Dean Tennant – Island In the Sun

Max Berkowitz new film is all action. Featuring Dean Tennant shredding Vancouver Island and pushing his trail bike to almost breaking point.

The change of seasons is subtle at first. You know objectively that it happens each year, generally within the same time frame, consistent, predictable. And yet somehow it’s always a surprise when the hero dirt turns to mud and trees shiver their leaves to the ground. You check the time in disbelief – how is it dark at 4:00 p.m.?

The endless gold of August has become the lifeless grey of November. Where did the time go? You may have blown by it in a swirl of dust and chain clatter. When you were chasing singletrack, summer was withering away. Maybe you even embraced the fall. But now it’s shoulder season – too warm to snow, too wet to ride (unless you’re a masochist). Purgatory.

Thankfully, we have videos like this to remind us that dust, like the summer, will someday return. Dean Tennant is a Vancouver Island local, and this place is truly a mountain bike paradise: an Island In The Sun.

Video: Max Berkowitz
Words & Additional Footage: Scott Secco