AIRprentice riders chosen

[cam@nsmb.com]

Who are the twelve?

Click here and see. (http://www.nsmb.com/team/airprentice4_06_06.php)

[Jaysin]

Grats guys!

[H.T.P.]

woo!!! good luck boys!!

[VancouverIslguy]

woo go shrew!

[jonny.zee]

Wow - it sounds like it's going to be a great show up in Whistler this weekend. I plan on being up there to ride & take in as much as I can.

Good luck to all the rippers, esp my buddy MattJ!

[seand]

from the article:

This year we plan to tackle one of the more epic trails in the Whistler Valley just to mix things up and find out what the riders are made of.


Whoa boy...dh bikes on comfy numb? Cam you are cruel! :lol:

[Straw]

from the article:


Whoa boy...dh bikes on comfy numb? Cam you are cruel! :lol:

I think they're probably going to shuttle Gargamel.

I'd like to see CN though...fitness is an important part of any riding!

Who's shrew in real life?

[DaveM]

Whoa boy...dh bikes on comfy numb? Cam you are cruel! :lol:

I think we might have a winner already then...

http://bb.nsmb.com/showpost.php?p=1230610&postcount=1

[cam@nsmb.com]

I think they're probably going to shuttle Gargamel.

I'd like to see CN though...fitness is an important part of any riding!

Shuttle? Ha!

[seand]

gargamel; of course. Didn't think of that one. I rode CN last week and uh, it was brutal :) I would love to see that on a big bike.

Anyways, back on topic! Should be a smashing good time for all!

[nouseforaname]

The demo frame looks sick! Completely different colour. Who ever wins is going to be pimping!

[Rosscofat]

GOOOOS SHREW DOGG and SNNEEELLLSON!

what colour is it?

[FIDUN]

F-BOMB! Stoked to see these guys kill it for 2 days. Stoked to see shrew tech kill the whistler scene, good luck to every1

[drunken_duncan]

Shrew reppin the island, hell yea.

[SysCo.]

kyle hansen.
i want answers.


fraser vaage is so taking this.

[locationplus]

omgs shrewwwwwwwwww i will just be the person to tell u wat to do lol,
make u do sum gnar shit no one has see u do!!!!!!GO SHROOMS

[Brad Dawg]

Are any of these people senders? I havent heard of any of these people... besides fraser!

[FIDUN]

fraser can send! Northlands, possibly the grosest drop of all time, gross

[Chump]

Aggy sends it unreal, 16, threes, tailwhips, no cans, back flips. Kids got alot. Here is your album.

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/?op=list&function=myphotos&photouserid=42619

Steve

[DaveM]

Why isn't your name in there Chump?

[Chump]

I already had my fun its school time for me....weee.

Steve

[Battlecat]

Gonna be an awesome weekend up there!!

cant wait!!

[Brad Dawg]

We Need Senders!

[FlipFantasia]

Are any of these people senders? I havent heard of any of these people... besides fraser!
matt sends it on occasion.....and he'll ride his demo up to gargamel before the rest are finished puking their guts out.....
http://photos.nsmb.com/files/2/5/2/0/2/roadhuck4.jpg

[dobie58]

John K has it in the bag

[AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI]

John K has it in the bag
Sorry there young son, all this event will be for john is exposure, he dosent ride often any more, and what style he had before he is laking now, he has never been the smoothst rider, and from what i have seen, the NSMB team is made up of riders that may not send it the hugest, but they have insane ammounts of style and push everything, sure john hucks big, but thats bout all he can look good doin, no offence to him, hees a fucking amazing rider with a big bag of tricks, none of wich are where the sport is heading. But i dont think he will be a strong contender. Mind you, im glad to see we have 2 richmond boys out there, Props to Ian and John, they both rip hard.

[GeoffG]

Go Ian and Shrew:).

[2cents]

Good luck guys.

Where is this? http://photos.nsmb.com/files/2/5/2/0/2/roadhuck4.jpg

[Spit]

I've just been sorting out rooms for you young contenders here at the Whistler staff housing- bed bugs, rodent infestation and overflowing toilets are all good to go :dizzy:

[schoenrock]

Good luck to all the rippers, esp my buddy MattJ!
ya, that mattj kid is pretty good on bike bikes.

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

no stathis? not even a contest, i'll be watching stairprentice

[SubPlop]

Justin Wyper reppin the local langley kids, yea yea!

chad

[mattj]

Thanks for all the support folks. Looking forward to an awesome weekend of riding with some amazing company. The talent pool at Whistler is gonna be sick...

John S. that is the best avatar ever!


-m

[heckler]

ya, that mattj kid is pretty good on bike bikes.


WHO IS THAT GUY IN YOUR AVY?!?!?? That's priceless!

[heckler]

Good luck guys.

Where is this? http://photos.nsmb.com/files/2/5/2/0/2/roadhuck4.jpg

Good luck guy.

Did you not read the trail directions thread? This is one that qualifies.

[FlipFantasia]

Good luck guys.

Where is this? http://photos.nsmb.com/files/2/5/2/0/2/roadhuck4.jpg
it's over that road, that goes up the hill, to that place.......

[sheffy]

Watch for Benton the kid can rip.............all kinds of tricks in his arsenal.......:007:

[BrianPark]

no stathis? not even a contest, i'll be watching stairprentice
You should compete instead.

[axx]

You should compete instead.

Is it true I will be riding the airprentice as well as the stairprentice?

[jonny.zee]

ya, that mattj kid is pretty good on bike bikes.

That joke wasn't evrn funny the 1st time. :lol:

[heckler]

That joke wasn't evrn funny the 1st time. :lol:


yeah, but his avatar sure is.

[BrianPark]

Is it true I will be riding the airprentice as well as the stairprentice?
Yes. Stairprentice is at 2pm on saturday.

[andyy]

what the hell is the airprentice

[Rida Guy]

two Kelowna riders, and a Vernon rider, as well as Graham Aggasiz from
Kamloops. Good lots of Okanaga/Interior riders in the comp.

"Is there any senders in the comp" You all seen the Interior section
at the end of Roam.

I am sure everyone in this comp is a crazy talented rider, and you never know
who is going to win, cuz folks don't always know what's going down
in other towns. It will be a good one!!!!

[C.C.]

Go Richmond riders!

I'm sure all the riders on the invite list will rip it up. It'll probably come down to the interview session.

Axx for mayor!

[M_Dub]

danny brody will win

[Shocker]

danny brody will win

ahahah you beat me to it !

[henry11106]

great to see you on the list, Matt! good luck, and have fun!

[connor]

Are any of these people senders? I havent heard of any of these people... besides fraser!

yeah Nato is also a "sender"

There's a vid of him and Schnepf training Gillard, and one of them almost eats it, but I don't remember what it was in, maybe DropIn.

http://photos.nsmb.com/files/2/6/8/9/7/bikingseason04018_edited-1.jpg

[StefB]

Congrats to all who made it!

Good to see the competition being taken outside the "comfort zone" of Whistler that some riders depend on.
This will truly seperate the mice from the men. For some, this actually might be a rude awakening.

Good call NSMB.

And for course, go MJ!!! You can doooooooo itttttt!

[DaveM]

Matt, take some bug spray and a snack. You're gonna have a long wait at the top of Gargamel for everyone else to get up there.

[connor]

Congrats to all who made it!

Good to see the competition being taken outside the "comfort zone" of Whistler that some riders depend on.
This will truly seperate the mice from the men. For some, this actually might be a rude awakening.

Good call NSMB.

And for course, go MJ!!! You can doooooooo itttttt!

yeah really, contrary to what everyone says about "3s, no foot cans, etc." If you look at everyone else on the team, that's not what they're looking for at all.

Matt, you should try to lap the kiddies wherever you go climbing..

[Straw]

I think the contenders should bring 3 bikes...

1 for the Park,
1 for riding up to Gargamel,
1 for DJing the hits by the river.

That's a big requirement.

[Midas]

word on the street bar humps and tire grabs are bonus points like skinnies in ripper races. I want to see lots!

[apeshape]

I heard that there's also the Synchro Deli option. Ride with a ham sandwich between your taint and the blessing of your forefathers and you double your points. Triple your points if you have the stomach for the bonus round.

[Luke]

shrew is on route to whislter will be there tonight and preping for aiprentice and you never know what he will do...................... but i do !

[apeshape]

Please retype that.^^

[SysCo.]

Please retype that.^^


werd

[M@M]

I think the contenders should bring 3 bikes...

1 for the Park,
1 for riding up to Gargamel,
1 for DJing the hits by the river.

That's a big requirement.
haha, mattj only needs one bike for all of those:clap:

[Dan CH]

yaaaa shreewww!!!! im in swissland right now. shreww would backflip gillard

[Mr Ripper]

GO NATO!

K-towner's 4 life :woot:

[Ashek]

goooo mattj...


any news on results? i know its two days... but still :)

[sheffy]

I know one BIG move that went down...............Benton layed out a nice back flip off that new hook jump by the road gap in the boneyard:damn:

[StuKen]

The Stairpentice was a huge success.

[Straw]

I know one BIG move that went down...............Benton layed out a nice back flip off that new hook jump by the road gap in the boneyard:damn:

It seems to me that jump was pretty much made for back flips!

More updates please!

[SubPlop]

I know one BIG move that went down...............Benton layed out a nice back flip off that new hook jump by the road gap in the boneyard:damn:

Holy crap! :damn:

chad

[Rida Guy]

I heard Graham Aggasiz can do flips as well, and a crap load of other tricks.
All those guys are awesome riders, can't wait to hear the results

[FIDUN]

aight so I just got home, last night was the drunkprentice and it was a huuuuuuge ssuccess. We got loaded pretty good, and took some nice blog photos, I had 2 come today because fraser vaage had an apperent family emergency, but onto other things, lets give Neil Meir some healing vibes as he rubshered his spleane yesterday sending this hip on D1 (photos of this coming soon) So get better Neil!!

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

stairprentence shut down by haters and garbage can supporters. apperently they are strong enough for bears but will crumble at the slightest tire tap

[Luke]

nooooooo neilll is to dope to not be riding:(
healing vibes homie

[mtbsrule]

w00t, 2 abbotsford riders

EDIT: 1 abbotsford rider..

[AllShockedUp]

stairprentence shut down by haters and garbage can supporters. apperently they are strong enough for bears but will crumble at the slightest tire tap

Trials ParkPrentice turned out way better, anyway.

[andyy]

and the brianparkprentice which went on outside merlins

[BrianPark]

and the brianparkprentice which went on outside merlins
Yeah, this was a huge success. Photos and videos to follow. Oh geez.

[AllShockedUp]

and the brianparkprentice which went on outside merlins

This was run parallel to the beingabigdoucheprentice.

[connor]

aight so I just got home, last night was the drunkprentice and it was a huuuuuuge ssuccess. We got loaded pretty good, and took some nice blog photos, I had 2 come today because fraser vaage had an apperent family emergency, but onto other things, lets give Neil Meir some healing vibes as he rubshered his spleane yesterday sending this hip on D1 (photos of this coming soon) So get better Neil!!

yikes.. I'm guessing you mean "...ruptured his spleen.." I did that when I was 16. It sucks ass, and hurts more than pretty much anything..

[dobie58]

Benton Hennig won i believe

[sheffy]

Benton Hennig won i believe


Benton Hennig from Vernon did win:woot: NICE WORK BH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rida Guy]

Benton Hennig from Vernon did win:woot: NICE WORK BH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome, the competition was crazy. So many good riders from
the Interior/Okanagan now. Benton definatly deserves it.

[DmR-DiRt]

i bet i woulda won if i was a better rider than the rest of them.

[jonny.zee]

Very entertaining to catch some of the action in the boneyard today!

Have to admit - Benton's backflips and corked backflip off the ski jump were very impressive. And he showed a lot of toughness in getting up and riding on after a couple of hard slams.

I was very suprised to see that Matt and Grant did not make the final 4. Matt gueni-pigged pretty much everything and was VERY consistent. Grant was ULTRA smooth on the SX trail - you couldn't hear sound when he dropped the road gap. I thought Jesse showed great style as well. And the kid on the white Brodie (sorry, I missed you name) had a nice bag tricks.

Sideshow was encouraging the boys to link up some combos - ie. the road gap, berm, and then dirt jump. I thought it was funny when Jesse said to him "It's pretty hard - why don't YOU try it?" :lol:

Anyway - The judges had a tough job today for sure. Congrats to Benson. Good work boys!

[axx]

Very entertaining to catch some of the action in the boneyard today!

Have to admit - Benton's backflips and corked backflip off the ski jump were very impressive. And he showed a lot of toughness in getting up and riding on after a couple of hard slams.

I was very suprised to see that Matt and Grant did not make the final 4. Matt gueni-pigged pretty much everything and was VERY consistent. Grant was ULTRA smooth on the SX trail - you couldn't hear sound when he dropped the road gap. I thought Jesse showed great style as well. And the kid on the white Brodie (sorry, I missed you name) had a nice bag tricks.

Sideshow was encouraging the boys to link up some combos - ie. the road gap, berm, and then dirt jump. I thought it was funny when Jesse said to him "It's pretty hard - why don't YOU try it?" :lol:

Anyway - The judges had a tough job today for sure. Congrats to Benson. Good work boys!

I was the one on the white brodie... but i dont remember any tricks.

[jonny.zee]

^Didn't you do a nice table off the Gyro box? Nice job today. Props!

[axx]

^Didn't you do a nice table off the Gyro box? Nice job today. Props!

haha, yea that was me.. style not tricks.

[michelin man]

who made final 4?

[slang]

he's saving the sick barhumps for photoshoots with me!!

dslang + ian axx signature barhump photography, bitches

[AnTi-TrAiL_nAzI]

who made final 4?
Ian nelson i blieve

[AllShockedUp]

I want pixx of Ian Nelson's shirt.

[Keefer]

Ian dude, congrats on making the final 4, that's crazy.

And John Kano too, props to both of you.

I hope you're not too star-struck to ride with me anymore, hahah.