On Vacation BRB 2 weeks!

I -Greg- will be on on Vacation in Guatemala for a few weeks so all emails will be on auto respond. But the guys will be here so if its an emergency please email spi@shaw.ca or call 250-655-6603 for any answers or issues.


I like to joke around a lot but this is not a joke, I am really not in the office for 2 weeks so excuse my lack of response during that time.

Here is my Orbitz ticket, I hope airport security has a sense of humour!




In the mean time just hang out and play this game and beat my score -on work hours of course- of 1870 ft. Takes discipline and many hours of training to achieve a score like that.



KITTY CANNON

Post your scores while at work!

Brooklyn Machine Works and Knitting Factories!

Luke of BMW I have been best of friends since we both realised we have a messed up sense of humour.

He has sent us illegal fire crackers via air mail, condoms, family friendly videos such as Hatchet vs Genitals, but the best was his touching letter...



Luke pretty much wants to be me ever since I showed him my pimped out van with glass a glass roof and beer fridge on the dash, this makes Luke feel like a small man so he sent me shots of his new pad in Brooklyn!


"Your Van might be rad, but my living room now kicks ass:
Booyah.
-Luke"

Videos sound track is fitting for sure!


Brooklyn Machine Works 007 from Dan Bowhers on Vimeo.


Old renovated Knitting Factory...

Dustin Greenall Spring riding!

Dustin Greenall squeezed his first ride out for the season and sent some shots from Cranbrook! Dustin will be riding almost a full kit this year with SSC, stems /spacers/ caps and Platform pedals decked on all Banshee rides.




Dustin will also be back designing and building Darrens personal back yard lines and the ever growing Goat Style Jam, a jam that went from back yard sessions to full RedBull Sponsorships and Helicopters!

So get your buts to Creston this summer June 9th-12th!



Psst, here in Victoria BC you can ride year round, Dustin was on the island living with Darren Berrcloth but up island in the snow!! Got to be south island, Canada's hidden jewel.

Me in early Febuary...

Straitlines First World Cup Team!

Our new Spanish Distributor XMS -Xtreme Motion Sports started out wit ha bang getting us involved with the Devinci World Cup team this year.

Big Step for us but definitely exciting to prove your gear on the WorldCup Scene.


Pasqual Canals Toni Ferreiro Javier Guijarro and Andrew Mitchell our Local Canadian Champ, all on some pimped out Wilson 4's from Devinci.

Check out the full media release on Pinkbike

Controversial Bear law long over due.

Straitline Components and Ryan Berrecloth to Release Bear Systems TM

"Straitline Components of British Columbia Canada have teamed up North Shore Local Ryan Berrecloth to launch new safety measures for the infamous North Shore and Whistler regions of BC.

Controversy has been stirring over new safety measures for all mountain bikers as mandatory bear laws come into effect as early as this month, banning all lift and trail access to those not compliant. " - The Vancouver Sun, April 1st 09

The question has always been how can we stay safe while riding and building in Bear Country?



The answer came to me when I took a frantic call from Ryan Berrecloth last fall when he was charged by a Bear while building a new line for a upcoming shoot.


“Greg, you're not going to believe this but I was just out building that line I showed you over the creek bed, literally hammering the last board on the lip when the whole thing started to shake.



I looked back and a fricking Bear was in full charge running down my line! I didn’t even have time to move I just let out a yell and held on to the edge the best I could as the bear flew by me and sent it over the creek!

I was freaking out, NOBODY poaches my lines!”


So we brought Ryan over to our factory and asked him to recreate what he yelled at the bear to make it run away. Showed him a chainsaw that wouldn't start and recorded his high pitch scream on a High DEF BlueRay Disk and went to work.


We simply Utilized Aerospace Space Aged Aircraft Solid Billet Aluminum (ASAASBA) to devise a cutting edge bear system that mimics your bikes every movement providing constant screaming as you rip down any BC Trails.

Since last fall we have struck deals with all of BC’s biking resorts and with the help of the BC Government secured the rights to sell the Bear Bell Systems, pretty much took the whole market over night and the money is insane!


We Collaborated with Faultline.tv to make a series of public awarness videos!


Straitline Bear Bell Technology from Eric Peterson on Vimeo.


I personally vow to enforce and educate riders on the use of our Bear Bell System! I will be at every Trail head and every lift line this summer checking everyone's Bikes and rejecting those who do not comply!

BEAR FACTS:

Bears are big and brown except baby bears which are much smaller!



Bears are a very Proud People though they are not people per say but an animal!



Bears derive their name from a football team in Chicago but live in British Columbia Canada!



It is estimated that bears kill over 2 million salmon a year! However, Salmon attacks on bears are much more rare!



Bears also have been known to attack and kill man, but the fact is they have killed less men than World War 1 and World War 2 combined!



With the loss of their habitats bears have developed bad habits!



When interviewed about the bear bells 9 out of 10 bears said
mmmwwwahhhwgrrsnort! But if I spoke Bear I would take that as "I think this is the worst April 1st Prank yet!"

Footage from Spain!

An avid client Mario sent me this helmet footage of him riding some buff flowy trails in Malaga Spain!

Love seeing our gear creep all over the world, check it out and send me what you got of your area!


Malaga 2009, SRAM Track from maraiomaraio on Vimeo.

And this is just too funny not to share with the world.

Casey Groves is Kind of a Big Deal!

Hey Guys,

I got back last night from an awesome day of riding in Kamloops BC. My buddy Karl Heldt came out and filmed so we could make a mini edit.

Here's the link; http://www.pinkbike.com/video/67324/

Super stoked on it.

-Casey

Casey is gonna kick some ass this year, it's hard to find guys who got talent with great attitudes combined! Casey started emailing me like 3-4 years ago now look at him, full factory sponsorship from Straitline/ Transition/ TSG and deal in place with Sram oh and Factory rider for Pinkbike!

Live and learn anyone who is reading this, you got to give back, go out and sell yourself and have fun that's all sponsors want to see!

I don't feel so good today!

We are painting our floors -huge project- so nothing too cool to yap about this week but here is a update.

That's DJ holding his shirt over his face, because I just liquidated the whole upstairs with a megga fart.


It was so bad it was like changing the propane tanks on the forklift, even I had to leave.

2 parts hard boiled egg one part broccoli is the recipe for loneliness!

Flatulence Deodorizer Patent

Maybe inventions like this are valid and marketable after all!!