Graham Agassiz scopes out and sends some incredibly steep slopes that make up the banks of the beautiful North Thompson River, BC
Graham Agassiz, aka Aggy, takes on the ultra-steep, shifting sandy slopes that make up the banks of the North Thompson River, BC. Following approval from the Simpcw First Nation, Aggy and team paddled North with his YT Tues Downhill Bike to scope out some sweet lines, seeking to capture the beauty of the region through Aggy’s creative navigation of the landscape.– A bucket list idea and a dream that never expected to be realized.
“After talking with representatives of the community, telling them my story and our plans they were positive and gave us their approval. It’s an honor to be blessed by the Simpcw First Nation, they could have easily said no as they have to many others and that would have been the end of the dream.” Part of the permission meant Aggy was joined on the trip by a cultural surveyor from the First Nation. Dino, the surveyor was present to ensure nothing of cultural significance was disturbed, but ultimately his presence to around the crew meant much more…
“We bonded over our love for animals, fishing and hunting. I think he liked the creative process in what we were doing. He saw that it was much more than just riding down a hill and pointing a camera at it. At one point he even picked up a rake and helped me clean up an old game trail down a ridge through the forest that ran along the river backdrop. ‘This is a great piece of trail now, I can’t wait to show my daughter’, he said. I thought that was really cool.
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