Empress has already been poached

[fergs]

I can't believe the audacity of some people. Today the crew was working on the bridge near the end of the re-route when old-man banshee dude comes ripping down the burms on the other side of the bridge. Apparently the entrance is fenced off. Well, fenced off for most people :rolleyes: He didn't even stop to help. I don't know if he even said "thanks".

On the other side of the people spectrum - nice work today by everyone who came out to help with the bridge. Also, thanks to the volunteers (Kenji, Tammy, Franco) who were getting riders going into the corkscrew/ned's area to stop and sign up for NSMBA and fill in the questionaires.

[Zedbra]

Unbelievable! (the descripton sounds like Pip) :shhh:

Finally putting people at trailheads for NSMBA!!

[fergs]

It definitely wasn't Pip

[Zedbra]

I was kiddin with ya. How many new members signed up today?

[bunny]

100! from seymour. hopefully lots on fromme as well. it was fun harassing everyone. :) and the empress reroute is looking awesome. too bad you all left me there to work alone after i rode down. :( j/k... lots got done today. :)

[Putty]

dirty bike, niggz and i had fun clearing the new cut up to the empress entrance. it was sure nice to that rockface again...intact!

this is a really good that is happening, it sure is better than the alternatives. thanks to the nice parks folks for all their hard work and $$$. its definately appreciated, even if some of the community does not show it.

[bunny]

oh. and thanks to the guys who were up on fromme as well today. hope you guys had a blast too. and thanks to all the guys who signed up and did the survey for us. it really helps.

[IFO]

hey bunny was that u doing the NSMBA sign up at the Mushroom lot???

if it was u i cant belive u didnt recognize me...

i was with the big crew and a couple of Haawiian guys...

[theoriginalhardcore]

100 new membors thats sweet

[bunny]

Originally posted by IFO
hey bunny was that u doing the NSMBA sign up at the Mushroom lot???

if it was u i cant belive u didnt recognize me...

i was with the big crew and a couple of Haawiian guys...

wtf? some people are crazy. :P how would i recognize you when i have never met you? silly. yes that was me. crazy girl riding in flip flops.

100 new memberships is awesome. anyone want to volunteer to sign people up another day? huge trail karma. :)

[ATN]

Originally posted by theoriginalhardcore
100 new membors thats sweet

Are you a member yet?

[wilkez]

is the bridge done yet?

[bunny]

the beams are all done, the cage thingamadoos are all filled in... just need to put on the decking tomorrow. are you coming? i wish i could have been where you were today. :P

[Monster Mike]

Was the old guy Jason Muscroft?

[wilkez]

Originally posted by bunny
the beams are all done, the cage thingamadoos are all filled in... just need to put on the decking tomorrow. are you coming? i wish i could have been where you were today. :P


today i was at real work making money. i think my 3 days in a row was enough. and tomorrow its roller coaster finishing day, so no tomorrow either.

[dirty-bike]

yeah putty, niggz, and I cleaned up a fair bit of trail today... what a relief to see the rockfaces on the original trail have been saved :) Sad to see the rest of the trail go out into a big clearing for a subdivision though :(

fergs: hypothetical question... say I was going to be riding seymour tomorrow and I wanted to show some peeps the trail and the work putty/niggz/me did...you think it's kosher or not (hypothetical remember ;) )

[freerider guy]

Originally posted by bunny
100 new memberships is awesome. anyone want to volunteer to sign people up another day? huge trail karma. :)

Thats awsome!! but I have to admit that I'm not a member cause of lack of money (seriousily had not had more than $15 bucks on me since early June). I have finally managed to get a $20 and was wondering where u plan to be tomorrow (sunday) and on wednesday. I know that forsure I will be up grouse on the 4x course. Mabe you should come and harass people there and try to get time to join!! I'll be u there those days (any probly more) with a $20 bill with NSMBA's name on it. Also if I sign up now will my membership last a full year? or till th end of December? thanks

[sanrensho]

Bunny/Fergs: Has anyone heard back from the Fromme volunteers? Any idea how many names they took down?

[Cheese]

Hey fergs, dont forget to mention the guys on fromme getting people to sign up for nsmba liek moi :) we got a total of 102 guys to write down their information. Pretty successful day. :D

[IFO]

Originally posted by bunny
wtf? some people are crazy. :P how would i recognize you when i have never met you? silly. yes that was me. crazy girl riding in flip flops.

:)

BOOOOOO... how many riders u see on the Shore with a Goat as long as mine....

im dam near famous....:D

no worries we'll meet in person soon...

next time i promise i wont be wearing my FF...:cool:

[Millstone]

Originally posted by theoriginalhardcore
100 new membors thats sweet

Does this shit ever end? ^^^


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Anyway... there's a whole new crowd of riders out there these days. And that crowd is getting bigger. I'm not going to go in to the details but everyone here knows what kind of people I'm talking about.

[fergs]

Originally posted by dirty-bike

fergs: hypothetical question... say I was going to be riding seymour tomorrow and I wanted to show some peeps the trail and the work putty/niggz/me did...you think it's kosher or not (hypothetical remember ;) )

Sure, I don't think anyone would mind if you were to walk in from the exit :)

[fergs]

Originally posted by phlegm
Does this shit ever end?



Anyway... there's a whole new crowd of riders out there these days. And that crowd is getting bigger. I'm not going to go in to the details but everyone here knows what kind of people I'm talking about.


I don't have a clue what you're talking about for either comment.:???:

[Keefer]

Whoa, over 200+ new members?! What were you doing, offering them a free beer if they signed up or something? I figured most people that ride knew about the NSMBA and made a choice not to take the effort to join.

Nice work guys! Crazy.

[bunny]

Originally posted by Keefer
Whoa, over 200+ new members?! What were you doing, offering them a free beer if they signed up or something? I figured most people that ride knew about the NSMBA and made a choice not to take the effort to join.

Nice work guys! Crazy.

haha. not free beer...free sex. i was pimping out kenji and franco don't you know? :P

it was great. i am so amazed at how few people know about nsmba, and how many people get it confused with nsmb. so it's cool if we can make more people aware.

and phlegm... i don't think anyone has any idea what you are talking about.

[Cheese]

Hey bunny, I dont think we got 200 new MEMBERS. We got 200 people to sign up with their names emails and addresses, on fromme. I'm still a bit confused about what thats used for, is Sharon going to enter the emails and other information into her data base and then forward them all information to sign up?

[ATN]

Originally posted by phlegm
Anyway... there's a whole new crowd of riders out there these days. And that crowd is getting bigger. I'm not going to go in to the details but everyone here knows what kind of people I'm talking about.

I'm not sure if I want to play your game here.....

[Sharon]

Thanks to all the empress volunteers and membership sign up volunteers!

Don't forget to thank Scott, Dylan and Robb from BC Parks!

We want names and info to beef up our numbers so we have a stronger voice. If people want to donate that's great!

Thanks again!

And to the Empress Poachers, you are thankless.

[Cheese]

Hey sharon, so, you dont have to pay anything to sign up and become a member?

[Alexey]

lol kinda funny from my POV... we dont even have trails to be fixing up/repairing/maintaining


actually its sad :(

[Sharon]

The only people who have to pay are those who participate in Twoonie races. This is for insurance purposes.

Donations are appreciated :D

[Cheese]

Originally posted by Sharon
The only people who have to pay are those who participate in Twoonie races. This is for insurance purposes.

Donations are appreciated :D


I donated 20 bucks then :D To bad I cant do any toonie races though, or, wait, when is the next one and what are they like?

[dirty deeds]

Hey... the bridge is done.

We nailed down the deck and put the railings on today (Sunday).

Yesterday (Saturday) was a bigger turnout which was good since we needed the manpower to lift the stringers into place and attach them.

Props to BC Parks, who supplied the material. The stringers alone were almost $300 apiece times 4 plus all the other lumber and materials your looking at a $5,000 bridge at least.

Scott (the architect) and Rob (the finish chainsaw carpenter) both from BC Parks - massive thanks for all your time and effort.

We heard stories about Lee Lau carrying in 36 buckets of concrete on Friday to set the center foundation for the bridge.

Basically it took us 2 full days, Sat & Sun to build the bridge... not bad for a bunch of half assed mountain bikers.

And great news about signing up 200 new members on Saturday.

[wilkez]

2 days? what about the 3 days before that we made your gabian boxes...now that was hard ass work

[Sharon]

Originally posted by Cheese
I donated 20 bucks then :D To bad I cant do any toonie races though, or, wait, when is the next one and what are they like?

This thursday, 7th Secret Relay!

thanks for the donation!

Lee was by himself last Tuesday putting in that foundation!

Spending a few days with Manual Labour (spoken with a latin accent) is tiring!

Aug 10th we're going to have a trail day to finish 'er up.

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by wilkez
2 days? what about the 3 days before that we made your gabian boxes...now that was hard ass work

Absolutely, those guys who hauled stuff in there and laid those gabes down on Thursday and Friday, fantastic effort. Sorry, I didn't mean to underplay the ground work you guys did. It was unreal and made it very smooth once the actual bridge framing got going.

Props to all involved.. hey are you the Tyler who was there helping out today?

There's a lot of work yet to do to finish the trail, so let's look for big numbers when the trail day happens.

[Sharon]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Absolutely, those guys who hauled stuff in there and laid those gabes down on Thursday and Friday, fantastic effort. Sorry, I didn't mean to underplay the ground work you guys did. It was unreal and made it very smooth once the actual bridge framing got going.

Props to all involved.. hey are you the Tyler who was there helping out today?

There's a lot of work yet to do to finish the trail, so let's look for big numbers when the trail day happens.

those GUYS???? Excuse me?

I know my arms might be bigger then Lee's but...

[wilkez]

Originally posted by Sharon
those GUYS???? Excuse me?

I know my arms might be bigger then Lee's but...


his stomache is bigger tho

and yes i was tyler helping out today...but i didnt really do much. oh well...

[Cheese]

Originally posted by Sharon
those GUYS???? Excuse me?

I know my arms might be bigger then Lee's but...


Its okay Sharon. :friend: Your one-ov-tha guys :)

[parksvilleguy]

thats awesome, i should sign up, but if i do i'd rather make more of my contribution by helping out on trail days

[sanrensho]

Originally posted by Cheese
I donated 20 bucks then :D To bad I cant do any toonie races though, or, wait, when is the next one and what are they like?

You would like the toonie races. The XC'ers might pass you on the uphills, but you will be passing a ton of people on the downhills. Seriously fun.:D

[sanrensho]

Originally posted by parksvilleguy
thats awesome, i should sign up, but if i do i'd rather make more of my contribution by helping out on trail days

You can do both. Your $20 donation mostly goes to materials and tools for trail maintenance.

I am completely amazed at folks like Tyler (wilkez) and so many others who don't even live on the Shore but donate time and effort to the NSMBA. And then there are the legions of riders who live on the Shore but donate neither time nor money to maintaining the trails...

[Putty]

hey dd, were you there on Sat? i was the guy with the long hair and the goatee....

[Neo]

Originally posted by fergs
I can't believe the audacity of some people. Today the crew was working on the bridge near the end of the re-route when old-man banshee dude comes ripping down the burms on the other side of the bridge. Apparently the entrance is fenced off. Well, fenced off for most people :rolleyes: He didn't even stop to help. I don't know if he even said "thanks".

On the other side of the people spectrum - nice work today by everyone who came out to help with the bridge. Also, thanks to the volunteers (Kenji, Tammy, Franco) who were getting riders going into the corkscrew/ned's area to stop and sign up for NSMBA and fill in the questionaires.

i would have clotheslined him with a shovel as he rode by. :mad:

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by putty
hey dd, were you there on Sat? i was the guy with the long hair and the goatee....

Right. So that was you with 2 other guys who arrived around the same time as me and Dean (9.30'ish) on Saturday, and you guys worked on grooming the trail up near the subdivision??

I have the Australian accent - Pete...

We went back all day again Sunday and finished her off.. was only a few guys and a lady (to be politacally correct) (Tammy.. she can wield a hammer with the boys anytime - thanks) there yesterday.

Have you seen the finished product yet?? - looks pretty amazing.

Hey, and Tyler and his friend Nigel who I met on Saturday, you guys are awesome coming all the way in from Surrey and elsewhere every day of the project to help out. The trail Gods will be smiling over you guys until you're older than me - which means you've got at least 30 years karma up your sleeves... thanks guys.

[LeeLau]

Originally posted by fergs
I can't believe the audacity of some people. Today the crew was working on the bridge near the end of the re-route when old-man banshee dude comes ripping down the burms on the other side of the bridge. Apparently the entrance is fenced off. Well, fenced off for most people :rolleyes: He didn't even stop to help. I don't know if he even said "thanks".


When did Dave Watson start riding Banshees?

[Putty]

yeah that's right. small world. Tyler wasn't there on sat tho...only niggz. i may go up and do some more cleaning tonight up there...and poach it a couple of times...what fence?:D ;) :P

[freerider guy]

Originally posted by LeeLau
When did Dave Watson start riding Banshees? \

Dude thats like a kick in the groin, or kicking somebody while they are down. Not fair but they might just deserve it. (sorry dave props for going for it but by the sounds of it not many peeps suported u)

[bunny]

Originally posted by dirty deeds

I have the Australian accent - Pete...

We went back all day again Sunday and finished her off.. was only a few guys and a lady (to be politacally correct) (Tammy.. she can wield a hammer with the boys anytime - thanks) there yesterday.

Have you seen the finished product yet?? - looks pretty amazing.

Hey, and Tyler and his friend Nigel who I met on Saturday, you guys are awesome coming all the way in from Surrey and elsewhere every day of the project to help out. The trail Gods will be smiling over you guys until you're older than me - which means you've got at least 30 years karma up your sleeves... thanks guys. [/B]

silly... please don't be politically correct. :) my arms still hurt from carrying those beams down.

hope the pizza was good... i couldn't let a day up there go by without some cheesy doughy (and hopefully left sitting for a few hours) goodness for lunch.

and huge thanks to dillan, robb and scott. you guys are the greatest. but can i give the poaching lecture next time please?

:)

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by putty
yeah that's right. small world. Tyler wasn't there on sat tho...only niggz. i may go up and do some more cleaning tonight up there...and poach it a couple of times...what fence?:D ;) :P

Talking poachers - Banshee Boy on Saturday was nothing.

On Sunday Tammy walked up and made sure the trail was cordoned off and the no riding sign up. There was only 4 of us there and we were hammering down the deck - driving 6" spikes into 4 by. There were spare hammers.

Two guys on fullys come barreling down with a dog running free. Rob (BC Parks) confronted them about skipping the sign and running an unleashed dog in the Park. They tell us there was no sign up and basically told him to F-off about the dog.

I ask them if they want to help nailing down some boards. The one guy just scoffed at me and told me they work on Fromme and haven't got time to help. I asked him which trail - Granny's he says. Any one ridden down Granny's lately and seen the state of it??

So off they ride - pricks.

We went back up to check and the trail was still taped off with the sign.

[Putty]

how is the general population supposed to stomach these fucks, when we even can't...and we share the passion for riding.

[LeeLau]

What kind of fullys? If they're doing work on Grannys then its pretty hard to tell. Grannys needs very little work as it stands.

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Two guys on fullys come barreling down with a dog running free. Rob (BC Parks) confronted them about skipping the sign and running an unleashed dog in the Park. They tell us there was no sign up and basically told him to F-off about the dog.

I ask them if they want to help nailing down some boards. The one guy just scoffed at me and told me they work on Fromme and haven't got time to help. I asked him which trail - Granny's he says. Any one ridden down Granny's lately and seen the state of it??

[freerider guy]

I feel dirty now. I'm sooo sorry I didn't come out!!! I have never poached and am currenty attemping to sign up into the fine organization of NSMBA and will try to get out to the next trail day!!!

[Putty]

i feel dirty tooo

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by LeeLau
What kind of fullys? If they're doing work on Grannys then its pretty hard to tell. Grannys needs very little work as it stands.

I didn't take note of their bikes Lee, but I don't think it would have hurt them to put their bikes down for half an hour and bang in some nails to spell off the guys who'd already been pounding for over an hour.

I rode down Granny's maybe a month ago and I didn't see any sign of any new work on it then. Maybe they have, I don't know... it's just when you're toiling away there for your whole weekend and 2 guys ride by like that with no offer to help, it's pretty easy to get a little bitter I guess.

Hey bottom line is I had a ton of fun helping to build the bridge and I think everyone else did also, so appologies for sounding a little bitter.

Hey Lee, I'll see you at Upper Lynn on Thursday night?? Will Fergs be there? - good opportunity to talk about getting this corporate sponsorship thing rolling.

[LeeLau]

I'll be there on Thursday night. I was waiting for the other guy who's been dealing with this to get back from vacation on Wednesday so can compare notes then.

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Hey Lee, I'll see you at Upper Lynn on Thursday night?? Will Fergs be there? - good opportunity to talk about getting this corporate sponsorship thing rolling.

[Sharon]

I was just at the bridge with Scott and Rob and a guy on an 8-ball came blasting down.

"duh, no I didn't see no sign, wats wit da ribbon over da bridge? "

You gotta wonder why people have to be cowards and deny going by a closed sign instead of just admitting you were caught and yes you are an idiot.

We're planning another day this Friday, July 25th!

We'll have an official opening on Sunday, Aug 10th.

The more we get done before then, the better off the trail will be when its open!

9:30 until 3 or so.

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by Sharon

We're planning another day this Friday, July 25th!

We'll have an official opening on Sunday, Aug 10th.

The more we get done before then, the better off the trail will be when its open!

9:30 until 3 or so.

Do you know if BC Parks going to lay that crushed rock all the way up or is NSMBA going to have to make a dirt trail?

I asked Scott but he didn't seem to know too much about that.

[Putty]

i was under the impression they ran out of funds for rock all the way up....it would be better dirt (gold) IMO

[sanrensho]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Talking poachers - Banshee Boy on Saturday was nothing.


I think you've got it wrong. I don't think his name is Banshee Boy, it's more like "Ten Percent."

Wait, I could have heard it wrong, his name might actually be "Tenth Percentile.":D

[sanrensho]

Originally posted by putty
i was under the impression they ran out of funds for rock all the way up....it would be better dirt (gold) IMO

Affirmative. Insufficient funds to gravel the whole thing according to Scott.

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by putty
i was under the impression they ran out of funds for rock all the way up....it would be better dirt (gold) IMO

Totally.... but I would think an Aug 10 timeline to have it finished by digging and packing gold dust is way too tight. There'd have to be a crew in there working pretty solidly for the next couple of weeks to pull that off (IMO).

[bunny]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Totally.... but I would think an Aug 10 timeline to have it finished by digging and packing gold dust is way too tight. There'd have to be a crew in there working pretty solidly for the next couple of weeks to pull that off (IMO).

haha. but didn't you know the gold dust fairies are going to be busy working away? and they work at night, so they won't get in the way of the poachers (i think it would be annoying to have to keep riding around us fools that are so rude as to build during the day). :P

[Sharon]

Originally posted by dirty deeds
Totally.... but I would think an Aug 10 timeline to have it finished by digging and packing gold dust is way too tight. There'd have to be a crew in there working pretty solidly for the next couple of weeks to pull that off (IMO).

If we go in a couple of more times with 10 or so dedicated people, and have a big trail day on Aug 10th with more people then it should be pretty good to go.

We'll see how it wears and we may have to have some more fix up days.

I don't think we'll be gravelling the trail at this point in time. If we get a sufficient crown on top, and rock the areas that are prone to wear, we'll see how that stands up.

They were really impressed with the guys who were working higher on the trail on Saturday above the bridge.

We need a different name for the connecting trail between Empress and Old Buck.

Something Parkish. I'd like something with 'Back' in it since that's Scott's last name.

'Off Empress' Back'

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by Sharon
We need a different name for the connecting trail between Empress and Old Buck.

Something Parkish. I'd like something with 'Back' in it since that's Scott's last name.

'Off Empress' Back'

Back-Breaker

[Putty]

actually, most of the trail is already pretty much gold, scott said the bobcat operator threw most of the organic soil away, when dirty bike, niggz and i were cleaning and packing it, it looked quite good quality. i don't think we would have to bring much more dirt in IMO.

[dirty deeds]

Originally posted by putty
actually, most of the trail is already pretty much gold, scott said the bobcat operator threw most of the organic soil away, when dirty bike, niggz and i were cleaning and packing it, it looked quite good quality. i don't think we would have to bring much more dirt in IMO.

Sweet... just need a hose and a heavy roller and we'll call it a trail.

[Putty]

i've been praying for rain...and am willing to roll down trail over and overagain, as long as someone buys the beer to get me rolling and gives me a push here and there;)

[Cheese]

We should make some berms on the trail make it like a line :eek:


Are hikers going to use it? :|

[bunny]

There are berms. :) It will be a hiking trail too. And I am into rolling down the hill too. And I am so huge I can probably flatten as much dirt as about 10 putties. :lol:

[Putty]

danny, guess what...there already are berms on the trail...more like b line tho...

i heard they were allowed to use, but i would not recomend it. hell, i say keep the climbers on old buck as well.

[Putty]

Originally posted by bunny
There are berms. :) It will be a hiking trail too. And I am into rolling down the hill too. And I am so huge I can probably flatten as much dirt as about 10 putties. :lol:

ich bin nicht pinner.

i've seen you, you're pretty far from huge. but i do hear that you serve some rather large pancakes.