The Trail's Kiss

cam@nsmb.com · 01-03-2007, 07:43 AM

Riley McIntosh takes us along.

Kissed not shredded this time.

Check it.

Viper55 · 01-03-2007, 07:59 AM

Great job Riley, nice piece of writing.

Silk · 01-03-2007, 08:48 AM

Nice article Riley, Looks like a great rooty loamy trail.

01-03-2007, 09:45 AM

Nice article - funny how a couple of successes can be brought back down to earth with a bump. But it's that elusive 'high' when you are on it that we keep on chasing.

Shame about the rubbish in this picture - http://photos.nsmb.com/showimage.php?i=11515&c=5 :O(

Jerry-Rig · 01-03-2007, 10:17 AM

nice write up Riley ! +rep

the Master Plan Dan · 01-03-2007, 05:34 PM

Agreed... I want to go ride my bike now!

Doh!

Excellent write up...

Dan

Kever · 01-03-2007, 06:36 PM

Awesome story Riley! Now the question I'm sure most of us are thinking, what trail is that!?!

cam@nsmb.com · 01-03-2007, 06:57 PM

Just so everyone is clear on this - the trail in Riley's story is in no way related to the photos of Ryan - which were shot in various places. Riley had words but no images so I just picked a few that I thought might match the mood of the story.

In fact I don't have any idea where the trail in question is. My guess would be the Kootenays but Riley gets around to some very cool places so it could be anywhere.

dirty deeds · 01-03-2007, 07:01 PM

that naked woman lying in the forest would have distracted me. I'd have crashed for sure.

the Master Plan Dan · 01-03-2007, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirty deeds

that naked woman lying in the forest would have distracted me. I'd have crashed for sure.

I hear yeah! I would have "made out" with that trail!

JD1 · 01-04-2007, 02:10 AM

I have been reading this site regularly for a few years now and this article just prompted me to reply. Great job describing the feeling of riding a whole trail end to end. It seems to me that when a ride teaches you something (anything) it is a good ride. Thank you for taking the sting out of an already too long winter's break from putting rubber to dirt.

RMFanatik · 01-05-2007, 04:23 AM

That feeling of being in the zone, achieving flow, that's what I got from your article. Thank you!! Hope to see more of your articles here.

Dean W · 01-05-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kever

Awesome story Riley! Now the question I'm sure most of us are thinking, what trail is that!?!

^^^^^
Bingo!!!!

Excellent write-up.

Where does this trail hide?

Mic · 01-06-2007, 06:09 PM

I especially like his description of "letting go of the world" during riding the bike and facing a challenge. Sweet little story, and the pics fit in excellent, cam.

RiDe · 01-07-2007, 06:57 AM

i need to start getting some pictures of my own to go along with the words. trail im talking about is in duncan on vancouver island, that ride was back in october. i was down there visiting my family for a few days. couple weeks later i was traveling around in vietnam and just sat down at this computer one night a little drunk and wrote that story, sent it to cam, forgot about it. kind of cool to see it on nsmb because other than cam's copy its saved on some random computer on the other side of the world.

more coming soon. i just gotta find another random computer to hack away on and im golden.

enjoy the winter
R

01-03-2007, 07:43 AM	#1
cam@nsmb.com administurbator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The North Shore Posts: 8,427 Rep Power: 666	The Trail's Kiss Riley McIntosh takes us along. Kissed not shredded this time. Check it.

01-03-2007, 09:45 AM	#4
mark_uk Guest Posts: n/a	nice article Nice article - funny how a couple of successes can be brought back down to earth with a bump. But it's that elusive 'high' when you are on it that we keep on chasing. Shame about the rubbish in this picture - http://photos.nsmb.com/showimage.php?i=11515&c=5 :O(

01-03-2007, 10:17 AM	#5
Jerry-Rig Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NV Posts: 3,317 Rep Power: 1903017	nice write up Riley ! +rep __________________

01-03-2007, 05:34 PM	#6
the Master Plan Dan Dude-Brah-Dude Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,556 Rep Power: 425221	Agreed... I want to go ride my bike now! Doh! Excellent write up... Dan __________________ www.steedcycles.com

01-03-2007, 07:01 PM	#9
dirty deeds done dirt cheap Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NV Posts: 1,699 Rep Power: 8618	that naked woman lying in the forest would have distracted me. I'd have crashed for sure. __________________ "Sad, but true. Oh, so true! (I couldn't have said it better myself). The newest craze in mountain biking (a sport that keeps reinventing itself --out of boredom?-- is called "Slopestyle" --doing flips on mountain bikes." -Monica Craver-

01-03-2007, 07:59 AM	#2
Viper55 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Burnaby Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	Great job Riley, nice piece of writing.

01-03-2007, 08:48 AM	#3
Silk Life is now or never Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,031 Rep Power: 643462	Nice article Riley, Looks like a great rooty loamy trail.

01-03-2007, 06:36 PM	#7
Kever steep and deep Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Vancouver BC Posts: 1,125 Rep Power: 4808709	Awesome story Riley! Now the question I'm sure most of us are thinking, what trail is that!?!

01-03-2007, 06:57 PM	#8
cam@nsmb.com administurbator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The North Shore Posts: 8,427 Rep Power: 666	Just so everyone is clear on this - the trail in Riley's story is in no way related to the photos of Ryan - which were shot in various places. Riley had words but no images so I just picked a few that I thought might match the mood of the story. In fact I don't have any idea where the trail in question is. My guess would be the Kootenays but Riley gets around to some very cool places so it could be anywhere.

01-04-2007, 02:10 AM	#11
JD1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Inspring enough to make me register as a member I have been reading this site regularly for a few years now and this article just prompted me to reply. Great job describing the feeling of riding a whole trail end to end. It seems to me that when a ride teaches you something (anything) it is a good ride. Thank you for taking the sting out of an already too long winter's break from putting rubber to dirt.

01-05-2007, 04:23 AM	#12
RMFanatik South of Sanity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: T1B-1X5 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 0	That feeling of being in the zone, achieving flow, that's what I got from your article. Thank you!! Hope to see more of your articles here.

01-06-2007, 06:09 PM	#14
Mic The Diaper Diaries Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Plantation Nation Posts: 11,164 Rep Power: 6830686	I especially like his description of "letting go of the world" during riding the bike and facing a challenge. Sweet little story, and the pics fit in excellent, cam. __________________ "You don't learn from experience. You learn from reflecting on the experience." - Kristen Ulmer

01-07-2007, 06:57 AM	#15
RiDe Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south willow Posts: 92 Rep Power: 0	i need to start getting some pictures of my own to go along with the words. trail im talking about is in duncan on vancouver island, that ride was back in october. i was down there visiting my family for a few days. couple weeks later i was traveling around in vietnam and just sat down at this computer one night a little drunk and wrote that story, sent it to cam, forgot about it. kind of cool to see it on nsmb because other than cam's copy its saved on some random computer on the other side of the world. more coming soon. i just gotta find another random computer to hack away on and im golden. enjoy the winter R

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