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**The EVERGREEN RIDER - SPYDER PHOTOBOOK: Riding Through All Seasons, All Weather**
** The Evergreen Rider Photobook: Newfoundland by Motorcycle, All Seasons, All Weather **
** WARNING - LONG POST
- This is a good time to pull your Spyder to the roadside at your favourite pit stop. Let your bike cool down, grab your favourite beverage and come along for a short ride of words with me **
THE BEGINNING
========================
Ev·er·green - "...Through all four seasons..."
In 2009 the motorcycle community and lifestyle drew me in. The Spyder Lovers Community and BRP's Support was a major part of this - You guys are enablers! Everyone here on Spyder Lovers knows that feeling, twisting the throttle with that youthful smile on your face, wind in your hair, zooming down your favourite winding roads, and the feeling of adventure a long ride holds.
"Time flies when you're having fun!" As cheesy as that sounds I've come to realize it's the truth. My Spyder adventures carried me many memorable miles the past five years, though literally all kinds of weather, through every season. That time flew by, but I've captured that time through my helmet's visor, fantastic memories framed from the seat of my Spyder.
THE EVERGREEN RIDING ADVENTURE - ALL WEATHER, ALL SEASONS
===========================================
I traded my car for a bike and immersed myself into the motorcycling lifestyle. I rode every day for five years, everywhere I wanted and needed to go. It transformed the daily travels of life into adventures that brought me closer to the landscape where I rediscovered my homeland, Newfoundland, in the open air. With a short stint on a two-wheel bike in 2009, the adventures of the road ahead really opened up on three-wheels, with my 2010 Can-Am Quantum Blue RS SM5 Spyder, my only vehicle by choice for five years.
Through sun, rain, sleet, snow and ice I rode through beautiful untouched landscapes, traced twisty coastal roads and commuted in the chaos of city traffic. I rode my Spyder every day for five years, completed twenty oil changes, nine tire changes and achieved over 100,000KM on the clock.
THE EVERGREEN RIDER PHOTOBOOK
=================================
With the birth of our daughter a few years ago life has been extremely busy. This last year, between diaper changes and playtime, I managed to compile my road-side journal entries and Spyder adventure photographs. My first attempt at publishing a short travel book, The Evergreen Rider, is now complete.
The book was a personal goal, but my objective extends beyond just compiling the pictures and words on its' pages. The hope is for The Evergreen Rider to find its way to saddlebags, backpacks and coffee tables of fellow riders and adventurers. To the hands of friends and new riders joining the Spydering and motorcycling lifestyle. The words marry the photographs in a way that speaks to how every ride we take is an adventure, capturing the feeling of riding though the landscape or chaos of city streets, bringing readers, current and future riders along for the Spyder ride.
These adventures are available to everyone, no matter if you ride across a continent, across the country or across town for a jug of milk at the market (diapers for our little girl in my case haha). Spyder Riding Adventures are accessible to everyone!
BOOK FORWARD WRITTEN BY A FRIEND
==================================
The Evergreen Rider - Newfoundland By Motorcycle. Through All Seasons, Through All Weather is a short select collection of photographs and accompanied short narratives of Dean's (groundeffect's) most memorable moments from the road. His heartfelt poetic words and colourful photography highlights his passion for finding faith in the landscape, capturing adventures of how he traveled solely by Spyder to rediscover his homeland. An accomplished motorcycle instructor, rider and contributor to the adventure community, Dean rode over 100,000KM in five years. From errand runs, commuting and adventure touring, through all seasons, through all weather across Newfoundland. The 70 hi-quality stunning photographs, 3200 vivid words, captivating descriptions across 80 pages make you feel like your right in the adventure.
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK
==========================
"Ancient Ice From The North"
Up again at sunrise, the clouds started to leak light of the faintest golden tones, silhouetting the rugged cliffs of Signal Hill and Fort Amherst. It was iceberg season. Again the Island became a playground for dinosaur-sized icebergs: fresh water frozen over 10,000 years ago separated from glaciers in Greenland. These bergs travel nearly two years to reach our shores and chill our coastal air. I rode in search of spring ice through wet flurries up the east coast of the Avalon.
Witless Bay Line is a 20-kilometer stretch across a barren but beautiful area with only a few hills rolling into the distance. Tattered shacks and broken-down campers were strewn about the roadsides among boulders and sparse patches of evergreens. Tall banks of tiered snow and telephone poles guided me through a thawing countryside.
I shook the cold off my gloves by waving to the welcome signs along the Southern Shore of Tors Cove, Mobile, Witless Bay, Bay Bulls and Maddox Cove before seeing the first sign of ice at Blackhead. Winds and surf pounded the first berg that season as plumes of sea-spray exploded from every side.
Further along the coast, the currents shifted the ice from underneath at Cape St. Francis. Deep cracking sounds echoed from the water's edge. I stopped to admire the sights, hung my helmet on the handlebar and took in the refreshing breeze that blew across ancient ice from the north.
HOW TO GET YOUR COPY OF THE EVERGREEN RIDER SPYDER PHOTOBOOK
======================================================
The 70 hi-quality photographs, 3200 vivid and descriptive words across the 80 page photobook take readers along for a ride, from errand runs, commuting and adventure touring.
Pick up your copy of The Evergreen Rider - Newfoundland By Motorcycle - Through All Seasons, Through All Weather, for your saddlebag, backpack, coffee table or e-reader at http://www.evergreenrider.com. Select from three versions available:
Hardcover Premium Paper Large Landscape 13x11:
Softcover Hi-Quality Photo Paper Standard 10x8:
eBook version for iPad tablets:
Book overview, photos/book preview and how to obtain your copy please visit http://WWW.EVERGREENRIDER.COM
TO ALL SPYDER LOVERS MEMBERS AND OTHER RIDERS OUT THERE - THANK YOU
==========================================================
I joined Spyder Lovers in 2009 as a newbie, asked a lot of questions and learned so much from the Community. Over time I'd like to think I was able to give back to this amazing community of enthusitsts, guiding new riders as I was once guided by experienced, open, honest and caring members of this forum. From the seat of my motorcycle and from my family to yours THANK YOU KINDLY for making me feel at home here, and on the road.
My many thanks and friendly rider's salute to the members of Spyder Lovers, riders I call friends. From the seat of my Spyder and from my family to yours, thank you kindly - this forum/community is a great source of information, inspiration, making new riders feel at home, welcomed on the forums and on the roads!
An epic Spyder Riding goal set five years ago, The Evergreen Rider adventure is now complete. My Quantum Blue RS SM5 Spyder has a new home, the Spyder Riding lifestyle is in my rearview mirror for now, as I wonder which Spyder would be right for me moving forward. Who knows what life's winding road will bring beyond the next curve, over the next hill, through the next valley or along the coast? In sharing my experiences through words and photographs I hope to reflect the passion we all have for adventure riding. As I share this book with you I look to the road ahead with happy shadows on the road behind me. Sincerely, Thank you. Be safe and Spyder On!
Thoughts/Comments/Reviews welcome in this thread, and feel free to contact me via PM, Email or at http://www.evergreenrider.ca/ Sincerely,
Dean Parsons (groundeffect)
** The Evergreen Rider Photobook: Newfoundland by Motorcycle, All Seasons, All Weather **
** WARNING - LONG POST
- This is a good time to pull your Spyder to the roadside at your favourite pit stop. Let your bike cool down, grab your favourite beverage and come along for a short ride of words with me ** THE BEGINNING
========================
Ev·er·green - "...Through all four seasons..."
In 2009 the motorcycle community and lifestyle drew me in. The Spyder Lovers Community and BRP's Support was a major part of this - You guys are enablers!
Everyone here on Spyder Lovers knows that feeling, twisting the throttle with that youthful smile on your face, wind in your hair, zooming down your favourite winding roads, and the feeling of adventure a long ride holds."Time flies when you're having fun!" As cheesy as that sounds I've come to realize it's the truth. My Spyder adventures carried me many memorable miles the past five years, though literally all kinds of weather, through every season. That time flew by, but I've captured that time through my helmet's visor, fantastic memories framed from the seat of my Spyder.
THE EVERGREEN RIDING ADVENTURE - ALL WEATHER, ALL SEASONS
===========================================
I traded my car for a bike and immersed myself into the motorcycling lifestyle. I rode every day for five years, everywhere I wanted and needed to go. It transformed the daily travels of life into adventures that brought me closer to the landscape where I rediscovered my homeland, Newfoundland, in the open air. With a short stint on a two-wheel bike in 2009, the adventures of the road ahead really opened up on three-wheels, with my 2010 Can-Am Quantum Blue RS SM5 Spyder, my only vehicle by choice for five years.
Through sun, rain, sleet, snow and ice I rode through beautiful untouched landscapes, traced twisty coastal roads and commuted in the chaos of city traffic. I rode my Spyder every day for five years, completed twenty oil changes, nine tire changes and achieved over 100,000KM on the clock.
THE EVERGREEN RIDER PHOTOBOOK
=================================
With the birth of our daughter a few years ago life has been extremely busy. This last year, between diaper changes and playtime, I managed to compile my road-side journal entries and Spyder adventure photographs. My first attempt at publishing a short travel book, The Evergreen Rider, is now complete.
The book was a personal goal, but my objective extends beyond just compiling the pictures and words on its' pages. The hope is for The Evergreen Rider to find its way to saddlebags, backpacks and coffee tables of fellow riders and adventurers. To the hands of friends and new riders joining the Spydering and motorcycling lifestyle. The words marry the photographs in a way that speaks to how every ride we take is an adventure, capturing the feeling of riding though the landscape or chaos of city streets, bringing readers, current and future riders along for the Spyder ride.
These adventures are available to everyone, no matter if you ride across a continent, across the country or across town for a jug of milk at the market (diapers for our little girl in my case haha). Spyder Riding Adventures are accessible to everyone!
BOOK FORWARD WRITTEN BY A FRIEND
==================================
The Evergreen Rider - Newfoundland By Motorcycle. Through All Seasons, Through All Weather is a short select collection of photographs and accompanied short narratives of Dean's (groundeffect's) most memorable moments from the road. His heartfelt poetic words and colourful photography highlights his passion for finding faith in the landscape, capturing adventures of how he traveled solely by Spyder to rediscover his homeland. An accomplished motorcycle instructor, rider and contributor to the adventure community, Dean rode over 100,000KM in five years. From errand runs, commuting and adventure touring, through all seasons, through all weather across Newfoundland. The 70 hi-quality stunning photographs, 3200 vivid words, captivating descriptions across 80 pages make you feel like your right in the adventure.
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK
==========================
"Ancient Ice From The North"
Up again at sunrise, the clouds started to leak light of the faintest golden tones, silhouetting the rugged cliffs of Signal Hill and Fort Amherst. It was iceberg season. Again the Island became a playground for dinosaur-sized icebergs: fresh water frozen over 10,000 years ago separated from glaciers in Greenland. These bergs travel nearly two years to reach our shores and chill our coastal air. I rode in search of spring ice through wet flurries up the east coast of the Avalon.
Witless Bay Line is a 20-kilometer stretch across a barren but beautiful area with only a few hills rolling into the distance. Tattered shacks and broken-down campers were strewn about the roadsides among boulders and sparse patches of evergreens. Tall banks of tiered snow and telephone poles guided me through a thawing countryside.
I shook the cold off my gloves by waving to the welcome signs along the Southern Shore of Tors Cove, Mobile, Witless Bay, Bay Bulls and Maddox Cove before seeing the first sign of ice at Blackhead. Winds and surf pounded the first berg that season as plumes of sea-spray exploded from every side.
Further along the coast, the currents shifted the ice from underneath at Cape St. Francis. Deep cracking sounds echoed from the water's edge. I stopped to admire the sights, hung my helmet on the handlebar and took in the refreshing breeze that blew across ancient ice from the north.
HOW TO GET YOUR COPY OF THE EVERGREEN RIDER SPYDER PHOTOBOOK
======================================================
The 70 hi-quality photographs, 3200 vivid and descriptive words across the 80 page photobook take readers along for a ride, from errand runs, commuting and adventure touring.
Pick up your copy of The Evergreen Rider - Newfoundland By Motorcycle - Through All Seasons, Through All Weather, for your saddlebag, backpack, coffee table or e-reader at http://www.evergreenrider.com. Select from three versions available:
Hardcover Premium Paper Large Landscape 13x11:
Softcover Hi-Quality Photo Paper Standard 10x8:
eBook version for iPad tablets:
Book overview, photos/book preview and how to obtain your copy please visit http://WWW.EVERGREENRIDER.COM
TO ALL SPYDER LOVERS MEMBERS AND OTHER RIDERS OUT THERE - THANK YOU
==========================================================
I joined Spyder Lovers in 2009 as a newbie, asked a lot of questions and learned so much from the Community. Over time I'd like to think I was able to give back to this amazing community of enthusitsts, guiding new riders as I was once guided by experienced, open, honest and caring members of this forum. From the seat of my motorcycle and from my family to yours THANK YOU KINDLY for making me feel at home here, and on the road.
My many thanks and friendly rider's salute to the members of Spyder Lovers, riders I call friends. From the seat of my Spyder and from my family to yours, thank you kindly - this forum/community is a great source of information, inspiration, making new riders feel at home, welcomed on the forums and on the roads!
An epic Spyder Riding goal set five years ago, The Evergreen Rider adventure is now complete. My Quantum Blue RS SM5 Spyder has a new home, the Spyder Riding lifestyle is in my rearview mirror for now, as I wonder which Spyder would be right for me moving forward. Who knows what life's winding road will bring beyond the next curve, over the next hill, through the next valley or along the coast? In sharing my experiences through words and photographs I hope to reflect the passion we all have for adventure riding. As I share this book with you I look to the road ahead with happy shadows on the road behind me. Sincerely, Thank you. Be safe and Spyder On!
Thoughts/Comments/Reviews welcome in this thread, and feel free to contact me via PM, Email or at http://www.evergreenrider.ca/ Sincerely,
Dean Parsons (groundeffect)
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