Nathan Veldhoen

Headed up to Whipsaw this weekend, its a gravel/off road trail that starts just a little before Princeton, BC.  Its a well known trail to off-road folks which I finally got my butt up there.  We had a good group of people, with all of us riding some kind of off-road vehicle.

Route to the Trail

Its about 3 hours if your heading from Vancouver, and is a pretty easy find from the number 3 hwy.   There is an entry sign a bit before Princeton on the left if you are heading East from Vancouver.   There are a few different trails to throw you off, but its a pretty straight trail that takes you out to Tulameen area if you drive the whole thing—-(so you don’t have to drive the same way out.)  We road for about 3 hours and made  it to just before Wells Lake before we decided to turn around. We did a that trail a lot quicker then in a truck, so we just turned around after about 3 hours of solid riding.  I am told it takes 6-7 hours in a truck without doing some stopping to play in the mud.

After a pretty wicked night of drinking we got up early Saturday morning and headed out for our main ride of the weekend.  About 20 minutes in I decided to jump into every mud/ water I saw and got totally wet right off the bat.

20 minutes into the ride

Stuck...

After riding for awhile we stopped and did some skeet shooting with a shotgun that one of the guys had.  We had a manual thrower with clay discs.  It was fun, first time shooting a shotgun and even hit a few.  Ear Plugs would have been nice.

Sheet Shooting

Saturday was a pretty good day with the weather staying mostly sunny.  We took full advantage of Saturday because we knew Sunday was going to be a bit different.  When we got up Sunday we where all pretty tired but wanted to get one more little ride out before we headed home.

Snow at the mine Sunday

Our Sunday ride was still pretty fun despite the crazy weather.  I had to park my quad because I was so cold, and jumped into the two seater rhino.  Our Sunday objective was to find a mine that a few of them had found in the past, and shoot the rest of the clay discs.  Both tasks got completed…

Shooting early Sunday afternoon at the mine site

Here is a shot of the mine.  Pretty cool little site.  Glad we found it.  Pretty fun weekend, I’ll be heading up to the same spot this coming weekend but more of a lake trip with less redneck games.

Long Tunnel

You sit at home on a friday just after work wondering, hmm what could I do this weekend?  Some weekends you just want to sit and hang out at home and not hung over all weekend.  Some weekends you want to party, get drunk, run wild, and do things that most people think is totally stupid.  The kinda stuff you wake up in the morning and laugh at yourself.    I don’t even come close to these guys.  They call it  Skull X Skull and  is the second one.  They have all types of crazy stupid events that result in nudity or blood.  There is  mud, fire, paint, bikes, beer and seems like more beer.  Thesse guys show no shame, its freaking awesome.  Not sure if I really would want to be around when this goes down but I  love looking at the carnage.

It happens in Austin at something called the shitpit.  (name fits).  Here is a giant list of events from Sucka Pants.

Jumping over the junk car on bikes, only one guy made it.
- Jumping on a trampoline where the windshield should be, until one girl misses and cuts her leg to the bone.
- Mad Dog challenge = Six-pack-attack relay race with Mad Dog booze (equals more colorful puking).
- Obstacle course along the side of the house, complete with flying folding tables.
- A car drove dangerously and aggressively through the slowly dispersing crowd in the street in front of the house, resulting in someone knocking their rear view mirror off. The driver then came back with his mom who was yelling at everyone and calling the cops. One guy’s response was to pull out his dick and pour beer on it. Everyone shuffles to the back when the cops come.
- Mosh pit and metal bands in the backyard, this time with flying cans of yellow and white house paint.
- Nothing is complete without roman candles into the crowd.
- Junk mattress catches fire next to the shack, pee and water put it out (three times).
- The strange band Funderstorm that ran around in the crowd on a megaphone yelling at people to tear his clothes off. He ended up naked (even the fishnets and purple undies came off) and then lit microphones on fire and swung them at people.
- Mud wrestling commences, this year with more friendly mud (less broken glass and rocks, more smell of manure) and mostly mixed (boy/girl) matches.
- Neighborhood kids hammering forever on the car with bats and pipes.
- One dude who was there on crutches had been clocking people when they bumped into him throughout the night. One majorly drunk dude really pissed him off and received a few decent whacks, prompting him to complain, cry, and call the cops (again). Four cars roll up this time, and people either take off or chill in the backyard to wait for them to leave.
- Once the cops disperse, bike-jousting gets rolling.
- After bike-jousting, the grand finale: blowing up the car. It’s done with some sort of explosive device detonated by gunfire. A healthy fireball erupts and the car burns for a while before being put out and re-lit a handful of times.
- Before taking off, the guys from Chief Mag set off a barrage of fireworks inside the car, causing them to ricochet off the ceiling and out the windows in all different directions.

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