Manuel Ferrigato got an intimate photographic insight into the freeride bike scene when he photographed backstage in Canada among freeriders.
North Shore trails, or just Shores, are obstacle courses for mountain bikes. They are named after the Canadian North Shore mountains in northern Vancouver. Their purpose is to give mountain bikers paths to ride on through the forest ranger free boondocks. Over fallen trees, boulders and holes, chicken ladders were constructed. After the first photos popped up in mountain bike magazines, the Shores were more and more used recreationally.
The results from the road trip across the legendary North Shore, the playground for the pioneers of extreme biking just outside of Vancouver, we present you here on GoSee. Freeriding as we know it is thanks to a handful of people on a small piece of land on the west coast of Canada. Their extraordinary history both on and off the trails was explored by Manuel together with backpack manufacturer EVOC.
Evoc success story began in 2008 when the makers – all passionate extreme sports fans – could not find the right backpacks for their trips and decided to make their own equipment.