- Oh, (bleep)
(men laughing)
- Oh my god.
- Oh I had it. Let's do it again.
- Hey everyone, I'm Jason
- And I'm Tom.
- And today we are going to be doing
something incredibly stupid.
- Yeah, that's right.
We've decided it would be a great idea to try and ride
as many skinnies as we can in a day here on Mt. Fromme
on Vancouver's North shore.
Why, I'm still not entirely sure.
- That's right. You all know what a skinny is:
a narrow piece of wood that connects two sections of trail.
Usually you probably try to avoid them
when you're out on a ride.
Today, we are going to try and ride all of them.
One attempt each. No dabs. You ready?
- All right, let's get this over with (laughs).
- Skinnies, number one
(upbeat music)
- [Jason] Tom, what's your level of comfortability
with narrow pieces of wood?
- [Tom] Yeah.
Look, Jase, narrow pieces of wood should be kept
to a building site or the deck in my opinion.
I know they're a pillar of mountain bike history,
particularly where we are right now on the shore.
But yeah, the millennial in me would be pretty happy
to just cancel them out of society.
I'm not going to lie.
Jase, how are you feeling about the skinnies,
being that you're born and bred on the North shore?
It's kind of in your DNA.
- [Jason] Is it?
- [Tom] How much ice is going to be on these skinnies?
- [Jason] Can we start?
- [Cameraman] Yeah.
- [Jason] There we go.
(loud scratching)
- [Tom] (laughs) How go it?
- [Jason] Oh it's mint.
(laughs)
- [Tom] Oh this is the skinny.
- [Jason] That's a skinny. That counts.
I'm doing it.
Oh, God, one.
- [Tom] There were so many red flags.
Oh man.
- [Jason] I think it goes down here.
(laughs)
Oh, you only get one try.
- Oh, no you don't have to do it, damn. (laughs)
- [Jason] Oops (laughs).
All right. Well I'm out.
(cheering)
- Well that was a piece of cake.
Oh look, I don't wanna get too ahead of myself here.
There's a long way to go.
I feel like we go mostly uphill instead of downhill.
So yeah, one feature down.
I think I'm one point up on Jase.
So we'll keep it that way.
All right, Jase, you little beauty.
(bike screeching)
(laughing)
- [Jason] You've got options.
We'll turn right here.
Oh God. Of course there's ice at the beginning of it.
Okay. I feel like we can do this one.
Oh God. It gets worse though.
It's so high off the ground. Okay.
- I'm kind of scared to walk it.
(bike screeching)
- [Jason] Make sure the bike gets on.
- [Tom] Oh whoa. Nice.
Got him. Yes, Jase.
- [Jason] Oh, god. It's so tight.
- [Tom] Oh, dude. You had it.
- My heart rate is maxed.
Nice.
- [Tom] (laughs) You went for the standing technique.
- [Jason] You're sitting.
- [Tom] Yeah. Track her down.
Get around here.
- [Jason] Yeah, there you go. - [Tom] Ah, (bleep).
I'm not even angry. I'm just disappointed in myself.
- [Jason] That's what I said.
- Just got really scared by the big drop to the side of me.
So, you know, North shore.
We'll give it that point.
- This is the discombobulator. - Oh my god this is good.
- Dude if you get this in one try,
I will buy you like 50 beers or like a ton of candy.
- Oh why didn't you say that at the top, that's on.
Ah, no! I didn't even make it on one.
Yes.
- Oh, oh.
(laughs)
The back tire slid.
- You brought snow onto the wood.
- I went to pedal and my back tire slid out.
- Dammit.
- Oh my God.
- He's good. He's good. Oh.
- Come on. Oh my God. Oh one try.
Yeah. Yeah.
(bike screeching)
- [Tom] (cheers) (laughs) oh beauty.
I think I'm 4.2 technically.
Please round it down to four. And Jase what are you on?
- I'm on two.
I got some catching up to do.
I'll get it back.
- There'll be people out there who will just be laughing
at us saying you cowards.
- That's okay. - And I'm fine with that.
I am totally fine with that - I'm just an average guy.
I didn't claim to be some super skinny rider.
- Exactly. I'm getting more and more respect
for these narly skinny riders as we go.
- Oh yeah.
- This is really, really scary.
- I would rather get a big jump.
I'd rather ride some steep shoot any day.
- Something fun.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
It works.
- [Jason] Oh, it's a bit of a G out in the landing.
- [Tom] (laughs) how good.
Can do it. Aw, yeah.
(laughs)
- Are we at the bottom?
- We're at the bottom of trail one.
(laughs)
Thank God.
- [Tom] Again, this is like the chicken wire.
This is roof shingles,
could be used in a much better location (laughs).
- We're continuing the adventure.
We're on to Pipeline.
I've never ridden it. Tom?
- Nope. Nope. Never.
Just like the other trails we've ridden today.
Never ridden before (laughs).
- [Jason] I just feel anxious.
Okay. Hold on. We're here.
Is this one?
I'm adding it to the counter.
- [Tom] You're claiming that one.
Skinny and scary enough. Thank you.
- [Jason] Not too bad. Not too bad.
Looking right ahead.
Go down, go down, go down, go down. Oh, thank God.
- Ah, I couldn't wait for you.
- Yes, catching back up.
- I still didn't put feet down there. I'm good.
Just gotta get back up there.
Still no dabs. We're still good.
Aye. Count it. (laughs)
- [Jason] Oh, man. Tom, this isn't optional.
- [Tom] I can't let you throw it down. (laughs)
He just went front wheel, straight into the front of it.
That's so good.
- [Jason] Okay. Well Imonator, already into it.
- [Tom] I'm just going for it.
Oh, Oh yeah.
- [Jason] Oh, god. Oh God. Okay. (laughs)
What the heck? Oh God.
- So we've finally made it to the last trail of the day.
This is the classic Imonator trial.
Yeah. There's a feature just behind us here
where we're going to have a crack at.
- Yeah. That's a good, that's a good way to put it.
- I have a crack,
and we managed to claim two easy points right on entry.
So I'm happy about that.
- That's what we need.
- So I think that puts us about, I'm on 12.
You're on nine.
- Yep.
- North Vancouver skinnies are on about 109 now. Yeah
- Yeah
Slower this time.
Oh, god.
- [Tom] Get off, nine (laughs)
- Dang it.
- [Tom] Ah (laughs)
Well fortunately, it's a nice place to lie on the ground.
Even though that's my points down, I want to get another go
because I think that'd be rude not to.
- [Jason] Go, go, go. Yes. Oh, shit.
- Yes what a little beauty.
Here we go. (laughs)
- Oh.
(laughs)
This is the shore.
- This is a (indistinct).
You're trying to get your (indistinct) in the go on there.
Yes Jase.
- [Jason] Oh God.
- [Tom] Yeah. Yeah.
- [Jason] I feel okay.
- [Tom] Actually you're looking good.
Looking good.
- [Jason] Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.
(laughs) Yes. Yes.
Yes, you got it. Nice
- [Tom] How good. (laughs)
- Oh my goodness. Okay.
That wraps up one lap down from riding as many skinnies
as we could find.
- It's fair to say that shore was the winner on the day.
I've heard new found respect for the shore gods,
the trail builders
and those who have written them before us a lot better.
- Totally. We will do some practice,
and we'll come back for another round.
- Maybe I think let's just go find a blue low trail
and remember how to ride bikes again.
- Thanks for watching.
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We're going to go ride some wider stuff.
See ya.
(laughs)
- [Jason] Yes! Go go go, yes.
- [Tom] Ah! Yes! What a little beauty!