That’s ride, I’m starting to go mountain biking again. I used to be VERY into mountain biking a long while back, and then got into trials riding (see video here) and then stopped riding, and now I’m mounting back up again, this time with a rig that has some crazy awesome suspension for bouncing across rocks and flying down mountains at high speeds.

A couple of Sunday’s ago my buddy Seth, his cousin-in-law Jason (yeah, I know, probably not the right wording, but that’s ok, you get the idea) headed up the Santa Barbara mountains to the infamous Tunnel Trail. (being that Seth has been riding for only a few months if that and Jason even fewer months, this was sure to be an exciting ride)

And just a super quick clip of me toward the beginning of the trail (I apologize for not getting us riding a more epic portion of the trail as it’s known for, but for the most part we were walking the 3+ foot drops!!)

In catching up on our recent weddings I just realized I need to add some photos of our trip up to Lake Tahoe to photograph another wedding (pictures coming shortly)

My buddy and fellow wedding photographer Doug Miranda took me for a ride on one of the famous trails in Tahoe, the Flume Trail. It was a blast getting out riding, but wow… that elevation and me not being in the best of shape sure made the first 3 miles of climbing a bit tougher for me than it should have been, but wow, was the climb ever worth the views we got!!!

I borrowed all of these pictures from Doug’s blog, so make sure to cruise over to his site and give him some love.

And of course, as I’m riding I feel like it’s only getting tougher and tougher until Doug points out that my back tire is flat (being new to full suspension, sometimes I don’t notice these things for a while….!)