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It was 9am on Monday  when we left Stiffy's, an hour late, and the Dope Show had already begun.  It was hype since the night before, trying to round up the team and all the equipment we would need for the four days in the interior to come.  The only thing set in stone is that we were going north, and not going back until we had a documented road trip to show off. 

Once we packed the Stiffy's van full to the brim of 5 riders, a filmer and myslef, we headed out towards Hope, as the van swayed at top speeds going up the Trans Canada Highway, it became clear that she might not make it the entire way.....

On a positve note, three hours into the trip we found a fully skateable sick ass bank just under the over pass of the freeway to Hope. Only a few hours after leaving, we already had an hour a footage, a roll of photos, and a friendly encounter with the RCMP.  We were off to a good start.

   Jessie b/s flip

The police officer made it clear that our time there was done, and we were quick to pack up.  We only stopped once for gas, and Jessie took over driving for a while.  Our next stop was in the city of Kelowna.  It took us alittle while to find Ben Lee skatepark, but we did after too long and setup shop. 

We stayed in Kelowna that night and camped at Gyro Beach on Lake Okanagan.  The night was fun, and in the morning we were all feeling another shoot at Ben Lee.  More than anyone, G was wanting to go back for the kink. 

The plan was to skate Kelowna in the morning and into the afternoon, until it got too hot, wait alittle while for it to cool down, and then drive on to Kamloops.  After the morning at Ben Lee, Alan was calling for a curve rail we saw the day before.  It was the last shoot of the day, both G and Alan threw down. 

We went through Westbank, to get on the 97 highway that would take us through Merrit eventually making it to Kamloops.  Kamloops was a few hours away, assuming we could maintain an alright speed going up the highway.  It was that concept, and my ignorance to which gear I was driving in that delayed us for something like 16 hours.  60 kilometers outside of Merrit, our van had enough.  We were able to pull over to a safe spot on the highway before she finally layed down for the night.  Nothing to do about it in the late afternoon in the middle of the BC interior, we called it a day, and setup for the night.

With great care, we drove the van into Merrit the next morning, with an average speed of 60 on the 110 km/h highway.  Right after grocery shopping, the van cut out.  Luckily, right infront of a retired mechanic.  He took care of us and fixed our van up, from there she ran alright.  Next stop, Kamloops.

We first stopped at Kamloops' old park.  For those of you who know the Pitt Meadows park, it's about the same.  G and I went off to find a few things around town, and heard about a skate spot at an ice arena near the new park.

When we found Kamloops' first phase to the soon to be massive McArthur Island Park (designed by Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen) . We spent the rest of our day there, and what turned out to be the rest of our time in the interior.  That night we slept a few hundred meters away on a basketball court, all in the same park.  The whole team called for a final stop at the Hope skatepark.  It was a good cap on the trip.  It was our first and final shoot. 

It was a successful trip, and lots of fun despite the few problems we had.  It was alot to learn in four days, but we took it all in stride.  Start to finish, it was the Dope Show.  Dust your shoulders off.  t*