BigDawg Shootout 2011 "Invite Only" did not pan out!

Paul tried to organize a low key ``invite only`` competition with a select few of some of the best riders in the Pacific Northwest. Supposedly a lot of big names in the sport were coming. But in the end not a lot of riders showed up. The weather was not encouraging for Saturday so that must have kept people from making the long trip.

It was snowing in  Whistler Village Saturday morning and visibility was  poor with  very low cloud cover. It did not look very promising at all. With a lot of the riders not showing up, the BDSO revival was pretty much dead. But for some of the riders that did show up the bad weather was not going to stop them from riding. This was a good thing for me.

I met up with Paul Gibbs, Cory Micku and some of  his buddies from Vancouver Island who made the trip. We all went up Brandywine to play in the trees. Well lets just say it was my lucky day. Weather was crappy in the beginning but just like it always seems to happen in Whistler the clouds gave way in the afternoon and the sun came out and with everybody else playing tourist in the village I was the only one out there with  camera gear to capture the action.

It was a blast hanging with these guys. All these guys can ride and they never stop. Just like the energizer bunny they just keep going and going. It was fun to watch and shoot.

The snow was great at the beginning of the day but got heavier as the day wore on and the sun came out and warmed things up. It was deep but heavy.

This was the first time I had actually got to ride with Cory and his crew (not sure if they like being called his crew but what can you do lol) Man can they all ride with extra cudos going out to Cory. The thing that amazed me was except for one guy on the new Polaris RMK the were all riding the new ski-doo e-tec 800. On this day Cory was not on his BikeMan powered machine. They were all stock except for one having a can on it. Cory said the trick is all in clutching and setup . Whatever he is doing it is working because all them sleds rocked. With the new injector update on the Polaris it was rocking also.
 On a side note these new e-tecs must get great mileage. Not one of them packed fuel and like I already said they never really took long breaks and rode most of the day.

Lets not forget Paul was there also rocking the Actic Cat HCR 800 on loan from Valley MotoSport out of Kelowna ,BC.

All in all it turned out to be a great day of riding. Well I did not ride much as I was taking photos most of the day. I did ride though and was the only 4 stroke turbo( Alpine Motorsports) in our crew for the day.  At the end of the day on our way out we kept playing in the cuts along the way. While we were taking a breather we could here a rumbling coming our way. It was Chad Rebec from CR Racing who pulled up with his crew. Must say his machines looked good and sounded pretty cool also. Guess while we were playing in the trees they were at the end of Meadow(Medal) Dome playing there. One of his guys had a big gash on his face so they were heading out. Scott Fulmer was tagging along and trying to film them. Greg (Doc Zoom) of Mountain Mod Mania was in town also but never did run into him.

 Again I had a great time and got to meet some new people who I hopefully get to ride with again one day. The only sad part of my trip was that Sunday morning I had to leave and it was a bluebird day. Man it sucked having to pull out of Whistler as everybody else was headed up to Rutherford for a great day of riding.

Next up for me is covering Yammifest in Revelstoke, BC in two weeks. Here is hoping the weather is good. Should be a lot of fun.

 Have anything to add or feel the need to correct me on something please take the time to comment. Thanks.