikers and joggers weren’t hurt but the momma bear was being quite protective of the [...]
Spring is here.. well sort of..
Spring has been here for a few weeks and the riding in parts of Kootenay’s is starting to open up. Last weekend Kokanee was just packed.. it was sunny and warm and pretty much the only place to ride with most of it having a southern exposure. Snow-level all week was hovering around 1500m and [...]
Spring’s coming! Bike Swap April 16th
Spring is in the air around here.. and if your not getting in the last season powder days you might be dusting off your trusty steed or looking for a new ride for the coming season. Cue the annual Nelson Cycling Club Bike Swap – Saturday April 16th. Each year this event gets bigger and [...]
Mountain Station Trails Reopen
The Mountain Station trails have reopened this week! The Nelson Cycling Club (NCC) reports that several trails have been checked and cleared of debris. Honey, Buddha, Rez, and the lower 3/4 of Eli Sim are all open. Tiger Beef is closed due to logging slash on the bottom section. Kut Korners is open, and has [...]
Mike Kinrade’s Summer of Contour
Just saw this quick little edit on PinkBike this morning. Kinrade shows off some good times from this summer with some epic shots of some quality Kootenay riding.
For the whole post on PinkBike go here
The KootenayBike Top 3 DH Bikes for 2011
It’s that time of year that we start to think about putting away the bikes for another winter. The snowline creeps lower and lower every day, and your thinking about scraping the rust off the edges and maybe doing some stretches to prepare for the winter shredding season. That’s Fall in the Kootenays, but in [...]
End of Season Twoonie Ride and Party – Sunday
This Sunday (Oct. 31st) is the Nelson Cycling club End of Season Twoonie and End of season party. Beginning around Noon at Ed’s House (across hwy from Lakeview Furniture on your way towards Whitewater), ride up 3k double track road and ride down Waldorfian and back to Ed’s for a year end party.
Be [...]
Life Cycles Premiere – Saturday at the Capitol
The much anticipated Life Cycles film is premiering in Nelson this Saturday October 16th at the Capitol Theatre. There are two showtimes – 7:00pm and 9:00pm, and tickets are $10 a piece. Tickets are probably available around town, at the Capitol Theatre or online at the Capitols website: http://capitoltheatre.com
The buzz around this film is that [...]
