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photos by eric berglund

Long weekend in northern Minnesota.
Always enjoyable.

N. slayin the Pugsley

Lutsen tearing it up.


Into some cool morning pedals cross town and daily doses of fresh tomatoes that just keep coming with the warm daytime sun.

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photo's by eric berglund

Pick a line and ride it. The dry spring has made for some relatively crisp and fast trails. j and k dropping into a rad section. So much fun to be had.


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photo by eric berglund

Spring work weekend down at the shack in the northwoods (clearcuts in this particular scene) of Minnesota.

Badass Boykin Bonanza
Lutsen and Stella with unlimited energy and infested with a couple hundred wood ticks each.

Pugsley cowboys.

All and all "Un morceau de gâteau !"
Have i mentioned how depressing the steelhead season has been thus far. Goodgawd do we need water.

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photos by: eric berglund

Loaded up on friday & cruised down the shore in search of some waves...mostly burlyish beach break due to another odd fetch to wind direction and speed ratio. Got a few rides and took some beatings courtesy of the lake before loading back up and continuing on my way down to hunt the northwoods of Minnesota.

A beautiful November morning on the drive down the shore.

And so it goes, we wait and prepare all year to gather during the second week of November for what we call the "Holy Days". I'm sure someone might slam me for calling it that, but there is so much legacy, time, patience, reverence and effort put into our deer hunt, that calling it anything less would be inappropriate.

Just a picturesque sunset the night before opening morning.


Straight up, old fashion wool.


Frosty morning.


Park the ATV's, there are Surly Pugsley's and regular ole mtb's in camp.

Just another northwoods adventure folks


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photo's by: eric berglund

Livin




Virtually a week of no posts, so a couple of shots to partially sum up the last week if anything. Some waves out there lately, however ill timing and important fatherly commitments, along with some shifty forecasts have kept me from getting in the water. That said, the satisfaction of going for a walk with N and the little man or getting some good smiles and watching his daily growth brings ample stoke. I'm not going to complain.

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photo's by eric berglund

some good stuff.

Grab the wheels, time for a Monday night ride in the woods. The skies were looking black and menacing, but somehow we didn't seem to care. We weren’t so much disregarding the fact that it was about to pour; as we were not wanting to let a little rain stand in our way of some fun. Needless to say it was a wet and soggy mess. Fun, but a mess.

Rule of thumb: when in doubt, GO.

Didn't have the waterproof Olympus along, otherwise i would have had some good shots, pre, during and post down-pour on our ride. Definitely some nice light coming through the soaked and humid forest after things moved on.

mr. steed


And, always a nice monday surprise to find the latest SBC Surf on your doorstep at the end of the day. Plenty of great stories and photos, worthy of some quality mind surfing time. Especially if your in the summer doldrums like here and haven't had any surf in a long while.




Surf or no surf, a gorgeous summer evening is something you
can't argue with.



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e


photographs by: eric berglund

Had a wicked countryside road ride over lunch hour today and then hit the dirt and the woods this evening with j. and Lutsen for some knobby action. Got to be takin advantage of these nice days when the opportunity arises folks.

single trackin

geeked out scenic bike shot while Lutsen cooled down in the river

and yeah...a bunch of fine steel for workin some greenwood.
A couple Hans Karlsson and Ashley Iles gouges, a Mora knife and
Gransfors adz.


Oskar tossin a fist in the air and looking cute and cool all at the same time.


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e
photo's by eric berglund

So yeah...been rollin, runnin, fishin, pickin fiddleheads, hunting mushrooms, carvin and generally getting the fresh aspect headquarters in some kind of order for the arrival of the newest member of the team...who could arrive sometime in the next few weeks. word.


that said...time to get this gorgeous saturday on the road.
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photo's by e.

bikes and morels

j., Lutsen and i booted out for a spin on some local trails this eve. Lutsen going like a bat outta hell and j and i taking a couple of spills over the ole handle bars just to keep things real, get acquainted with some dirt and remember why a helmet is a good thing. I'd say the rigs we ride are pretty rad...hand picked quality components, solid frames, nice wheelsets, cool skull stickers and black paint jobs... but there's a new rival out there in terms of coolness. check the uncles new wheels for cruising the north woods of Minnesota and for approaching unsuspecting ungulates come november.

The Surly Puglsy dominating this log last weekend.

Oh, and a booty load of morels from northern MN!!



Should see some tasty fungi comin around soon up in these parts, with a bit of rain in the forecast and some warmer days.

Photo's courtesy of: Erv Berglund