The Season 2 Finale

We’ve reached the end. It’s with mixed emotions that Bryan and I have decided that this will be the final episode of this experiment in grassroots storytelling. It’s been an incredible adventure for us. The athletes left us inspired. The community reaction humbled us. Thank you. A few things I will never forget:

Spending New Years Eve in a no name town on Vancouver island inside Jonaven’s airstream. Rain pelted the aluminum. Watching the cable cam first take flight. The resulting look of glee on Matt’s face. Sunset at the mouth of the Klamath. Realizing that I still have the same enthusiasm for traveling the American West as I did when I was 21. Watching the light fade from the top of Cheop’s. I could go on and on. It has been a memorable experience.

Thanks for watching.

The Season 2.16…A Well Placed Six Pack

Winter came early and shut down Kevin and Jeremy’s work in the burn.  The coldest season overstayed its welcome well into May. By the time the ground had dried enough to return to work, the access road into the forest suddenly sprouted a gate with a lock.  With a little ingenuity, the boys gained access and got back after it.  After eight months of shaping, honing, and waiting, it is about to go down.

Episode 2.7…Before Snow Flies

Jeremy and Kevin have spent the whole summer digging, building, riding and then refining the trails through the Burn. It’s consumed the summer months and headed right into fall. Linking up the series of gaps, rock drops and step downs has come with its share of near season ending crashes, and a true complete descent has remained elusive.  Neither one of them wants to spend the winter thinking about their lines in the Burn. It’s time to move on.

Episode 2.4…The Burn

No one is quite sure how the fire above Britania Beach started, but it revealed a mountain biking playground. In the spring of 2010, Jeremy and Kevin eyed up The Burn and started building trails through the granite outcrops and mangled downed logs. It’s dirty, dirty work.

Episode 2.2

Kevin Landry and Jeremy Norris both moved west to the mountain biking mecca of Squamish with the same goal in mind — ride as much as possible and create their own vision of mountain biking. As luck would have it, they would move into home right across the street from one another, forge a friend ship and begin sniffing around for new lines and trails. Curiosity powers mountain biking’s evolution, so Kevin and Jeremy went looking.

It Begins…Welcome to The Season 2

It’s been said that stories are like rivers. Bryan and I specialize in following them to their conclusion. We are very proud to present The Season 2.

This year we picked five new athletes each with their own unique storyline. An amputee climber sets his sights on becoming whole again by returning to Yosemite to realize a lifelong dream. A conservationist and angler searches for a fabled ghost run of wild steelhead on one of California’s most troubled rivers. One of the world’s best boulderers struggles to balance her career as a boulderer with raising her daughter. From a burned forest, a vision of an incredible mountain bike trail emerges from the ashes into reality. In the wake of achieving an unthinkable goal, a ski mountaineer returns to the peak where he first met failure.

Here is a kick ass trailer

After a year of hard work, Bryan Smith and I present The Season 2, five stories from a whole new set of athletes. This 22-episode web TV series following five athletes through the course of a year is available first at arcteryx.com and then as a download from iTunes. Visit theseasontv.com to subscribe and find information about the songs and download the cuts. The series begins in earnest Tuesday, September 6th.

Those are the nuts and bolts. A release is always a crazy moment in my life. I dread them up until the moment they happen. There are so many details to be worked out that it can be difficult to sleep, remember to turn the stove off or keep track of what day of the week it is. It is consuming. The reward is obvious. You — the community — makes this all worthwhile. Your feedback, both good and bad (but always thoughtful), is deeply appreciated. When Bryan and I started out on round 2, we had you in mind. How do we make The Season better? The answer was clear- feed off the energy you all put into the first installment. So we invested time and money. And committed to spending more time with each athlete and more time in the field. We feel we’ve achieved our goals. I hope you are pleased with our efforts.

Rise up. Become legend. Welcome to The Season 2.

Music info:
The Glitch Mob
“Warrior Concerto” (mp3)
from “We Can Make The World Stop – EP”
(Glass Air)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
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The finale…that’s it. That’s all.

That’s it. That’s all. After a year and half of work, the Season winds down, but not before we catch up with Matt as he tries to free climb “The Guillotine Flake” high on the Grand Wall.

Race Day….Episode 20

It’s so on. The race is finally here. The countdown has started and it’s time to see how Scott Petett is going to do against some serious talent.

It’s time to race…Episode 16

Dr. Scott Petett is on the move. After a season of dialing it, it’s time for the race up in Whistler. The backyard trails lead straight to mountain biking’s main stage.