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    dirty in dodge

    by ryan stuart | photos: margus riga Jul 07, 2017 6 minutes

    “IT’S A BIT OF AN INTENSE START,” warns Jeremy Grasby before he nonchalantly disappears off the rock outcrop. He and I just huffed our way up through a network of logging roads to the top of Bear Buns, one of the most popular trails in Cumberland. From this lofty perch I can see through the trees to where the east coast of Vancouver Island meets the Pacific Ocean, and in the foreground, the three towns of the Comox Valley: Comox, Courtenay and Cumberland.

    With Grasby disappearing fast, I stand on my pedals, take a deep breath and roll over the edge. From the flat top, the trail pitches off the rock outcrop into a V in the rock. I sit back and let the tires run. A few bounces and then the trail spits me left. A quick break and then two more narrower and gnarlier drops have me airborne, grounded, airborne and flying off the

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