Follow Me – Anthill Films (coming to a theater near you May 2010)

March 10th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Follow Me – the Teaser from Anthill Films on Vimeo.

The highly anticipated HD MTB epic by Anthill Films, “Follow Me” is coming… are you ready?

If you haven’t heard or live in a closet, Anthill Films is Made up of five members from the Collective, whom we all know and love for films like “The Collective“, “Roam” and “Seasons“. Darcy Wittenburg, Darren McCullough, Colin Jones, Jonathan Shramm and Sterling Lorence have all pulled it together to create a new company, and have their first big production due out this May. I for one am uber stoked on this film, High Def ripping and MTB lifestyle footage that we have all come to know and love. If the trailer is this good, the film should be one for the DVD collection for sure. Maybe we can call the the Collection rather than the Collective now?

Stoke = ON!
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Sooke Mountain Cycle – Birthday Party!

March 1st, 2010 by admin No comments »

Sooke Cycle Birthday PartySubmitted by Lorien Arnold of Sooke Mountain Cycle…

Howdy ya’ll!

I’d like to extend an invitation to you to come on out to Sooke and celebrate the end of year #6, (beginning of year #7).

If you’d like to come party in the bike shop, show up around 5pm or later on Saturday (March 6th 2010).  If you’d like to come out for a celebratory ride, (no better ride than a birthday ride!) then let’s meet up in the Harbourview parking lot around 10am (Sunday March 7th).  Yes, it might hurt, but nothing fights a hangover (bike shop party hangover) like a good ride!

Kindly,
Lorien

Be there…you know you want to!

Knolly on Pinkbike…”Deliverance, One week in the Oregon backwoods”

February 26th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Knolly on PinkbikeSo, every once in a while you come across something posted on another site here or there that grabs your attention. This 4 part (so far) article has it all. Rides, Bros, Camping, Shock Bikes and some excellent photography. Do yourself a favor, go check out Margus Riga’s story on the Knolly team riders Curtis Robinson  and Alan Crisp, their team manager Chris Glew, the guy running the Video Camera Ambrose Weingart, and of course the photographer Margus Riga.

Big props for the excellent work on this story, and for the video I am certain I will be linking to this article in the near future. Cant say enough about the quality of these shots too, really shows everyone what late winter riding on the West Coast of North America is all about (aka Rain and Mud). Photo Credit: Margus Riga

Enjoy.
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Like a kid at Christmas…

February 6th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Updated…

2010 Rune Frame BlackOk, have you ever been in a situation where you wanted something so bad that you could almost taste it? Ok, maybe not actually taste it, but the waiting for this thing was driving you nuts? Well, I recently ordered a shiny new Banshee Rune from Lorien out at Sooke Cycle, and it is not here yet. I say “yet” like I actually had an expectation that it was going to be here on a specific date. I had no expectation of an actual delivery date, but in my 12 year old boy-at-heart mind it would be here in like a day…and me and my new BFF would be ripping up the trails the next day!

I know I know, if you ask any of my bike friends (you all know who you are) they will say “That dude hasn’t been on a bike for like ever yo“. Ok, this is true… the reasons are many, but I can honestly say, the times they are a changing. » Read more: Like a kid at Christmas…

Sooke Tourism Video for 2010 (Warning NBR)

January 29th, 2010 by admin No comments »

Just a wee Sooke related video that people linked to in the forum today. I am stoked to be able to help support tourism on the island in any way, especially when we can show the masses just how amazing it is here! Watching a video like this makes me realize why I moved back here (I love Vancouver, but this place is amazing). Oh and just so you are aware, this is NOT a mountain biking video… sorry.

Enjoy, tell your friends SPEND MONIES!!
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Welcome to the new VIMB.com

January 24th, 2010 by admin No comments »

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Hello All,
Welcome to the “New and Improved” Vancouver Island Mountain Biking (VIMB) website. Here you will be able to find some good information on where to ride, who to ride with and what to bring to ride. My goal is to provide a portal of sorts to Mountain Bike riding on Vancouver Island with a focus on the local Victoria BC community. I am hoping to soon add a Maps page to the site, with a bunch of GREAT local riding maps. Many of these maps have been created by locals with some serious mapping and trail building skills.

I am also in the process of adding a Photo Gallery to the site, this is your place to find local trails photos and shots from around the Island and the province. Many of the VIMB.com wrecking crew are avid photographers, so check back for some quality stuff!

All/Most/Some of this is still on the drawing table, for now just the basics (online/new template/new look and feel etc…). Please check back soon for the new stuff I mentioned above, and thanks for checking out VIMB.com!

Oh and please take the time to visit the Forum and join up.


Thanks for looking, come back soon!

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For those who dont know…VIMB.com is sponsored in part by Sooke Mountain Cycle!

January 15th, 2010 by admin No comments »

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Hello Again,
Wow, 2 posts on one day. Some of you may not know this yet… but VIMB is funded in part by Lorien Arnold of Sooke Mountain Cycle. He has made a commitment to me to partner with VIMB to help keep the community forum online. This is not an overly expensive undertaking, but let me tell you, every little bit helps.

Stay tuned for more information on Sooke Mountain Cycle from the man himself, or check out the VIMB.com Forum section dedicated to Sooke Mountain Cycle!

Thanks for looking,
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