Corey Stanke 11/13/18 Corey Stanke 11/13/18

A Bermsled Halloween story.

When I first moved to Washington several years ago my very first introduction to the unique bike culture here was going to GHY Bike’s Bermsled Halloween race. And boy was it an experience! It was a typical cold and rainy fall day in Washington but as someone who grew up in northern Michigan and moved away before the fat bike movement really took hold, riding bikes this time of the year was never really an option. So when I saw all these people dressed up in their halloween costumes, racing a super slick trail in rainy and 40 degree weather, I thought to myself “This is insane… but weirdly fun!” Now that I’ve been through a couple winters here I almost look forward to riding in this weather, but that’s a topic for another time.

This year was the ninth annual Bermsled Halloween race and a big thanks goes out to AJ at GHY Bikes for putting this on every year. Also to everyone that helps out, from trail maintenance to cooking burgers, we appreciate all the hard work! With that said enjoy the photo story below of the most chill and fun bike event in the northwest!

P.S. If you see an image you want, just hit me up here or on Instagram and I’ll send you a link to download.

AJ on the megaphone and Travis (who generously donated the hot dogs and burgers) with a pre race beverage.

Costumes are encouraged, aerodynamics aren’t really a thing here.

“I was going faster than I thought I would!”

Probably the sketchiest thing I saw all day!

Wet conditions led to the inevitable crashes, but luckily just some cuts, bruises, and hurt egos.

This pretty much captures the vibe perfectly.

Grand Prize winner from the raffle, sponsored by Transition Bikes! Yes that’s a Triple frameset.

Fastest Class Top 3 ( 1st-Josh Gibb 2nd-Travis Erickson 3rd-Craig Wilcox)

Corey Stanke 8/26/16 Corey Stanke 8/26/16

Mountain Trail Running

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost perfectly sums up how I feel about my latest shoot in the cascades. Thanks to Keith Vowell and Marcie Morgan for running their hearts out.

Corey Stanke 11/12/15 Corey Stanke 11/12/15

Reflections and Moving On

It's strange looking back over the last three years and how I really didn't have the slightest idea of what was going to happen. Three years ago I was starting my senior year of high school just focused on graduating. Two years ago I was preparing to go back to school after getting back from a four month adventure to Alaska with my family. One year ago I had graduated from Hallmark Institute of Photography where I met a very special woman. Now I'm married to that very special woman and living half way across the continent in Seattle. We haven't been living in Seattle for very long though. We recently took two weeks to move from Michigan. With our camping gear and basic necessities back into our car we drove all 2200 miles plus side trips in two weeks. We stopped whenever we wanted seeing friends and amazing places along the way. The following images are just some of the things and places we saw on our trip.