- [Matt] I'm having déjà vu right now.
- [Andrew] Yeah, this is like right before the heli drop.
- [Cam] Chicks, children and producers.
(laughing)
(upbeat jazz band music)
(audience cheering)
(paper crinkles)
(audience cheering)
(laser zaps)
(shovel thuds dirt)
(person whistles)
- [Man] Ahhh!
(audience laughs)
(audience cheers)
- [Matt Voiceover] Ladies and gentleman.
Welcome to
Gnarnaimo.
("Rock This Joint" by Yanivi feat. Bella Potchy)
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That's what I'm talkin' about ♪
♪ Okay ♪
♪ All you men with suits and ties ♪
♪ Just sittin' in the crowd smokin' big cigars ♪
- [Matt Voiceover] We're on Vancouver Island for three days.
It's raining and it's miserable.
But that can't stop us on our
hunt for double black diamonds, baby.
Sorry, experts only eh.
♪ There's a joint on the corner where the big boys play ♪
♪ Where the whisky's runnin' like the river ♪
♪ But they all never come for the booze and bass ♪
♪ I'm the one I'm the lady that'll rock this place ♪
♪ Hey hey ♪
♪ That'll rock this place ♪
- [Jason] Oh no! (record scratches)
Oh my god!
Oh my god Andrew!
Are you okay?
- [Andrew] Yeah, I'm good.
- [Katie] That is gnarly.
- [Jason] That was like when someone crashes.
It's like a movie playing out in front of you.
You're like nooooo.
(epic music)
(explosion rumbles)
- [Jackson] Ohhh. (everyone laughs)
- Okay. - Holy moly.
- [Matt] Okay.
- [Jason] Maybe we just don't do this.
- [Katie] What's this Finer China trail?
- [Dana] It's the...
It's the newly built...
- It's the downhill pumptrack!
- [Katie] That's in here?
- [Dana] Yep. - [Katie] Oh cool.
- [Dave] We probably should have warmed up on it.
- Yeah in retrospect, I agree with you.
("Wavy Life" by Album House)
- [Jackson] Are we alloved to ride this?
(tires scraping dirt)
- [Matt Voiceover] After being soaked to the bone,
the rain cleared up.
Just in time for us to visit a very special place.
("Nobody Knows" by Oliver Thomas Klein)
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All the troubles I've seen ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All my sorrow ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All the troubles I've seen ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
- [Matt Voiceover] Whether you're an expert rider
or just a beginner.
This park is incredible.
- [Matt] Want me to follow you?
- [Little Girl] I mean...
I can't do any tricks.
- [Matt] I can't do any tricks.
All that matters is that you're having fun.
- [Little Girl] Okay!
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All my sorrows ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All the trouble I've seen ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
- [Matt Voiceover] This place is built off history
and built in the name of a legend
who called Nanaimo home.
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All the trouble I've seen ♪
♪ Nobody knows ♪
♪ Mmm mm ♪
♪ All my sorrow ♪
("Gran Torino" by DuDa
- [Matt Voiceover] On day 2 the sun came out to join us
on some cross-country laps with our friend Katie.
No downhill pumptracks today.
Just single track,
beautiful scenery
and dabbin' cabins.
("Gran Torino" by DuDa)
- [Matt Voiceover] We drove back to the city where we hopped
aboard a five dollar ferry to New Castle Island.
It's a quiet, sacred, First Nations island.
Where you can hike, camp, bike or just hang out.
("Gran Torino" by DuDa)
- [Matt Voiceover] With only one day left on Vancouver Island.
We were craving more downhill trails.
We headed back to Doumont in search of the Nanaimo gnar.
(EDM playing)
(bike rattling)
(birds tweeting)
- [Matt Voiceover] We're sending a huge thank you out to our
new friends from Nanaimo for welcoming us and
sharing their home trails,
that they work so hard to build and maintain.
This town clearly has a lot to celebrate and offer.
It holds a special place in our heart
and we can't wait to come back for more.
(Electronic music)
(digital beeping)
(crows cawing)